(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sony is simply not having a good time lately. The company is fighting hackers by obtaining restraining orders, it's trying to get tools to hack the PlayStation 3 taken offline, and the latest PS3 firmware has quite a glitch: it makes hard drive upgrades impossible on many PS3 models.

The problem seems due to the rushed nature of Sony's latest security update. A post on NeoGaf explains the situation:

The 3.56 patch is a tiny patch which simply add/changes files in the 3.55 software. This differs from most patches which download the entire firmware. Since part of the software on models with 16MB of flash memory is stored on the hard drive, those PS3's need to reinstall the software when upgrading the drive. PS3's with 256MB of flash memory store all the software in the flash memory so it isn't lost on a drive upgrade.

Anyway since 3.56 is a hot patch and requires 3.55 to be installed prior to updating, you can't install 3.56 on a new drive. You also could install 3.55 when upgrading if not for Sony's software version checks.

Don't worry, Sony isn't removing the ability to upgrade your hard drive. This issue popped up in a previous firmware update and was fixed, which means we can expect more patches in the near future. One poor gamer ran into this glitch the hard way when he tried to format his hardware and start with a fresh PlayStation 3... only to find his system more or less broken without a way to install a working hard drive.

If you're not planning to upgrade your hard drive, this isn't much of a problem, and it should be fixed soon. If you were planning to upgrade, just sit tight until Sony fixes the issue. The worst thing you could do at this point is reformat your hard drive, as there is no way to successfully restore it if you're running the latest firmware.

FOUND THIS ON arstechnica.com SO I COPIED & PASTED HERE TO POST..PLEASE IN YOUR GONNA FLAME PLEASE DON'T POST!!!

This has already been posted

nice found

Sony released a new firmware for the Playstation 3 yesterday. The update added a security patch for the system. However, it looks like it may have broken something as well. According to users on NeoGAF and HighDef Forum, the 3.56 firmware prevents the newer Playstation 3 models (with 16 MB flash) from being upgradeable to a new hard disk drive. The following models have been affected:
Original Playstation 3 Model:
CECHH
CECHJ
CECHK
CECHL
CECHM
CECHP
CECHQ
Slim Playstation 3 Model:
CECH-20..A
CECH-20..B
CECH-21..A
CECH-21..B
CECH-250.A
CECH-250.B
CECH-250.A
CECH-250.B
CECH-251.A
CECH-251.B
Apparently this was an old bug that has appeared before in a previous firmware update that was eventually fixed. Hopefully, Sony can fix it again in a timely matter.




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Yup, im stuck with a useless ps3 right now lol

( To short ) Danm

Supposedly they are fixing the issue. I called them and thats the response I got from them.

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are you not doing the same right there?

Any ETA on this update......