Yeah so my PS3 Syscon error codes display the following errors. It's dead Jim. I need to frankenstein it, or maybe(?) its an NEC Tokin being faulty (1001) and the Livelock is a red herring. Or more likely, vice versa : In which case, damn. 1001 : Power to CELL (CPU) 1004: Power (AC/DC) 1601 : CELL L...

So I recently picked up a CECHC03 PS3 (broken) for a good price. It works and reads discs and turns on, but only when cold. As soon as it heats up a little from idling on the xmb, it freezes showing artifacts like this. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/991432511232168036/1094632276295417956/...

bump because that looks super cool

Always like that, tried unplug / replug several times. I cleaned the board and conductive pad with IPA 99% which didn't fix anything. Surprisingly when I push down onto the toshiba chip on the back, the buttons reset to unpressed. I'm gonna leave it for a while, im sure if I follow the traces and di...

Controller isn't working. When assessembled no buttons work apart from joysticks, nothing being pressed down. Took it out and with just the board connected, all buttons are considered pressed down. Is this normal? wondering if its a problem with the board or just the conductive mesh pad. Video attac...

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