[Mr.Dutch]

ok, i was trying to help a member @monu1232009 who broke off his 4pins power connector from the mainboard.
i was helping him in private posts to get the wires soldered onto the right spots, i don't think he did it the right way, but at least ground and +5V are soldered right, so standby mode should work.

(picture of how he soldered wires, the black marked points are from me to show he mixed up wire 1 and 2)


he don't get a red standby led, although he measured the +5V and 3,3V at the power/eject board so this tells me the bios chip gets it's power.

first the history of the ps3 :
model :cech25
psu :APS-270 (pinout according to ps3devwiki: 1,switch on, 2 ground, 3 ground, 4 +5V
ps3 was bricked due to installing 4.21CFW (green flashing light, no hdd or audio and video.)
he tried to unbrick it using a e3flasher, and i don't know in what stage the power connector broke off.

my guess is that the bios is corrupt, since there's no standby led present. (assuming that 5V from the psu is enough to have the bios chip function properly.)

he's asking me if he can reflash the bios, but this is not my territory so that's why i am starting this thread, because i have to give up.
i know @playerkp420 , @baileyscream and @Bigbones87 know probably the most about using these flashers.

i can only focus on the power connector , pin 3 and 4 are correct soldered so 5V is available, pin 1 and 2 are wrong, but this would only mean a power faill on startup.....
pin 2 and 3 are probably seperate grounds , 4 the ground for the +5V and pin 2 the ground for the switch_on input?
pin2 and 3 are not visually connected either on the mainboard.

hope to get some help here.

[Sarah1331]

Send to me I'll sort it pal without having it turned on I haven't managed to dump a nor chip yet

Ps your 1 and 2 connectors have to be soldered to the little points where the trace was too
Can you see te little points in the one I am repairing
there just under the plug

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by Sarah1331 Send to me I'll sort it pal without having it turned on I haven't managed to dump a nor chip yet Ps your 1 and 2 connectors have to be soldered to the little points where the trace was too

just for the record it's not my ps3 and i don't have it in my posession either, don't even know from what country he is from.

pin2 had an visible 'little point' i could not see one for pin 1.

he will eventually reply here himself, but i told him to start the thread, to tell what i allready did.

[Sarah1331]

Sorry didn't mean offence to you sir

[monu1232009]

can anyone plaese help?

[baileyscream]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch ok, i was trying to help a member @monu1232009 who broke off his 4pins power connector from the mainboard. i was helping him in private posts to get the wires soldered onto the right spots, i don't think he did it the right way, but at least ground and +5V are soldered right, so standby mode should work. he don't get a red standby led, although he measured the +5V and 3,3V at the power/eject board so this tells me the bios chip gets it's power. first the history of the ps3 : model :cech25 psu :APS-270 (pinout according to ps3devwiki: 1,switch on, 2 ground, 3 ground, 4 +5V

hmm the 4 points (i will check in a min and post back)
but the power supply should work like a pc powersupply.
there should be main output power (supplied into the 2 prongs that the powersupply plugs into on the main board) so we can forget that.

then a 5v + out a 5v - (gnd) out i assume point 4 and either point 2 or 3 is 5v- (gnd) and with just that you should get the red light on to say power has reached the board

on pc's power supplies ther is a dead short on 2 wires to turn the power supply on propperly
now the ps3 may do the same with say point 1 and 2 or it may send a voltage back up point 1

i would first try to get the red power light back on (power on the board)

if the nor / nand has no firmware on it then the light will still come on so dont worry about that part for now.

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by baileyscream now the ps3 may do the same with say point 1 and 2 or it may send a voltage back up point 1 i would first try to get the red power light back on (power on the board) if the nor / nand has no firmware on it then the light will still come on so dont worry about that part for now.

the ps3 sends in this case +5V (i think it's 3,3V, but devwiki says 5V) to pin 1 if you press the power button or controller to startup the 12V.

the system was bricked and the flasher was attached when he tried to restore power to the mobo.

what if the flasher was not connected properly...
and the bios chip which holds the boot up procedure i think, because power button, leds, blutooth, fan are coming from this chip.

can the bios be damaged from installing firmware? , because if that chip don't start up properly then none works.
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Originally Posted by Sarah1331 Can you see te little points in the one I am repairing

1= switch on
2= ground
3= ground
4= +5V

what i don't get is since pin 2 and 3 should be ground, that they are not visually connected, i don't have a board like that so i can't test anything, on my 60GB ps3 both grounds are connected.

[monu1232009]

broken connector points

[baileyscream]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch the ps3 sends in this case +5V (i think it's 3,3V, but devwiki says 5V) to pin 1 if you press the power button or controller to startup the 12V. the system was bricked and the flasher was attached when he tried to restore power to the mobo. what if the flasher was not connected properly... and the bios chip which holds the boot up procedure i think, because power button, leds, blutooth, fan are coming from this chip. can the bios be damaged from installing firmware? , because if that chip don't start up properly then none works. ************* [ - Post Merged - ] ************* [IMG] 1= switch on 2= ground 3= ground 4= +5V what i don't get is since pin 2 and 3 should be ground, that they are not visually connected, i don't have a board like that so i can't test anything, on my 60GB ps3 both grounds are connected.

can he try detaching the ribon cable from main board to power eject board and re attach just incase its not seated correctly.

do we know yet how the connector came off?
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Originally Posted by Sarah1331 Sorry didn't mean offence to you sir

dont worry you didnt offend
mr dutch is just stuck in the middle and is simply trying to get info back and forth.

your help is really appreciated as i know you have alot of knowladge with lifting / replacing components in your normal day to day work

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by baileyscream do we know yet how the connector came off?

it's best we address that question to him.

so, @monu1232009 , how did you broke the connector, was it when you tried to install the flasher?

also did you corrected the wires, you seemed to have 1 and 2 mixed up.

and from what country are you.