Recent content by patricksouza472

Hey everyone, my PS3 has been collecting dust for a few months now, yesterday I fired it up, but realized it's not connecting to wifi and BT is also not working. I tried replacing the wireless board with a known working one and it didn't help at all, so I tested some voltages and realized it has...

Nice to hear that, I'll just relax and carry on. Thanks mate

I went through some pages here to find the info I posted about my console. CELL is at 3.1 ohm (like new) and RSX 2.1 ohm, so it's mostly to the bad side than the good side on the scale. I will use until it dies anyway but I'm already testing some boards to find a good RSX. How do I check...

I keep webman mod at 68°C max temp, and the fan goes up to about 51% on TLoU hardly goes past 35% on anything else

@RIP-Felix recommended some Panasonic AlPol caps a while back. I harvested some NEC TaPol caps from a dead slim motherboard, they worked out fine (They're labeled NEW e68).

Now THIS is scary. My CECHA01 is my daily driver and it's around 110 days.. Looks like the time bomb is ticking and I'll need to learn how to reball sooner than I expected. Time to start considering the 40nm RSX swap, but for now I'll keep enjoying it and hoping there's some sort of cfw that...

The wire you're using is extremely thin. You must bridge the positive rails with thick wires like from a PC PSU or something like that. Also make sure you don't short the positive rails to ground (check with multimeter, will be around 2.5 ohms if everything's right). And as @nCadeRegal told you...

@RIP-Felix is there a way to test the RSX without removing it from the board? I have a dead JSD-001 board which I could try and salvage the RSX from, but I'd like to avoid removing it only to find out it's not working

Apparently this CFW has bugs with PS1 and PS2. I tried PS2 discs and ISO files on my backwards compatible console, both gave me black screen (didn't try ps1 though). I'd recommend trying Evilnat 4.87.2 for now

Hey @RIP-Felix I've seen a ceramic white PS3 for sale, which would YLOD after sitting in a black screen for 15-20 seconds. I'm not actually interested in buying it, but the owner took it to a repair shop that told him the console needed reballing. Is it possible that a console in need of a...

@Pacorretaco I lost the whole context in his question and genuinely thought he was just talking about replacing thermal paste and if he should delid the system, and was like "well, the thermal paste under the IHS is at least 10 years old so yeah, it could use some new, good stuff". @bazzarre...

Delidding is only necessary if your console is still running hot and the fans are too loud, but at this point I'd just go for it

Man I just love the way you dive deep into these research subjects and share your results with the community. IIRC @botakompong stated it was kinda optional.. When I get the proper tools and experience I might try it on my beloved A01 in case its RSX fails

Hey there, thanks for keeping this project alive. Is it needed on COK-001 or is it optional? EDIT: I don't know if it's just me but I can't see the pictures

Hey @Evilnat I have a CECHA01 if you're still looking for NAND beta testers