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Ultimate Fool Proof Guide: Ps3 Hardware Downgrading
The Ultimate Fool Proof Guide:
Ps3 hardware downgrading
Downgrade from the latest 4.41 FirmWare
Warning
DO THIS CHECK FIRST DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
CLICK HERE FIRST TO SEE IF YOUR PS3 CAN BE DOWNGRADED & WHAT FLASHER YOUR PS3 CAN USE
IF YOUR PS3 CAN BE DOWNGRADED AND WHAT FLASHER YOUR PS3 NEEDS FOR THE DOWNGRADE
Locate the manufacturing date code found on the base of your ps3.
it will look like this
Where you see the “xx” part below you will see numbers on your ps3.
so the image above shows CECH-4003A but it will be in the below table as CECH-40XX the last 2 numbers do not affect whether it can be downgraded or not so we don’t need to list that part.
Now use DEFAULTDNB's PPC+ MD5 & DATE CHECK TOOL (DCT)
or follow the steps below
Phat type ps3’s
Phat type ps3’s
CECHAxx (OK To Downgrade) NAND = Progskeet / TEENSY++ 2.0 / InFeCtuS
CECHBxx(OK To Downgrade) NAND = Progskeet / TEENSY++ 2.0 / InFeCtuS
CECHCxx(OK To Downgrade) NAND = Progskeet / TEENSY++ 2.0 / InFeCtuS
CECHExx (OK To Downgrade) NAND = Progskeet / TEENSY++ 2.0 / InFeCtuS
CECHGxx (OK To Downgrade) NAND = Progskeet / TEENSY++ 2.0 / InFeCtuS
CECHHxx(OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHJxx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHKxx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHLxx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHMxx(OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHPxx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECHQxx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
DECHAxx (OK To Downgrade)
This information was taken from HERE and HERE
Slim type ps3’s
Slim type ps3’s
CECH-20xx(OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECH-21xx (OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / Progskeet / E3 Flasher
CECH-25xx (DOUBLE CHECK THIS WITH MIN VERSION CHECKER OR DEFAULTDNB's PPC+ MD5 & DATE CHECK TOOL (DCT) AS SOME CANNOT BE DOWNGRADED) (IF OK To Downgrade) NOR = Teensy++ / ProgSkeet / E3 Flasher
CECH-30xx (CANNOT Downgrade)
CECH-40XX (CANNOT Downgrade)
This information was taken from HERE & HERE & HERE
Requied tools for downgrading
1. a NAND or NOR Programmer
1 ProgSkeet 1.0 / 1.1 for Both NAND & NOR
SELLERS
nh-game.com
NAND consoles also need these
1a. JTAG Programmer called INJECTUS (to update the bitstream if you’re using the Progskeet with a NAND solder less clip)
1b."Y" Adaptor (NAND Adaptor PCB)
1c. NAND clip (360-clip)
nand clip sellers
1d. FFC NAND Interface board. it replaces the need to buy the above 1a & 1b items
this has both experts in soldering and ppl who want to minimise soldering in mind.
for the experts
click here
there is a new product out that allows you to flash the NAND off board
this means you remove each NAND one at a time solder each in turn to the new board then you can read and write much easer than if it was on board
for ppl who wish to minimise soldering
click here
there is a new product out that allows you to simply attach the nand clip to the progskeet and not have to buy or solder the injectus to the progskeet.
as this allows you to use the default bitstream that is allready on the progskeet.
so simply put this can be plug and play.
2.progskeet 1.2 / 1.21
ProgSkeet 1.2 / 1.21 full kit
NAND consoles also need these
360clip (NAND)
FFC NAND Interface board it replaces the need to buy the above 2b item
this has both experts in soldering and ppl who want to minimise soldering in mind.
for the experts
click here
there is a new product out that allows you to flash the NAND off board
this means you remove each NAND one at a time solder each in turn to the new board then you can read and write much easer than if it was on board
for ppl who wish to minimise soldering
click here
there is a new product out that allows you to simply attach the nand clip to the progskeet
so simply put this can be plug and play.
