Hi guys!
I got this PS3 Super Slim (NPX-001) a few years ago for free.
I barely knew anything about PS3s (I'm more of an Xbox guy) so I had set it aside till a few days ago. I did some research on fault finding and troubleshooting yesterday and I decided to give it a try. The console turns on, the fan spins for a second and it turns back off. After power cycling it a few times, the CPU gets warm to the touch whereas the GPU doesn't. I hooked it up to a USB TTL adapter and dumped the syscon error log. I'm getting 4003 (SB?) and 3034, which signifies that the RSX and CELL are unable to communicate with each other. Apparently it was common on older consoles with BGA issues and bad bumps, but this one has the newer 28nm GPU. Could a bad southbridge cause 3034? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
I got this PS3 Super Slim (NPX-001) a few years ago for free.
I barely knew anything about PS3s (I'm more of an Xbox guy) so I had set it aside till a few days ago. I did some research on fault finding and troubleshooting yesterday and I decided to give it a try. The console turns on, the fan spins for a second and it turns back off. After power cycling it a few times, the CPU gets warm to the touch whereas the GPU doesn't. I hooked it up to a USB TTL adapter and dumped the syscon error log. I'm getting 4003 (SB?) and 3034, which signifies that the RSX and CELL are unable to communicate with each other. Apparently it was common on older consoles with BGA issues and bad bumps, but this one has the newer 28nm GPU. Could a bad southbridge cause 3034? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
