Recent content by Ashley Lycan

Update on CECHG03 Got the Syscon into internal mode and see what happens during boot in the bringup log. The connection was really flaky, sometimes authenticating fine, then crashing when i try and send a command, but i did manage to get it to work in the end. Becount reports this console has...

Both the Cell and RSX do get powered and appear to have all voltages present, although RSX VDDC and FBVDDQ are at 1.3V and 2.0V, which are higher than the normal 1.2V and 1.8v. Im not sure that could be the problem. Power Supply is also not the issue, since i had tried a different one with no...

Hello everyone Since i got my hands on a Fat PS3 and managing to bring it back to life, i was fascinated by the internals and wanted to lean more. On top, wanting to make up for my previous delidding victim, i decided to get my hands on more consoles to learn how to repair them and see if i...

This was supposed to be a dm, but i cant send those yet, so sorry for posting this here. It just occurred to me that we're both from Romania :) I'm from Bucharest btw. That being so, would there be any way i could send you my board for an repair attempt? and if so, how much would it cost? if...

If you find anything out about 2000 boards, please let me know :3

That's great news. I wanted to talk to someone that does repairs on PS3s about the CPU swap, so i will mention this to them if i go through with it. On the other hand, if that doesn't work out, how exactly do i go about modifying the code for the SYSCON? Im not vrey familiar with these parts...

Hello Everyone! Today i decided to take apart my old PS3 to tinker with it a little. Wanted to try delliding both the GPU and The CPU, but during the delidding process i cut some traces on the CPU, killing it. Is there any way i could buy a identical CPU to the one on the board and solder it...