Originally posted by Luckeyy
First off what game u trying to run, Lets start with that.
I would go on a more stable firmware however this is the 3rd time where my system semi-bricked on me.
Here are the steps that I've done:
I'm on 3.55.4 Rebug cex.
I wanted to go on 4.80.1 REX/CEX
So I got the file for 4.80.1, check the MD5 hashes.
Then reformated by USB to FAT32, just to be sure and cleared all data.
Then from there on the root of my USB I made folders like this: PS3 > UPDATE > PS3UPDAT.PUP
Then plug it in on the nearest side to the CD tray.
Put the system in "safe-mode"
Do system update
Then around when the update starts to go along around 62-68% I get this dreaded error of 8002F1F9, which means my system is stuck in a system update loop. Which is a pain to get out off.