PS3 Frankenstein PHAT PS3: CECHA with 40nm RSX

RIP-Felix said:
Pretty much. It's going to be more reliable than sourcing from ebay or ali. There was one ebay seller that had NOS, and he was restocking every 2 to 6 weeks, but he hasn't had stock now for 3 or 4 months. At last we heard from him he said he didn't think there'd be any more.

So yeah, pull from donors. That's were we are now. The good ole days are over and now we enter into the mire that is pulling, testing, and hoping for the best.
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Cool thanks for that letting me know so let the harvesting begin!

simplebeans said:
When you are testing the Ω readings are you doing so with the RSX off the board at the respective test points?
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This question was directed for Pelko as I was attempting to help him out with diagnosing his Ω readings, as he had questioned it above. However what you have mentioned is interesting, so these RSX's that measured fine before soldering them to the board did @Computer Booter take any Ω's readings again when the RSX's were de soldered, were the readings still the same? I'm thinking if there had been any damaged incurred during the soldering process.
 
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simplebeans said:
...did @Computer Booter[/USER] take any Ω's readings again when the RSX's were de soldered, were the readings still the same? I'm thinking if there had been any damaged incurred during the soldering process.
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Yes he did. And they tested fine both on the board after the install and again off the board after removal as well.
 
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simplebeans said:
Thanks and did any of the other Ω's readings (non RSX) change on the board after the install, so compared to readings before the install i.e. the cell Ω's readings?
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these were the readings on board, i dont think i did readings of the 90nm but they are different than 40nm

VDDC 2.6 VDDIO 49.1 FBVDDQ 227.7 PLL_VDD 15.7K RC_VDDA 3.6 VDDR 405.5
 
Shawn Shakir said:
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these were the readings on board, i dont think i did readings of the 90nm but they are different than 40nm

VDDC 2.6 VDDIO 49.1 FBVDDQ 227.7 PLL_VDD 15.7K RC_VDDA 3.6 VDDR 405.5
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Think you mis-understand my question, excluding the RSX Ω's readings did we take any readings from any other areas of the board (i.e the cell?) and did they change from before the frankenstien attempt?
 
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simplebeans said:
Think you mis-understand my question, excluding the RSX Ω's readings did we take any readings from any other areas of the board (i.e the cell?) and did they change from after the frankenstien attempt?
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Oh yes, I take readings from the Cell also, and as far as i remember, there were no major changes. Sometimes, the readings can change a tad bit after the reball due to heat and the board being dirty from flux, but when you clean it it usually comes back to what it was prior. Also, both consoles that particular 40NM was on, I put NOS 40NM and they worked fine and still work today.
 
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Oh yes, I take readings from the Cell also, and as far as i remember, there were no major changes. Sometimes, the readings can change a tad bit after the reball due to heat and the board being dirty from flux, but when you clean it it usually comes back to what it was prior. Also, both consoles that particular 40NM was on, I put NOS 40NM and they worked fine and still work today.
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Ok got ya, yeah that's the answer I was looking for. Yeah that makes complete sense there are factors that can change when heating the board for example ESR of a capacitor however these are usually temporary in nature and will subside for example once heat is removed.

The faulty 40nm RSX's, or so with the thinking thus far, have we tried re-attempting to install it again on another board since?
 
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simplebeans said:
Ok got ya, yeah that's the answer I was looking for. Yeah that makes complete sense there are factors that can change when heating the board for example ESR of a capacitor however these are usually temporary in nature and will subside for example once heat is removed.

The faulty 40nm RSX's, or so with the thinking thus far, have we tried re-attempting to install it again on another board since?
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Yes, I installed it on three boards in total, all 3034. Once i removed and replaced with a NOS, they all booted fine.
 
Hi.I moved it from the COK-002 board to the COK-001 board,CPU.NAND.SYSCON. But there is no launch Error : BitTraining SB:RRAC:BX0:BX:FLEXIO_ID ERROR 4003.I understand syscon is not compatible with COK-002, on COK-001?Maybe there is a team?to make it work on COK-001.And what does SB mean?
 
Shawn Shakir said:
Yes, I installed it on three boards in total, all 3034. Once i removed and replaced with a NOS, they all booted fine.
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I would have liked to see some differences in resistance readings, everything else being good.

When the RSX chips were being tested post install during powering and testing, were we able to check for any heat signatures using a thermal camera at all? Were the chips over heating at all or off in comparison to working one at all?
 
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simplebeans said:
I would have liked to see some differences in resistance readings, everything else being good.

When the RSX chips were being tested post install during powering and testing, were we able to check for any heat signatures using a thermal camera at all? Were the chips over heating at all or off in comparison to working one at all?
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Unfortunately I don't have a thermal cam, I go by the syscon readings when testing them after installing the 40nm
 
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