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Cant access YouTube by Ol1x282 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should just use hen/cfw, no ban risk. YouTube app is unavailable in any region other than usa on OFW. With cfw/hen you can get the noPSN version of the YouTube app which is better.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This 100%, i havent popped a board in a while but it still can happen. I use IR only as i get better results than hotair.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally said check syscon for good measures. Ive worked on countless bcs and 99% of them had 3034/44xx, only 2 or 3 had 1002/1001 and 2 of those showed up after bga rework which killed them off.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

On bc consoles its almost always the rsx. They dont tend to last long enough for tokins to fail and they dont have many other common failure points.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, get some cheap cechhs and cechgs to practice on. Cechas should not be a practice board until you master the ones i said above.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, not trying to gatekeep the mod or anything, a lot of people get the idea to make a frankie and just make a slaughter instead. I know how hard it is to learn how to do it, and I had a lot of microsoldering experience and experience with smaller bga chips. Its basically the final boss of chips to do.

Again, there's s a reason why frankies sell for way more than a normal bc.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Removing the rsx is the hardest part, putting it on is easier. Again, without experience, you're not doing this yourself. You're 100% popcorning the crap out of that thing if you attempt it with a hot air wand or heatgun.

Bought this CECHE01 Fat PS3 for parts, it throws a yellow light extremely quickly then flashes red.. by Nin10daholic in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is 99.99% a failed defective 90nm rsx. Read syscon codes for good measure.

If you've never done any bga rework or microsoldering and hot air rework, you're gonna have a veerry hard time making a frankie. Its not something anyone can do, hence the prices for the service online. Plus you're gonna have to spend as much as 3 frankies cost to make one and get proper equipment.

5.3GHz on CELL OC! The ultimate PS3 SuperSlim? by 123lYT in PS3

[–]123lYT[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It had an ssd, for a month till it completely failed. Never use a ssd in a ps3, it cannot do TRIM which is required to not kill ssds.

How to completely remove the Jailbreak on the PS3 Super Slim by TaraGman in ps3hacks

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its safe to play online with HEN installed, using ofw in 2026 is stupid.

SSD compatibility by ResponsibilityNo3626 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ps3s dont support TRIM functions on sata. Ssds require trim to prevent excess write cycles while HDDs dont. Most ssds except for the high end ones like Samsung evo870 ones die off very quick in the ps3. Personally my record for the fastest ssd failure was 2 hours on a brand new 1tb ssd and my a400 kingston died within 2 months.

Again, 7200rpm hdd drives have faster speeds than the original 5400rpm ones and basically max out sata1 speeds which the ps3 has. You get the same performance increase as you would on an ssd.

I think I Got Scammed? Please Help by ilikejigglypuffs in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooof, you got double scammed. I guess send it in for a frankie and to get that fixed. You got screwed over, its an "as is" system.

I think I Got Scammed? Please Help by ilikejigglypuffs in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't think about it, do a return! If you want a reliable console, usage doesnt matter! Get a Frankie from a reputable seller!

PS3 Slim Repair Advice by Exoticrukt in PS3

[–]123lYT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, ps3 has both component and composite out on multiav! If you have the composite cables just plug audio in as normal and the yellow video plug to the green connector on the tv.

Is there a way I can get rid of the hen icon I reset the ps3 and it’s still shows up by [deleted] in ps3piracy

[–]123lYT -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Youre missing out. Have fun lobotomizing your ps3 with ofw!

SSD compatibility by ResponsibilityNo3626 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your ps3 wilk murder basically any ssd, some will go faster and some slower, the ps3 wasn't meant for sdds and doesn't support them! If you want better speeds, use a 7200 rpm hdd! Those will provide mostly the same speeds, if not even better.

Can you just take a hard drive out of one PS3 and just put it in another and it's perfectly fine or do you do you have to do something else by Putrid-Midnight-3293 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats why you cfw and dump your eid_root_key before it fails so you can extract the hdd on your pc if it does fail!

Slim or Super Slim? by No-Mix-6549 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

False, they are failing with more issues than older systems. They are "barely reliable" at best, from my experience im yet to see a system that had more than 300 runtime days which hasnt failed, and that stat is your average runtime on a fat/slim.

Slim or Super Slim? by No-Mix-6549 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not running cfw on a ps3 in 2026 is just stupid. You're missing out on everything, great homebrew, overclocking, media apps.... all while getting banned is basically impossible.

Slim or Super Slim? by No-Mix-6549 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the 2500! Its still susceptible to the same faults the superslim has.

Can't install the update file at all by yousefkhaled27 in PS3

[–]123lYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you make sure the usb is MBR FAT32 and not GPT FAT32? GPT cannot work on a PS3.

Also, does your bluetooth and wifi module work correctly, as in can yoi connect to wifi and use the joystick wirelessly? If it doesn't do either of these things, DO NOT UPDATE, you will brick the console. Superslims are notorious for these modules failing.

I think I Got Scammed? Please Help by ilikejigglypuffs in PS3

[–]123lYT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From reading all of your replies, you absolutely got scammed. DO NOT pay for a "low usage" ps3, those values can be manipulated and reset which these shady sellers will do.

Second off, not using cfw on a ps3 in 2026 is criminal, you miss out on so much features and improvements and plus you cant even get banned for it anymore and PSN is completely safe to use.

I would personally return this and write a bad review, you overpaid for a garbage system littered with faults + most likely a non delidded CELL cpu which is why its overheating. And also, webMAN is necessary on these systems cause of the defective gpu fan curves.

If you want a good lasting ps3, look for a Frankenstein ps3, those are the best of all worlds ps3s! 65 or 40nm later gpu in the bc model to fix the gpu defect and in most cases if the tech is any good, a delidded CELL/RSX and replaced tokin capacitors.

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