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PS4 System Update 2.51 Rolls Out

Patch notes outline various stability improvements.

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Sony has begun rolling out a new system software update to PlayStation 4, bringing with it various tweaks and improvements to the previous firmware build.

The console update weighs about 245MB, and should now be available to PS4 owners across North America and Europe. Brief patch notes, copied below, suggest that the new update will implement minor fixes.

PS4 Update 2.51 Patch Notes

  • System software stability during use of some features has been improved.
  • Operation quality during use of some applications has been improved.

One bug that some users discovered back in March, where a notification informing players about Rest mode would continually pop up when the console turned on, has not been fixed.

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Haven't had any problems with my PS4 running Bloodborne....a little surprised at the hostile comments here. Lol. Console isn't loud either.

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@Fartman7998: My PS4 seems to get loud when its idle oddly enough. For example on Far Cry 4 if im in a safehouse looking at weapons. If i push options in Unity and go into Gear, options etc. Been playing Indie game Never Alone. Happens in pretty much every game for me at certain points.

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@Fartman7998: what system do you have because you clearly don't own a ps4 it your system isn't load. the thing sounds like a jet

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: PS4 is slightly louder, but you are definitely using hyperbole here. Tests have shown that the PS4 is just 1 db louder than XB1 at 1 m away. Both machines are around 40 db at 1 m, or just barely above a whisper. Definitely not enough to get excited about or even make a decision on which machine you buy. Test is here << LINK REMOVED >>

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: It can sometimes get loud if I game for several hours, but most of the time it is pretty quiet. I had an XBox One, but I returned it, because the PS4 is just IMO a better system. (especially in terms of GPU power). I am not saying that XBox One is bad, it just isn't for me.

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: Mine is nearly silent, but I only have digital games.

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: I've had my PS4 since December and I have never heard it make loud noises....I do remember my PS3 however making a lot of loud noises over the course of 6+ years with it.


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@krauser76@shadyshack@Fartman7998: the ps4 is louder than the ps3 was dude at least to me.

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@shadyshack@krauser76@shadyshack: I am just going by what i've experienced shady. I can't hear my PS4 even when I am in the main menu with nothing playing it is completly quiet.

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@krauser76@shadyshack@krauser76: we can hear ours in our house.

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@shadyshack@krauser76@shadyshack: You should return your ps4. ps3 is way louder.

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@shadyshack@krauser76@shadyshack: Not even close.

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: The ps4 isn't loud. At startup it sounds like a jet but afterwards it stays fairly quiet

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: Nope, for the most part mine has been fairly quiet. It whirs a bit when I first load a disc, but that only lasts a moment.

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@Fartman7998@shadyshack: you must have the only one then. because everyone that i have played sounds like jet and i think anyone in here will tell you that

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: Not only one at all, mine is fairly quiet as well--as is my friend's and my brother's. Sorry, mate.

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Same. Mine runs quiet.

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: i agree. the PS4 is really loud when you play a disc. its annoying. i shouldn't be able to hear my console over my TV.

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@deathtripp1355@shadyshack@Fartman7998: Damn!! get a refund, your system must be broken

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@deathtripp1355@shadyshack@Fartman7998: I have never once heard the console over the sounds of the game.

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@Fartman7998@deathtripp1355@shadyshack: this is what mine is like << LINK REMOVED >>

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@shadyshack@Fartman7998: Perhaps my house isn't so quiet you can hear a pin drop? Don't know what to tell you

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and what is this supposed to do again besides brick a console.

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I got an error SU-30638-0 (which i've never heard of and cannot find information on) while attempting to do the 2.51 update. Any assistance with this error would be greatly appreciated.

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how about an update to silence the console? its so freaking loud when you play a disc!

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I haven't had any issues with my PS4 since I sold it.


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Does the update make the PS4 stop being a slow pos? Mine is choking and gasping for air as I try to play Bloodborne.

