Recent content by Bazookaben

This is a free PS3 I'm trying to get in working order for my cousin, so nothing on it to back up. Just trying to figure out how to get it operational and reliable. I've booted it many times since I got it and it's the same two codes every time, so I don't think there is much more work to be...

OK, I don't know if the previous owner had homebrew or not, but I've just been running it formatted on new SSD with OFW. I can start probing HDD-related parts of the motherboard, but I can't find an schematics for 3xxx systems to help me out there Do we only have service manuals available for...

I meant to say "can't read" SMART data on the original HDD.

Getting two error codes on a 3001B system from every shutdown, in this order: A0801701 A08014FF Dev wiki says 14FF is likely RSX bumps (on a 40nm? damn)... but is it possible it could be hard drive I/O related? Let me explain. Background: Shutdown usually happens soon after power on, but I...

Is SYSCON useful when your console just shuts down after 2-10 seconds with no yellow or red light? I would think that immediate power down means no error logs are able to be written? Hopefully there is still something useful. But I just want to see what you guys think before I go through the...

A little background on this 3001B model that I obtained recently, want to fix it up and give to my cousin: I initially just though it was an issue with the stock hard drive , because I removed the HDD and the system was able to stay on (though basically in safe mode, which I later found works...