PS3 Is my PS3 bricked?

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Asirelith

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Hello guys,

I'm not used to jailbreak PS3... I'll try to explain as much as I can.

I was on Evilnat CFW (4.88.2?) can't remember the version correctly, but it was the latest from evilnat before the update to 4.89.

I needed to retrieve saves from PSN, the PS3 kindly asked me to update, which I did with the new CFW Evilnat 4.89, with a FAT32/MBR USB. The update worked, at least, I could retrieve my saves from the cloud.

Then, I was like, since I disabled the syscalls to retrieve the saves, I rebooted the PS3, launched multiman to launch 'God of War Collection Vol.2'. The game boots, the "Santa Monica Studio" appears, then some artifacts popped on it. Can't do anything from there, so I pushed the button for like 15 seconds.

Since then, when I boot my PS3, nothing appears, no video, no sounds, controller doesn't connect. I tried to boot in (safe mode?) : PS3 off --> Hold button until ps3 shutdown again --> Hold button again until the 2 bip

But nothing happens... The ps3 still has green light

Everything was working fine before I update to this CFW, the same game was working well 3 months ago, and now it froze on the title and can't boot up for now

Does this mean my PS3 is bricked?

Any help is much appreciated.
 
Nope not bricked, its likely you have a problem with the CPU or GPU, it's likely to be a BGA issue. Do you have basic soldering skills? If so get the syscon error log (tuts on this site) However a GLOD (Green light of death) may not register a fault on the Syscon chip, if that's the case you may need to do some simple trouble shooting to narrow down the fault. So by placing some pressure behind the CPU can sometimes boot the console. This is because the broken BGA is put back k together via pressure. If that happens you will need a CPU reball. If it doesn't boot the console it's likely you need a RSX reball.

See link below.

 
Timbo9876 said:
Nope not bricked, its likely you have a problem with the CPU or GPU, it's likely to be a BGA issue. Do you have basic soldering skills? If so get the syscon error log (tuts on this site) However a GLOD (Green light of death) may not register a fault on the Syscon chip, if that's the case you may need to do some simple trouble shooting to narrow down the fault. So by placing some pressure behind the CPU can sometimes boot the console. This is because the broken BGA is put back k together via pressure. If that happens you will need a CPU reball. If it doesn't boot the console it's likely you need a RSX reball.

See link below.

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Hello Timbo,

Thanks for your quick answer.
I have some basic soldering skills, but after some research, I would need an UART adapter to connect it to PC if I want to get the syscon error, that's something I don't have unfortunately. I will try to put some pressure on the CPU like you saied, but even I do and it works, CPU or GPU reballing is not a simple task, am I wrong? It might even be not possible to do on my own :(

Maybe getting a new PS3 might be the go... Anyway I'll check that tomorrow, thank you !
 
The adapter is 3 pounds so it's relatively cheap.if the cpu pressure works it should last long enough for you to backup your saves, infact it could last months.

Reballing is a specalised repair and unfortunately it's not cheap, so if you don't have the equipment and skills to pull it off, or know someone who can, then replacing the system is your only other option.
 
Timbo9876 said:
The adapter is 3 pounds so it's relatively cheap.if the cpu pressure works it should last long enough for you to backup your saves, infact it could last months.

Reballing is a specalised repair and unfortunately it's not cheap, so if you don't have the equipment and skills to pull it off, or know someone who can, then replacing the system is your only other option.
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I might be getting one then, why not.

So I did dismantle the PS3, and I did put more pressure on CPU and GPU I guess by bending the plates even more that they were. By the way it's a PS3 slim, and from what I understood the plates on the slim are bad. I also changed the thermal paste.

I booted the PS3 after all of that, I saw the famous an HMDI is detected message, do you want to use it (something like that), I was so happy, I tried to connect the controller, it lasted 20 seconds, then some artifacts popped up again everywhere, I could shutdown the console with the button with 1 press, then the console made 3 beep and shutdown.

Now I'm in the same situation, I think you're right, I might need a reball of the CPU or RSX. Unless there's something else.
Also could I put something between the plates before screwing it so it put more pressure?
 
Asirelith said:
I might be getting one then, why not.

So I did dismantle the PS3, and I did put more pressure on CPU and GPU I guess by bending the plates even more that they were. By the way it's a PS3 slim, and from what I understood the plates on the slim are bad. I also changed the thermal paste.

I booted the PS3 after all of that, I saw the famous an HMDI is detected message, do you want to use it (something like that), I was so happy, I tried to connect the controller, it lasted 20 seconds, then some artifacts popped up again everywhere, I could shutdown the console with the button with 1 press, then the console made 3 beep and shutdown.

Now I'm in the same situation, I think you're right, I might need a reball of the CPU or RSX. Unless there's something else.
Also could I put something between the plates before screwing it so it put more pressure?
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Hi, You don't put pressure on by bending the plates, you do it by using thermal pads on the CPU side only.

Watch all of this YouTube link below

 
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