Recent content by excaliburn92

Apologies for the late reply. Things have been hectic, but thanks! I will give the HDD S.M.A.R.T comparison a try. I'll first confirm if it's the original 20 GB drive that came with it. Edit: Alright, so I confirmed it's the original 20 GB model that comes with the launch models, ST920217AS...

Thank you for the reply. I’d like to clarify that the laser now works 100% since the day I made that post. I just had to thoroughly open and clean the system. I had to ask the previous owner of the system and I was told that it was used by kids and was just “collecting dust” as the initial usage...

I recently bought a messed up CECHB00 with a controller and a semi-dead laser (have to eject and insert disc multiple times before it reads). I'm really suspicious of the total power on time... can it be reset or fabricated? I'd like to know. Edit: I'm reading through this thread to find more...

Hello guys. I recently bought a BC CECHB00 PS3 and I use webman to determine its "age". most PS3's I've had before ranged from 100d-200d but this one says 13d... I find that hard to believe as the console has a terrible laser and full of scratches and has been opened (person I bought from said...

It's weird. Region-free works fine on Rebug 4.86.1 LITE, but not on 4.84.2 REX. Moreover, the Fake Other Region in debug settings keeps switching to Off on reboot, and doesn't actually work.

Hello! I recently bought a fairly new CECHA00 PS3 mostly for PS1 and PS2. After updating to 4.86 patching my NAND, I ended up installing the LITE version of Rebug 4.86.1 since there's no REX. Everything went smoothly. I tried playing my PS1 and PS2 games region free and it was amazing. Now, the...