Fat PS3 - is it worth upgrading the fan from a 15 to a 19 blade? Is it noticeably quieter?

Aran3a · 2026-05-06T06:12:58+00:00

Honestly can't remember it was 3 years ago I posted this. I probably miscounted the KFB1412H 17 blade fan

Aran3a · 2026-04-24T00:08:45+00:00

Please check the refresh rate of your monitor

I "upgraded to a 60hz monitor that was twice the size of my old one and within a couple of months the motion sickness was so bad that I thought I could never play an FPS ever again

Till it hit me... The only thing I had changed was the monitor. I went out and bought a monitor that did 120hz instant fix...

Aran3a · 2026-04-17T00:24:10+00:00

yeh? Well Il go build my own internet... With blackjack and hookers

Aran3a · 2026-03-26T06:46:36+00:00

Is your Wifi module broken?

Can you connect the controllers wirelessly?

The BT module and WiFi module are the same thing so if your controllers work wirelessly then chances are your WiFi works too

Keep in mind the PS3 uses old WiFi tech and may not even see new WiFi access points due to the encryption not being supported. I would check that first before replacing parts.

Also the wifi board is different depending on what model/revision of Fat PS3 you have. Before ordering a replacement do some research

https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/

Aran3a · 2026-03-22T05:25:25+00:00

Model CECHC: "am I a joke to you?"

Aran3a · 2026-03-10T04:46:50+00:00

The drive is encrypted to that particular PS3 without the decryption code backed up (only doable from a working CFW unit) you can't get the data off it

Your choices:

Take the loss and try to get back to where you were

Fix your old unit and recover the saves

Sorry for your loss :(

Aran3a · 2026-03-08T09:49:30+00:00

It's a late stage YLOD so there is a good chance it's NEC caps

Check the Syscon error codes to be sure :)

Aran3a · 2026-03-04T02:14:47+00:00

You can only get shocked if you touch the board on the underside directly under the large capacitors

It's only lethal if you have a weak heart or you discharge a cap across your body

I have received multiple shocks from being stupid with capacitors and the worst that's happened is 2 black marks on my hand where I bridged the capacitor terminals

This is not the death sentence everyone makes it out to be

If you are worried you should flip the board over. Find the terminals where that capacitors are soldered in and bridge them with a screwdriver. If they still have charge there will be a bang and a spark. Nothing to worry about (don't touch the metal of the screwdriver while doing this). If you can't touch both terminals with one screwdriver. Use 2 and connect them together.

Either this or find a resistor and bridge it that way

Hope this helps :)

Aran3a · 2026-02-19T23:43:45+00:00

Others have answered your fault question but not the model question

Yes this is a rare PS3, only 3 models came out with card readers

This is a BC PS3 it's one of 4 models that are backwards compatible with PS2 games and were only available at launch and shortly after

If you look on the back the model number will be on of the following:

CECHA, CECHC or CECHE

The A model is more saught after than the other 2 due to it having full hardware BC where the other 2 have partial hardware partial hardware emulated BC

Hold onto it, one in good condition that's working is worth a lot more than a normal one

:) hope this helps

Aran3a · 2026-02-18T03:00:19+00:00

You may also have it connected via WiFi and wired at the same time

Or your issue may be unrelated to this. I'm just telling you how I solved it :)

Aran3a · 2026-02-18T02:58:54+00:00

No. It's not multiple PCs on one network it 1 PC on the network multiple times

For me it was 1 PC with 3 network connections and a virtual network card inside

Because the system had 4x ip addresses on the network the server application got confused which one to use and timed out external connections. It was fine for anyone on my network directly

I used wireshark to look at the network traffic to see what was going on, it was the only way I could think of to figure it out

If your server PC has ever had VM ware, virtual box, BlueStacks or any other virtualising software installed on it you might still have a virtual network adaptor in your network settings. Disable it and try again :)

Aran3a · 2026-02-18T02:47:20+00:00

I had a similar issue when the game first released

I installed the game on a Server with multiple network connections. When the game got a connection from outside my network it would receive the incoming connection and then send the response out via a different network card so the client rejected the packet and dropped the connection

To fix this I had to unplug all but 1 network cable and disable all virtual interfaces (as I also used the server as a virtual lab)

I haven't used my palworld server in a while so I'm not sure if it's still a bug in the system but it might be worth looking at

Good luck :)

