Recent content by DRU-17

Thanks for the suggestion it was late when I posted. I have gone back and edited to add the breaks. I hope this makes it easier to read. That’s exactly what I thought as far as it breaking the file system if any issues were to occur.

To start off with this is more about informing of my findings and I will gladly take any criticism or concerns anyone throws at me. I have been messing with a customers ps3 slim that was already running CFW. They wanted the hdd 1TB swapped for an ssd 1TB I have done this same work before...

I've been away from the computer for a while. follow this video it is what i used to learn to use pmap.

Not really. When it comes to the mechanical adjustment you can move the screws with a screwdriver or Allen wrench but without PMAP you have no clue if you are making things better or worse other than moving the screw putting in a disc and testing between each adjustment. But even still the...

That’s part of it. The PMAP program allows you to adjust those screws while being able to know that it is in range. But once that is done it does an electronic adjustment of the laser also. On ps2 slims PMAP only adjusts the electronic porting as there is no mechanical screws to turn to adjust...

I don’t really know. I guess you were just getting lucky.

That sounds like you found a good replacement part for your system. However even in factory form the laser calibration performed using PMAP is done per console. All components in gaming systems are mass produced. The calibration is what is needed to account for the small tolerance variations...

After looking at the syscon error log you provided it appears that the issue is more than likely related to an issue with the power rail(NEC Tonken) for the CELL CPU. I’m not sure if that is all that is wrong with your console but that is where I would start. As far as the BGA station I would...

Have you tried PMAP? If not search here in the forums. It calibrates the laser and makes all the difference in load times with all disc types.

I’m working on a SCPH-79001 with board GH-062-02. With the power supply connected it has a red standby light on but nothing happens when the button is pressed. It doesn’t flash or turn off or anything just solid red. I looked over the board and found one blown fuse but after bypassing the fuse...

Hi everybody! I run a home based console repair business in the middle of nowhere, Midland Tx. I came here to gain deeper understanding of PlayStation hardware even though I have already fixed several, from PS1 to PS5 there are still a lot of things I don’t know.