I think PS3 Bricked w/ E3 HELP
 

help after getting the dump.. tried to restore the dump.. all switches down.. i start ps3 when all blue LED's alternately lights and when on main ps3 menu.. i press start.. alternating blue lights dissappear and only the red led light to roght is lit.. i thought the ps3 is not restoring.. i press the power switch without waitng..when i turn on ps3 again.. all grenn lights in the down position lit up while at the same time red light to the far right lits up.. after 4 led lights lit up but doesnt alternate withe the other four blue led's.. then ps3 shuts down.. i press power but it does the same thing over again..

atleast ur "original" backup is valid&complete, if u can try to have the PS3 to stay ON using Flashfun(1UP-rest down) then restore the patched dump

this(flashfun without solder the Tristate > SBE wire) not sure it wil work, if the PS3 goes OFF...u'll need to solder that wire or if ur brave tape a wire down from Tristate to any GND point on MB, that also works but not recommended and make totally sure u have wire 100% down on the points(tested and working)....do at ur own risk..atleast it works if nobody arround can solder :P

btw.... for anyone reading.....E3 talks about a new update where one don't need to solder for unbrick+flashfun, guess that one is either not yet released? or that "dual boot" update.bin

i waited like less than a minute.. following bailey's tutorial whan i suddenly watched khaeldons video ( after he dumped he restored again) thinking i would make sure of the the dump if it restores.. but maybe i interrupted the process thought it was just not responding or an error of some sort..
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he restored with the same original dump

khaeldons video+the restore confusion...restoring the original dump after dumping it while trying to downgrade doens't make sense and not required! a "patched" backup instead yes and skipping the step3 "e3_downgrade.bin" after that bcuse u already "restored" a patched 355 backup, for now can't help u much more, if the PS3 doesn't stay on with flip switch Flashfun, u must solder the Tristate wire to have the PS3 to stay ON, then either for debricking now u can "restore -- 1UP-rest down" either the original dump cuseu bricked on OFW 4.21(dump is that) or "restore" a patched e3 backup and then proceed as normal

goodluck on fix

i need help people pls... is there any other way..
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how do i look for GND points? can u guide me.. and can u also show me where the tristate is.. i have a slim cech 2501a

can u also please take the time to fireup ps3devwiki, not sure if any from that is removed..first take a look there..it's all posted and explained howto, the gnd points/tristate..a full E3 page with all sorts of bricks&fixes

the good thing is u have a good backup, then again did u redump it a couple times after the first?? to know sure e3clip is fitted good etc....but this stuff is al over the forums..pls do search a little

no redump.. only once.. the error code that i get is 11000010
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do i need to patch m y dump and try to flash the ps3 again? if yes can u patch it for me.. im using a mac and i dont have access to ps3 tools because we dont have a windows pc

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PS3 is operating NOR, E3 Flasher cannot operate at the same time
Check toggle switch - wrong setting

it can also mean that u have to wait a little longer before pressing "start" button.!!

to get this clear and assuming u have the E3clip fitted 100% what is the PS3 doing, does it goes off with triple beep like RLOD after boot up or does the PS3 stay on, cuse if it stays on u can simply reflash the backup like it is, the PS3 should boot properly after that, if it WONT stay ON u must solder the Triste>SBE wire for the PS3 to stay on :p and then to flash/restore the original set the switches: 1UP-2/6 DOWN

MAKE SURE the clip is fitted 100%!! so once u have the PS3 to stay ON, first REDUMP a couple times making sure u get constant valid dumps first :)
then u can safely "restore"


since u bricked on the OFW dump, i think trying to "erase/restore" and shutting down(be patient..i know its difficult :p ;) ) reflashing the OFW dump should work as normal, ofcourse u can skip all this and just patch the original dump with 355 coreos

that goes like:

if ps3 stay on, just reflash in XMB but wait a couple minutes... with all switches DOWN

restore patched dump
shutdown PS3 with front button as normal
flip switch6 UP - 1/5 DOWN
boot PS3 normal
u should get the "connect controller screen"
pull the power at the back
insert FSM dongle
replug power at the back
trigger FSM(power+eject)
follow the rest of the downgrade using Rogero's nocheck PUPs

if u needed FLASHFUN and the tristate>sbe wire for redump/restore, after restoring the patched dump, shutdown the PS3 normally like above steps and flip switch 1 DOWN/2/5 down - 6UP..same as above for final firmware install

if ur using a tristate/gnd wire, remove the wire after redump/restore and follow same steps.

hope u have enough info to get it running, once again dump is fine, take ur time....once again make sure ALL IS FITTED correctly before any restoring..thats why u have to redump it xx times before writing anything back


EDIT
@popsktoy

Patched bkpps3.bin ready for downgrade
http://rghost.net/41685646

that's all we can do..rest is up2u..
goodluck and use everything at ur own risk ofcourse ;)

it doesnt stay on.. so i guess i have to solder to tristate.. once soldered and i get the ps3 to turn on.. will i immediately use the bkpps3.bin that you patched for me? after flashing that will i be on 3.55 already? is it ok to leave the sbe tristate solder after soldering.. or do i have to remove it after successfully powering on the ps3..

edit..agreed on checking the wiki instead...