No dice on the recovery menu and I currently don't have a screwdriver to swap the hard drive. Furthermore, the only hard drive I do have is in my "good" PS3, so I'd rather not risk it.
Probably gonna look into fixing the wifi card, I prefer using my controller wireless anyhow
So I just tried it out, and now I'm stuck in a loop like a dumb dumb. I created a CFM that should be compatible with a PS3 without working wifi, but that doesn't actually help. It already loaded on the bad firmware which it is trying to install, so it doesn't even try to access the potentially...
Are the update files posted here okay to use on a ps3 without a working wifi chip? In particular I was looking at the files posted by Mitsu TM. (I am not allowed to link)
For context, I have a 2504A from 0D, so I want to try 700/850 to start. From what I have read on this forum, that should be safe