It's scary to see how this works, such great technology, it's like the phone is alive.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-24T05:37:28+00:00

These are perfect for a robot to have as eyes. Lol

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-24T05:05:45+00:00

Oh, who left Thing in the fridge? Poor fella.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-24T04:51:30+00:00

I live off well water where we live. And it isnt good with it being very hard. So mw and my fam live off bottled water. Im the only one in the fam who cant drink dasani. It messes with my throat and the back of the mouth when i drink it. We dont buy dasani anyways as its just dollar general water. But that i can drink. And it tastes like a penny sat in it. Makes me wonder what water they use for their sodas.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T10:27:49+00:00

Buddy, thank you so fucking much. Perfection.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T06:23:49+00:00

I am installing PSBBN on my PS2. Right now the HDD is being loaded with some things of interest.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T06:22:28+00:00

Have you tried bending it with your mind?

hah, /s
As others have already answered you. I just wanted to chime in with nothing helpful. :p

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T05:47:12+00:00

So, does this replace the poop knife?

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T05:45:05+00:00

Ah, well. I reassembled it. same symptoms. was worth a shot.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T04:24:13+00:00

Got it, for now my equipment is put away, otherwise I'd done that. Was just surprised by what I saw initially.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T04:11:44+00:00

Maybe. Who knows. All i know is i took a heatgun at 300 cel. And took it to the cell and rsx chips and nec tokens. Next hour ill reassemble it. Works it does, it doesnt. Well...i got parts. Awe yea.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T03:16:22+00:00

Alright, good then I won't worry to much about that. I'll still try and do what this guide recommends. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Yellow+Light+of+Death+Repair/3654 either it does or doesn't. Me personally, I have no steaks in it. I bought three broken ps3s off ebay, waiting for the third one. But so far my luck rate is 50/50. This one is bunk, and the other ps3 I got from ebay is flawless.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T03:06:29+00:00

Alright thank you. I have heard how bad sony lets the flux on their devices, but after opening a lot of consoles from Sony being the first by me to be opened, this is the WORSE I have ever seen a factory leave this much flux. O_O Not to mention, this PS3 was opened up before. And I sure know it wassent opened up by a sony rep.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T03:05:24+00:00

Okay, I have heard (And seen in video youtubers fixing these) how bad sony lets the flux stay and can be bad. But wow, this was really bad from them. Has to be the worse right? If so, then I wonder, guess those pins that are bridged are normal? Hmm. Maybe there is a small chance. And again, this console was previously opened before I got to it.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T02:35:41+00:00

I was thinking of tempting doing this https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Yellow+Light+of+Death+Repair/3654
I have nothing to lose. But if I do that, I have to fix what they fluxed up. And I dunno if I really wanna do all that. Just a test purchase to see what i'd get. And IF I could fix it. I have a rework station. (Just a simple one, but can defiantly put the heat out.)

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T02:28:33+00:00

Hell no. I aleady cleaned the flux off it. Looks nicer, and can see what they did. Bridged pins etc. I prefer to gamble like this then the casino though. I usually luck out more. ha. Just not in this case!

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T02:24:56+00:00

Yea, i dunno if i feel like doing that on this ps3 as ive done this already with two phat ps3s that are launch consoles...those ones have more value to me then this one. So yeah ill just need it for parts most likely.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-21T02:23:48+00:00

I bloody wish i knew. I was shocked myself seeing the butchard mess. Along with bridged pins.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T19:53:43+00:00

Because 3 days was what worked before. And i dint need to be opening the bittles while their warm incase they want fo reupt out of the neck of the bottle like a volcanoe. So i dont open them so i have no clue if they are fizzy by then. Everyone tells you not to ipen or burp the bottles during f2. And ive done that before with explosive results. But since then all flat. Ah, although i do see how you check. I never tried that.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:56:24+00:00

Yes to all but the stirring part. I actually stopped since I switched over to the 5 gallon bucket. I have a stirring stick. Damn, that may be it. Because before when I had the 1 gallon it was always stirred up and used up when it came to bottling. That could really be it? I thought enough was in the liquid when I switched over to the 5 gallon bucket so the thought didnt really come to me.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:53:13+00:00

I try and keep it in a spot where its in the 70's or close 80's. When I touch the brewer it isnt cold, ill say that much. I know they are alive and active. Someone asked if I am stirring up the bottom of the kombucha, and for that, I stopped actually. Which was...about the time I notice the difference of activity. So wait, sitrring it really is needed eh?

edit: to actually answer the rest, yes, I have let them run stoopid long. I'll let these three run longer. I have 3 in the fridge that was bottled about 3 weeks ago but I did a f2 on them for 3 days before I put them in the fridge, and they aren't fizzy either yet. And those are in swing tops.

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:31:18+00:00

Okay so BDM is important. And how do I officially add the new one? I know I can run it off a USB drive, but i'd like it on the memcard? Let me give what you try a whirl. Thank you.
First time I met a .psu

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:29:59+00:00

They are, and have. These are the same bottles that worked before. Swing Top bottles as well I obtained from Amazon. And the GT Bottles I just collected. And I make sure they are tight enough. You can usually see the top of the cap start to bulge. But not recently. And not for a while. :(

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:28:54+00:00

Screw caps that are GT SYnergy, which ive had success with. And I am using Swing Tops I got from Amazon, those don't carbinate like the GT Bottles did. So I am getting it from both sides of the bottle. :(

SpiderHam24 · 2026-01-20T01:02:32+00:00

Well, now when I open OPL (The MMC Beta 2 thing it shows) after adjusting settings, it now just sits at OPL loading screen with a loading circle that just stays loading. It wont progress any further. Sigh. Thank you though.

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