[halogamer2145]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 It may not be the clip. They take some time and patience to get them right, but if yu want to use the linker Ps3devwiki has motherboard pinouts for board revisions. Yours is ver001 since it is a chechl01. They will show you the pinout and then just match them point for point. The sbe goes to nor tristate and the sbce goes to point a on the resistor you cut if you're going to dual boot. Other than that the linker has a bunch of ground points and so does the motherboard. You only need to use one on each, doesnt matter which. ************* [ - Post Merged - ] ************* Once again,ask if you're unsure of something. Don't just assume, and don't skips steps. Be careful soldering. If you get things too hot, you can cause points to unseat themselves from the motherboard and then you will be in a world of trouble.

I actually got the clip to work. I applied some stronger tape and was able to dump the BIOS. Now I am verifying the trvk_prg0 file. I am getting this:

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 E0
53 43 45 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0

on the wiki it says I should be getting:

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 C0
53 43 45 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0

Is it supposed to be this way?
UPDATE: It seems like the tutorial I was using must have been outdated. I was supposed to be verifying the bkpps3.swap.bin. If anyone else needs the tutorial use the one on PS3 dev wiki. Link: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:...ng_flash_dumps

[Bigbones87]

Glad to hear you got it Working. Yeah, use the ps3devwiki. And you can always post links to the ps3devwiki because it is a well known and renounced place full of great confirmed knowledge. Use Flowrebuilder to extract and byte reverse the nor dump. Then check it for validity in all the necessary fields and check it for statistics like what percentage are ff and all that jive.

[halogamer2145]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 Glad to hear you got it Working. Yeah, use the ps3devwiki. And you can always post links to the ps3devwiki because it is a well known and renounced place full of great confirmed knowledge. Use Flowrebuilder to extract and byte reverse the nor dump. Then check it for validity in all the necessary fields and check it for statistics like what percentage are ff and all that jive.

I wanted to thank you for your help so far. :D I currently have RSOD. I was wondering if when I downgrade to rogero, I could install the notheros.pup? I know if I want to install another CFW, I have to do the qa flag first, but is it necessary to do the qa flag before notheros.pup? If I do need to do the qa flag, how do I do it if I have RSOD?

[Bigbones87]

You need to downgrade it with rogero, then after that is complete it will more than likely still be rsod. If so, then here is what is recommended. I am going to start off telling you that the norsod.pup method is not recommended anymore. I personally have used it countless number of times on the rsods I have messed with, and it has never gave me any problem,but there is the information anyway. You can install the norsod.pup from recovery menu after downgrading with rogero, then run the rsod.pkg fix from the norsod firmware. Then you could go back to rogero and qa flag then go to 3.55 ofw and then to whatever cfw you want. The recommended way nowadays is downgrade to rogero. Turn it on and most likely it will be in rsod. Turn it back off, and put in the fsm dongle, then power eject. The console will shut off, then put the rsod lvl2.diag on a flash drive and turn it on, the console will beep once and restart to the main XMb. Rsod should be fixed and you will be on rogero. Then qa flag and blah blah blah.

[halogamer2145]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 You need to downgrade it with rogero, then after that is complete it will more than likely still be rsod. If so, then here is what is recommended. I am going to start off telling you that the norsod.pup method is not recommended anymore. I personally have used it countless number of times on the rsods I have messed with, and it has never gave me any problem,but there is the information anyway. You can install the norsod.pup from recovery menu after downgrading with rogero, then run the rsod.pkg fix from the norsod firmware. Then you could go back to rogero and qa flag then go to 3.55 ofw and then to whatever cfw you want. The recommended way nowadays is downgrade to rogero. Turn it on and most likely it will be in rsod. Turn it back off, and put in the fsm dongle, then power eject. The console will shut off, then put the rsod lvl2.diag on a flash drive and turn it on, the console will beep once and restart to the main XMb. Rsod should be fixed and you will be on rogero. Then qa flag and blah blah blah.

Thanks for the reply. It seems like I just keep running into problems. After verifying the dump, I put patched the backup with Rogero's NOR dump patcher. I downloaded the downgrade.bin from the E3 website and put both the patched bios and the downgrade file on the micro sd. I inserted the micro sd into the flasher and put all the switches down. When it was booted, I pressed the start button. The lights started to make progress, but when it reached around 4-5, it gave me error 10001111. I checked the log file and it seems like it failed when it got to around 0x06000( or something similar. I can't say exact because the log file got overwritten.). Now when I restart the PS3 I get a black screen with no HDD light. I tried to restore my original backup, but I started to get the 10001100 error again. I opened the PS3 back up and made sure the chip was in contact. Put it back together and it let me flash but when it got to around 4-5, it failed again. And now its giving me 10001100. What should I do now? To me it seems like there might be a problem with the clip/wire.
UPDATE: I reapplied the clip and tried to flash the original again(all switches down except #6). It gave me 1000000 error. I rebooted the ps3 and tried all switches in down position and it gave me 10001100 error again.

