PS3 Moving from Rebug 4.83(??) to Evilnat 4.92.2

[actuallyasriel]

Hey! I've been out of the console game for a few years and my knowledge is pretty rusty. I bought the console I'm currently using second-hand, and it came with Rebug 4.83 installed. (EDIT: might actually be 4.75?? The XMB System Info and IrisMan/MultiMan appear to disagree.)
I'd like to upgrade to Evilnat 4.92, but I'm wondering if it's safe to upgrade right to a CFW made by a different developer like that?
I don't have anything of much value on this system, my concern is bricking the thing.

Furthermore, what would I lose moving to Evilnat? I remember using the Rebug Toolkit a lot back in... god, 2018? And thinking it was neat, and while it supported Evilnat last time it was updated, that hasn't been for a good while.

Sidenote: the BD laser also died in storage during the ~2 years it took me to get around to procuring a screen for it. >.> I recall that tends to cause issues? But I also hear that it's only if the drive is busted, and the drive is fine, reads DVDs fine. It's a CECH-2001A if that matters. I imagine it'll be OK but if I should be wary of that, let me know. (EDIT: Perhaps I should have looked just a little bit harder, because Evilnat has noBD versions that should work if the laser ends up being a problem, lol.)

Striking the balance between "detailed question" and "needless yapping" is hard for me lol (plus I haven't earnestly used a forum that isn't Reddit in a long time) but thanks in advance 'w'

(yeah it turns out it was Actually on 4.75; it's now on 4.84.2 REX until i can clarify this!)

 

[Berion]

Yes it is. Just install any CFW in any version (without QA flags set, only the same version or newer) from USB.

You will not loose anything if install PEX version. But also not gain much. Newer Cobra and xai_plugins gives you auto licensing C00 games, auto rap2rif on start, disc images decryption on the fly.

If drive not reading discs it is fine. If drive would be no seen at all, that's serious problem, and you would need then CFW with NoBD patches.

Remember to backup NAND/NOR and ERK, if you didn't yet.

 

[actuallyasriel]

Yes it is. Just install any CFW in any version (without QA flags set, only the same version or newer) from USB.

You will not loose anything if install PEX version. But also not gain much. Newer Cobra and xai_plugins gives you auto licensing C00 games, disc images decryption on the fly.

If drive not reading discs it is fine. If drive would be no seen at all, that's serious problem, and you would need then CFW with NoBD patches.

Remember to backup NAND/NOR and ERK, if you didn't yet.

My main goal was homebrew compatibility, as I was running into some issues which turned out not to be compatibility problems, but in fact a skill issue on my part lol. My brain says it's generally a good idea to keep everything up to date. Good to know though!

> Remember to backup NAND/NOR and ERK, if you didn't yet.

Good call!! Should do that either way.