3.Teensy++ 2.0 NOR & (NAND being added soon)
2. A development board (not needed if your on 4.40 or below firmware)
A development board (to get into factory service mode) Teensy++ is a development board so if you do the TEENSY++ guide then you can skip this
for psp see THIS thread
Development Boards
Development Boards
Dongles, HUB’s & Unknown Jailbreak Devices (with an encasing, like an USB-stick)
Dongles, HUB’s & Unknown Jailbreak Devices (with an encasing, like an USB-stick)
AmazeBreak site 1= zhuzhuchina.com site 2= rambogames.netdownload software
AVRKey
E3 Card Reader
EcliPS3 / eclipsemod 16K
EcliPS3 / eclipsemod 32K
GrOOvE AVR
MatrixPS3
Maximus AVRUSB 1.2 16K
Maximus AVRUSB 1.2 32K
Minimus 32 AVR USB
Minimus AVR USB
NEO Jailbreak
NEO Jailbreak II
P3 FREE
P3 HUB 1
P3 HUB 2
P3 HUB 3
P3Go GT-break
Pic-Fun (P3 FREE v2)
Prankster AVR
PS Jailbrea2 (16K)
PS Jailbreak (the 1st one)
PS Jailbreak2 (32K)
PS Jailbreaker
PS Samurai
PS3 Break v1.0 (AVR)
PS3 Break v1.0 (AVR) imitation
PS3 Break v1.0 (PIC)
PS3 Break v1.1
PS3 Break v1.2
PS3 Halo-Key v1.1
PS3 Liberator
PS3 Stinger (v1)
PS3 Stinger (v2)
PS3 USB Jailbreak (v1/16K)
PS3 USB Jailbreak (v2/AT64S)
PS3 Zpack (Atmel)
PS3 Zpack (Silabs)
PS3Jailbreak2 (16K)
PS3Key (Atmel)
PS3Key v2 (Silabs)
PS3Pandora
PS3Speed
PS3super V1.1
PS3super V1.2
PS3super V3.50
PS3YES!
PS3YES! Pro
PSBreak
USB Break v1.0
USB Break v1.1
USBKey (h)
USBKey (l)
X-KEYVN
x3 Jailbreak
X3MAX
X3Max V2GB
Boards Jail breaking Devices (without encasing, already soldered)
Boards Jail breaking Devices (without encasing, already soldered)
Arduino Duemilanove
Arduino Mega
Atmel AT90USBKEY
Atmel ATAVRUSBRF01
Atmel RZUSBSTICK
Atmel STK525
Atmel Xplain
AVR Opendous v1.1
Benito Board
BlackCat USB
Bumble-B v1
Bumble-B v2
JM-DB-U2
Maximus AVRUSB 1.0
Maximus PIC18FUSB
MicroOpenDous1
MicroOpenDous2
MicroOpenDous3
MicroOpenDous4
Micropendous-162
Micropendous1_Base
Micropendous2-JTAG
Micropendous4 v2
Micropendous AT90USB162
Minimus 32 AVR USB
Minimus AVR USB
Nano USB Dev
Olimex AVR-PX128A1
Olimex AVR-USB-162
Olimex AVR-USB-STK
OpenKubus (a)
OpenKubus (b)
OpenKubus (c)
OpenKubus (d)
OpenKubus Secstick v1
PS2Chiper's v1
PS2Chiper's v2
PS3opendous AT90USB162
PSXGroovy +Plus
PSXGroovy-A
PSXGroovy-P
Teensy++ 1.0
Teensy++ 2.0
Teensy 1.0
Teensy 2.0
UDIP-8
UDIP-16
UDIP1C
USBTiny MKII
XBOX 360 USB JTAG SPI Flasher v1
XBOX 360 USB JTAG SPI Flasher v2
XBOX 360 USB Nand SPI Flasher (DIY softmod)
Chips, DIY and Kits Jail breaking Devices (require some soldering/modding)
Chips, DIY and Kits Jail breaking Devices (require some soldering/modding)
Atmel AT90USB162
Atmel AT90USB646
Atmel AT90USB647
Atmel AT90USB1286
Atmel AT90USB1287
Atmel ATmega16
Atmel ATmega16A
Atmel ATmega16U4
Atmel Atmega32
Atmel ATmega32L
Atmel ATmega32U2
Atmel ATmega32U4
Atmel ATmega64S
Atmel ATmega162
Atmel ATmega168
Atmel ATmega328(P)
Atmel ATmega1280
Atmel ATxMega128a1
Microchip PIC18F14K50
Microchip PIC18F252
Microchip PIC18F2450
Microchip PIC 18F2455
Microchip PIC 18F2550
Microchip PIC 18F4455
Microchip PIC 18F4550
P3 Free Plus DIY
PS3opendous DIY kit
xbox360 USB Nand SPI Flasher DIY
Calculators Jail breaking Devices (List based on ports of Brandon Wilson)
Calculators Jail breaking Devices (List based on ports of Brandon Wilson)
TI-84 Plus
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
TI-89 Titanium
PSfreedom ports
PSfreedom ports to Smartphone’s, Portable media players, Gaming Handhelds, Internet Tablets and GPS navigation devices
(List based on: PSFreedom WIKI Device_compatibility_list / kakaroto/master @ github)
