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[Steel]

I must of missed something. What is the new topic title supposed to mean?

Guy is streaming his broken PS4(He broke it by unplugging his ps4 while downloading DCUO which had stopped loading), complains to customer support for 4 hours whilst simultaneously being trolled by the people in his stream(Internet and all that), Ign decides that this is worth posting an article about. Finally through the troubleshooting in that 99% troll comments section he takes his HDD out, tries to turn on his PS4, gets an error, but at least it boots. He then puts the HDD back in and everything work. Guy then proceeds to pat himself on the back for being better than Sony Customer Support.... Then proceeds to once again break the ps4 by trying to download DCUO again. He is currently trying to fix it again, doing things such as turning on the PS4 while the hardrive isn't screwed in, plugging in the hard drive while the system is running, failing at holding the power button the amount of time necessary to boot in safe mode, and much much more, all while ignoring the Twitch admin's good advice. Then he finally listens to good advice, gets it working again, turns it off(to standby) and now it's broken again. He's now in hissy fit mode, all the while constantly switching inputs between hdmi and cable while trying to fix it. Thar's your summary, have fun.


There's more but I don't feel like updating this post, just copy pasting.

As for the title Bish has been changing it to match quotes from the guy in question. It's pretty funny.

 

[WarrenMax007]

Download Ubuntu, put it on USB, take PS4 HDD and plug it in your laptop, boot from Ubuntu USB, load it without installing, format HDD to NTFS, turn laptop off, take PS4 HDD and put it back in PS4.
Then download update from Sony's site, put it on USB stick and follow instruction on Sony's site.

 

[Schrade]

I'm really trying to talk to this guy. Sigh.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

"We did try it on the laptop."

You... You did?

 

[S0N0S]

Writing this again, with more clarification.


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Look. This is a comedy of errors. People are thinking that two beeps is the key. It's NOT!

Look at the first post of this thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=714150

There's instructions there on how to get into safe mode.

Note that it says the two beep thing is ONLY for IF the light is ORANGE.

So what he needs to do is this:

1) STOP FUCKING SWITCHING INPUTS

2) Plug the PS4's HDMI into HDMI Input 2

3) Set the TV to HDMI2. The reason why I say HDMI2 for the input is so we are using a completely different input for certain and to check the connection chain properly.

4) Make sure the PS4 does NOT have the hard drive plugged in and that the PS4 is completely turned off.

5) Now Unplug the power from the system. JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S OFF.

6) Plug the power into the system. DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE FUCKING POWER BUTTON.

7) Now, Touch the power button lightly on the PS4 and hold it in for 7 seconds UNTIL IT BEEPS. Hopefully this will put it into safe mode. DO NOT SWITCH INPUTS WHILE IT'S DOING THIS. The system has to do handshaking with the TV.



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Have the mods give me chat abilities on Twitch! Schrade_bofh is the nick

Turn off the power of your PS4™ system completely.
Check that the power indicator is not lit. If the power indicator is lit up in orange, touch the power button on the PS4™ system for at least 7 seconds (until the system beeps a second time).
http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps4/index.htm

How does I google?

if his friend is still watching.

how is this hard

I walked him through all of these. Unless he's doing something else I'm not aware of, these did not work.

I'm starting to suspect his HDMI plug is busted and we won't get an image regardless of what we do.

Also, the HDD is not the current issue, at least it's not the whole issue. It's possible to get an image without the HDD, but now no longer can get even that much.

 

[shadowkat]

LOL. I'm reading this thread for the gifs.

 

[Keyouta]

I left to make some supper and he's still at it. Hilarious!

 

[Riggs]

"We did try it on the laptop."

You... You did?

No

 

[Parapraxis]

Has he tried jiggling the HDMI cable in the PS4 port yet?

 

[brickarts295]

 

[kendrid]

Turn off his stream and watch some real PS4 streaming. He is trolling everyone for views.

 

[joshcryer]

I don't think it's an MS conspiracy, it's more likely a guy who got a lot of attention and wants to live in the limelight. This is historic for Twitch users. If you were a Twitch streamer you would live this up as long as possible.

edit: the reason I believe that is his stream was going down when he was streaming games, but it was fine while doing the trouble shooting. So he stuck with the trouble shooting.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

 

[Cryoflar3]

This gif always makes me laugh.

 

[FairXchange]

Can't lie, this guy made the PS4 launch memorable in a way. I probably won't forget this. Hope he gets it to work/get a repair if it actually is broken.

Can't watch anymore, gotta get stuff in order so I can get my hands on my PS4 tomorrow.

 

[GrizzNKev]

One more time for visibility.

HE IS TAKING HIS THUMB OFF THE BUTTON WHEN HE TURNS IT ON. I HAVE SEEN HIM DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.

Someone tell him he can't release the button when turning it on.


That's why the PS4 turns off when he thinks he's holding the button during the "on" step.

 

[JakenBear]

Cant. Stop. Watching.

