I think it is more likely that the PS3 OS is hitting a error with an 'unrecognized time', which was the main problem. If I'm right, then the battery being dead or not should not affect DRM. But while the PS3 is on, the CMOS time stamp should be available.įurthermore, since the CMOS time would be that recognizable pre-determined date, DRM should be able to work properly.įor a test, someone could remove the CMOS battery and try to log on. In the case of the battery being dead, every time you turn on your PS3 would probably require you to enter that day's date and time to calibrate the OS date as the PS3 has no means to keep time while it is turned off. The battery being dead would probably not be a problem. Taking out the battery will reset the CMOS time to some pre-determined date, and then the OS will recognize that pre-determined date again, and therefore DRM will work as usual again as resetting the CMOS time moves the CMOS time away from the unrecognizable 9.

This would make sense since an unrecognized time is not within the system's design so the developers didn't anticipate a workaround for the DRMs to just look at the system time, it simply wasn't thought about. If this wasn't the case, the removal of the CMOS battery would wreak havoc on the DRM of the PS3s that did have their batteries removed and this apparently did not happen. I dont understand why anyone would choose to defend this. To check the version of system software, go to Settings(the. It's not that the CMOS time stamp is required or something, it just needs to have a 'recognizable' CMOS time stamp for the PS3 OS DRM to work properly. Surely fixing their DRM system via a firmware update is much more preferred for everyone. If firmware is 3.5 or later, you do not do to do any update. This is pure speculation, but works logically for me. Ok so I have 2 ps3s one is the phat version (not the one that plays ps2 games) and the other is a slim both are on 4.88. Click to expand.I think it is more likely that the PS3 OS is hitting a error with an 'unrecognized time', which was the main problem.

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