The PS3 has just been hacked no matter what firmware you're on!

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Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

I installed rebug and my ps3 overheated after 15 minutes rip I'm sorry.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2017 02:01

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:57

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Let me know if you never find it. I just opened up a Gamefly account so I can rent it for you. No clue how to send you a 7gb iso but I am sure we can figure it out.

Yeah I did the thermal replacement. The job Sony did on those was awful.

However I am still worried it will die someday. I have read the best fix is to remove the PSU and leave it external but I have never found a good guide for it. The PSU gets so hot that you can literally cook an egg on it (burned my finger on one). I just wish some mod site released an easy external PSU fix.

The other thing I noticed inside was they went with that stupid design similar to the XBox 360s x-clamps. The clamps on the PS3 that hold the heatsinks in place are so loving tight that you can see the motherboard flexing without even trying to see it. This obviously contributes to the CPU/GPU detaching; just like the 360. While the XBox 360 x-clamp replacement guides are awesome (they give you exact part numbers to get at Lowe's), there really isn't a good guide for the PS3 fats.

This must be what happened to mine . I think all the power cycles trying to get the flash exploit to work and install the cfw finally did it in.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2017 05:22

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Oh wow, you weren't joking? I can't imagine five or six times would destroy the system. Obviously it was on its last legs anyway.

Is it giving the yellow light of death?

Lets see if we can fix this

Yeah it's the ylod. There weren't any signs of it overheating while I was using it--the fan speed sounded normal for just browsing the xmb. I took the case off and cleaned a little bit of dust out but of course that didn't fix it. I'm thinking one of the chips just detached or possibly the hdd died? I tried booting it without the hdd but still get the ylod.

I was looking at fixes for solder problems and everything short of reballing the chips sounds temporary.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2017 00:17

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

mysterious loyall X posted:

finally i can play uh knack 2 and the 10th little big planet for free baby

I can't, because I always update my system software when prompted.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2018 22:24

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I found the guy's site: http://www.ps3specialist.com/playstation3-gpu-reballing-service/

I bought a spare 60 gig from him. It will never die

I bought one of his 60gigs and put cfw on it. The new version of the flash exploit for 4.82 is even better since you can go straight to the cfw you want without installing ferrox first.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2018 19:07

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Just got a CUH-7015b PS4 Pro from Target. 4.55 firmware

Isn't Ferrox a type of cfw? This stuff is confusing. I switched to Ferrox Cobra because webman is so much better but I find things refuse to load regularly

Yeah. For some reason the old flash exploit only let you install a particular cfw (ferrox) so if you wanted rebug or something you would have to install ferrox first, then install rebug.

I'm using rebug 4.82 lite with webman. The only time I've had a game not load so far was during an ftp transfer so maybe that's the problem?

# ¿ Mar 2, 2018 15:48

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Sony made the ps4's only game free on ps+ this month to discourage piracy while they fix the firmware.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2018 16:04

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

No it definitely wasn't during an FTP transfer. I will just get a black screen a decent amount of the time when trying to load MultiMan (which I still use to rip games since WebMan cannot) and I never had that happen on ReBug. Could it be something about the weird way WebMan has to delay loading USB info? It takes a good minute or two before my list of games will show up in WebMan (but they show up immediately in MultiMan).

I haven't tried loading games from USB yet. I have noticed that webman keeps an xml list of games so maybe building that takes awhile reading from USB if you add hundreds of games at once?

# ¿ Mar 2, 2018 16:15

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

This is what I�m using http://www.psx-place.com/threads/rebug-4-82-1-lite-edition-cfw-w-rebug-toolbox-2-02-15-cobra-v7-54.15687/

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 16:35

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Just a small update: I switched from webman to sman and it was the best decision ever. Games load instantly now. Consider making the switch, to sman!

Nice. I installed a 1tb internal drive and have been sending games to that over ftp with webman and havent had any problems (as long as a transfer isn�t in progress.) Have you played around with any fan control settings? I have a cecha01 that I would like to run cooler than it does but I�m wary about changing those...

# ¿ Mar 19, 2018 18:52

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

StabMasterArson posted:

I got banned from psn

What kind of things were you doing on psn? I heard certain games scan the hdd for folders associated with cfw and report you to Sony.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2018 19:00

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

lmao

Don't update to 4.81 from Sony is all.

