feeney
Member
To start, I've been fixing gaming systems' hardware for about 5 years, but I'm beginning to start to branch away from just Nintendos and Ataris to jump into software fixes (at least more advanced than the ol' USB update).
I bought a CECHA01 PS3 (December '06) recently and it surprisingly still powers on no problem. The actual problem is the previous owner or repair person evidently did not know much about the system, because the disc drive spins the disc at the correct speed, but the system does not recognize the discs, and the clock does not spin like it would if it were working. I had swapped in a known working 400a laser to make sure, and the problem persisted. So I am assuming that a previous tenant of this machine bought a new disc drive and just threw it in, then sold it when it didn't work.
My dilemma is this is an A01 that is on 3.50 OFW, and if I were to go through the process I have seen to remarry the Bluray drive daughterboard to the motherboard using CFW, would I be able to revert back to this 3.50 (or similar) OFW with no problem? Or would it be possible to go back to 4.91 for online usage like trophy hunting? Are these even problems worth solving? Any advice and/or help in this endeavor would be appreciated.
I bought a CECHA01 PS3 (December '06) recently and it surprisingly still powers on no problem. The actual problem is the previous owner or repair person evidently did not know much about the system, because the disc drive spins the disc at the correct speed, but the system does not recognize the discs, and the clock does not spin like it would if it were working. I had swapped in a known working 400a laser to make sure, and the problem persisted. So I am assuming that a previous tenant of this machine bought a new disc drive and just threw it in, then sold it when it didn't work.
My dilemma is this is an A01 that is on 3.50 OFW, and if I were to go through the process I have seen to remarry the Bluray drive daughterboard to the motherboard using CFW, would I be able to revert back to this 3.50 (or similar) OFW with no problem? Or would it be possible to go back to 4.91 for online usage like trophy hunting? Are these even problems worth solving? Any advice and/or help in this endeavor would be appreciated.
