Recent content by John_Claymore

Thanks a lot for all the insight. I drew the exact same conclusion, the root cause is liked to the die nick/crack. I would be curious to understand the section of the die to see if there is any attempt possible at getting it to somehow boot. Besides data in the HDD there is nothing I seek to...

Yes, the unit was de-lidded. I checked the CELL die and surrond area. I could spot 2 possible damages: 1) Lower right corner in between the middle of where the 4 traces join, there seems to be a small patch of exposed copper. Inder the magnifying glass it looks to me like no trace is damaged...

Hello All, Working on a Fat CECH 40GB. Syscon reports a single fault: A0203010 (Cell Thermal Sensor). Anyone had any luck with a repair action for this one? ofst[ 4]:err_code:0xffffffff, clock:0xffffffff ofst[ 8]:err_code:0xa0203010, clock:0xffffffff ofst[ 12]:err_code:0xa0203010...