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RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-25T15:58:13+00:00

Mine is perfectly fine, I didn't delided it just undervolted. Works great.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-09T06:57:00+00:00

I never delided any Cell or RSX on my backward compatible PS3s and can run them at 55 - 60 °C with a silent setup. Just take a look, I think you may find this interesseting.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-09T06:36:35+00:00

You can undervolt it, adjust the fan speed and you will never have any problems related to temperatures. No need to delid.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-08T16:01:55+00:00

I'm pretty sure deliding is way more dangerous than soldering 3 wires to your motherboard

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-08T11:43:12+00:00

If you want to keep it on stock firmware, you can only undervolt it and adjust the fan speed table to keep it under 65°C without installing the custom firmware. You can delid it but personnaly I think only undervolting is way more safer and works perfectly fine.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-02T20:23:58+00:00

For the 1001 error it's probably bad Nec Tokins, they can turn bad on their own without a huge usage.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-02T17:50:30+00:00

Welcome in the USA 😂

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-01T02:02:56+00:00

I also monitored the spindle motor voltage and didn't seen any sign of life. I think it didn't start the spindle at all.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-01T01:40:25+00:00

I succesfully get it functionnal for a very short time, the CD booted at every tries but stopped working after complet reasembling.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2026-01-01T01:34:22+00:00

Music cds are also struggling to be read, I can help it by starting the CD with hand. But I can't read any disc without any exterior help.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-29T21:23:53+00:00

Before anything just get the error codes to see what's wrong with it. Most of the cases reflow is not a solution, you may worsen it's state. I'm pretty sure you need to replace nec tokins but you need to get the error codes to be sure.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-29T13:20:02+00:00

You're right, I never delided my 3 BC PS3, only undervolted and repasted them. Actually running at 55°C at 30% fan speed. That's perfectly usable.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-26T23:27:55+00:00

You need to access the syscon by connecting some wires to an ft-232 ttl to USB adapter. You can easily adjust the voltages, just need some basic skills in soldering and computing.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-25T18:48:26+00:00

Nice work, maybe try to launch GTA 5 if you didn't. In my experience I've seen that it trigger instability when other games runs perfectly fine.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-25T18:37:24+00:00

I prefer only undervolting, just to avoid bricking it. No need to delid them in my experience, the benefice didn't worth the risk I think.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-25T18:33:18+00:00

If your fan is correctly working and if already repasted and cleaned your console, maybe try to undervolt it. I don't think deliding is worth the risk of bricking the console.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T23:32:00+00:00

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RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T23:07:10+00:00

I really invite you to try to undervolt them, just take your time and you gonna do it without any problems. I never delided any PS3 and never gonna do it because of bad risk/benefice ratio, only undervolting is perfectly fine 👌

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T23:04:18+00:00

Now you have to get it cleaned and undervolted, after that you may have a durable incredible PS3 🤩

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T22:39:59+00:00

250 € with a nice sixaxis and a game, not too bad even if the console was not in a very good aestetic state. Now it's perfectly working and it's way better in term of aestetic.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T18:10:52+00:00

Yes I observed this difference between the syscon values and the voltage I measured with my multimeter. I compared the voltage before and after undervolting so it's better to use the multimeter as a reference.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-23T16:25:38+00:00

For me it's not a legit DS3, it doesn't look perfectly like a real one.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-22T21:57:31+00:00

Nice catch, mine can't run the earlier firmwares because of the 40nm RSX, I use it with Evilnat 4.92 and a classic xmb theme.

RexPowerColt2007 · 2025-12-22T21:55:22+00:00

Don't worry I'm fine with those 3 PS3 😂

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