Apple iPhone 2G Smartphone (iOS) s3c-hsotg Complete KaKaRoTo / NTAuthority
Apple iPhone 3G Smartphone (iOS) s3c-hsotg Complete KaKaRoTo / NTAuthority
Apple iPod Touch 1G Portable media player s3c-hsotg Complete KaKaRoTo / NTAuthority
Archos 5 IMT Portable media player mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo / Bubu29
Dingoo A320 Gaming Handheld JZ4732 Complete KaKaRoTo / Waninkoko
Google Nexus One Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Aria Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Desire (Bravo/Bravoc) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Dream (G1) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Droid Eris Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Droid Incredible Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Evo 4G Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC HD2 Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC HD Blackstone Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Hero Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Kovsky Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Legend Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Raphael (HTC Touch Pro/HTC Diamond) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Rhodium (HTC Touch Pro 2/HTC Diamond 2) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Sapphire (HTC Magic 32A) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Sapphire (HTC Magic 32B) Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Tattoo Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
HTC Wildfire Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
Motorola Droid Smartphone (Android) mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo
Nokia N800 Internet Tablet (Maemo) mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo
Nokia N810 Internet Tablet (Maemo) mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo
Nokia N900 Smartphone + Internet Tablet (Maemo) mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo
Palm Pre Smartphone (WebOS) mUSB Complete KaKaRoTo
Samsung Galaxy I7500 Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 Smartphone (Android) MSM72K Complete KaKaRoTo / DocMon
Fake Jail breaking Devices (to avoid at anytime)
Fake Jail breaking Devices (to avoid at anytime)
PS3AVR (FAKE!) [same as TinyAVR]
TinyAVR (FAKE!) [same as PS3AVR]
ZPack PS3 Backup System (FAKE!)
info taken from here: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Downg...PSgrade_Dongle
4. A usb stick
A usb stick (usb mass storage device)
This is to store the service mode files and f/w on
Compatible USB mass storage (usb stick)
Compatible USB mass storage (usb stick)
Ok this is where I need your help please post any USB sticks that you know work along with a link to where to buy one from. This way we can have a list here for others to use
The following is a direct paste from the wiki (see below)
o Don't use any USB Mass Storage Device with enhanced functions as: encryption, finger print reader, U3, pin code etc.
o Don't use USB Mass Storage Devices with a long initialization time (e.g. some MP3 players)
o Don't use multi partition USB Mass Storage Devices, only use 1 single primary FAT32 partition.
o Make sure they are formatted according to specifications with FAT32 (e.g. HP USB Format Tool - or TOKIWA / Ridgecrop FAT32 formatter)
I have 4 USB Stick’s and only a 5 year old 512mb stick worked (“GURU” Brand Name) the other 3 NOT WORKING are : (HP 4GB)(Kingston Data Traveler 2GB)(SanDisk cruzer 4GB)
I wonder if they have to be 1GB or below. Or cheep & nasty devices to work?
