PS3 Question about PS3

[james1962.k]

hello psx community. i am looking for a senior member to recommend their opinion on the best jailbreak / setup for my ps3 fat that could bring the highest resale value. my system is: cech-a01, manufactured date 2006, system software version 4.76, 60GB hdd...system hasn't been opened before w/ warranty sticker not removed. no overheat or other technical issues other than system time resets after unplugged from power, which i assume is the 3v cell battery. system was not used by hardcore gamer. if i can provide any other details, please advise. thx in advance for any opinions.

 

[Berion]

Highest be OFW 3.15 or latest CFW.
Fully working BD, WiFi/BT, all USB and MC ports, PS2's RDRAM, EE and GS.
No scratches on case.

 

[james1962.k]

Highest be OFW 3.15 or latest CFW.
Fully working BD, WiFi/BT, all USB and MC ports, PS2's RDRAM, EE and GS.
No scratches on case.

thx @Berion ... could you elaborate a bit on your reply? i'm not familiar w/ PS2 RDRAM, EE and GS. but, yes the blu-ray drive, wifi/bluetooth and all usb and media card ports are fully functional & no scratches on case. i had another similar ps3 about a year ago and received helped from a video by youtuber Mr Mario via these forums. but I wanted to see if there was a more optimal setup for best resale value. thnx for the like @Algol

 

[Berion]

Fully working PS2 emulation. These chips often fails (RDRAM bad blocks, EE/GS loosing contacts).

 

[queasy]

hello psx community. i am looking for a senior member to recommend their opinion on the best jailbreak / setup for my ps3 fat that could bring the highest resale value. my system is: cech-a01, manufactured date 2006, system software version 4.76, 60GB hdd...system hasn't been opened before w/ warranty sticker not removed. no overheat or other technical issues other than system time resets after unplugged from power, which i assume is the 3v cell battery. system was not used by hardcore gamer. if i can provide any other details, please advise. thx in advance for any opinions.

For the highest resale value, i would say you need to get this unit serviced internally by a professional (cleaning, de-liding, redoing thermal paste & pads), since these BC PS3s are getting quite old and pretty rare. All points Berion made stands, the better condition of both the external and internal hardware the higher the price you will get.

 

[james1962.k]

Fully working PS2 emulation. These chips often fails (RDRAM bad blocks, EE/GS loosing contacts).

thx for your input, @Berion and @queasy ... since my last post I had the time to dissassemble the unit and expose the motherboard, which I immediately understood the EE/GS I asked about after removing the thermal pad as it had a tear in. I snapped a photo of the top and bottom of the board for a keen eye, perhaps? as i imagined the 3v battery was 0v and I intend to replace thermal paste/pads. would playing a PS2 disc game for X amount of time be able to determine if chip has bad blocks, etc? what would be the warning signs? shutdown? game freezing/locking up? all the above? I also have a Raspberry Pi pico 1 & 2 as well as ch341_a programmer for uART diagnosing if error codes related to EE/GS are produced. again, any suggestions are appreciated.

@Berion I was able to find the video by RIP Felix on youtube that helped me acquire syscon error codes via uART from another non-bootable system a year ago. since this system is bootable, I used the method of visiting ps3toolset.com and getting syscon data. i'm including the picture I took. it shows 32 error codes, but they are all the same 0xFFFFFFFF which I believe was related to the dead cmos battery... or related to the EE/GS?