Recent content by velovix

Unfortunately it's most likely fake. To my knowledge, the IC in the middle of the mainboard (SD758-3AC4) has not been used in any official Sony hardware. All of the case markings I can see on it look real though. The flex PCB probably went bad due to low quality + age. Had to refund a controller...

Recently, I have been looking at importing a Japanese silver CECHL from eBay for some time now. I know that the 90nm RSX chips are notoriously unreliable and that the NEC/TOKIN capacitors are somewhat a reliability risk. But how much of a risk does the NEC/TOKIN capacitors pose in an average...

Interesting. After going through the 0.93 thread it seems like this was accomplished by aldostools's ps3tools. I found the mega.nz link from the ps3tools thread and I have downloaded them. I'll have to download a copy of MSVBVM50.dll later because it complained about it being missing during...

Recently, I got my hands on some early PS3 .PUP files from back when they were still using dev kits (early-mid 2006) and I decided to pick them apart to see what was inside. I got to some Sony files (.RCO, .GIM, etc), but the ones that weren't even recognized by PKGview were the ones in the...

I can't really tell from the photo, but it looks like there might be a chip on one side of the core itself. If it's a particularly deep crack on the core, you could probably see it if you run a flashlight over the sides of the core and focus in. If it feels like a crack, and glows under light...

A0403034 and A0404002 are unfortunately indicative of a dead RSX. Check if there is any damage on the physical RSX chip. If you see any tan scrape marks/gouges or missing caps on the chip substrate, then the chip is very likely dead and irreparable. And also, what tool did you use to delid the...