Info taken from here: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Downg...PSgrade_Dongle
4. Screw Drivers
Philips driver’s (PH1 & PH0)
anti tamper Torx driver (T8)
or a console opening tool kit
5. Soldering iron 30w iron with a fine end
6. Solder
7. Flux (to help the solder bind (stops what’s called dead solder where the solder hasn’t made a connection))
8.Wire
(jumper wires work great) (to connect the flasher to the ps3) 1 wire is still needed for E3 Flasher
wire guage from ps3devwiki
Wire reference For wiring, use 20-26 AWG. 18 can be too stiff while 28 is too fragile. 24-26 AWG works fine in most cases. The Grounds and VCC wires may ofcourse be thicker than the signal wires. Keep wires short, up to ~20cm max (longer gives errors). The shorter the better : 15cm and shorter mostly works fine with AWG26 on NOR.
For NOR wiring the solderarea (the NORpoints) is 10x larger than the solderarea used with NAND (pitch 0.5mm, just as NOR chips btw), so for NOR you have much more headroom (and also need!) to use thicker wires (for NAND you most likely want to use 28 AWG and cannot use much thicker)
Use caliper to measure unknown/unmarked wires and compare with above table/listing.
[edit] Table: AWG (inch) / Euro (mm) American
Wire
Gauge Diameter Cross
Sectional
Area Diameter Cross
Sectional
Area Notes
(AWG) d (inch) A (inch2) d (mm) A (mm2)
0000 (-3) 0,4600 0,1662 11,6839 107,2172
000 (-2) 0,4096 0,1318 10,4048 85,0279
00 (-1) 0,3648 0,1045 9,2658 67,4308
0 0,3249 0,0829 8,2515 53,4756
1 0,2893 0,0657 7,3482 42,4085
2 0,2576 0,0521 6,5438 33,6318
3 0,2294 0,0413 5,8275 26,6715
4 0,2043 0,0328 5,1895 21,1516
5 0,1819 0,0260 4,6214 16,7742
6 0,1620 0,0206 4,1155 13,3027
7 0,1443 0,0164 3,6650 10,5496
8 0,1285 0,0130 3,2638 8,3663
9 0,1144 0,0103 2,9065 6,6348
10 0,1019 0,0082 2,5883 5,2617
12 0,0808 0,0051 2,0527 3,3092
13 0,0720 0,0041 1,8279 2,6243
14 0,0641 0,0032 1,6278 2,0812
15 0,0571 0,0026 1,4496 1,6505
16 0,0508 0,0020 1,2910 1,3089
17 0,0453 0,0016 1,1496 1,0380
18 0,0403 0,0013 1,0238 0,8232
19 0,0359 0,0010 0,9117 0,6528
20 0,0320 0,0008 0,8119 0,5177
21 0,0285 0,0006 0,7230 0,4106
22 0,0253 0,0005 0,6439 0,3256
23 0,0226 0,0004 0,5734 0,2582
24 0,0201 0,0003 0,5106 0,2048
25 0,0179 0,0003 0,4547 0,1624
26 0,0159 0,0002 0,4049 0,1288 Best used for NOR consoles
27 0,0142 0,0002 0,3606 0,1021
28 0,0126 0,0001 0,3211 0,0810 Best used for NAND consoles
29 0.0113 0.286 0.064
30 0.0100 0.255 0.051
31 0.00893 0.227 0.040
32 0.00795 0.202 0.032
33 0.00708 0.180 0.025
34 0.00631 0.160 0.020
35 0.00562 0.143 0.016
36 0.00500 0.127 0.013
37 0.00445 0.113 0.010
38 0.00397 0.101 0.008
39 0.00353 0.0897 0.006
40 0.00314 0.0799 0.005
[edit] Alternative/cable comparison PATA/floppy 40-conductor cable - AWG28 (0.0126" / 0.321mm) with 0.0333" pitch +/- 0.002"
PATA/floppy 40-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.0333" pitch +/- 0.002"
PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.0016"
PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG31 (0.00893" / 0.227mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG32 (0.00795" / 0.202mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 22AWG (0.0253" / 0.644mm)
Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 23AWG (0.0226" / 0.573mm)
Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 24AWG (0.0201" / 0.511mm)
Category 5/5e (TIA/EIA 568-5-A) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 24AWG (0.0201" / 0.511mm)
Category 5e patch (TIA/EIA 568-5-A) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 26AWG (0.0159" / 0.405mm)
SATA : solid 26 AWG - 0.0159" / 0.405mm
SATA : solid 28 AWG - 0.0126" / 0.321mm
SATA : solid 30 AWG - 0.0100" / 0.255mm
