Im glad I saw the following on another board before I switched mine on today.

Blog home Sony updates statement on PS3 problemsThe company is working on the problem but warns affected users NOT to use their consoles.
(31)Tweet this (28)Comments (1) Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has provided an updated statement on the problems currently being experienced by owners of pre-'slim' PS3 consoles. The company has confirmed what many on the web have already predicted - that the issue lies with the machine's internal clock.

Here is the advice in full:

We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors include:
* The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
* When the user tries to sign-in to the PlayStation Network, the following message appears on the screen; "An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)".
* When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; "Failed to install trophies. Please exit your game."
* When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the Internet, the following message appears on the screen; "The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)"
* Users are not able to playback certain rental video downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

As mentioned above, Please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Although much of this repeats what we know of the problem, it is telling that users are being officially warned NOT to use their PS3 systems, even though an earlier statement suggested that it was alright to use the machines as long as there was no attempt to access the PlayStation Network. Also, there seems to be a tacit acknowledgment that certain data may be irretrievable.

PS3 owners are being asked to check the official blog for further information."

Apparently you could lose all your trophies and other online stats.
FFS you'd never see this with microsoft.

Thanks for the info

I still have my PS1 and PS2. I dunno if I want to get a PS3 just yet, although I probably will in the future.

And you can't play Heavy Rain as it updates the Trophy Data before starting. Not a good move for an offline game.

This is not affecting the new slim-line PS3s by the way. Only the old Fat ones. It's always the old fat ones that tend to go first.

Actually Xbox Live has had its fair share of troubles in the past. I remember one christmas it was down for at least a week and they didn't even reimburse people with time that they paid for.

My PS3 has this problem and as long as you don't do anything stupid with it you will be fine, and it really only affects trophies and in the end they mean nothing so all that it means is that you cant play your ps3 for one or two days. No big problem for a service your not paying for in the first place (unlike Live)

I hear it isn't affecting the newer 120/250 gb machines.

I turned mine on and its working fine

40gb 'fat' ps3

sermwanderer said:

whats your psn id?

The world-wide suicide rate increased by 5% on that day.

muirdo said:

southpaw83

iloveannie or iloveannie2

Can't remember which. For XBox Live it's definately iloveannie2.

Yeah.. it's fixed now apparently, and it never gave me trouble on my Slim PS3, i think it was only the fatty ones it had the problems with, something to do with the internal clock not understanding the last days in feb and fucking itself.

add PaulG1975

Anybody playing MLB The Show 10?

Mars23 said:

I think that only appeals to seven people in England. Sorry

Now if you'd asked who was playing Fifa 10 then that would have been a different kettle of fish.

I've sent friends requests to the two that posted