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PlayStation 4 users reporting strange graphical glitches

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This is not actually a Jackson Pollock artwork.

We’ve already told you of a strange PlayStation 4 error that’s affected some users;  Error CE-34878-0 seems to be affecting quite a few PlayStation 4 owners, with no word yet of what might be causing the problem. Now, it seems more users are having problems of a decidedly more graphical nature.

Users say there’s an issue that arises that cuts off audio, stops the controller working and leaves awful artefacting all over the screen. Both Reddit and the Official PlayStation forums are host to complaints. some say it’s accompanied by the CE-34878-0 error, so it’s very possible that it could indeed be a hardware issue.

Here’s what it looks like:

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These are possibly isolated issues, but they’re affecting Battlefield 4, and Assassin’s Creed IV. Looking at them, they definitely point to GPU, or GPU memory issues. It could also result from overheating, which is likely considering the hardware that’s packed in to the PlayStation 4’s tiny case. It’s all quite reminiscent of the graphical glitches that would plague the Xbox 360…right before the system would die and display the infamous red ring of death. Reports aren’t anywhere near as widespread as that just yet though.

Resetting the system, switching the HDMI cables and doing a system restore don’t appear to help. If you are affected by issues like this, or similar glitches I’m afraid your only recourse is to send the unit back. Locally, that’s done through Partserve which you can contact on  0861 773 783. According to the Consumer Protection Act though, within the first six months of warranty the retailer you purchased it from is ultimately responsible.

Last Updated: February 4, 2014

55 Comments

  1. Devourer of Small Bunnies

    February 4, 2014 at 11:04

    BUY MOAR AMD #trololol #teamgreen

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      February 4, 2014 at 11:16

      Yes, they should have gone with Nvidia. Of course then it would cost R20k. #AMDFOLIFE!

      Reply

      • guest

        February 4, 2014 at 11:19

        But dat physx doe 😛

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          February 4, 2014 at 11:25

          Pffft, what do you want? PhysX or TressFX? Wait… don’t answer that :/

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          • guest

            February 4, 2014 at 11:29

            Hmm…fancy hair or fancy cape, tough one…

          • Rags

            February 4, 2014 at 11:32

          • guest

            February 4, 2014 at 11:38

            Sold. Jiggly bums always trumps fancy hair.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 4, 2014 at 11:34

          • guest

            February 4, 2014 at 11:36

            Can you have both running on a PC?
            Not trolling, just curious.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 4, 2014 at 11:37

            dunno to be honest.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 4, 2014 at 11:52

            You can get a dedicated PhysX card if I remember correctly, so I guess you can. But you wouldn’t be able to run a Nvdia & AMD card together.

          • Devourer of Small Bunnies

            February 4, 2014 at 12:38

            In a sense, theres some low level hacking required and also a a vrtulogix mobo. It doesnt use both cards full technologies though, jsut spreads the grunt work. No tress and no phsyx

      • Admiral Chief in Vegas

        February 4, 2014 at 11:24

        You said it Trev

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      • Devourer of Small Bunnies

        February 4, 2014 at 12:38

        Yes but you’d at least be able to play 😉

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  2. Hammersteyn

    February 4, 2014 at 11:12

    Haven’t had any issues thus fa and hopefully this doesn’t hit too many people.

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    • guest

      February 4, 2014 at 11:18

      Yep, we can only hope it’s not going to be as widespread as the 360’s RROD issue.
      Given that the issue has been reported while playing BF4 and AC:BF, I wonder if it’s very graphic intensive games that is causing the issue

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  3. Melasco

    February 4, 2014 at 11:20

    I’ve only seen the BF4 map issue, and that was a game client related issue fixed with the last patch… Haven’t had any other issues.

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    • Joe Hopkins

      February 7, 2014 at 21:43

      No it was not fixed cause i just got it today. PS4-BF4-Shanghi deployment over-head map, right in the middle of my screen white checkered strain bought 5-6 of ’em, freaked me out too and now i am worried cause i just bought my ps4 yesterday. Trying to look @ other forums to see what people are saying about it, this is hardware or BF4?

