PS3 Help - PS3 stuck in an update loop - error 8002f14e

[Dkr]

You just need to have a working logic board ,just put a BD Drive from another PS3 and power on ps3 let it update you will not see that error but when you start a game or homebrew it will go blackscreen then you can do PS3Xploit Dumper,Writer if its CFW Compatible do the flash writer then reboot and install any 4.85 noBD of below and follow my thread on how to remarry blueray drive so you can install any CFW BD or noBD :

My Anonymous 4.85 CFW noBD
MD5 : C674C9514C64A138EE640710E9005072

[UnOfficial NoBD-NoBT] FERROX 4.85 Cobra 8.2
MD5 : D3EA6B01204A51FFB49255ABA51FCADC

[UnOfficial NoBD-NoBT] REBUG_4.85.1_LITE
MD5 : B2D5ECFF3C587A4ED1BC6160492F7731

G'day I have the same problem with 8002F14E but fortunately before that my PS3 was jailbroken. I attended to upgrade my PS3 from Evilnat 4.87 to Evilnat 4.88 then I saw the problem. If I go back to safe mode and Install CFW 4.88 NoBD this will work? 'cause the one I'm currently installing is the normal 4.88 CFW by evilnat

 

[Boss1272005]

You cannot install CFW on top of OFW past 3.55. So You cannot use noBD CFWs just like that.

Probably (I'm not an expert in this matter) the only option which left for You is hardware flasher, making dump Your NAND/NOR, patch it, and attempt to install any CFW with noBD.

First off, thank you everyone for your replies I had no idea this error code (and BD drives) are such a complex matter, I guess I just never had to think about this before.

To give some updates on the situation, I've tried a different HDD, tried installing OFW 4.84, 4.85 and HFW 4.85, no luck :/ I don't have a E3 flasher, and obtaining one would cost more than a working used PS3 so I wouldn't go down that route (sadly, I also don't know anyone who has such a device, PS3s aren't really popular nowadays so the few repair shops that did perform this in the past no longer do so in my town).

As for the BD, the problem is I have no idea what model of fat PS3 this one is, the sticker is completely torn off, and it has been opened before, so for all I know, before it landed on the flea market someone might have swiped the BD drive and put this faulty one (which would explain how it was on 4.84 and working, since it's not such an old firmware).

The only clues I have is that it has 2 USB ports, a black power supply, and the BD drive is the one that's entirely encased in the shield, it doesn't have a visible logic board.

The BDs I tried swapping in (I've also tried different ribbon cables btw) were a BD drive that I know works (but it has an exposed logic board, so I'm sure it's not the same model as this faulty one), the other BD drive I put in looked exactly like this one (fully encased), but I'm not 100% sure it works since it came from a YLOD PS3 I had laying around. Both of the replacement BDs were able to take in discs normally, and eject them, the blue light was on (even though this is all happening while I'm still inside the update loop).

Took a gander at the mobo, without disassembling it past the BD/power supply, I don't see any visible damage like charred spots, like I said the console was working just fine when I first plugged it in.

P.S. this isn't related to the current case, but thought I could share. In the past I've also bought a fat PS3 at a flea market, model CECHG03. The console was in working order, but the BD drive did not work (like at all, wouldn't take in discs, make any noise), and I managed to update and jailbreak this console without an issue (installing 4.85 OFW, then 4.85 HFW twice, then CFW after the procedure). So I had NO IDEA that the BD error loop thingy even existed, or I wouldn't have been so hasty as to update the console I'm now trying to fix :/ If I still had the XMB I'd have a lot more options...

hy guys i have a fat ps3 that is not jailbroken with a broken bd and flat ribbon it stucks in recovery update what i can do to access the ps3 and jailbreak it download no bd cfw???

 

[Berion]

You cannot. You need hardware flasher to dump firmware first, then patch it to allow install CFW and after that CFW with noBD patches can be installed. But of course only on models with metldr (if You have fat, then for sure is compatible), without it, You are out of luck (those cannot use CFW).

 

[Micolay]

hy guys i have a fat ps3 that is not jailbroken with a broken bd and flat ribbon it stucks in recovery update what i can do to access the ps3 and jailbreak it download no bd cfw???

Did it work just as you explained it??
I have an HFW, before this BD error and don't know if there's a way out