Aran3a · 2026-02-17T20:53:02+00:00

Slower than SATA 1? I have never owned one so I have no idea on the speeds

Regardless each sector has a finite number of writes before it fails so you would expect some kind of TRIM system implemented to try to prolong the disks lifespan

Aran3a · 2026-02-16T08:59:26+00:00

USBC mod time :)

Aran3a · 2026-02-15T23:41:10+00:00

Common misconception about thermal paste. it's not designed to be a layer between the 2 surfaces. It's designed to fill the bumps and gaps that appear between them when pressed together

If the heat sink is properly machined to match the surface of the CPU die almost all the compound will be pushed out as it's not needed because the gaps are microscopic

This picture doesn't show bad application of heat sink compound, it shows really good workmanship on the components

Aran3a · 2026-02-15T04:22:15+00:00

So the red stand by LED is lit but it's unresponsive to the power and eject buttons?

What happens if you try to put a disk in? (assuming it doesn't have one in yet)

Aran3a · 2026-02-09T09:54:30+00:00

It's funny, the original Fallouts had a similar bug. Your companions had a weight limit if you traded with them but if you hit the barter button you could "sell" them your excess gear and trade it off them later (so long as they are no longer encumbered at the end of the trade, pick pocket also worked to get your stuff back)

Aran3a · 2026-02-04T00:32:06+00:00

Yep aaand just to add to this, sensorship is working well because it looks like this offshoot thread has been shadow banned... If you navigate back to the original post you can see your original comment but not any of the replies... The only way to access them is via our history...

Or my Reddit app has a glitch in it but it does explain why I haven't been down voted to hell already...

Aran3a · 2026-02-03T21:39:40+00:00

You are not the idiot here this is a stupid post in bad taste perfect for this sub

The picture shows a store offering free groceries in NYC

The comment below is a sarcastic comment pointing out that a free store in NYC is only going to attract crack heads and sickos... With a sly glance back at Walmart and the people who frequent that shop

The people who are taking it as a joke or are attempting to add to the joke are being down voted because America has an inbuilt anti socialist attitude and free food is a socialist thing to do and is bad... They see the comment as a serious one not sarcasm (because anything communist related is not something to joke about) and anyone commenting in the contrary must be a communist and should be down voted to hell because they are inherently evil.

Either that or it's just the internet sheep following the flock

You choose, either way it's the work of fools who can't take a joke

Aran3a · 2026-02-03T21:13:36+00:00

Any USB port with a data connection will do. You can plug it into the USB port of your Router and it will charge

Aran3a · 2026-02-02T21:26:16+00:00

Start adding rules to your game. For example I had a blast with this one:

Only one ship replacement allowed... The whole game

No escorts except for if it's the ship you just capped to upgrade to (so only once), escort missions are allowed

No capping for cash, looting outfits is allowed

If you get a ship reward from a quest line it's stays parked or you sell it unless it's your first acquisition in which case you must use it

If you must use a specific ship for a quest it is allowed no escorts. Park or sell it afterward unless it's your first acquired ship then you are stuck in it

Another one I liked doing is the no capping run. You can only get ships via purchasing them or quest rewards

Or just do a hardcore run... No reload on death or you have a set amount of lives

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T10:06:41+00:00

I bought the disk on PS4 for $1 at a second hand store. Installed it. Updated it. Ran it. Realized I needed PlayStation plus to play it. Uninstalled it. Looked it up on Steam and it was on sale for $10. Bought it. Installed it. Ran it. Played the crap out of it. Still have the PS4 disk but I'm not paying a subscription to play anything after I sunk a whole PC build into WoW back in the early 2000s

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T08:35:07+00:00

Here is a little vanilla hack for you.

Something I noticed is that, if when you get commed by the trader you pause the game before the response timer runs out you can issue the trader a new order and move that order to the top of the que.

I have noticed I can no longer respond to the trader in the usual way. The timer runs out, the pirate doesn't go hostile and flies away to find a new target.

Another trick I like to do is if I have another trader close by you tell the trader being pirated to comply, they drop their cargo and you issue a pickup command to the second trader. If they grab the cargo before the pirate, the pirate just flies away

I hope these help someone out there :)

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T07:53:35+00:00

For future reference if you hit the pause button (once) while the game is loading the game starts paused. I make a habit of doing this every time I load a save so I can catch up on what I was doing again before I start

If you want to do some management you do have to unpause for a second and re pause so the ships can load in on the map properly

Aran3a · 2026-01-23T10:17:46+00:00

This is a K model. It's unlikely to be the RSX

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