Update V5.00 problem

[ENAYSOFT]

Anyone else having problems with this?
I can't play the game anymore, when I begin it asks me to download update v5 but everytime I do it just starts downloading, then PS3 beeps and resets

Anyone else having the same problem?

[AUSPUFF]

Originally Posted by ENAYSOFT

Anyone else having problems with this?
I can't play the game anymore, when I begin it asks me to download update v5 but everytime I do it just starts downloading, then PS3 beeps and resets

Anyone else having the same problem?

Not with Super Stardust HD but with more than one other game/application ever since official firmware 3.40.

Here is how to by-pass this problem. Start the game and get to the screen that is telling you about the update required and it's asking you to press "OK".
Do NOT press "OK" yet! Go near the PS3 and look at the yellow HD indicator light. It's most likely flashing. Wait for it to stop flashing completely and then press "OK".

Hope this is understandable to read and good luck!

[TMA]

I had this problem, but I think it had to do with my change from fatty to slim, and the savegames i transfered. I encountered this kind of problem also with Pacific Rift as I started playing it again on the new console. I copied my files to a USB stick, then updated the games, then copied the savegames back to the hardrive and voila, no gameprogress lost.

[Lone]

Originally Posted by AUSPUFF

Not with Super Stardust HD but with more than one other game/application ever since official firmware 3.40.

Here is how to by-pass this problem. Start the game and get to the screen that is telling you about the update required and it's asking you to press "OK".
Do NOT press "OK" yet! Go near the PS3 and look at the yellow HD indicator light. It's most likely flashing. Wait for it to stop flashing completely and then press "OK".

Hope this is understandable to read and good luck!

This worked for me, thanks.

[Gakesupo]

Originally Posted by ENAYSOFT

Anyone else having problems with this?
I can't play the game anymore, when I begin it asks me to download update v5 but everytime I do it just starts downloading, then PS3 beeps and resets

Anyone else having the same problem?

I encountered the same problem today and this is how you fix it:

When the update prompt shows up don't click x yet. wait untill the harddisk light is out.(to be sure wait 30 seconds) and then click x. It should work

[GForce9x]

I've had this happen with one or two other games as well. This method works for them all.

Basically what is happening is that even though you're in a menu asking you to update the game, the game itself is still loading up and running in the background. So if you press X to get the patch, the system will try to shut down the game while it is in the middle of loading, which is causing the system to crash. I realized this while waiting for the HDD indicator light to stop flashing, and shortly before it did, I heard the main menu music.

I can't remember if I had this happen with a disc-based game, but definitely with at least one other PSN game.

[ER777]

And here I was expecting this thread to be about how they changed the way custom soundtracks worked (I preferred the old in-game menu method myself).

This is good to know about waiting for the HDD light to go out. Since it apparently happens to other games has anyone posted this in the general tech questions forum?

[Echidnalexx]

so what are the patchnotes?

[slammajamma28]

I was having this same problem, thanks for the info on how to fix it guys.

[BlakeyBlake999]

Ah cheers! thought my system was buggered xD
There has been a similar problem to this when i update Black Ops, i p ress "X" and it freezes for 10-20sec but then it eventually updates