PS5 CMOS battery fix appears to have been quietly released - novathak1976

PS5 number that might rich person locked players out of integer games appears to have been fixed

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Sony appears to have quietly fixed a PS5 issue that would sooner or later have limited which games your organisation would play.

Back in March and April 2021, the PlayStation residential district became aware of an issue dubbed the 'CBOMB'. The problem is linked to the CMOS battery, which powers core selective information like the system clock in PS3, PS4, and PS5 consoles. If the barrage fails, important system functions, including the ability to play certain games, would no longer be acquirable.

In September, Sony fixed the government issue on PS4, but thither had been none word on concerns adorned in April that replaceable problems could exist featured by PS5 users in upcoming. Digital Edition owners would be particularly badly affected, as while a CMOS failure wasn't thought to affect bodily games, digital downloads couldn't be accessed at all, and with no disk drive, that would clear those PS5s a very expensive grace.

Straightaway, however, it seems that Sony has addressed those potential problems. In a new video, ironware channel Hikikomori Media removed the CMOS battery from their own console, and found that almost all of their games were able to run. Online functionality was limited, but both physical disks and member downloads worked. The only games that would be inaccessible in the case of a CMOS failure would be PS Asset titles, equally the ability to verify a user's subscription is an online-only feature.

It's not clear when exactly Sony fixed the issue, but few modern PS5 microcode updates power have snuck the solution through. Piece the much recent consoles both come out to undergo resolved the problem, users have pointed out that the PS3 is still vulnerable, and given its relative mature, could finally interlock players out of a keep down of their games.

Now that they'll be safe forever (maybe), hither are some upcoming PS5 games to look impertinent to.

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