In the meantime i replaced the SB thermal monitor and the 3.3V LDO for thermal, but sporadic YLODs remained and most of the time I get them now frequently after the console has been on for a few minutes. It's almost always a sole 14FF and only sometimes accompanied by 2203 and 2120, even a 2111...
Hi, I have a peculiar case with my PS3 CECHA00 and maybe someone has an idea.
The console:
Official Sony Frankenstein with 40nm RSX
All NEC/TOKINs replaced with Tantalizer boards assembled with 470uF Tantalum caps and MLCCs
Most of the time the console starts normally but intermittently I get...
Out of curiosity I set up a USB-Stick to check whether Vice City runs better and without micro studdering every few seconds. Just as you assumed the game runs smoothly with no compatibility mode enabled. It's even possible to run the game with Mode 2 off of USB, it doesn't freeze on the loading...
I've always just assumed that at least modes 3+6 were necessary because of reports of freezes during gameplay, but you're right, the game boots up just fine with no mode enabled at all. I just didn't test it myself with these two modes disabled for longer periods of gameplay, since I've never...