9. Heat transfer compound also known as thermal paste (your removing your heat sink so you should replace the compound)
10. Your controller USB cable (to connect the flasher to your pc)
11. A PC (computer)
Open your ps3
Open your ps3
Slim Strip Down
Slim Strip Down
the ps3 slim
A blue Phillips screw is hidden beneath the screw cover. Remove this screw.
Next, remove the hard drive cover.
The drive enclosure has a metal pull tab attached to it. Pull on it to release the drive from the bay.
Remove the three T8 security Torx screws on the underside of the PS3 slim.
remove the warranty sticker (there are ways to remove these without damaging the sticker. Using a hair dryer (but you can warp the casing if you get it too hot) and sticky stuff remover (yes that’s what it is called) but if you put too much on it can get into the system & you don’t want that)
Seven Phillips screws need to be removed from the bottom. the rubber pad on the front-right corner of the PS3 has no screw hidden underneath. Remove the other 3 and the 4 plastic screw covers. You should be able to simply lift these off with your finger nail.
Flip the PS3 over & remove the top case lifting the rear first (like opening a door)
Disconnecting two power supply cables in red and two screws in blue
Removing the power supply.
remove the inlet power connector
Unplug the fan
Remove the bdvd drive flat cable. can be lifted with a finger nail & Remove the screw
The Blue-ray drive comes right out.
pull out the power panel’s flat cable
remove 3 black in red and 2 silver screws in blue
the logic board lifts free of the chassis
Unscrew 5 silver screws in red securing the shield do not remove the 2 black screws in yellow & Remove The screws for the two identical brackets in blue
remove the metal shield from the logic board. and in red you can see your board type
lift the logic board it will feel like its glued down but lift till there is pressure and wait as it will slowly un stick with a “pop”
take note of where the heat transfer pads are in red. They may be stuck to components on the logic board.& clean the old heat transfer paste from these areas with alcohol wipes in blue
clean the two chips with alcohol wipes in blue & you will notice your NOR chip in red
a close up of the NOR chip (you need to either jot down every detail from the chip or its better to take a clear photo and check you can zoom in and read it)
all the old heat transfer paste removed
place a line of heat transfer paste to both chips
using a credit card spread the compound over both chips going top to bottom, left to right, bottom to top, and right to left. Until it’s on evenly. Then put the logic board back onto the bottom heat shield (the one you just cleaned)
place 2 folded pieces of card in the areas shown
screw the two identical brackets back in place insuring they are sat on the card NOT touching the logic board.
plug in the fan (DO NOT MISS THIS STEP)
re attach the power brick connect the wires in red and screw it down in blue
flip it back over and your all set
Phat Strip Down
Phat Strip Down
the "phat" ps3
On the left side of the console you will see a few rubber feet. The first screw to be removed is underneath the rubber foot circled in red in the picture below. The foot can be pried out with a small screw driver. Then underneath is a Torx security screw.
Once the screw is removed, slide the top of the case to the left. It may require a bit of force to slide if you’re opening the console for the first time. After the top slides as far as it will go, lift the top and it should come off as seen in the picture below:
After the top is off, there will be another cover.