[Bigbones87]

No, it is just losing its contact during the process. The ps3 gets hot inside and makes the tape heat up and loose it grip. Keep trying with the e3 clip, you will get it. I used duct tape. I never patched my bios before when downgrading. I always just took the regular dump made from the e3 flasher and made sure it was named bkpps3.bin and put the downgrade.bin on the sd card with it. Then did the 6 switch up, and hit start. Then continued with the downgrade process, like after it is done lighting all 8 blue lights then turn it off with the XMb, turn it back on, it will say connect controller, DONT. Pull power, insert dongle, give power back, power eject, turns off, then step 1 folder lvl2.diag and rogero pup turn on, wait, turns off, then step2 lvl2.diag, turns off. Then turn on to Jailbroke ps3

[halogamer2145]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 No, it is just losing its contact during the process. The ps3 gets hot inside and makes the tape heat up and loose it grip. Keep trying with the e3 clip, you will get it. I used duct tape. I never patched my bios before when downgrading. I always just took the regular dump made from the e3 flasher and made sure it was named bkpps3.bin and put the downgrade.bin on the sd card with it. Then did the 6 switch up, and hit start. Then continued with the downgrade process, like after it is done lighting all 8 blue lights then turn it off with the XMb, turn it back on, it will say connect controller, DONT. Pull power, insert dongle, give power back, power eject, turns off, then step 1 folder lvl2.diag and rogero pup turn on, wait, turns off, then step2 lvl2.diag, turns off. Then turn on to Jailbroke ps3

I am done with the clip. It wont click when I press on it. It just slides on and off. I think I'm just going to do the E3 linker. So I only need to hook up one ground wire? I only need to use the resister if I am dual booting, right? I am not dual booting, so I dont need to use it? In this diagram: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/images/e/e...1_NOR-3.3V.JPG

I dont understand where the 3.3v wires go or what it is saying about WP# and BYTE#.

[Bigbones87]

I know the feeling. It gets frustrating. Are you good at soldering? Because these are tiny points on the e3 linker. Also, the ps3 motherboard is the big issue. If you heat the board up too much you will wreck it beyond repair, because you can cause things to become unseated. If you aren't good at soldering, I would suggest going back to the clip. I know it is a pain in the ass. Everyone who uses it the first time takes the ps3 apart a million times and cusses the damn thing the whole night. It is due diliigence for downgrading with the solderless clip. I know you will get it eventually, but if you can't take it anymore, then go ahead and give the linker a try if you feel you are up to the task. All I can say is good luck. I have never used the e3 linker, so I can't be much help. All I know is the VCc is the 3.3v on the motherboard, and you only have to use one ground on both the e3 linker and the motherboard. Ask @playerkp420 or @baileyscream before taking my word on it. All I know is what I have read, and these guys know more than I could ever dream of knowing when it comes to these things.

[halogamer2145]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 I know the feeling. It gets frustrating. Are you good at soldering? Because these are tiny points on the e3 linker. Also, the ps3 motherboard is the big issue. If you heat the board up too much you will wreck it beyond repair, because you can cause things to become unseated. If you aren't good at soldering, I would suggest going back to the clip. I know it is a pain in the ass. Everyone who uses it the first time takes the ps3 apart a million times and cusses the damn thing the whole night. It is due diliigence for downgrading with the solderless clip. I know you will get it eventually, but if you can't take it anymore, then go ahead and give the linker a try if you feel you are up to the task. All I can say is good luck. I have never used the e3 linker, so I can't be much help. All I know is the VCc is the 3.3v on the motherboard, and you only have to use one ground on both the e3 linker and the motherboard. Ask @playerkp420 or @baileyscream before taking my word on it. All I know is what I have read, and these guys know more than I could ever dream of knowing when it comes to these things.

Could you give me any tips for applying the clip. When I put it on, it is parallel to the motherboard and flush, but it just slides off. Is it supposed to be this way?

[Bigbones87]

Well, ideally it would clip and stay there. But after messing with it so much, it starts getting loose because the clips pins are pushed in a little from the pressure. It is a very cheap and lousey design if you ask me. But if you put it on like it is suppose to be, and make sure it flush. Then, get some strong tape and put it on it, being carefully not to move it do knock it off. Then after that, put something on top if it that is like 1/2 inch thick or maybe a little less, like styrofoam or cut up pieces of cardboard, the size of the clip so it will apply pressure evenly to all sides of the clip constantly, and tape it down aswell. Then reassemble the ps3. Now when you put the ps3 back together you will be sandwiching the styrofoam or cardboard pieces between the clip and rest of the ps3 casing, which will apply constant pressure. It is ok if it is a little tight fitting, but don't like put so much that the motherboard bends and cracks.