Post: [Most Complicated Matter] Bricked PS3
07-28-2014, 11:28 PM #1
xelahot
Gym leader
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hi everyone! I'm xelahot. About one year ago, I tried to go back to CEX from a DEX 4.21 ita CFW PS3 which is not something possible. I PS3 then resulted semi-bricked (DEX2CEX Semi-Brick). Since I bricked it, it cannot boot or go to recovery mode. It just beep for a total of 10 time then it goes red. After some research, I founded alot of tutorials to fix this with 2 different method. The first one was simply to go into FSM (Factory Service Mode) with any kind of ps3 usb dongle and re-update the ps3. That wasn't working for me because FSM wasn't accessible from CFW 4.21 ita and all those tutorials were only for 3.55 semi-bricks so I had to find a 4.21 ita Semi-Brick fix and I did. The second method I found was to use an E3 Flasher to flash a backup of my ps3 dump into the memory of the NOR/NAND of the ps3 while the PS3 is still running because I would have soldered the Tristate to the Ground. that was to fix the memory I accidently fucked up by going DEX to CEX on 4.21 ita even if it was not possible. ( You must login or register to view this content. is the tutorial I found for the CFW 4.21 ita Fix).

Now, here are 2 other problems I got with this single tutorial i have found. the first one is that all the tutorial is done with an E3 Flasher (originally called: E3 Nor Flasher, because it's only compatible with NOR consoles) and my ps3 (CECHA01 [FAT]) is NAND so i cant do this.

the second major problem is that the only dump I have for this Bricked PS3 is corrupted so I can't use it. I then realized that i need to make a new backup of my dump to fix this but i cant do it because my ps3 is bricked. So I discovered that some Chips like the 'E3 Nor Flasher', 'progskeet 1.21' or 'teensy' are able to make a backup of the ps3's NOR/NAND memory by powering it with forrce or by powering only the NOR/NAND with 3.3V. So now that I know that, I need someone to help me because I can't find any help. I need to know which Chip should I use(cant use E3 Flasher because its only for NOR)? Depending on the Chip you recommend me, what parts do I have to buy (list all of them)? because Ive seen many chips parts to avoid soldering and im getting confused because there's too many pieces so i dont want to buy the wrong thing. After, how do i install it and make a backup of my NAND dump? and when i'll have my new dump, how do i flash my dump like showed in the tutorial I had found? because they did it with the E3 Flasher so am I gonna be able to do this with the same Chip you would have recommended me to make a backup of my dump?

Now you probably understand why I named this thread like that.
+ my english is not perfect so I hope some people good with ps3's will be able to help me because there's no tutorial for my situation.

Thank you very much for taking your time if you can help me.
you can help me here on NGU or on skype: xelahot100 or by email: [email][email protected][/email]

regarding xelahot.
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07-31-2014, 04:20 PM #11
tryme
Do a barrel roll!
you just have not qa flagged, so this shouldn't be a serious brick. it would be fixable with fsm but you are on 4.21.

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