[tul]

Originally Posted by carldenning not beeing funny but if your ps3 is a nor then why u followin nand guide and also u posted your problem in the wrong thread , post it in the nor dex thread

didnt realize that m8, sorry i was purchasing help, too stress to read properly.
well i did manage to work around the problem.

i lay here my little help if any1 need it.

fixed my ps3, with a service jig and this lvd... http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Downg...her#PUP_to_use

always at the right usb port, put in service mode ( donf forget to power off, then dongle, power on, power button followed with eject )
if suceeded entering service mode, it will power off without those anoying beepers.
then with a USB Pen
put file lvldiag file 1 and official 3.55 cex firmware, after that, you will see that can boot in service mode, only takes usb pen with lvldiag file 2

im back at 3.55 kmeaw restoring my backup to go again to Dex.

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by tul didnt realize that m8, sorry i was purchasing help, too stress to read properly. well i did manage to work around the problem. i lay here my little help if any1 need it. fixed my ps3, with a service jig and this lvd... http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Downg...her#PUP_to_use always at the right usb port, put in service mode ( donf forget to power off, then dongle, power on, power button followed with eject ) if suceeded entering service mode, it will power off without those anoying beepers. then with a USB Pen put file lvldiag file 1 and official 3.55 cex firmware, after that, you will see that can boot in service mode, only takes usb pen with lvldiag file 2 im back at 3.55 kmeaw restoring my backup to go again to Dex.

but u telling ppl how u got back to cex from dex but u got a nor ps3 . this is a nand thread and there is a problem for nand going back to cex as the op who made this guild bricked , so tell ppl in the nor thread not the nand please . it will get ppl confused and think your on about nand ps3 cos there looking at a nand thread only

[tysovsky]

OK, i just tried ps2 games, and they work on dex ( I have backward compatible ps3).

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[Mustapha]

Would there be any issues with doing this procedure on a 20GB PS3?

[x2ruff4u]

On a scale 1-10 how hard would this be for the average person to do?

[raddog]

Originally Posted by x2ruff4u On a scale 1-10 how hard would this be for the average person to do?

Hmmm?...lets see if u dont knw ur way around windows xp/7 yet alone linux i would say dont attempt this as alot of the errors i got in the proccess of converting my console would be very hard for a average joe to solve,but with my experience with windows/linux i was able to troubleshoot my way into finally converting my console,what am trying to say is even tho a guide is 100% (foolproof)<<<lol.....its still up to the user who is actually following the guide to not miss a step!!!!...and try to think ahead of what u doing.there is an old saying where am from "its not the car its the driver".....

[spectlze]

Originally Posted by x2ruff4u On a scale 1-10 how hard would this be for the average person to do?

For NOR users i would say 3 since you don't need linux anymore.Right now this is as easy as it gets.

Steps:

1. dump your NOR flash with memdump
2. Use the CEX to DEX program and load your NOR dump click on extract metldr 59kb file.
3. use naehrwert guide and code to get your rootkey (metldr dump) without linux. You need your metldr file you extracted for this step.
4. After you get your metldr dump from previous step you load up CEX to DEX program. load your NOR flash file then Load up your metldr dump click on CEX to DEX conversion. If the program logs shows checks as passed use the newly created file and name it DEXFLASH.
5. Get multiman latest version and use gravox guide last steps to flash your PS3. Guide link http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=395089 Credit to GraVoX959
6 Congratulations you converted to DEX now install the 3.55 DEX FW.

I didn't go into much detail since there are awesome guides already made for CEX to DEX conversions.

[butnut]

I was looking at this part of the tut

- Installed MFW 3.55 DEX (With Peek & Poke enabled)
- Used "Factory Service Mode Tool v2" to put my console in FSM.
- A file was automatically created specifically for DEX to get out of FSM, called "Lv2diag_exit.self"
- I copied my old NAND flash dump "Backuprflash.bin" to my USB device and renamed it to "rflash.bin"
- Copied "JaiCrab Preloader Advance v3.1" files (Lv2diag.self, advance.cfg) to restore "rflash.bin" to my NAND.
- Connected the USB device to my PS3 turned it ON
- Everything went fine, I was on CEX now, the system started was in FSM, so I turned it off.
- I connected my USB device to my PC and deleted "JaiCrab Preloader Advance" files (Lv2diag.self, advance.cfg)
-Renamed the "Lv2diag_exit.self" specifically for DEX to "Lv2diag.self" to exit factory mode.
-Connected the USB device to my PS3 and turned it ON.
- PS3 supposedly went out of FSM based on the generated "factory.txt" log file, but then I got a Blinking Red Light.
- PS3 got bricked "apparently" by using the wrong "Lv2diag.self" to exit FSM, I was supposed to use the one for CEX, not DEX.

The reason for your brick I think is because you did not install CEX firmware before exiting service mode.

I had a similar problem with my nor ps3, but I used linux to flash from dex to cex then I shut down linux and petitboot booted but when I shut down ps3 I had same brick as you.

To fix: use a hardware flasher to install the dexflash onto the console, then try the steps you wrote above again but be sure to install cex firmware before exiting service mode.

[Atrion]

Originally Posted by spectlze 5. Get multiman latest version and use gravox guide last steps to flash your PS3.

can you link to this guide you mentioned?

[spectlze]

Originally Posted by Atrion can you link to this guide you mentioned?

Sure here it is http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=395089