vyktormvmpay25
Senior Member
HxD? Or text editor? This is an algorithm.
Not sure on ps3 if work and how to use it, but on pc sure will work.
Not sure on ps3 if work and how to use it, but on pc sure will work.
RIP-Felix
Senior Member
Use the dump errorlog option in PS3 advanced tools. It dumps to your USB. Open the text file it generates and post the result here.
THX
Code:
Firmware Version: 4.86 (build 50715)
Platform ID: Cok14
Product Code: 00 83
Product Sub Code: 00 01
Hardware Config: 00000000FFFFFFFF
Syscon Fimware Version: 0B8E.0001000000000006 (EEPROM: 0001000000000006)
Bringup Count: 1608, Shutdown Count: 1559
Runtime: 25 Days, 17 Hours, 29 Minutes, 23 Seconds
Error Log
01: A0801004 Tue Sep 15 18:32:50 2015
02: A0801004 Tue Sep 15 16:49:15 2015
03: A0801004 Sun Jun 14 16:06:19 2015
04: A0801004 Mon Sep 8 18:26:29 2014
05: A0801004 Sat May 31 13:29:49 2014
06: A0801004 Wed Jan 29 17:07:11 2014
07: A0801004 Sun Dec 22 09:28:35 2013
08: A0801004 Sat Jul 13 17:37:48 2013
09: A0801004 Sat Jul 13 17:35:03 2013
10: A0801004 Sat Jul 13 16:58:33 2013
11: A0801004 Fri Jun 28 17:05:17 2013
12: A0801004 Mon Jun 24 18:18:46 2013
13: A0801004 Fri Jun 21 18:15:06 2013
14: A0801004 Tue Jun 19 16:55:35 2012
15: A0801004 Wed Jun 13 17:38:12 2012
16: A0801004 Sun Jan 1 09:41:55 2012
17: A0801004 Sun Feb 28 15:09:47 2010
18: A0801004 Fri Dec 11 16:02:54 2009
19: A0801004 Wed Dec 2 16:52:33 2009
20: A0801004 Tue Dec 1 15:32:15 2009
21: A0801004 Sun Nov 29 07:39:44 2009
22: A0801004 Fri Nov 27 17:18:44 2009
23: A0801004 Thu Nov 26 16:37:22 2009
24: A0801004 Thu Nov 19 17:09:48 2009
25: A0801004 Sun Nov 15 15:17:16 2009
26: A0801004 Tue Nov 10 16:01:12 2009
27: A0801004 Sat Nov 7 17:36:42 2009
28: A0801004 Thu Nov 5 16:18:13 2009
29: A0801004 Thu Aug 27 16:22:49 2009
30: A0801004 Mon Aug 3 16:09:10 2009
31: A0801004 Wed Jul 8 16:48:27 2009
32: FFFFFFFF Sat Jul 4 18:00:02 2009
DeadEnd
Senior Member
That picture is confusing. It shows the VDDR voltage mod being done using both a BD3504 MOSFET driver (which uses external resistors to select the output voltage as shown) AND the MOSFET (which I thought was only necessary if you DIDN'T want to change the MOSFET)?
On my Frankie (PS3#8) I replaced the MOSFET with one from a 3000 model slim, as shown in the bottom right of that picture. But I did not replace the driver, since I didn't think it was necessary at the time. Was I supposed to to change it?
The picture just gives a rough idea only to demonstrate two different ways of doing the same thing. Red line splits it into two sides. On the left is the Sony way, on the right is the mosfet way that @botakompong devised himself.
But perhaps this image will clarify it a little bit more. The yellow is the Sony way, the blue outline is the @botakompong way. But his way excludes the mod to the RSX & Cell VDD. Because he concluded that it is not crucial to the RSX swap, just like @Icferrum had explained... It is beneficial for fat consoles however, and he even clarified that if you have the resistors to follow the sony way, then you probably should. @botakompong did not care for it too much also because he mostly focused on fixing many systems in simplest ways. He devised the mosfet swap for convenience and choose to ignore additional voltage changes by Sony (10k and 27k resistors). It worked and there was no returns , so everybody was happy (keep in mind though, they don't play ps2 games on ps3 in indonesia. This could be irrelevant, but worth mentioning still). In the end, it is up to you whether you want to follow what sony did precisely or not. Once again, the mosfet replacement on the right is the "easier equivalent" to the Flex IO core VDD changes on the left, but not the RSX & Cell Core VDD 10k and 27k resistor changes that sony had done additionally. I could try to draw it better later on...
