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resurrecting a fat PS3 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/playstation
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found a Playstation 3 (model CECHH04) by the dumpster. cleaned it up and inspected - it's missing the BD and the HD and its cage; I jammed a normal 2.5" HDD in there and stuck some cardboard around. the light turned green, the HD spins up, the fans are spinning and the TV shows it's alive - no OS though.

I've downloaded Sony's official firmware and also some evilnat CFW jailbreak; tried both but the prompt on the TV is to attach a controller to the USB and press the PS button, which I haven't got. can I do something without it? tried a noname PC gamepad and keyboard but no go...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

got me a fake PS3 controller. looks the part and what's more important - the PS button is detected!

however, I can't get to load the update from the USB. possibly because I'm missing the BD...? I got the noBD CFW but how can I get it to load? after pressing the start+select combo it's supposed to load the update from the USB but that's not happening, it just says "Checking... Please wait.". the USB drive shows no activity (it's got a LED for r/w activity).

edit: after like a year and a half of just sitting there, it finally prompted me to press start+select for five seconds to format. upon complying, another decade or so passed before it began to install the OFW. fingers crossed!

edit 2: musta crossed those finger wrong, it's now stuck in an update loop... starts installing and at 41% it stops with error 8002F114E. upon restart, it begins again.

~~final~~ edit: you can't install the CFW without the OFW. and you can't install the OFW without a present and functioning BD. so, this thing goes back to the dumpster as it's useless as is. at least I have a fake dualshock controller that doesn't work with my BT adapter...

last edit so far: I got me a defunct PS3 that the same generation and transferred the BD over and... it worked, flash completed and latest OFW 4.91 works! now I'm off to install the CFW!