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I ran into an error code when trying to play (offline - because I am old) NCAA Basketball 2010. I looked it up on the net and here is what I found.

PlayStation Network Dies

By Mike Bantick
Monday, 01 March 2010 16:50

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A system wide crash of the PlayStation Network is affecting online play for PS3 owners, access to the PlayStation Store and even some problems with offline games. What do you want for free?

Over the past 24 hours there have been various problems with the PlayStation Network, Sony Corp’s network for online gaming and access to digital download software.

This has presented problems for people playing online games and access to the store as well as issues with games that support dynamic trophies, such as Heavy Rain.

More problematic will be online only games such as MAG (Massive Action Game) or those trying to get hold of the new God of War III demo

At this point Sony themselves are still not sure what the problem is, the following tweets having appeared on the official Twitter page.

"We're aware that many of you are having problems connecting to PSN, and yes, we're looking into it. Stay tuned for updates."

Followed by:

"PSN status update: We're narrowing down the issue and continue to work to restore service to all. Updates as soon as we have them."

And then:

"PSN status update (part 2): Readers/followers are confirming that "slim" units (120/250 GB models) are connecting normally."

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/entertainment/37237-playstation-network-dies

#1 Refman, Mar 1, 2010

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From the Heavy Rain thread:

dback816 said:

Huge PSN issue going down right now for all "fat" PS3's

Copy and pasted from another board

Everyone READ THIS PLEASE.

Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 6pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.

-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.

So there ya go, my handy FAQ.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388872
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#2 mic, Mar 1, 2010
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Yep, discovered this after I rebooted my network and spent 15 minutes troubleshooting my PS3 after I tried to use it to watch some Netflix. Thanks, Sony.

#3 Xerobull, Mar 1, 2010
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I had no problems... I just finished playing an online game 2k10.

#4 Pete Chilcutt, Mar 1, 2010
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Pete Chilcutt said:

I had no problems... I just finished playing an online game 2k10.
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Do you have the slim or fat PS3 ?

Apparently there isn't a problem for the slim PS3 ?

#5 RocketMania1991, Mar 1, 2010
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ive also have had no problems..was playing gta all night...my brother is playin gta4 online at da moment

#6 RickRock713, Mar 1, 2010
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RocketMania1991 said:

Do you have the slim or fat PS3 ?

Apparently there isn't a problem for the slim PS3 ?
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i have the fat ps3..

#7 RickRock713, Mar 1, 2010

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R.I.P. Fatso

#8 Shaud, Mar 1, 2010
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It's just fatties.

#9 mic, Mar 1, 2010
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This sux....i am missing quality time on cod mw2.

Think they are doing this for money?......

"Sorry, all fatty playstations are done for and you must buy the lance armstrong version".

#10 RoxSqaud, Mar 1, 2010
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xbox ftw

#11 Htown's2kFinest, Mar 1, 2010
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Htown's2kFinest said:

xbox ftw
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I mean im always the first to defend ps3 becase it has a lot of features and online gaming is free.

But I would rather pay for internet. This sux.

Not just that i cant sign in and play, but when i could its been crap connections all the time.

#12 RoxSqaud, Mar 1, 2010
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apparently if you disconnect the battery and then reconnect after a few minutes it might fix it. You have to open the system up though so might not be worth it.

#13 bigben69, Mar 1, 2010

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Htown's2kFinest said:

xbox ftw
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Gaming PC FTW

#14 wizkid83, Mar 1, 2010
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Looks like its a Y2K-esque problem with the time. Apparently trophies and saved game data might be corrupted as well.

"The going theory is that the PS3 is storing some form of date in GMT, then modifying that to get whatever you see in the on-screen clock. That modification process seems to be fine--the system can take 2/28/2010, 9PM GMT, add four hours, and get 3/1/2010, 1AM random time zone.

What's apparently effed, as speculation goes, is when the internal GMT-tracking rolls over to 3/1. It's either not rolling, or rolling to 2/29, at which point a system tries to add/subtract from 2/29, which it can't do because the front-end calendar doesn't have a 2/29/2010, and **bleep** explodes. Seemed to happen around 4PM PDT, which I think is 12AM GMT, so.

And the PS3 launched in 2006; it's hit 4 2/28s so far. 2007 and 2009 were odd-numbered years; 2008 was an even, and a leap year. 2010 is the first even non-leap-year the system's been around for. If some sort of base-level math is choking on itself, it may have ruled out the odd 2007 and 2009 successfully, but is convinced the even 2010 is a leap year (this part I'm less sure of, but is why leap year could theoretically come into play at some point.)"

Source: http://kotaku.com/comment/19939245/

As for my own opinion, I think this is most likely the cause of the network problem rather than hackers. These leap year date/time problems have happened before on PCs. This can probably be solved by a minor firmware/software update on the affected PS3s or Sony will have to solve the problem from their own PSN servers. The problem is that many PS3s, mostly original non-slim models, cant access the network and wont be able to obtain any updates. I also STRONGLY suggest that you DO NOT mess with your DATE/TIME SETTINGS as it could make the problem worse by forcing your PS3 to process old dates and times which is likely the problem in the first place.
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Interesting.. I thought I was the only one experiencing this.

oh well, at least I can focus more on school and less on MW2?

#16 Hoee Ass, Mar 1, 2010
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Y'all should be in bed. Tomorrow is a work day.

#17 ryan17wagner, Mar 1, 2010
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Htown's2kFinest said:

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Must be fun playing rehashed shooters and multiplats that are available on two other platformers

#18 dback816, Mar 1, 2010

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mine doesn't work either. sucks

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bigben69 said:

apparently if you disconnect the battery and then reconnect after a few minutes it might fix it. You have to open the system up though so might not be worth it.
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Who was your informer?

#20 RoxSqaud, Mar 1, 2010

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