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[Donthizz#]

someone gave him $5, this is GOLD!!

 

[Ianan]

This is classic

Oh dear god NO. This has been amazing.

 

[TheRealTalker]

What is that dog people keep posting?

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...wow

..... So cool


....amazing

 

[legacyzero]

This is classic

I CANT FUCKING BREATHE!!!

 

[Zombie James]

Flagged for what?

 

[Ilive1up]

link to the twitch page?

 

[xxracerxx]

REMOVING YOUR HDD DOES NOT VOID YOUR WARRANTY

Honestly please stop saying this.

FUD all around right now.

Removing the hard drive on the XBO will void warranties though, correct? Maybe that is why they think this.

 

[owlbeak]

I feel like I should give him $5 for the last three hours of entertainment.

 

[Zacxx201]

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You are permanently banned from talking in hi11zones"

I don't know what I expected.

 

[borghe]

..............So people can't expect their console to work properly day one without having to break it apart, and void their warranties? We should all be able to remove our HDDs? This is corporate apologizing at it's finest.

There's a reason people buy consoles over PCs: convenience without that, you're better off getting a gaming PC.

He didn't use his console properly, so why should he expect it to work properly? You can't just kill power to a modern day computing device and expect it to recover like nothing happened. Maybe it will, but probably it won't.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Another thing to remember this guy was constantly powering his PS4 on and off for like an hour straight and it seems to have held up fine.

 

[Venturer]

0. OP is not the same person as this streamer having the issue: http://www.twitch.tv/hi11zones
1. Guy pulls the plug on his PS4 that freezes when its downloading/installing DCUO.
2. Tries to troubleshoot the console isnt doing the best job.
3. Act like a jackass to Sony CS and cant follow simple instructions
4. Gives his name,last name,home adress and PS4 serial number to techsupport while 6000 stream monsters watch
5. Gets trolled by the chat and his friends
6. Gets DDOSED and spammed on Skype.
7. Guy removes his hardrive and boots the system up, that finely puts console into safe mode. Turns it off and reinserts the hardrive, puts it back on and it fixes it self. (5hours later)

 

[Hidden One]

I think you're suppose to boot without the HDD. That forces the error message.

Actually no. He took the HDD out then booted and got error and put it back in

I fix'd it

 

[IAmRandom31]

Alright, here is the explanation of why this worked.

Something corrupted his system config files during a routine SYSTEM UPDATE. This bricked the config files to the point to where they would not even load into safe mode. Taking out the HDD and turning the system on caused the system BIOS to take over. Almost like a forced factory reset. When he put the HDD back in, the BIOS informed the system that it was defaulted and needed the original 1.0 / 1.5 update, thus reinstalling the entire thing. The fresh install erasing whatever corruption occured originally.

How does that sound? Sounds like that is the only thing that could of happened.

 

[Fedelias]

ITS UP

 

[enzo_gt]

Live again!

 

[SoilBreak]

IT"S BACK

 

[Salex_]

WHY WOULD SOMEONE GIVE HIM MONEY?!

well, that was entertaining.

Edit: Donation WHY?

Because some people have money to spare and got a lot of entertainment from his stream. Not everyone is cheap.

 

[D23]

Hes back on

 

[BlazinAm]

back

 

[Riggs]

lol his name showing =/

 

[E92 M3]

Young man is very self-deprecating in the chat calling himself a loser in the chat.

 

[John Rabbit]

oh my god i cannot even handle this guy.

this fucken guy.

 

[GalacticaN7]

Well, glad he fixed it.

That would be a real bummer.

 

[HamsterPackage]

He's back!

 

[fluffydelusions]

I really thought you'd hear the doorbell ring a short time after he gave out his address and there would be pizza delivered

 

[Gattsu25]

That was kinda crazy.

Looks like he's back online.

 

[Gamesadict]

Aww yiss he is back.

 

[Zombie James]

And he's back.

 

[Bunta]

Great entertainment all round, I'd say.

Definitely. This guy tripped and stumbled his way into fixing his PS4, hahaha.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Not gonna lie. His success made me want a PS4.

It's that fancy new "viral marketing" that all the kids are doing.

 

[Zabant]

well, that was entertaining.

Edit: Donation WHY?

.

 

[DTSAirmaN]

...wow

..... So cool


....amazing

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

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Aww yiss he is back.

And down again.

 

[HariKari]

FUD all around right now.

Removing the hard drive on the XBO will void warranties though, correct? Maybe that is why they think this.

PS4 is designed to be swappable, XBO is not. You brick your XBO, it has to go to MS. At least here you have some options without voiding the warranty. Tripping safe mode by not having a boot device isn't an ideal scenario, but if this guy can walk himself through it, it's a home fix most anyone can do.

 

[Viruz]

Can someone summarize what happened? This thread is like a roller coaster.

 

[MThanded]

Alright, here is the explanation of why this worked.

Something corrupted his system config files during a routine SYSTEM UPDATE. This bricked the config files to the point to where they would not even load into safe mode. Taking out the HDD and turning the system on caused the system BIOS to take over. Almost like a forced factory reset. When he put the HDD back in, the BIOS informed the system that it was defaulted and needed the original 1.0 / 1.5 update, thus reinstalling the entire thing. The fresh install erasing whatever corruption occured originally.

How does that sound? Sounds like that is the only thing that could of happened.

Sound reasonable.

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.

 

[xxracerxx]

And down again.

Streaming straight from PS4.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

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You are permanently banned from talking in hi11zones"

I don't know what I expected.

lmao

 

[BadAss2961]

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

 

[Papercuts]

Young man is very self-deprecating in the chat calling himself a loser in the chat.

Actually, a looser!

This is a Cerny built console though, bruh, you're thinking about how it used to be. Cerny's all about that forward thinking, self repairing future.

#NewRules
#NoHDD
#YouOnlyYOLOOnce

True dat, he's got a...knack for this.

*barf*

 

[Tsundere]

IT'S WORKING!
lol he sounds so excited.

 

[jwk94]

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

 

[kurbaan]

AHAHHA "OH I AM LIVE! ITS WORKING"

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

 

[Ray Wonder]

You're live buddy, You are live. Good job. I'm proud of you.

 

[Riggs]

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

 

[Demetrius]

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...

 

[TalentBurke]

So it looks like the stream quality all depends on your internet connection. The Knack stream looks mad clear

 

[BloodMoney]

What is that dog people keep posting?

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The pooch of wisdom and irony

 

[ieatzombies]

This really just keeps on giving cheers everyone!