You will need to remove the 7 long screws circled in red.
After the 7 screws are removed, gently lift up the back corners of the top half of the console. There are 2 small clips near the back you may need to undo with a small screw driver. Now the top of the console should just lift off (with a bit of gentle force) and you will see the guts of the PS3.
First, the power supply (The silver box on the left) has to be removed. Remove the screws circled in red, and take out the plug, the power supply will just lift out.
take out the mains plug in the back of the power supply. The power supply should now be completely disconnected from the PS3.
the Bluetooth board (in the 60GB models, it also has wireless). Unscrew the 4 screws and unplug the ribbon cable and the board will just lift out
Now to remove the Blue-ray drive. This is relatively easy. Lift the drive up about 2” and you will see a really wide ribbon cable connecting the drive to the motherboard. Unplug it.
There will also be a plug near the front of the Blue-ray drive. Unplug it as well. The drive will then just lift out.
Now you will (hopefully) see this
Next, we have to remove the small circuit board that has the Reset and Eject buttons. This board is attached to a small metal bracket. Remove the 4 screws holding the board and the metal bracket and unplug the small ribbon cable. The board should now easily lift out.
Now remove the screws circled in red
After the screws are removed, gently lift out the whole motherboard along with the back panel like the pictures below: Make sure you have taken out the plastic cover with the HDD sticker on it! Otherwise the clips on it will get bent!
After the bottom of the PS3 case is out of the way, you can see the cooling system on the bottom of the motherboard. Now remove the plastic back panel. There are 4 small plastic clips (2 on either side of the motherboard) that you need to lift to take off the back panel.
Flip the motherboard back over. Unscrew the 4 screws (circled in red) holding 2 metal brackets down. Once these screws are undone, take off the 2 metal brackets.
It will now look like this
After that, flip the motherboard over again. Now gently pull up on the heat sink. Be gentle here. The cooling system will lift up off the CPU and GPU and come off completely. A bit of force will be required here as the heat sink will be stuck down to the CPU and GPU with white thermal paste.
This picture shows the fan removed. Don’t remove it as the fan and heat sink need to be re-attached during the downgrade.
On the bottom of the heat sink and on the CPU and GPU will be white thermal paste. This is used to help transfer heat from the chip to the heat sink. This needs cleaning off as you should put fresh thermal paste on again when you reassemble the PS3. If you don’t and the paste is dry or doesn’t re-sit properly then there is a high risk of the system over heating and you will get a ylod error later on.
After you get the heat sink off, you can lift up the metal shielding. Be gentle with this as the shielding is very thin and if it bends it could possibly cause the shielding to short out something on the motherboard when the PS3 is reassembled.
Now flip the motherboard over again, and remove the metal shielding on the other side and you will now see the naked motherboard
Bottom side:
Strip down guide taken from here: http://www.llamma.com/PS3/repair/PS3...y_tutorial.htm
remarry blueray player
YOU MUST BE ON 3.55CFW TO USE ALL THESE FILES
Download remarry-3.55-files.rar
1. Extract remarry-355-files. you will have 2 folders & 2 readme.txt files
remarry-3.55
MD5
remarry-3.55 readme.txt
MD5 readme.txt
2. open the MD5 folder and run MD5.exe. then check the following
MD5 checksum
the hash files for the remarry-3.55 files are:-
----------------------------------------
(in fsm remarry files folder)
Lv2Diag.self (enter fsm)
MD5: C48E5EBFC00ABD89094CB73A2B0BEA59
manufacturing_updater_for_reset.self
MD5: 9E3C9024E9243478D21C78E1C9DF2376
fdm_spu_module.self (3.55)
MD5: 8B71331447ACC2C6E24E638C8B417D5B
nb the wiki says it should be (33E8D3C12349CFD203930FD0C237054D) but no matter how many times I download it from the mirror links I get the above hash instead.