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      • Bennemans360

        July 17, 2014 at 21:11

        Do you still have an issue with it?? Cause I just had the same BF4 graphic glitch but then on the flood map..

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  4. Jaded_Reprobate

    February 4, 2014 at 11:24

    i”m 23hr’s into AC 4 and i’ve yet to see any errors…
    hopefully it stays that way… the game is epic

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    • Admiral Chief in Vegas

      February 4, 2014 at 11:25

      Here is hoping with you dude, I don’t wish this on anyone

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    • guest

      February 4, 2014 at 11:31

      Maybe just check the heat of the console occasionally if you’re playing long sessions and give it a bit of a break if it’s too hot. Just to be on the safe side.

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    • guest

      February 4, 2014 at 11:33

      Maybe occasionally check the heat of the console if you’re playing long sessions and give it a break if it’s too hot. Just to be on the safe side.

      Reply

    • Jonah Cash

      February 4, 2014 at 11:35

      I am also about 23 hours in, but i keep on getting side tracked by taking ships down!! I don’t think I am half way through the story line… It really is tooo much fun to take on other ships!!!

      Reply

      • Jaded_Reprobate

        February 4, 2014 at 12:54

        Yeah dude, i’m having the same problem… done 35% of the main sequence the rest all goes to collectables and adding new ships to my fleet

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    • Nikola

      February 4, 2014 at 13:27

      I’ve got 95% completion and have put in like 60 hours into it, Had no issues.

      Reply

  5. Rags

    February 4, 2014 at 11:27

    I used to get this with my old ATI 9500 Pro graphics card when I overclocked it to the max… or slightly beyond it 😛 Guess it would help if you keep your console in a well ventilated area and not in a cupboard.

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  6. Rikus

    February 4, 2014 at 11:32

    I know they said that the CE-34878-0 error is not specific to any game, but I do find it strange that it mostly happens on BF4. Either people are only playing BF4 on PS4, or there is something going on

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    • Hammersteyn

      February 4, 2014 at 11:36

      LOL Imagine EA made BF4 to break PS4 consoles so that people then buy X1 and play Titanfall which is also a EA game. Double the money.

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      • Rikus

        February 4, 2014 at 11:37

        Since it’s EA we’re talking about, I wouldn’t be surprised.

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        • guest

          February 4, 2014 at 11:40

          Indeed, I would not be surprised at all.
          Did you what they did to the beloved Dungeon Keeper on mobile? Disgusting 🙁

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          • Rikus

            February 4, 2014 at 11:41

            Haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard people are properly upset

          • Hammersteyn

            February 4, 2014 at 12:29

            The microtransactions! Dunno if you played any of the previous ones but you would send an imp to dig a tunnel to get to a gold mine right. Except now it takes up to 24 hours to dig one square. Unless you spend resources that can be bought with real cash. EA is up for another golden poo in my books.

          • Rikus

            February 4, 2014 at 12:41

            Damn…that’s just screwing the gamer

          • guest

            February 4, 2014 at 12:46

            Have a look at this for a better explanation.
            This isn’t even nickel and diming the customer, it’s a plain money grab scam.

          • Rikus

            February 4, 2014 at 13:00

            Wow… I have no other words…just wow.

      • melodicmizery

        February 4, 2014 at 12:06

        yah but bf4 does the same errors on all consoles, the same issues ps4 users have, xbox and pc has as well. i did think the same thing though somewhat. with the way the game is setup it seems like there was a mad designer or something that sabotaged the game kinda by removing the way squadding works and the weapon loadouts in the main menu. they changed alot of key stuff in that game that alot of people abandoned the game. i mean on bad company 2 my entire friend list played that game nonstop for over a year, then from 3 to 4 it went down to seeing 1 or 2 people playing it nonstop and most not even buying it

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        • Rikus

          February 4, 2014 at 12:25

          Just play CoD: Ghosts…

          *Ducks and runs in a zig-zag pattern*

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          • guest

            February 4, 2014 at 15:15

            *throws knife and one-shots you…cos you know a knife is way more powerful than say, taking like 5 assault rifle bullets to the chest/back 😉 #codlogic

        • Hammersteyn

          February 4, 2014 at 12:27

          Did not no that. EA clearly pushed this game out the door way too soon then. Bad EA bad.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      February 4, 2014 at 11:40

      Maybe it is related to overheating like @disqus_RrbCSX2THg:disqus said. They’re probably having long play sessions online.

