Recent content by superprokill1

Hey all, coming here back again. After a successful recap with tantalizers, I am now stumbling across error 0xA0801103. This is part of the "Thermal ALERT System", but in my case it's a bit strange. The console turns on for a few minutes, before eventually turning off. I think it would turn off...

Hello, I successfully replaced the caps of my phat model, and after a few seconds of turning it on, it turns off because of overheating. I don't think it's the CPU/GPU, since it is just really really quick. If I stick my PS3 to the AC, it takes longer to die, so I suspect it might have something...

Oh my god, I finally figured out what my issue was. For context, a while back I came to this thread asking for info on fixing my Phat PS3 with dead TOKINs. I soldered the caps that I got (sadly the only place I could get them from was Aliexpress, cause third world country /shrug), and... I...

@RIP-Felix Mentioning you suggested I bought ceramic caps as well for my model, could it be that I need to solder the small ceramic caps (MLCC iirc?) for it to boot? I was assuming I could do a test powerup without them just to see if I was doing something wrong and then install them, but I am...

Okay nevermind, it seems like the green mask there wasn't a diff pad, so it's okay if it got chewed. I just got finished resoldering all the 470uF capacitors, I also took the time to clean the mess I had previously done with my solder mountain on one of the pads. Still a 3003. I was only able to...

Update on my original post, I think I found the issue.

Hey all o/ Months after my first interaction with this thread, I was finally able to get around soldering the 470 caps. The attempts at the beginning were... less than optimal, especially since I also accidentally grinded away a lot of the copper, but the rest seemed pretty okay to me...

Your GPU is likely dead, RIP. https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Syscon_Error_Codes#3034

Oh! I know what I got wrong then in my calcs. In another thread, the one about the experimental NEC/TOKIN replacement methods, where you posted the release of your Tantalizer mod 0.6b, you gave a list of capacitors to use. Now, I am not gonna use your PCB since all I have is a soldering iron to...

not sure if this counts as a necro reply, but you recommended replacing all the tokins. If by all of them you mean the RSX's and CELL's, totalling 8, and judging from the estimated price tag on your 0.6b then that would end up costing about $200 USD. How terrible would it realistically be to...

https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Syscon_Error_Codes#2022_(DVE) do you know in which circumstances those 2022 errors happened? there's a 1200 error, which means the CPU overheated. clean it up, replace the thermal paste, and you should be good to go on that. I still don't know what's causing your 2022

HELL YEAH IT WORKED! The cap ladder I did was somehow broken, I guess some cap was dead. It was throwing 3004 errors when trying to start up. Afterwards, I grabbed a 470uF electrolytic capacitor, 6.5v, one of the big ones, it finally got through far enough in the boot process for the CELL to...

well, the flashing red already disappeared. it was a momentary thing that I don't know the cause of. I have my PSU over a rag, I doubt that's what's making the syscon fail EDIT: Just tried to connect, this time adding TWO rags below the PSU. There is no way it's casing is causing a short...

I did all those steps, I fixed the checksums already weeks ago, I was able to do bringup before and even now. When I now reported that I was getting those flashing red lights, it didn't even beep once. The issue is not with the theory of connecting to the SYSCON, I was able to do that just fine...

well, I honestly don't think I'm doing anything wrong now, I can't connect to the SYSCON now, just like before. this time I turned it off to take out the capacitor ladder, which came out really easily (i assume the negative side wasn't properly in? might explain the 3004. tried soldering it...