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Im going to show you how to make your e3 flasher usb powered (or power by plugin).
Why would you want to do this? We don't always have the opportunity to keep a
ps3 running, and that is usually needed in order to extract a cid from your
most dead of ps3s. This will not harm your e3 flasher if the instructions are
followed, but the risk is yours to take.







You're going to need:
e3 flasher
wire
Soldering iron
a usb cable (one that you are willing to cut up) |Alternatively you can use a wall plugin. Most phone chargers etc can supply the 4-5v we need|
tape

1. Let's start with the e3 flasher
On the bottom of the flasher it should look like this

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2. cut two 4-5inch pieces of small wire (one black and one red?)

3. You want to solder one wire to positive and one to negative

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should look like so:

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4. Tape over it to prevent shorting

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5. Cut one end of the usb cable off and expose the two wires
*If there are more than two wires, tape them all to the side, leave red and black, or whatever + and - is for you
Hopefully(in most cases, it will be easy to destinguish which of the two wires is + or -, but if not
you will have to test with a multimeter.*

6. connect red+ to red+ and blk- to blk- from the new wires on the e3 flasher, to your usb cable


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7. Plug the usb into your PC (most if not all will supply 5v, the max amount to power your e3 flasher)
Less than 3v will not power it enough to get a backup
Do not use over 5v it is the max



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Part 2
Extracting a NOR chip to get a backup(retrieve a CID) from a completely dead Ps3


What you will need:
externally powered e3 flasher
heat gun
Access to NOR chip



1. Strip the ps3 to the motherboard

2. Locate your NOR chip

3. use your heat gun to blast directly at the NOR chip until you can EASILY slide the chip away

So now you got one or some of these

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4. Once you have the chip, it is just a matter of squeezing the chip into your usb powered e3 flasher's clip
and going about it as you normally would get a backup
* e3 flasher's lights should shine very bright. If the e3 flasher's lights are dim, you have the chip in backwards.


Hope it helps !

You can just cut the traces off the board, rather than cutting it... see the picture below:

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Imma try this out if I ever come across a broken PS3

if the board is dead then it is definitely easier to just remove the chip and clamp it down to bench with e3 flasher clip -----nand chips are the same ----I use my little rig to extract numbers You must login or register to view this content.

Very nice!

a portable version and everyone getting fucked lol, gamestop etc. here I come.

taken a android charger apart and ps3 controller charger, both getting 5.03v

taking iphone charger apart now

EDIT taken 5 cables apart now, all getting 5.01v-5.04v :'(

Very nice tutorial and information for fellow community members who are in need of a simpler method to pull IDs. Good sheit.

thanks, i have a heat gun but i don't have a thing the help get the solder off so is just a pain sometimes, so this will save a lot of time on a dead board

Hey thats a really cool idea though, make it wireless? :salll:

Edit: unless i misunderstood i thought you were talking about one of the controller batteries lol

You can take any usb side and plug it into your ps3 or PC and the other end into the e3 flasher, you don't necessarily need to use the charger itself.

But yea, 99% sure you could use a ps3 controller battery if wireless is what you were going for. Shit you could even wire a female usb to the battery as well so you can easily charge it..

This tutorial should have said 3v -/+ lowest voltage and 5v -/+ max. a few points being the difference, and it will power good enough at around high 3v to low 4v.