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resurrecting a fat PS3 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The OS installs onto the drive, so yeah, it won't have anything without it.

Also no. The PS can only be interacted with by using a proper controller (official or third-party).

I don't know what "evil something" you're referring to, but an official firmware .PUP file can be download from sony here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

thanks. curse those evil bastards who didn't have the decency to also throw away a functioning controller... I guess I'll give up for now.

thought about maybe installing linux or something, but this thing has like 256 MB RAM, so not much point to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The OtherOS feature still requires using the firmware to get things running I think.

You'll have look up some info on how things work and go step by step.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You will need an official controller and if the bd is missing you will want the nobd version of evilnat. I don't know if you will be able to use OFW without a bd so better to skip direct to a CFW.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you're like me and you insist you getting a real controller, be careful. it's a minefield of very convincing fakes. They will work, including on recovery mode, but usually have shoddy SIXAXIS and drift.

Even looking at comparison pics, the only way I could be sure was by looking at the PCB and cross referencing with this