Recent content by Franco23444

Thank you, it worked flawlessly!

Nope, I tried

Hmm, seems like the Namco system 369 has some overclocking being done to some extent. Here’s one example and I was able to make a video on it. Tekken Tag 2 (arcade version) seems to run kinda sluggish on all 357 models but on the 369, it runs very smoothly. I also tried some other PS3 games on...

So I was actually able to test out the GEX CFW @Joonie provided and it works fine on a slim I was able to convert with the help from @hoodangel. The dongle stuff also worked fine and was able to test Tekken 6.0, Tekken 6BR and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited without any problems whatsoever. It...

Just to elaborate some more, I was helping @hoodangel troubleshoot Tekken 6.0 using GEX OFW 4.70 on my Namco System 357C. I have confirmed before that the game works fine on firmwares 2.51,3.60, and 3.70 as the HDD we got is a special firmware free HDD. I did a few tests before with GEX OFW 4.XX...

Real GEX can downgrade and upgrade firmwares easily (GEX OFW 3.60-4.70). The issue is doing it on a non GEX PlayStation 3 system like a retail unit. If @hoodangel downgrades to GEX OFW 3.60, it will be stuck there and he won’t be able to use newer GEX OFW without the risk of bricking his system…

Yeah, it’s coded to the GEX VSH but it’s also reads the SFT files at boot up as well.

Hi, I do have two 357A units I do plan on selling soon. Both are still in working order. The one with newer firmware has been serviced before, I don’t know by who but that’s how I got it and the other is still completely stock and still has its original 2.51 GEX firmware. The only servicing I...

Hmm, turns out you can downgrade firmware on the 357A hardware. I was able to downgrade from 3.70 to 3.60. I don’t know why I can’t downgrade back to 2.51 ‍♂️

Hello everyone! I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this but I’ve been wanting to share this for quite some time. I know this place isn’t an arcade forum but since this hardware is using PlayStation 3 hardware, I think it’s pretty appropriate to post it here :) Over the past year...

No, the board with the red thermal glue is the replacement board I got, sorry for the confusion :/. So far, it works perfectly fine, the first board I got is the one with issues. I’ll try SYSCON with that board.

I completely understand you as well! I originally bought this arcade board as it was listed as having the YLOD issue and I thought that it would be somewhat fixable. It was still pretty expensive broken but considering how much a working system cost (around $600 to $1200 at most!), the $400...

I would like to but like I said, both the CPU and GPU have already been delided before as red thermal glue. Would be interesting to see what’s underneath. I’ll try that but I’m pretty much hopeless that I’ll be able to fix up that motherboard :(

Interesting info there! This is why I like you guys! Especially since this hardware is pretty much new territory for me! I’ll keep poking around to see if I see other anomalies. I would like to pry open the RSX IHS to see underneath but if has been repaired/removed once and working, then why...

I’ll keep you guys posted on this “mystery” board. I’m still happy with it, no matter what,though. :)