[annern55]

Originally Posted by CaptainCPS-X To give you my personal opinion, in my case I bought E3 Flasher (Standard) from DealExtreme. The shipment arrived in very good condition and all, but it took some time since it was sent from China (approx 2 weeks). Now, first of all, you will need the following items for the E3 Flasher to work properly and to use it accordingly: - Thermaltake BlacX eSATA USB Docking Station (Amazon link, I bought it there) - Maxell 8 GB Micro SDHC Flash Memory Card with Adapter (I bought this on a local K-Mart store) Other brands might do the job, but I got those specific products for my E3 Flasher. Make sure your PS3 is compatible with the E3 Flasher and that you can downgrade it, some PS3 newest models cannot be downgraded. When you get the E3 Flasher you will have to do a little modification to your E3 NOR Clip since it is known to give problems with contact, you can check this thread for more information on how to solve this: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...301#post357301 In my personal experience, sanding the E3 NOR Clip wasn't enough, I had to put 2 Nickels / Cents on top of the Clip, put some tape on it and then, when I put back everything it was very tight and pressed down. Remember to do everything very carefully when youre working with the flasher, and make sure you read this great guide by @playerkp420 ... http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=33989 EDIT: You will need a downgrade jig / dongle, in my case I had E3 Card Reader, it have a couple of functions: - USB Storage Device (has little memory, but you can put a MicroSD and expand it ) - Downgrader / Jailbreak I upgraded the dongle with the files listed in E3 official site for the downgrade functionality, here... http://www.e3-tech.net/download.html I "only" used the E3 Card Reader as FSM / Downgrade JIG, I recommend to use other USB Storage Device for other operations while using the E3 Flasher. Be careful if you plan to use it for everything (not recommended). I hope this helps SeeYa!

It was send from china? It may be a clone then, I bought a clone :/
If you got a clone too, how did you get it to work? I did everything you said up there and even more, did you shave something of the clip or anything out of the normal prosess, I really hope someone who has the "fake" version will make a toturial on how to make the cloned version of the e3 flasher work, it would've been great! I don't even know if it's possible.

[CaptainCPS-X]

Originally Posted by annern55 It was send from china? It may be a clone then, I bought a clone :/ If you got a clone too, how did you get it to work? I did everything you said up there and even more, did you shave something of the clip or anything out of the normal prosess, I really hope someone who has the "fake" version will make a toturial on how to make the cloned version of the e3 flasher work, it would've been great! I don't even know if it's possible.

Sorry but mine is Original, the fact that it came from China doesn't mean it is "fake".

If you buy E3 Flasher from a trusted source then you will get a good product, but if you buy it from unconfirmed places then i don't know.

Anyways, mine came in its original case and everything is legit, it didnt gave any problem and is currently installed on my NOR.

SeeYa!

[Cheesethief]

The cheapest is Dealextreme:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/e3-nor-...-103373?item=2

They take a month to ship anything, but sometimes the price difference is worth the wait. I have ordered from them a few times, so they are legit. Some of their items are knock offs, like their pandora batteries for PSPs, but they work just fine and get the job done. When it comes to flashers and other hacking items (chips, etc.) those are not knock offs.

[hellsing9]

Standard version

[gangs_08]

are the eSATA docking station etc. necessary??
so the standard edition and a psp as jig stick would be enough?

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by gangs_08 are the eSATA docking station etc. necessary?? so the standard edition and a psp as jig stick would be enough?

Esata station is necessary since the E3 Flasher board is installed in the same place as were the HDD is stored.

[gangs_08]

Originally Posted by Cheesethief Esata station is necessary since the E3 Flasher board is installed in the same place as were the HDD is stored.

so you have to buy a esata station seperatly.
so in conclusion it is the best deal to buy the limited edition.

[Bigbones87]

You don't have to have the sata station if you are just going to downgrade and the remove flasher. If you just want to downgrade then you can do the whole downgrade process and then unplug the flasher at the end and put in a hard drive and format it, then put the firmware on a USB like it asks, but MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE THE ROGERO FIRMWARE OR YOU WILL BRICK.

[JustThatDude]

Just get this its $80+ free shipping btw its the limited
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/591294040.html

[JustThatDude]

Originally Posted by Cheesethief The cheapest is Dealextreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/e3-nor-...-103373?item=2 They take a month to ship anything, but sometimes the price difference is worth the wait. I have ordered from them a few times, so they are legit. Some of their items are knock offs, like their pandora batteries for PSPs, but they work just fine and get the job done. When it comes to flashers and other hacking items (chips, etc.) those are not knock offs.

Cheapest is actualy aliexpress