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haz367 · 10-08-2012

only the bootloader, just like my fat L04, made backup/restored bad dump! brick
re-clipped making sure good connection this time and redumped(nothing else..first dump/reclip if nessesary!!) in flash fun mode, to my suprise(people that verified that dump at the time told me it was perm-bricked) because of the misisng per console "bootloader", ok it could be a lucky one at the time, but the reclip/redump in flash fun did the trick and had the "bootloader" still intact.

only thing u can try = reclip and redump..hoping for the bootloader, or else its not gonna work

goodluck on fix

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@Bigbones87

for the bootloader size, it's different size for different models, so not always 189kb's, to check/verify the size wich is in hex on the wiki
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Valid...Bbootldr_sizes

after u extract the backup/dump, check the dump at the offsets as per the wiki for "metldr/bootloader" type/size

the 3th value in the table is "metldr" size in hex
the 5th value in that table is the size of the "bootloader" for that model
e.g CECHLxx models got 3 different bootloader sizes:

2F170
2EB70
2EAF0

go into the extracted dump
rightclick the bootloader/metldr file and note its size in "bytes"

open windows calculator
set to programmer mode
tick "hex" on the left and type the above "bootloader" size in HEX e.g 2F170 then tick "dec" on the left in the calculator to get size in bytes, verify this value with the "bytes" in the rightclick menu/properties of the "bootloader" = 192880 bytes

10-08-2012	#9
haz367 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,033 Likes: 1,029 Liked 579 Times in 471 Posts Mentioned: 237 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	only the bootloader, just like my fat L04, made backup/restored bad dump! brick re-clipped making sure good connection this time and redumped(nothing else..first dump/reclip if nessesary!!) in flash fun mode, to my suprise(people that verified that dump at the time told me it was perm-bricked) because of the misisng per console "bootloader", ok it could be a lucky one at the time, but the reclip/redump in flash fun did the trick and had the "bootloader" still intact. only thing u can try = reclip and redump..hoping for the bootloader, or else its not gonna work goodluck on fix edit @Bigbones87 for the bootloader size, it's different size for different models, so not always 189kb's, to check/verify the size wich is in hex on the wiki http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Valid...Bbootldr_sizes after u extract the backup/dump, check the dump at the offsets as per the wiki for "metldr/bootloader" type/size the 3th value in the table is "metldr" size in hex the 5th value in that table is the size of the "bootloader" for that model e.g CECHLxx models got 3 different bootloader sizes: 2F170 2EB70 2EAF0 go into the extracted dump rightclick the bootloader/metldr file and note its size in "bytes" open windows calculator set to programmer mode tick "hex" on the left and type the above "bootloader" size in HEX e.g 2F170 then tick "dec" on the left in the calculator to get size in bytes, verify this value with the "bytes" in the rightclick menu/properties of the "bootloader" = 192880 bytes Last edited by haz367; 10-08-2012 at 06:59 PM.