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i dont get that notifcation about rest mode anymore with 2.50 kind strange, then again i have not turn on my ps4 on in 3 weeks till yesterday


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nah we need an update to be able to play our playstation store digital games when we have no wifi >_>

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@thebossvado: u can as long as youre the primary account cuz if not it'll lock the games. Had the same problem till i figured it out.

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sony needs to fix the self disc eject thing. kinda annoying waking up at 4am while your ps4 keeps beeping continuously trying to eject a disc when it doesnt have one in it.

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@acmilanfan1011: its a hardware problem, more precisely the internal eject button or circuit needs a fix, there's one fix that prevents for a while ( found on youtube) , but u will have to open your ps4 to fix it. eventually the problem comes back .

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@acmilanfan1011: its a hardware problem, more precisely the internal eject button or circuit needs a fix, there's one fix that prevents for a while ( found on youtube) , but u will have to open your ps4 to fix it. Sometimes the problem comes back, or not.

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i think ive seen that vid but i didnt wanna risk prying it open

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@acmilanfan1011: You should look that up, I fixed it by tweaking that screw in the side of the playstation. Not that hard... It's not a software issue at all lol.

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and it is a software issue. i called im not the first one to send it back. sony needs to do a better job before releasing a console.

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@acmilanfan1011: It would be a hardware issue if anything.

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its hardware issue correct

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@acmilanfan1011: Pretty much. I can't see software issues causing the system to attempt to eject a disc when turned off. That's a hardware fault in all likelihood. Its possible but, always go with the most likely first. And, the problem would be widespread if it was a software issue.

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apperantly it has something to do with the sensor bieng really sensitive. so a spec of hair can activate it

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@acmilanfan1011: Maybe. Its certainly uncommon. I haven't had anyone bring in a system or call about the problem. So, that would suggest a rare hardware fault or poor design.

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do you work for sony? if you do please tell them to put someone who speaks fluent english im not racist but ita annoying trying to explain myself 5 times to someone who clearly cant speak english.

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@acmilanfan1011: He he, I don't work for them. My problem with their support is how many voice menus you have to go through to get to the person you need. And the annoying marketing they do while directing you through those menus. Sometimes I just want to do an RMA and, it takes 20 minutes to reach someone to do it.

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lol took me about an hour to finally get ahold of someone. but i couldnt understand him -__-

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@acmilanfan1011: i thought the problem had to do with that little rubber thing under the ps4 fuckin with the eject button?


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yeah i thought so too. so i took it off but it kept doing it. so i called and they said it has something to do with the sensors bieng sensitive. like a spec of dust falls on it it will eject lol.

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@acmilanfan1011: Sony wants to charge me 150 dollars to send it in for not having a warranty anymore, fuckin bullshit.

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@foxhound2499@acmilanfan1011: well you have a choice to make don't you

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you could also try this before going to bed disconnect it. leave it like that all night. that seems to help alot

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cant you buy the warranty on psn for like 60?

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@acmilanfan1011: ONLY while u still have a warranty but if u dont then ur pretty much fuckd.


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i tried that. also tried reseting then reboot. nothing i called sony they said just to send it back the screw was the first thing i tried. i think amazon may have damaged it i bought the white bundle from there and honestly i shouldnt have.

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@acmilanfan1011: mine does nothing like that.

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@turianshepard@acmilanfan1011: MIne used to not do it but now it does it sometimes randomly. Its quite annoying to be playing something then the game ejects or like acmllanfan said, waking up in the middle of the night to ue ps4 beeping over and over trying to eject NOTHING.

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@foxhound2499@turianshepard@acmilanfan1011: I don't doubt it, I just said mine doesn't do anything like it and he got pissy.

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i got pissy? lolrofl. no. your just one those poeple who have nothing helpful or good to say.

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many people have complained about it go to sony forums. theres a whole page of posts about it. just cause yours is ok doesnt mean everyones elses is.

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@acmilanfan1011: A whole page?!?! OMG, it's a epidemic...

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