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Is there anyone that can do this mod in the US? I have a squaretrade warranty on a CECHB I wanna claim before I sell it, and ill claim it on my CECHB, and I don't like the feeling of sending it off to the other side of the world yet. (i don't care if its wrong I'm selling the CECHB)
It may have a 65nm or 40nm in it or a really cold 90nm but I have yet to check, it has some weird things going on with it
Also the warranty lasts until April so that's how long I really have to decide, iirc all squaretrade requires is some sort of reciept that the repair has been done, if someone does this I would also want a delid and thermal pad replacement and capacitor replacement and all that jazz
Or should I just wait and swap it when the 90nm dies? If so, should I change the thermal paste/delid/replace thermal pads/anything like that? Temps are fine on it
It may have a 65nm or 40nm in it or a really cold 90nm but I have yet to check, it has some weird things going on with it
Also the warranty lasts until April so that's how long I really have to decide, iirc all squaretrade requires is some sort of reciept that the repair has been done, if someone does this I would also want a delid and thermal pad replacement and capacitor replacement and all that jazz
Or should I just wait and swap it when the 90nm dies? If so, should I change the thermal paste/delid/replace thermal pads/anything like that? Temps are fine on it
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atreyu187
Loathsome Dung Eater
I need to find someone stateside that can do this for both of my CECHB-00/CECHA-00 models. Already did NEC caps, thermal paste, PSU upgrade and 19 blade fan. I fell they will be bullet proof after this but it is well beyond my scope of capabilities. Been watching this thread for a while. It has really come a long way.
Yeah I keep looking as well. Last time I shipped a CECHA-01 UPS ran a forklift through the box and destroyed it. Refusing to cover under the extra insurance I paid for as "Well we didn't pack the box sir" WTH does that have to do with a forklift through my system? That and can't imagine how much it would cost to send one let alone both my BC systems
Yeah I keep looking as well. Last time I shipped a CECHA-01 UPS ran a forklift through the box and destroyed it. Refusing to cover under the extra insurance I paid for as "Well we didn't pack the box sir" WTH does that have to do with a forklift through my system? That and can't imagine how much it would cost to send one let alone both my BC systems
honestly thinking about buying another SSD for my PC and putting the SSD I used to have in it back in it. The issue is that I cant find any reliable numbers with a 5400rpm hdd vs a 7200rpm hdd vs a SSHD vs a SSD in a PS3. the 5400rpm hard drive is slower than a ssd for sure but idk if I should buy an ssd or a sshd or a 7200rpm hdd for it
I did notice that when I put the SSD in my PC it was slower than normal, I think the ps3 jacked with it with all the writes it does, so im sorta scared to put a SSD back in it, but I have 0 numbers for a SSHD vs a 7200rpm in a ps3
The other issue is Seagate (the only one that makes SSHDs on amazon it seems) has a bad reputation and there is a lot of reviews on Amazon about no warranty on the drive or it dying and having no warranty.
There is no issues with my 5400rpm in terms of loading, but in terms of installing or loading the xmb, its really slow, so if a faster hard drive fixes it it would be nice
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RIP-Felix
Senior Member
There are professional rework companies that do all kinds of custom rework. I was thinking of this one, but do your own research. I have not tried nor endorse any service! Just search "BGA Rework" and read their claims. Look for an honest marketing statement, like "we need a donor board to develop a reflow profile," or there is "risk that the device may be destroyed." If they say fluff like "100% guarantee it'll work," then it's a scam. And you shouldn't expect to spend less than $225 for a legitimate service.
If you do go with a professional service, PLEASE give us an honest review. No one has done it yet, as far as I can tell. Not even for just regular reballing.
I would be remissed if I didn't advocate for the living. Please think long and hard before potentially destroying a working BC model PS3. They are rare (only 5.4 million A-E models sold). By comparison SONY expects to make 14 million PS5's this year. And look at how hard it still is to get one! For the price it will require to install this mod, you can buy backup BC PS3.
