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[NoTacos]

This is horrible, a goddamn travesty. But I can't turn away. Lol.

People like this don't deserve a nice piece of hardware because they obviously don't know how to maintain it correctly, or learn from mistakes made 20 minutes ago.

 

[XonoX]

Laurel and Hardy conversation here

 

[Dreams-Visions]

thread title needs another update.

 

[Steel]

PS4 releasing too early when it's not fully ready. They tried to make Xbox One release even earlier, but now they are facing the consequences.

To be fair, plug pulling while doing an install on PC is pretty damn likely to corrupt something on your hardrive. Sadly, I've seen it happen, guy got blue screen of death afterward and blamed me for not trying harder to stop him.

 

[FlammableAce]

No don't jump to conclusions, this is the way he got it to boot into safemode before and fixed it. Its the only known way to solve this issue so far.

Yeah, the first time he turned the PS4 off before he opened it and removed the HDD. This time he left the PS4 ON when he removed it

 

[BitStyle]

Yeah, this is devolving to become pretty sad at this point. I don't know why he still pulls the plug and replaces the HDD while the power is on. These choices aren't helping his case.

 

[ieatzombies]

The banter between him and his brother is priceless! Too good. Hope the guy gets some help.

 

[Minions]

What are you talking about?

His live stream. His brother came in and he said that. When he was replacing the hard drive

 

[Papercuts]

I think he was better off with 4000 dickspammers compared to these mods.

 

[StoopKid]

(Hey IGN, it broke again!)

thanks for the laugh

 

[TriniTrin]

JESUS
we are being trolled yall
gotz to be
it doesnt like his touch guyz lololl

 

[TheAbsolution]

"The insides really not that impressive..."
The stream that keeps on giving.

 

[ThirtyPlus]

"Dangit, I didn't want to turn it on!"

*Dead*

 

[Venturer]

he should have at least turned it off first. wouldn't it corrupt the thing while on and he removed it?

He did turn it off to remove it, he just booted it without a HDD inside it so an error message comes up putting it into safe mode.

How it was fixed before:
1. You have to unplug your HDD
2. Boot the Console without HDD and it will load Safe Mode (white lightbar) and asks for a HDD
3. Turn off, plug in the HDD again and boot the Console again
4. PS4 will boot into Safe Mode again and you can recover now the necessary OS Data, PS4 will start again and will boot into OS again.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

I bet this guy could insert a stick of PC RAM the wrong way.



Tech friend to the rescue, I'm dying.

IT DOESNT FIT!

 

[mrdark]

This is EXACTLY like those infomercial gifs where the guy can't open the spaghetti in Tupperware

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

Lol, opened up his PS4 and took the HDD out..WHILE THE PS4 WAS STILL ON!

God damn idiot!

I know, right!

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Can't. Stop. Watching.....

Me too

wtf is wrong with me

I got an exam in 45 minutes

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Is...what...this has to be on purpose.

 

[Riedinizzo]

Clearly the HDD needs to be replaced with a taco

 

[Vicros]

What are you talking about?

The dude he's talking to on Twitch started panicking when he heard he opened it up to take the hard drive out.

 

[oflaherty01]

Ahh, why didnt he secure his harddrive in place before booting this time?

 

[RedAssedApe]

why do i feel like im being trolled...

 

[FlynnCL]

Uh oh, the PS4 isn't impressive, we've just had confirmation from his brother. Embargo broken.

 

[cdkee]

I can't take this anymore, I'm out.

 

[mrdark]

The banter...it's like a digital whose on first joke

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

 

[Goodacre0081]

Naw, the hardrive is fucked if anything. Lol, plus PS4 is run on BSD, not WINDOWS. It isn't fat32 or NTFS so formatting his drive on Windows isn't going to do jack shit.

he doesn't seem to understand that you can format the HDD from the PS4 itself

 

[diggler41]

"The inside's not really that impressive, now that I look at it."

Amazing.

Lol. This man is the hero we deserve.

 

[Kerned]

It's just a matter of minutes before the butter knife comes out, right?

 

[Stimpack]

I missed a lot of this, and I can't stay and watch the rest. I hope this is archived. The 10 minutes that I've watched have been really wonderful.

I do feel bad for the guy, though. I wish I could just send him away while I fix it for him.

 

[plasmasd]

I want to JUMP through the screen and fix it for him.

 

[ffdgh]

Is...what...this has to be on purpose.

It would seem that way....But it's too hard to tell XD.

 

[PAULINK]

"People are curious"

Yeah, that's what we're definitely here for.

 

[djplaeskool]

Oh god.
He removed the HDD while it was still on?
What. The. Hell.

 

[oconnomiyaki]

PS4 in my local EB is already dead. Lasted a day.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Someone ask his brother if his is also having this issue?

 

[Wille517]

Most people who buy a PS4 will have no clue in hell how to format their hard drive.

How exactly would one go about doing that? Is it the same as the PS3 from the system settings or would I need to hook it up to a laptop??

 

[Riedinizzo]

"People are curious and they don't want to have this issue." Yup. That's it. He nailed it.

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

JESUS
we are being trolled yall
gotz to be
it doesnt like his touch guyz lololl

As long as he doesn't touch hisself, he is fine.

 

[FStop7]

I would have just said "Sony, send me a box to return this thing for a repair" and then gone and watched porn or something. I give this guy credit for persistence.

 

[GA_RoyalT]

did he put the folder names in all caps, this PEBCAK moment reminds me why tech support was a stepping stone for me.

 

[LegendOfFalcon]

The banter...it's like a digital whose on first joke

Haha oh man I can't stop laughing. This is just too much but I can't turn away.

 

[dmr87]

The banter...it's like a digital whose on first joke

The life of an average Joe.

 

[Venturer]

Edit: My bad.

 

[Minions]

Your button is faulty.... It wont go into the boot menu!

 

[Pristine_Condition]

He turned it on "accidentally"...

He "accidentally" physically reached over, and physically pressed the power button with his fingers.

Then he blamed the PS4 for being "so sensitive."

...

Really, there are no words for how stupid this guy is.

And his brother just now said "Your button's faulty. It's the only way..."

SMH.

 

[badb0y]

So, he removed the HDD while the PS4 was on. If it wasn't fucked before it sure as hell is now.

 

[NoTacos]

Well, its looking like a new HDD is on my christmas list.

 

[John Rabbit]

wait did he seriously remove and re-attach the hard drive while the system was still plugged in?