Recent content by mvsdkrocks

For anyone seeing this post in the future, I ended up having to replace the TOKIN capacitors on the bottom of the board. And now things seem to be running fine. I want to highlight the tantalacer mod board as a solution to the problem, as it was easy to find on eBay and if you know your way...

Well that sucks... Any recommendations on what to do with this system then?

Yeah I think that's the case, I tried setting dynamic fan speed and keeping temps low that way, but when I tried to FTP a file over to it, the system crashed and displayed a lot of weird graphical artifacts. So I'm going to leave it off until I can get the paste replaced. I really want to keep...

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a status message which means it’s most likely the fuses. I don’t know how to solder so I have the systems to a friend of mine who does and who has fuses ready, so I’ll post again if that fixes the issue.

Recently purchased a fat ps3 e01 model with a faulty bd drive, but it was running FW 2.10. So after consulting the wiki I saw that any FW 3.55 and below you can install CFW the same was as OFW via usb. So I get the latest CFW PEX and install it via usb and it installs successfully, then it...

Hi all this is my first time modding a fat PlayStation 2 so I’ve been following guides on YouTube and within these forums but I’ve encountered a bit of a roadblock. No matter what I do neither of the 2 ps2 consoles I have will detect a SATA drive attached to them. Here are the steps I’ve taken...

The main games I've tested are LittleBigPlanet2, LittleBigPlanetKarting, and GodOfWar Collection. Although strangely Oblivion seems to work perfectly fine for long stretches of time either as a backup or a disc.

Console: CECH-2001A FW Type: CEX Cobra Cobra Version: 8.5 Cobra FW Version: 4.91 Main Software Used: IrisMan, MMCM, and ManaGunZ SYSCON Error Log: Firmware Version: 4.91 (build 50754) Platform ID: CokG11 Product Code: 00 84 Product Sub Code: 00 09 Hardware Config: 000000000203BC3C Syscon...

So the best method I've found if you're running EvilNat with Cobra is to go to your Custom Firmware Tools folder, then navigate to Dump Tools, then finally scroll down to Dump SYSCON Error Log. I'd also recommend having a FAT32 usb plugged in so the dumb gets placed there, otherwise it will be...