[tedapplebery]

Hello smart people! I did read as much as humanly possible before I decided to post and wound up being confused more then anything. There is a lot of conflicting information out there. I found this site via a torrent on demonoid and it plainly details how about modding ones PS3. I just want to make sure this is the case before bricking my beloved baby. My PS3 has been in a box for about 2 years to give you an idea about this firmware. Here is the guide I intend on following unless one of you find people instructs me otherwise. Thanks in advance.

One Day at a time..

[Amic3r]

Hello. Could you please tell us the exact model? Is it phat (well.. fat) or slim? Model as in CECH<numbers and stuff>. It was never used right?

[tedapplebery]

My apologies for not having included the obvious. The manufactured date is November 207, it's a 40GB model 98006 on the box. I have played this unit, it has just been a few years. Thanks again.

[playerkp420]

I would suggest following this guide.

[tedapplebery]

Thanks man that is exactly what I was looking for.. I am off and running!

[tedapplebery]

I followed the tutorial, part 1 was to install the actual PS3 firmware from the provided link, all went well. But then when I went to install the modded firware in the same fashion from the XMB I am being told the latest version is installed, this is after it successfully copies over the kmeaw .PUP file. What's up with that?
Thanks!

[playerkp420]

Originally Posted by tedapplebery I followed the tutorial, part 1 was to install the actual PS3 firmware from the provided link, all went well. But then when I went to install the modded firware in the same fashion from the XMB I am being told the latest version is installed, this is after it successfully copies over the kmeaw .PUP file. What's up with that? Thanks!

Install Kmeaw from the recovery menu.

It shows you how in the guide.

[tedapplebery]

Originally Posted by playerkp420 Install Kmeaw from the recovery menu. It shows you how in the guide.

Actually, the guide says I can "install from the XMB OR from putting the unit in to Recovery mode". Do I infact need to put the unit in to recovery mode first? In which case I assume I will lose my data?
Thanks.

[Caddyroo]

Yes if you have that error you'll need to install from recovery, I had to do the same. You won't loose data !

[kipabc123]

From powered off state:

Press and hold the power button until the unit turns on, beeps a few times, then turns itself back off. Then press and hold the button again until it beeps 3 times consecutively. (it should beep once when you first press it, then again when it resets the video, then 3 times when it selects recovery).

From here, just choose the update option, then choose from storage media, and voila. Should work no prob.