We reported earlier that the version 2.60 update can cause problems with your PS3 and we are here to give helping hand. As it turns out the error was just one major coincidence. However after looking up more details and complaints about the problem we have come across this.

The first issue seems to be a corrupted download when a PS3 will not correctly download the update. Your best bet is to go here http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/SystemUpdates/PS3. Follow the update instructions on the site and make sure you get 100 percent before transferring the file to your PS3. If your stuck updating with a PS3 console the only thing you can do is not disrupt the download, in other words do NOT cancel the update while the download is in process. The second issue is just the fact that technology has errors at times and this explains why Sony applies the “we are not liable for firmware damage” in the EULA. So with a bit of common sense, much of what I was lacking when I heard the news, your always at risk when updating your console. So if your PS3 is working then you're good to go, if its not you just don't have the luck I guess.

The problem is very sporadic throughout PS3 users but is not a huge problem anymore, so its safe to give these a try. Every system or gadget that runs updates will run the risk of a similar error so you don't really ned to worry.  If you update and get the error there is nothing you can really do, just going to have to tough it out.

Update: We have been contacted by a PlayStation Spokesperson with the following:

"The faults that you have been told about are simply normal faults and it is purely coincidental that they happen at the time of an upgrade. More people use their PS3s when there is an update and much like with a new software title, at those times of high use there is an increase in the number of faults. We simply recommend that those whose PS3s have broken contact their local customer care centre." PlayStation spokesperson