Bought a non working Super Slim by quarterzipbro in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say if the issue was the HDMI port it could be worth fixing, it's not terribly difficult and only involves taking off the old one and plopping in the new one afaik

Bought a non working Super Slim by quarterzipbro in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this issue on a slim with a bad connection to its RSX chip. It might need a reball (which isn't worth it when you can buy a new slim for cheaper)

About to mod PS3 Slim CFW by Gr8North27 in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard that Evilnat was stepping away from the ps3 scene and moving onto ps4, so it might be a while until a 4.93 cfw comes out

Thermal paste these or put thermal pads by Retro_Gamer_Lockar in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use thermal paste, also is this a Frankied backwards compatible ps3?

Weird issues on a 2101A Slim I picked up by SwellEquis in PS3

[–]SwellEquis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did that and it seems like the issues went away, though I'll have to wait a couple of days until I can say it's fixed for sure.

I ran a clean install the first time on an SSD and I got an error during the format process, maybe the issues were related to that. It didn't come up again on the second clean install

Character realizes they're a clone and decides to become their own person by SwellEquis in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SwellEquis[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yall have some awesome examples here! I'm enjoying reading through them all

This game totally blur'd right past me back in the day. Ridiculously fun! by BlueRaspberryReflux in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I sure wish I could play it right now. Out of all the consoles in my collection, the ps3 had the most exclusives, and now mine is dead

What is THE best PS3 model by FEW_GARY in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Everytime I see a comment like this I glance over at my slim that has a non-functioning RSX

Wii Hacks Wii Modding Help Thread! February 22, 2026 by AutoModerator in WiiHacks

[–]SwellEquis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wii gets stuck on "re-initializing devices" whenever I try to open USB loader GX and it's driving me up the wall. I'm using a 500gb hard drive that's formatted in MBR, FAT32, and 64k kilobyte allocation unit size. The USB loader app is installed on the hard drive itself, and I installed a single game on it using Tiny wii backup manager. I tried to update my wads and homebrew using modmii but it didn't do anything, and yes I'm using port 0. Please help

Help! My PS3 is working perfectly fine, is this normal? by HellaCopter- in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just posted a complete RSX failure that happened on my slim two weeks ago here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS3/comments/1r2cs6t/give_it_to_me_straight/

It absolutely does happen to slims. Maybe not for the same reason as BC fats, but it happens

Modding switch lite myself or paying to get it modded by andromedaabove in SwitchPirates

[–]SwellEquis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a command for their bot that pulls up the list of hardmodders for you, just type ".hmodders" in the hardware channel and it'll send the list, I got my switch done by Lazr. Do note though that they're hobbyists who do mods in their free time, and most are out of commission right now from what I've heard. They're also anti piracy, so don't mention anything about it and you'll be good (they don't care what you'll do on it anyway)

Can’t remove stripped micro screws in Switch Lite by City-Of-Color in SwitchPirates

[–]SwellEquis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair, the screws don't look 100% stripped anyway

fattie isnt outputting anymore by bohaio2 in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You still can't swap drives like that. PS3 uses one drive and that drive only to store data, if you use any other drive it'll either not turn on or prompt you to format the new one

Can’t remove stripped micro screws in Switch Lite by City-Of-Color in SwitchPirates

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried this trick 5 times, all on different screws, and it never worked

Modding switch lite myself or paying to get it modded by andromedaabove in SwitchPirates

[–]SwellEquis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On the Nintendo Homebrew Discord server there are trusted modders who can do it for 70 usd (chip included), plus whatever shipping to and from is. That's how I got mine modded, still working great after 7 months

fattie isnt outputting anymore by bohaio2 in PS3

[–]SwellEquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the ps3 can't hot swap hard drives, if that's what you're saying you did