You wanna know how nuts I am about this thing? I have the one from when it came out mentioned in the OP. I opened it up and replaced the thermal paste and also cut out the grating in the back (so technically you can now stick your fingers in the fan blades) because of how paranoid I am about this thing ever dying on me.

But wait there's more. I also got a second one from a guy who replaces all of the lead free solder with lead solder. So even if it gets stupid hot, it will never desolder on its own.

That being said the number thing I wanna do is make the power supply external because you can no joke fry an egg on that thing but there isn't a single good guide out there on how to do it.

Anyway yeah you can safely speed up the fan if you like. The only negative is it's louder. My stock PS3 always sounded like a jet engine when it upscaled DVDs.

You can also swap in the power supply from one of the 80gb mgs4 models which runs cooler apparently. Anyway I got my launch model from the reballing genius guy you linked itt but he was only selling ones with lead-free solder unfortunately.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2018 04:32

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

lmao

Don't update to 4.81 from Sony is all.

You wanna know how nuts I am about this thing? I have the one from when it came out mentioned in the OP. I opened it up and replaced the thermal paste and also cut out the grating in the back (so technically you can now stick your fingers in the fan blades) because of how paranoid I am about this thing ever dying on me.

But wait there's more. I also got a second one from a guy who replaces all of the lead free solder with lead solder. So even if it gets stupid hot, it will never desolder on its own.

That being said the number thing I wanna do is make the power supply external because you can no joke fry an egg on that thing but there isn't a single good guide out there on how to do it.

Anyway yeah you can safely speed up the fan if you like. The only negative is it's louder. My stock PS3 always sounded like a jet engine when it upscaled DVDs.

The ps3 I bought from the reballing genius guy just died (YLOD) within 30 minutes of booting a ps3 game for the first time.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2018 03:46

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

I will and yes it was. My temps always looked fine for an early 60gig but who knows.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2018 04:25

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Boiling hot is not an exaggeration when I touched it

The original $599 ps3 is a Biblical beast that needs to be rebuilt every 100hrs like an F1 car.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2018 21:42

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I don't remember writing that in my post at all lol

I don't even really know what those things mean. I know nand is like the firmware that's stored on a chip. No clue what nor is; I think it is important if you are going to hardmod the console??

Anyway it's pretty easy, it just looks like a lot of steps because of how I wrote it. Let me know if you have any problems and I can help you out

nand and nor are different kinds of flash memory (used to store the firmware.) when you're doing the exploit you need to pick the right one for your ps3 or it will brick: in general, fats use nand and slims use nor

# ¿ Jul 7, 2018 16:46

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Oops. here's a chart showing which models use which type: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/SKU_Models

# ¿ Jul 28, 2019 14:39

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Luckily i don�t need a ps2 because the ps3 was hacked no matter what firmware you�re on

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 14:24

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

elf help book posted:

cute meme but seriously you need a ps2

I only use my ps3 to play psx and ps2 games

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 22:16

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

You can use ftp to copy games to the ps2 hdd https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=315

# ¿ Aug 1, 2020 18:26

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

I think you're only in danger of losing your PSN account if you try to play a game online that scans your hdd for directories associated with custom firmware and reports you to Sony.. I still don't sign in on my hacked ps3 tho

# ¿ Mar 30, 2021 22:18

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

I replaced my cfw cecha01 ps3 with a mini-itx pc to emulate psx, ps2 and ps3. I got tired of the constant jet engine fan noise and dreading the inevitable meltdown.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2022 04:05

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

I'm using an i5-11400 w/ integrated graphics (65w tdp, supports avx-512 instructions which give a 20% boost in rpcs3 https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/rpcs3_developer_explains_why_avx-512_is_important_for_ps3_emulation_and_more/1) in an In Win Chopin case.

From what I've read a discrete gpu is only needed if you want to upscale the games.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2022 13:43

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:57

Frenz: Jan 14, 2009

Pablo Nergigante posted:

The plan was I would carry my PS3 about 2miles to her house, hack the firmware, maybe talk to her a bit while I was there. I was hoping for at least a hug out of this ordeal

# ¿ Jul 9, 2022 14:22

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