PS3 Bricked Ps3

maybe this also could be a rsx or cell failure as well. iirc certain solder connection under the cell or rsx will cause this. i had one that did this same thing and, but you would have to unplug it to get the standy led to come back on, and i switched the psu and it didnt help. but anyway, good luck lol working on ps3s will make you want to repeatedly slam your head into a wall sometimes
 
littlebalup said:
Looking at your video it doesn't look like or sound like a brick. It seems instant shutdown without any bip. Power supply issue?
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hmmm I started looking for old footage of my bricked PS3, because believe it or not, this is not the first time it got bricked... I used to take it to a shop that used to fix it. I'm not sure If I should swap out the PSU to another one just to check. I'm sure though that I bricked my ps3 by either going to DEX-CEX or CEX-DEX or something stupid that I did back in the day ^^
 
No0bZiLLa said:
maybe this also could be a rsx or cell failure as well. iirc certain solder connection under the cell or rsx will cause this. i had one that did this same thing and, but you would have to unplug it to get the standy led to come back on, and i switched the psu and it didnt help. but anyway, good luck lol working on ps3s will make you want to repeatedly slam your head into a wall sometimes
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I agree with you. This is my first time working on the PS3 hardware. I'm not sure If I will regret my life for doing this. I think I should give it a shot, I have always loved that one day, I will be able to fix this PS3 :D
 
I have a quick question, is it possible to update the E3 flasher while my PS3 is bricked by soldering between the TRISTAR and the GND?
 
bguerville said:
Generally speaking, I would suggest to send dumps only on request from devs & by private messaging.
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You are absolutely right, I only sent the report dump. I had removed sensitive info according to my knowledge from the report. I'm not sure if it has other info though.
 
SkyMine said:
Luckily, I found a dump that I made years ago. I will post it here.

Dump: https://easyupload.io/n2atss

I think I made that backup before I went to DEX.
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Looks good.

Version = 3.55.4 REBUG REX / 999 DOWNGRADER

So it seems CEX dump.
You can try to patch it with 4.88 nofsm with latest ps3dumpchecher (with force patch) or pyps3patcher and flash it batck to your nor. If you have an E3 flasher you'll need to byte reverse the dump.
Then if it boots, install latest 4.88 evilnat. Then check qa flag and do whatever you want.
 
Got the same problem a week ago after trying to apply new thermal paste to the damn thing: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/move-contents-from-old-dead-ps3-to-new-ps3.36058/#post-318525

Sorry to say but I'm afraid it's a CPU/GPU connection issue. I bet that if you do the cooling fan test (press the Eject button and then plug in the power cord) it will start spinning at top speed as usual.

Best solution would be to do a reball, but it is too expensive (cost the same as another PS3) and not everybody can do that kind of service. I'm not 100% sure if using a heat gun to reflow the processors could give you enough time to retrieve your data but by doing this I've revived my little brothers PHAT PS3 with YLOD (oddly enough the NEC/Tokin capacitors were fine).

Good luck!.
 
Thank you guys very much!! I have an action plan for now which is great. I will post whatever happens to me as soon as I start working on this puppy!
 
GuilloteTesla said:
Got the same problem a week ago after trying to apply new thermal paste to the damn thing: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/move-contents-from-old-dead-ps3-to-new-ps3.36058/#post-318525

Sorry to say but I'm afraid it's a CPU/GPU connection issue. I bet that if you do the cooling fan test (press the Eject button and then plug in the power cord) it will start spinning at top speed as usual.

Best solution would be to do a reball, but it is too expensive (cost the same as another PS3) and not everybody can do that kind of service. I'm not 100% sure if using a heat gun to reflow the processors could give you enough time to retrieve your data but by doing this I've revived my little brothers PHAT PS3 with YLOD (oddly enough the NEC/Tokin capacitors were fine).

Good luck!.
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That is my worst fears... The good thing is that I'm almost sure it's a software related issue since I had bricked this PS3 multiple times in the past and taken it to shops to get fixed. When I bricked it the last time which was around 2013 possibly. I decided that one day, I might be able to fix it myself ^^

If it didn't get fixed, we all know her fate :grey::bitsbubba:
 
SkyMine said:
That is my worst fears... The good thing is that I'm almost sure it's a software related issue since I had bricked this PS3 multiple times in the past and taken it to shops to get fixed. When I bricked it the last time which was around 2013 possibly. I decided that one day, I might be able to fix it myself ^^

If it didn't get fixed, we all know her fate :grey::bitsbubba:
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Let's hope that it is indeed a software issue.

But keep in mind that E3 Flasher requires the user to put lots of pressure on the NOR chip, which distributes the force over the motherboard bending it. If there is a single weak solder on any processor then it could be very easily broken by force or heat.
 
GuilloteTesla said:
Let's hope that it is indeed a software issue.

But keep in mind that E3 Flasher requires the user to put lots of pressure on the NOR chip, which distributes the force over the motherboard bending it. If there is a single weak solder on any processor then it could be very easily broken by force or heat.
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I will practice my soldering before attempting to fix the PS3. I have never used an E3 flasher, so I will have to be extra careful not breaking anything....
 
just to see if it is indeed the cell or rsx, get you 8 pennies and some thermal paste of your choosing. then apply paste and 4 pennies to each cell and rsx heatspreader and then assemble console. try to turn the console on again. they actually used to sell copper shims for this and they worked great for the few consoles i had.

if console boots then you have a rsx or cell problem.

also, dont put pennies on one and not the other, you could cause more damage or motherboard warpage.

good luck
 
No0bZiLLa said:
just to see if it is indeed the cell or rsx, get you 8 pennies and some thermal paste of your choosing. then apply paste and 4 pennies to each cell and rsx heatspreader and then assemble console. try to turn the console on again. they actually used to sell copper shims for this and they worked great for the few consoles i had.

if console boots then you have a rsx or cell problem.

also, dont put pennies on one and not the other, you could cause more damage or motherboard warpage.

good luck
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Quick question: the pennies must go under the motherboard's plate?. They must be stacked or distributed like in 2x2 grid?.
 
No0bZiLLa said:
just to see if it is indeed the cell or rsx, get you 8 pennies and some thermal paste of your choosing. then apply paste and 4 pennies to each cell and rsx heatspreader and then assemble console. try to turn the console on again. they actually used to sell copper shims for this and they worked great for the few consoles i had.

if console boots then you have a rsx or cell problem.

also, dont put pennies on one and not the other, you could cause more damage or motherboard warpage.

good luck
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When I first got to the motherboard, I connected a cable from the tristate to the GND (ground), but it didn't work. I checked soldering and it looks good. Then i did your trick, I applied thermal paste and put 4 pennies to each cell. I turned the PS3 on and it went full blast. After that I tried to pinpoint which cell is bad but I couldn't figure it out. I'm not even sure if it's worth continuing... I think it's a full brick and cells went bad. I'm not sure if it's worth to replace cells though...

Thank you for the trick though!
 
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