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    PS3 Trying to diagnose a dead Dualshock 3 PCB. Any advice?

    I just swapped over the PCB from the donor to the recipient. The rumble motors were soldered on, and the way they are attached does not allow the PCB to be removed from the inner frame without desoldering. Desoldering should affect the ICs, as the pads for the rumble motors are far away from all...
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    PS3 Trying to diagnose a dead Dualshock 3 PCB. Any advice?

    The ribbon boards are electrically identical.The only difference is that the VX4 has a hole in the middle of the home button for structural support. The VX5 removes that. Swapping them is fine as long as the white inner structure and the center membrane buttons are swapped with the ribbon board...
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    PS3 Trying to diagnose a dead Dualshock 3 PCB. Any advice?

    Long story short, I damaged a Dualshock 3 PCB beyond repair (several torn traces). I bought a working donor controller, and confirmed that it works. However, the donor PCB stopped working a few minutes after final assembly. I prefer not to buy another donor if it's possible to diagnose the...
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    PS3 Understanding PS3 Components

    PSDevWiki should contain everything about the hardware ICs.
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    PS3 Changing the internal PS3 HDD to lesser volume SSD

    SSDs does work, but it's not a guaranteed plug n play. In particular, many SATA SSDs may have buggy firmware that causes issues. Older SSDs are more prone to compatibility issues. If you're going to run an SSD, it's best to connect it to a PC first, and try to update the SSD firmware using the...
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    Hi Everyone

    I've picked up a PS3 Slim last year for the purpose of practising software development, and also play the awesome exclusives. It's been fun playing with this console. It looked like this website is where most of the homebrew activity is taking place, which is why I made an account here. Thank you!
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