[chiggerss]

Hello,

N00b here. I know little about the ps3 scene but have read up an hour or so.

I recently acquired a phat 40gb from a friend. It was ylod and I resurrected it via reflow/thermal paste. It did not have a hard drive in it, but I have a spare. When I booted it up, it asks to be restored to 3.6 or higher software. Does anyone know where the 3.6 firmware can be acquired? I noticed that most of the older firmwares on Sony's site are 404'ed. I didn't want to restore to a higher version in order to maximize the "opportunities" that can be had with 3.6. Also, let me know if this isn't the route I should be taking.


Thanks in advance!

[DEFAULTDNB]

ps3devwiki has all firmwares you could need

http://www.ps3devwiki.com/files/firmware/OFW-CEX/

You cant obviously jailbreak 3.60, so tbh, you should either update to 4.21 and enjoy PSN or buy an E3 flasher and downgrade to 3.55.

suptoyou

[gingerbread]

PS3 Fats are amazing but they are fragile like glass. Downgrading on NAND Fat require soldering. Unless you have a NOR Fat, you could use a NOR chip clip. I am sure that there are some experts here who can assist you.

Also, since you mention that you have resurrected it via reflow/thermal paste. The chances of having YLOD again is very high.

Please don't quote me. There might be a 3.60 CFW in near future. Maybe. 50-50.

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by gingerbread Please don't quote me.

lol, what are you affraid of.

[gingerbread]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch lol, what are you affraid of.

Haha. No one. But a scene with full of drama and stuff, I just want to caution folks who are new to the community.

[chiggerss]

Originally Posted by gingerbread PS3 Fats are amazing but they are fragile like glass. Downgrading on NAND Fat require soldering. Unless you have a NOR Fat, you could use a NOR chip clip. I am sure that there are some experts here who can assist you. Also, since you mention that you have resurrected it via reflow/thermal paste. The chances of having YLOD again is very high. Please don't quote me. There might be a 3.60 CFW in near future. Maybe. 50-50.

Thanks for the helpful info, everyone. I got it running with 3.6 for now and will read up some more. The serial on it is CECHH, which appears to be a NOR model.