PSN is Still Down After Thirteen Hours
So the Playstation Network has been down for over thirteen hours and it seems that anyone that owns the older PS3s will have had their dates corrupted and changed to 12/31/1999. Unfortunately, while Sony has acknowledged the issue, there is no fix yet.
There is an update about how the newer PS3 slims are not effected but it is definitely troubling that there is something that is pushed across the network that could corrupt your system settings without your knowledge since it touches the time and such. And through being logged in? It was working fine over the weekend until Sunday so obviously there was some sort of maintenance done that has failed and they’re scrambling to probably back-out and perhaps see what they can do to patch the effected systems.
Currently, there hasn’t been any word by Sony since finding out about the problem and those of us that have the older PS3s are going through withdrawals of both Heavy Rain and multiplayer Bioshock.
March 1st, 2010 • 
Darius Sartre • 
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comment | March 1, 2010 at 08:52 | individual comment-link
If you have an older ps3 and you are having trouble with this bug, I have a solution. Most likely your ps3 is past warranty (just like mine) and so you will have to pay out $$$ to get it fixed, right? WRONG! Simply go to this website http://www.llamma.com/PS3/repair/PS3_disassembly_tutorial.htm
When you get to the silver casing over the motherboard, flip it over and take the bottom off. Unplug the battery for 30 seconds and plug it back in; problem solved. DO THIS ONLY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SHELL OUT $$$ AND LOSE YOUR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY!!!!!
comment | March 3, 2010 at 08:17 | individual comment-link
Uhh… the issue has nothing to do with the battery. It was a software bug that detected 2010 as a leap year so the system would try to change to feb 29th, but since it wasn’t a leap year, it would fail. You don’t have to disassemble anything.