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Post: If i format my hdd by the xmb menu it resets my firmware?
09-11-2010, 11:13 PM #1
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You talkin to me?
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09-11-2010, 11:16 PM #2
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Nope...it deletes everything accessible by users (Doesn't delete firmware, or anything related)
09-11-2010, 11:18 PM #3
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No it doesn't reset your firmware. All a format does is format your HD, however, the PS3's firmware isn't stored on the HD its stored on the flash and since that isn't formatted during the format then the firware isn't changed.

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09-11-2010, 11:22 PM #4
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nope firmware is on the nand

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09-11-2010, 11:34 PM #5
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Really? lol I thought it was just on a different partition of the hdd...Thanks for the correction :P
09-12-2010, 12:11 AM #6
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Originally posted by Cpt.Playa View Post
nope firmware is on the nand


Flash / Nand, whats the differnence? lol. Thanks for correcting me anyways.
09-12-2010, 01:07 AM #7
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Hurah!
flash is basically memory where the PS3 OS is stored so people can't get to it...
09-12-2010, 05:06 AM #8
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gage14x
Haxor!
Can you downgrade if you have 3.41 saved onto a USB stick?
09-12-2010, 12:54 PM #9
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lol what a mistake

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