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[Puppet Shadow]

REMOVING YOUR HDD DOES NOT VOID YOUR WARRANTY

Honestly please stop saying this.

Not that I think Sony would be dicks about it, but removing the cover and then taking out the hard drive would fall under 'tampering', which will void your warranty.

 

[Satchel]

He just removed the hdd, booted with no hdd, got some error, then put it back in and it worked.

That's um....wow.

 

[Arc Christelle]

My problem is that they've spread this FUD as if the consoles were unrecoverable.

I'd be like wtf too if my new console almost bricked on me. He fixed it, but that doesn't change the fact that there was a problem in the first place. So it's well deserved.

removing the harddrive does not void warranty.

Removing the HDD does not void the warranty.

In fact, the glossy part slides right off to do so.

My bad, and that's good to hear.Still it seemed like a lot to go through on day 1. No consumer wants to experience that.

 

[Donthizz#]

man knack sure looks good..

 

[DTSAirmaN]

AHAHHA "OH I AM LIVE! ITS WORKING"

This dude... god damn this is too entertaining.

If I thought my PS4 was broken and found a fix, I'd be the same way! This is very entertaining...

 

[Flo_Evans]

It's alive!? Praise playstation.

 

[Zombie James]

What's with that black square?

 

[Fracas]

I've been away for an hour, can someone explain?

Is the issue that people have been having resolved/fixable?

 

[xxracerxx]

Well I hope someone tells the OP.

Not that I think Sony would be dicks about it, but removing the cover and then taking out the hard drive would fall under 'tampering', which will void your warranty.

Dude.....no no No No NO NO.

You can open up ANY PS4 and change the hard drive. Stop saying it voids warranties.

 

[MThanded]

Congrats to this guy. What a rollercoaster. Dude is a superstar. From zero to hero.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Wow, dem shotguns that fire like lazer rifles.

 

[Beast Legacy]

Against my better judgement, I'll be streaming the PS4 version of Injustice's Story Mode (not many people online to play against) at http://www.twitch.tv/beast_legacy

Saw some people asking for footage of that version so I'll be starting soon. Please be gentle, I've never streamed before.

 

[Valnen]

I've seen multiple posting it in twitch and have seen it somewhere...what is it? :/

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge

 

[Windom Earle]

Oh my, this just keeps on giving...

 

[Ray Wonder]

Imagine if some dudes just broke into his house, jacked his PS4 , all live .... with this guys luck it could happen tonight.

I would probably slap my wall, dance like a peacock, then try to jump out my window. Nothing is unexpected at that point.

 

[Tsundere]

Spoilers!

 

[Prophane33]

Ah, he was downloading DCUO, that was his FIRST mistake.

 

[Derpstar]

And people say PC gaming is too complicated... xDDD

 

[CitizenCope]

Damn what did I miss? Was following earlier today.

 

[RaikuHebi]

Not that I think Sony would be dicks about it, but removing the cover and then taking out the hard drive would fall under 'tampering', which will void your warranty.

Yes that thing in the user manual counts as tampering.

 

[BlazinAm]

Was it his fault or did Sony just make a crappy hardware? Should I buy the PS4 next week or just wait till they fix it? I am confused and broke...

He unplugged the system while it was installing something and was a jerk to Sony customer service.

 

[melonrabbit]

Black square of DOOM =/
Guy can't catch a break....

 

[legacyzero]

I literally have TEARS rolling down my face with laughter right now. This fucking guy!

 

[Gary Whitta]

He got the stream working! And now that he's streaming actual PS4 gameplay instead of footage of a bricked box his audience went from 6K to 1K.

People who have been asking the question "When does next-gen officially start?" - that was it, right there.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Summary:

1) Dudes PS4 froze while downloading/install DCU, unplugged the system, and wouldn't turn back on correctly
2) Called Sony support. They wanted to send repair box
3) Guy took out HDD and booted with no HDD
4) Got an error
5) Put HDD back in and it worked

 

[CaptainTiptop]

Glad he got it fixed.

Viewer count has gone down a lot since he did though, wonder who left lol.

 

[Bunta]

What's with that black square?

Censored messages.

 

[Codeblew]

Oh, I thought you meant the old 4chan trick of order hundreds of 'unpaid' pizzas to one address, which fucks over everyone involved. If everyone paid for the pizzas they bought, I guess it would be pretty harmless. Weird, but harmless.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of that way. I should have been more specific. But it still would get pretty bad after 6-7 Pizzas. But at least we would be supporting his local economy. heh.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

The blue screen when the stream went down (with the rotating PS icons moving along a line) that was great lol

 

[Papercuts]

Did his stream just crash again?

Okay GAF, let's contact Dylx (OP of this thread) and get him to try this method.

Yeah, it's be nice to see if that works for the other people with issues.

 

[Hurricane43]

I don't know how, I don't want to break it...

stream cuts out....

 

[Iorv3th]

What is the blurred black box that keeps showing up over the top left portion of the screen?

 

[RiccochetJ]

So HDMI problems that IGN are reporting, are they false?

Kotaku reported that as well.

 

[GreyWind]

and offline once again.

 

[Tsundere]

Look at the comments go up live.. lol

 

[MThanded]

Black square of DOOM =/
Guy can't catch a break....

The black square always pops up to obscure messages and friend requests to the stream watchers. It is not an error.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Not that I think Sony would be dicks about it, but removing the cover and then taking out the hard drive would fall under 'tampering', which will void your warranty.

Lol the hard drive is user replaceable.

 

[joshcryer]

I said earlier he should take the HDD out and boot to see if anything in the boot sequence would change with out the HDD. I assume there must be some alternate boot sequence without the drive.

Yeah, but he should've been able to get to safe mode by holding down the power button, so, something higher level was going on corruption-wise.

It was a good guess when all else failed but I considered it a long shot, to be sure.

 

[zeroOman]

wtf flagged agian

 

[DTSAirmaN]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge

Thanks!

 

[Ran Ran]

What is the blurred black box that keeps showing up over the top left portion of the screen?

It's blurring out notifications so viewers can't see them.

 

[Pain]

What's this dudes PSN name? He's very entertaining. I want him on my friends list!

 

[John Rabbit]

What is the blurred black box that keeps showing up over the top left portion of the screen?

it blurs friend requests and message notifications when streaming. it also cuts to another screen whenever you bring up the PS4 UI.

 

[TheJLC]

Lol he got flagged again.

 

[borghe]

I can get into safe mode after formating my entire hard drive

Yeah. I'm not going to lie. I stopped reading right here. Go format your drive and then tell me how well safe mode worked out for you.

 

[Mr Moose]

Oh man, I can't watch any more... He hasn't got a clue wtf he is doing, doesn't even know how to play games.

 

[Rebel Leader]

It was very simple. You can break it down into steps though.. lol

1. Grab a screwdriver
2. Unscrew the Hard Drive
3. Take it out
4. Boot up PS4 without Hard Drive.
5. Turn off PS4.
6. Put hard drive back in
7. Boot up hard drive
8. Automatically installs firmware

Fixed

damn

 

[ffdgh]

Dude can't catch a break lol.

 

[Malreyn]

OMG, this solution needs to go out before more "bad press" can build up.

 

[USC-fan]

What is the blurred black box that keeps showing up over the top left portion of the screen?

It PSN messages you get from friends so people cannot get their ID. Really is smart.