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      • Rikus

        February 4, 2014 at 11:45

        Yeah. It is a possibility. Also, it would seem like BF4 is not coded particularly well (if you look at all the bugs), so it might not be the most efficient game to run for long periods.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          February 4, 2014 at 11:50

          That’s possible too, optimisation might not be all there. A minute or two after loading the hanger module for Star Citizen my cooling fans kick into overdrive – at least they told us about that upfront.

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        • Falcon D. Stormvoice

          February 4, 2014 at 22:34

          Frakkin’ EA.

          It’s not surprising that they are facing financial trouble, even though they presumably do these things for money. e.g. rushing out Dragon Age II when it was a mess and selling half as many copies as Origins did. Despite nonsensical critical acclaim.

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    • melodicmizery

      February 4, 2014 at 12:01

      actually i been getting it on warframe alot the past 3 days. and when i googled it theres a 75 page forum that pretty much names every game out. tomb raider more recently getting it.

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    • Surging

      February 4, 2014 at 21:48

      War thunder gives to me sometimes, man I miss the days of super nintendo.

      Reply

  7. Macethy

    February 4, 2014 at 11:40

    Overheating!

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  8. oVg 60fps > 30fps

    February 4, 2014 at 11:50

    Does nothing ever work anymore?
    Before the stupid internet console, a TOTAL RECALL would have to be ordered.

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  9. melodicmizery

    February 4, 2014 at 12:03

    the blue screen of death reminds me of windows 98 lol. im getting it alot on warframe. doesnt seem to be able to handle the infestation waves sometimes. the game has been doing weird things lagging out, the timing will be wrong sometimes. like ill pick something up and it wont pick up till minutes later. or ill get froze doing something. nfs graphical err. bf4 was a nightmare to platinum had over 50 crashes on ps4. it seems the same as being frozen on ps3 but instead of freezing your console it instead maybe protects you and blue screens you and exits the game to avoid damge to save files and etc maybe?

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  10. melodicmizery

    February 4, 2014 at 12:10

    ive actually had the 3rd picture happen on battlefield, but it only happened when i switched to map sometimes and then back in the game it would be gone and only on a certain map. it has never happened on any other games. i hope my unit dont die lol if it does im going to xbox. at least i can play music on there

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  11. Graeme Selvan

    February 4, 2014 at 21:44

    I had those white-blocks showing on the map when playing Battlefield 4. It’s not shown in anything else yet… What should I do?

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  12. AVJ

    February 5, 2014 at 08:44

    Had no problems with mine? Hopefully it won’t get worst afters years. This R6300 gadget must last 7years right?

    Reply

  13. Guest

    February 6, 2014 at 05:30

    Same problem for me. I just played FIFA14 and

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  14. PS_FIFA14

    February 6, 2014 at 05:42

    It happened to me while playing Fifa 14. I played the game less than a week. The glitch occurred on all the screen my PS4 displayed. I sent the PS4 to customer centre and they spent 2 weeks examining its problem. In 2 weeks, they just gave me another set without any explanation on the problem. Very disappointed.

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  15. Guest

    February 6, 2014 at 05:45

    It happened to me while playing Fifa 14. I played the game less than a week. The glitch occurred on the entire screen my PS4 displayed. I sent the PS4 to customer centre and they spent 2 weeks examining its problem. In 2 weeks, they just gave me another set without any explanation on the problem. Very disappointed.

    Reply

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