PS3UPDAT.PUP (3.30 RETAIL/CEX)
MD5: 6bdf1b2409d705a0136c40746c62e85d
(in get out of fsm folder)
Lv2Diag.self (exit fsm)
MD5: 7A20BFDAE65EEFB47A4425DB1B52DCDE
----------------------------------------
3. put your ps3 into fsm (Factory Service Mode) by putting the fsm tool into port 0 (closest to the reader)
4. plug in the ps3 and press power button and within 300ms press and hold eject button
5. the ps3 should turn on and in about 1-2 min turn back off
6. turn on ps3 and you should boot to the xmb. you should see a big red box with "factory service mode" turn the ps3 back off
7. Inside the remarry-3.55 folder you will have 2 more folders.
fsm remarry files
get out of fsm
8. put the contents of fsm remarry files on a fat32 formatted USB Mass Storage device should look like:-
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Lv2diag.self
manufacturing_updater_for_reset.self
fdm_spu_module.self
PS3UPDAT.PUP
cfg/standalone.cfg
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9. Put the created USB Mass Storage device into port 0 (closest to the reader) and turn the ps3 back on (the program will auto start.)
Drive Init Executing means it is starting the remarry process
Drive Init Failed with big pink letters 'NG' (No Good!) means the process failed. Most likely solved by fixing the communication issue with the drive. (check the cables to the drive)
10. After you run the initial remarry process, do not take it out of factory service mode.
11. Put a BD movie disc in and run it on the PS3. (This restores your DRL files!)
alternatively in the latest multiman there is the option to restore these files in the "system" collum
12. now delete the current files on the USB Mass Storage Device
then put the contents of get out of fsm on the fat32 formatted USB Mass Storage device.
it should now look like:-
Lv2diag.self
13. Put the USB Mass Storage Device into port 0 (closest to the reader) and turn on the ps3 to get out off factory service mode.
14. Launch PS3 as normal.
Updated your f/w now you get the Flashing Red Light Of Death?
ProgSkeet
right now your ps3 will turn on (green light) then turn off with fault light (flashing red light)
1, you need to remove the mains power leed from the ps3 (DO NOT PLUG THIS IN AT ALL)
2. wire up the progskeet and the 3.3v on the progskeet to Vcc pad on ps3
3. close (bridge / switch on "if switched) BOTH R7 & R8 (DO NOT POWER ON THE PS3, REMOVE THE MAINS POWER SUPPLY)
4. plug in the progskeet to the pc. the pc will detect the progskeet
5. set the winskeet up to your NOR / NAND chip type
6. (NOR only) click "dump cfi" it should dump
7. click "dump" it will take awhile as your powering the NOR & progskeet from the usb
8. check your dump as in the guide (this is to check the wiring is still ok / the clip is still attached correctly)
9. if it checks ok then click "erase" in winskeet this will take awhile
10. unplug the progskeet and un-bridge R7 & remove 3.3v on progskeet to Vcc pad on ps3
11. the ps3 will now turn on and halt as normal as described in the guide section ( Flashing the ps3 )
12 follow the guide from the section ( Flashing the ps3 ) and use your patched dump not this one to flash back to the ps3
13. USE THE QA FLAG DE-HASH METHORD TO DE-HASH
Thanks
judges lots of time spent helping me with various issues
PS3 Development Wiki (without this awesome site this guide would not be possible)
master737373 (Who helped me allot with my first downgrade & is always willing to answer my questions)
gDrive (for the hours & hours of his personal time he gave me to help with problems with the creation of this thread. I won’t forget "this"  )
eussNL on #ps3downgrade for always being helpful and (along with the rest of the guy's & gal's on there) always helpful with testing peoples dumps.
Disclaimer
I have done my best to insure this has a low brick possibility. but you are messing with your system files and hardware so there will never be a brick proof guide[/COLOR]
I am not a dev etc. just someone who wanted an easy to follow up to date guide that was fool proof.
I call it the ultimate Fool Proof guide as this guide was made for me.
so if I can follow it anyone can.
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