Scratched CELL... a new hope?

[HAkuma]

Hi everyone,

In the process of deliding the CELL (using paint knives) I slighty scratched some of the CELL corner showing some copper. Of course after trying to power it on, it failed with the LYOD.
Reading what to do to fix it, I was considering replacing the CELL processor with a new or used one of the same PS3 model (CECHC04) that I've seen in ebay, but while searching for it and reading in pages like this and others, it seems that the CELL processor ID or any other tag, is binded to syscon and flash ram chips. So even if I get the same CELL model type of the processor, it won't work.
But recently, the Syscon keys have been discovered (last year), so the question I have is, are we closer in anyway to the CELL swapping or can be done now without having the flash memory of the working CELL?
Just extracting the damaged CELL and reball the working one is currently a walk in the park...

Best Regards.

 

[db260179]

Short answer, not currently as the serial id is bound to the syscon and encrypted in the flash.

mina is probably a better person to ask regarding this, but i will be attempting a cell change over soon, and report back my findings.

As we have direct eeprom access and can decrypt and auth against the syscon

So i would wait for now.

Hi everyone,

In the process of deliding the CELL (using paint knives) I slighty scratched some of the CELL corner showing some copper. Of course after trying to power it on, it failed with the LYOD.
Reading what to do to fix it, I was considering replacing the CELL processor with a new or used one of the same PS3 model (CECHC04) that I've seen in ebay, but while searching for it and reading in pages like this and others, it seems that the CELL processor ID or any other tag, is binded to syscon and flash ram chips. So even if I get the same CELL model type of the processor, it won't work.
But recently, the Syscon keys have been discovered (last year), so the question I have is, are we closer in anyway to the CELL swapping or can be done now without having the flash memory of the working CELL?
Just extracting the damaged CELL and reball the working one is currently a walk in the park...

Best Regards.

 

[wrx884]

As above but if ur capable of swapping the CPU with the correct tools and machine, replacing the paired syscon and NAND/NOR chips will be a walk in the park pretty much. Its just time consuming and will cost a fair bit if u dont do it urself, thats pretty much what it boils down to.