 

[cjtiger300]

Seriously, is the HDMI plugged into the TV? I have seen no proof.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Give it a whack on the side like the Fonz.

 

[Moofers]

Room is in slow mode so I can't post the link in rapid fashion.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I'm running off of < 5 hours of sleep for 48 hours.

This has broken my person.

 

[Schrade]

I walked him through all of these. Unless he's doing something else I'm not aware of, these did not work.

I'm starting to suspect his HDMI plug is busted and we won't get an image regardless of what we do.

He keeps fucking up the order. Tell him to mute the room and only TALK TO ME. I'm Schrade_bofh on Twitch.

 

[TetraGenesis]

This asshole is making me rage but these gifs and images are making me laugh even harder so it evens out.

It helps that I'm loopy on NyQuil.

 

[SarcasticD]

 

[Rubius]

Because he likes all the attention he is getting.

It's bad attention. Really, I dont believe he's trolling. He really dont want to become a DSP 2. He's just not good at troubleshotting, there is ton of people out there like that.

 

[Dr.Acula]

im actually shocked sony hasnt got a tech on the line with him to get it fixed. this isnt the best pr no matter the angle anyone put on it lol

Hell no. I've worked tech support, some people it's like every Monday their PC is dead. Some people are just black holes of negative energy. He'll probably brick all PS4s in a five-block radius.

 

[Sseklebeast]

I'm sorry , I am sure this has been asked before but what the heck is going on here? I read about the OP earlier in the afternoon but it seems this has exploded into something else.

What's the latest? Appreciate it.

 

[ignata]

If you had this fixed, you'd have like, 70 viewers.

 

[Bronetta]

 

[Whogie]

Flagged. Oh fuckin hell

Edit: nm, there was a button to continue

 

[LycanXIII]

He thinks he'd have twice as many viewers if he was actually playing it. lol

 

[The Flash]

This guy sounds like the dude from Freeman's Mind

 

[LordCanti]

The HDMI port was outputting just fine before he screwed with it. I don't think it just would have broken coincidentally right after he downloaded a game and it froze or whatever.

 

[notoriousKTR]

 

[eddfromtheriver]

Worst thing is... i've seen posts in this same thread about people cancelling their PS4 pre-orders due to his incident... *smfh*

 

[GreyWind]

 

[Casimir]

Forget this guy, Yosp is streaming Resogun!


Link

 

[Gary Whitta]

He thinks he'd have twice as many viewers if he was actually playing it. lol

This > Knack.

 

[malfcn]

This guy doesn't know how to press and hold a button.

 

[Steel]

I'm sorry , I am sure this has been asked before but what the heck is going on here? I read about the OP earlier in the afternoon but it seems this has exploded into something else.

What's the latest? Appreciate it.

That's apparently what I'm here for:

Guy is streaming his broken PS4(He broke it by unplugging his ps4 while downloading DCUO which had stopped loading), complains to customer support for 4 hours whilst simultaneously being trolled by the people in his stream(Internet and all that), Ign decides that this is worth posting an article about. Finally through the troubleshooting in that 99% troll comments section he takes his HDD out, tries to turn on his PS4, gets an error, but at least it boots. He then puts the HDD back in and everything work. Guy then proceeds to pat himself on the back for being better than Sony Customer Support.... Then proceeds to once again break the ps4 by trying to download DCUO again. He is currently trying to fix it again, doing things such as turning on the PS4 while the hardrive isn't screwed in, plugging in the hard drive while the system is running, failing at holding the power button the amount of time necessary to boot in safe mode, and much much more, all while ignoring the Twitch admin's good advice. Then he finally listens to good advice, gets it working again, turns it off(to standby) and now it's broken again. He's now in hissy fit mode, all the while constantly switching inputs between hdmi and cable while trying to fix it. Thar's your summary, have fun.


There's more but I don't feel like updating this post, just copy pasting.

 

[Rojo]

Hmm watch this train wreak or watch Yoshida play resogun.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

He'll probably brick all PS4s in a five-block radius.

LOL, my sides.

 

[Zyae]

Worst thing is... i've seen posts in this same thread about people cancelling their PS4 pre-orders due to his incident... *smfh*

the start of this thread was a different guy

 

[kahboomkin]

Wow. Yeah. Alright.
I've seen about as much as I can handle.

Spoiler

The gifs in this thread are god tier though. I'm in tears over here lol

 

[DopeyFish]

Seriously, is the HDMI plugged into the TV? I have seen no proof.

his tv autodetects connections

and he showed the cable going from PS4 to TV no more than 10 minutes ago

 

[Intheflorsh]

 

[ffdgh]

It just goes on and on just like the stream.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

This guy is like the Miley Cyrus of video games. He just wants people to watch him doesn't matter what he has to do or how people actually feel about him.

 

[googleplex]

Cant. Stop. Watching.

#Dead

 

[MilkBeard]

Oh god this is awesome. Best one yet.