BD Remarry with OFM 3.15 and OtherOS and NOR-bases flash memory
 

Hi folks,

I hope you guys can assist me a little. I read a lot about the ability of repairing a PS3 with a new controller board. I got exactly that situation an am very happy the drive works again from the hardware point of view, i.e. pulling in discs again, and flashing up the blue disc led.

Now to my questions:

For my NOR based situation the remarry guide from March 2011 coming from Spain says, I should go down to 3.15. Since I am on 3.15, can I skip that step?
If so, would that mean just leaving away the PSUPDATE.pup from the firts USB scenario?

Is there a way for me to enter the so called Factory Service Mode without building a dongle? I read about the Graf Chokolo way doing it from linux.
Anyone exprience with this?
I'm running a Ubuntu installation in normal OtherOS, which is the reason I'm still on 3.15 since April 2010, when So*y stopped supporting Linux.
What would you guys suggest me to do?

Thanx for any advice!

Cheers

So its been a while since I last did this and back then there really was not as much information on it as there is now. I followed this tutorial: http://ps3.dashhacks.com/2011/03/15/...-blu-ray-drive

Here you have to use the 2.30pup so in this case you would have to downgrade. If the tut you are following specifies 3.15 .pup for the sole purpose of getting from 3.55 to 3.15 then yes you can skip this. If it looks like it is some kind of modified 3.15 .pup to avoid going all the way down to 2.30 then I would go ahead and flash the pup anyways...whats the harm right?:dontknow:

In regards to your second question, I wish I could be of more help but I have not heard of entering factory service mode via linux. If you manage to do this it would be much appreciated if you would post your results seeing as how there is limited information regarding this process in comparison with say downgrading from 3.7x to 3.55. I am a bit of a noob when it comes to linux but I must ask why you are on 3.15 when you can have linux on 3.55 and have the option of also having 3.55 cfw?

What I can tell you is that finding a dongle has become significantly easier. I used a TI-89 calculator for mine. I recall reading that you can use various ipods and other commonly owned devices. If not I think you can get a dongle pretty cheap.

Things to consider: I am not sure how you got down to 3.15 but for reasons that I forget you can lose your Blu ray playback during this process. Its a good idea to backup your dev_flash files (2 and 3 I think) and to also play a very recent Blu Ray and have that disc handy in case you need to get the DRL files to restore it. Hope this helps...good luck. Feel free to post back if you need help during the process. I recall having a bit of a time with this one.

EDIT: I'm sorry I just realized you have NOR so the link I provided is going to be different from what you have to do. I also forgot to mention that the file used to exit factory service mode is often missing from the ancient forums that discuss this procedure so it may take a bit of looking around to get. If you need it I might have it so feel free to P.M. me.

Hi Senor_Striatum,

thanx for your reply. Until I have a dongle or a device that is capable of doing this, I don't think I need anymore help. I think I just will have to try it out. I got some files from the net and still need to check checksums to see, whether they are right.

To answer your questions:
Linux on 3.15 because I did not care for the whole jailbreak scene until my drive or better its controller board died. I was really angry about Sony when they came up with 3.21 removing OtherOS support and so I sticked with it. Anyways, watching BluRay movies was my main focus regarding the whole PS3 after this, because Games were no real choice with 3.15. Let's see, if I find time to do some more stuff with greater CFW and still having Linux. For now, my myin purpose for being here is to revive my BD.

I got OFW 3.15 since they introduced it and never went up and down again.

What I found regarding 3.15 being fine instead of 2.30 was related to my NOR based flash, which was the reason for noting it.
Another point is the loss of playing BD movies after remarriage. From what I found this is only related to NAND-based boards. So what did you do to get back movie playback if you have a NAND-based? I hope this does not happen to me. How do I backup dev_flash files? Can I do it without CFW and jailbreak at all? Does it help me at all? I thought, the DRLs are stored on the controller board, which is defect now. I don't know the movies that were played on the new spare board. I lokked to me as a real new, never used one, when it arrived here. I do know though which was the last movie I played with my PS3 and the defective logic board.

Thanx and Cheers

Sorry I never got back to you. I am actually looking to remarry another logic board and found our conversation while digging through the forums. So to access your dev_flash files you need to have a file manager. As far as I know you need CFW to do this. Pressing select start in multiman will allow you to access the dev flash files. They will be the folders immediately available along with HDD0, HDD1 ect.

Now from what I remember the loss of blu ray occurs if you downgrade from 3.55 to 3.41 then back up? This is what I did so I think if you go up to 3.41 to copy your dev flash files you will be fine. In fact so long as you have these files you do not need the DRLs if I remember correctly. I am unsure where they are stored to be truthful. I will be looking into this matter more over the next week so I will let you know what I find. If you happen to have looked up the info already any help is welcome since I will be needing it. Thanks.

Oh and when/if you respond to this please quote or mention me so that it will be listed in my notifications. I dont go through the threads as much as I used to. Thanks.

EDIT: Was just told that the DRLs are tied to the logic board...

hi...I asked something similiar a couple days ago, and don't really want to hijack this thread but from what you're saying, if you put a new bd control board in, it should be able to play BD discs because the drls are tied to the board? Or am I totally off here?

So I am a little unclear as to what exactly you are asking. But assuming you have a functioning Blu ray drive to accompany the newly married logic board then yes you can play Blu ray discs. Without doubt you would not be able to play a blu ray disc without a functioning BD drive even with a functional BD logic board. I assume it is possible to play backup blu rays on an external with only a functional BD logic board but I have not really looked into this. To answer the last portion of your question the ability to play discs is determined by both the board, which contains the drls, and the blu ray drive. I recall reading that DRLs function as a security feature so you would certainly need these and thus need the board. Hope this answers your question.

I have a functioning bluray drive, At first it wouldn't play anything so I thought it might be the laser even tho the disc was spinning and looked as if it were reading. After laser replacement still a nogo. I can only guess since I got the ps3 used that the bluray board that came with it wasn't the right one so I tried remarrying it using the dev000 files. Now it reads everything but it gives me bd disc prohibited so something is definitely not right with the drl files. And since I don't know what movies were played with it Idk if I'm sol or what? Thanks.

hi...I asked something similiar a couple days ago, and don't really want to hijack this thread but from what you're saying, if you put a new bd control board in, it should be able to play BD discs because the drls are tied to the board? Or am I totally off here?
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To be honest I am not entirely sure if you are sol. The best thing would be if you have a backup copy of your dev_flash 3. If you do then just replace your current one with it. If not you you can try this method http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...&highlight=drl although I recall reading somewhere in the middle of the comments about a potential to corrupt your trophies which leads to other problems. I believe it is specified in what case you will get the error so you can compare it to your situation. I think the new Rogero CFW can fix the trophy error.

If not the only thing I can think is to try these two methods with random DRLs although this is far fetched:
http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...&highlight=drl
http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...&highlight=drl

Hope all goes well. Good luck.

Ok..now I am still kinda new so I have not ftp'd into my ps3 yet. I know I need to install an ftp manager on my pc, but what do I need to do to the ps3? Do I need multiman or anything else? I think trying to delete the files and restore is my best option.

Btw I have no backup of the dev3 files...Idk if it would've mattered because like I said I believe the BD board that came with the ps3 wasn't the one it originally came with.