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RIP-Felix
Senior Member
@NSC-Modz did a video not too long ago where he put a WD Velociraptor in a Phat ps3. Showed that it was even faster than a SSD,,,lol! Well, when loading some games, but not always.
Let me see if I can find it...
The issue is not loading, it's installing. And I really don't wanna pop in a SSD since my ps3 almost killed one and made it go way slower.
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RIP-Felix
Senior Member
Really, why?
I've not heard of issues with SSD's, but then I've never been unhappy with HDDs. They're dirt cheap and a 7200RPM is an easy upgrade (unlike this Velociraptor mod. It's cool, but not easy or recommended).
Swapped a PNY CS900 1TB into a PS3, worked fine, had to throw it in my PC for reasons, thing runs way slower than an average SSD and probably put a dent into it's life
I just wanna fix the downloading and if I have a game open and open the xmb it takes seconds to load fully. Those are the issues I wanna fix
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DeadEnd
Senior Member
Props to my mate for bringing this up, but here Microsoft have explained where the gpu issue was. It is indeed inside the bumpgate (they don't call it that in the demonstration, but you get the idea of what they mean). Go to around 19 minute. So I doubt it was much different for Sony's case...
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RIP-Felix
Senior Member
I was a SONY guy before XBOX came on the scene. PS1 & 2 had me convinced that PS3 was the way to go. I even got a Game cube before the XBOX, which my friends gave me $h!T about...who's laughing now?! I did eventually give in an buy an XBOX so I could play Halo on XBLive with my friends, but I always bought the PS2 version during that generation. I preferred the PS2 controller.
I bought my first 360 not long ago. It's pretty sweet, I have to say. The games are super cheap. Most affordable option ATM. Backwards compatibility is good too, so I'm totally in on XBOX now. I really want a seties X, but I just don't want to deal with the hassle of finding one. I'll get one when it's convenient. Afterall, I have a 360 library to explore.
I'm living in the past and loving it!
...Or I would be, if I actually spent my free time playing games instead of tinkering with the hardware!
I bought my first 360 not long ago. It's pretty sweet, I have to say. The games are super cheap. Most affordable option ATM. Backwards compatibility is good too, so I'm totally in on XBOX now. I really want a seties X, but I just don't want to deal with the hassle of finding one. I'll get one when it's convenient. Afterall, I have a 360 library to explore.
I'm living in the past and loving it!
...Or I would be, if I actually spent my free time playing games instead of tinkering with the hardware!
DeadEnd
Senior Member
More on the backwards compatibility... I am preparing a video to show the sharpness differences between CECHA and CECHC/E models, but here is an example of what I am trying to show. It is not like this in all games, but in some of them the difference can be quite noticeable. You can also see the resolution difference.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/XrQPbyc
https://postimg.cc/gallery/XrQPbyc
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DeadEnd
Senior Member
But we have figured it out. It's just I have been a bit lazy to replicate it, but the steps are known. Essentially you need to get a flashable variant of a syscon . Then you copy your stock syscon eeprom through bus pirate and patch it , then load it into the new syscon. Solder the patched syscon back and do the modifications to the resistors just like sony has done. That's it really. Yeah, sounds easier said than done... I've been delaying working on more boards, but I do have the needed syscon (thanks to @M4j0r ). Eventually I also plan on producing an actual working sample. In fact, @M4j0r has already done all the testing on various boards. He just hasn't been vocal about it (he's a developer, so translating his exceptional contributions into comprehensive steps is a task that for you and me).
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RIP-Felix
Senior Member
Perhaps I should have said no one has successfully replicated SONY's method yet. @M4j0r seems to think it'd would work. I got the impression from @sandungas statements we don't know what every change to the eeprom does, or if all of them are necessary to make it work. But I don't pretend to understand the coding aspect.
I guess until someone proves it, it's all academic isn't it?
vyktormvmpay25
Senior Member
Well I hope I'm going to give it a try in January or February. Either 65nm or 40nm. I have F syscon so I need time. Now xcmod will tell if it should work before any patches. Now more confident with all data collected.
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