How to unbrick a bricked PS3 [maybe]

[ichibaka]

NOTE: This is not my solution, I do not take credit for any of this

I found this from P3T360 at xbox360iso but haven't confirmed where he got this info from either. I have a FAT 40gb model CECHG01 with 256MB nand so I'm holding off from updating to wanin's cfw until it stabilize.

Solutions haven't been confirmed by me. Take it with a grain of salt if you must.

A quick cut n paste for all you people that have bricked your PS3 trying to install the latest CFW.

BRICK TYPE #1 of 3
*** 60% forever loop - Gets to between 59% to 62% displays an error.

Answer: Your bluetooth/wireless/card reader modules is either loose, NOT the original ones shipped with your machine, or they are broken or non-working in parts.

Fix: Try removing them, and replacing or cleaning the ribbon cable, if that does not work, unsolder the 8pin EEPROM containing the mac/bluetooth/usb info, and solder onto a know working module.


BRICK TYPE #2 of 3
*** 65% forever loop - Gets to between 64% to 68% displays an error.

Answer: Your blu-ray drive is either loose, NOT the original one, or part of the drive board is dead, even tho it was playing discs before!

Fix: Try removing it, and replacing or cleaning all the ribbon cables, if that does not work, unsolder the 48pin BGA firmware chip and solder onto a know working drive board (very hard to do!!)


BRICK TYPE #3 of 3
*** 99% freeze loop - Gets to 99% and just sits there looking dumb!

Answer: Either your HDD is damaged or has a bad boot sector, or the reset signal on your motherboard is not working.

Fix: Try another power supply, seems to work in my cases, or replace the small eject/reset/power board in the front of the motherboard. (If HDD, see below)


IF ALL ELSE FAILS

And the FINAL answer, if all the above fails, normal due to bad download via wireless, or hdd corrupts the update, in these cases you will normall see fails at 10% or 20%, and for sure before it reachs 50%, in ALL cases, kiss this HDD goodbye, and your save files, because if you try again with SAME HDD you will be back in a loop, and need to redo the below FIX again:

The for sure FINAL un-brick fix (if all the above fails on your unit):

#1: Remove the looping HDD, and throw it away!
#2: Disassmble your PS3, and unplug the battery!
#3: Find another PS3 HDD that is from working machine which is using the same firmware that you WERE using before!
#4: Wait about 30 minutes for the removed battery to drain from your PS3.
#5: Reassemble your PS3
#6: Turn on your PS3 with the new HDD, BUT GO RIGHT AWAY into RECOVERY!
#7: At recovery menu, pick ONLY option "RESTORE PS3 SYSTEM" (i think #5)
#8: Answer all the appearing prompts, for lang./date/time/internet, etc.
#9: You now should have a working PS3 again running on the older firmware

At this stage, you can decide to try the update again, but if it fails, again you need to throw away the HDD, and get another one, or use your PC to ZERO-FILL it to get back into the recovery menu, after setting up the ZERO-FILLed HDD on another older firmware PS3.

[Demonchild]

These bricks are different from the ones caused from Wanikoko's custom firmware. If you brick your consoel while flashing your CFW, you will need an external NAND / NOR flasher to restore the firmware.

[ichibaka]

AFAIK i haven't heard of anyone bricking their console from updating to any of the previously released cfw, but maybe you're right.

[Subgeta]

These bricks are different from the ones caused from Wanikoko's custom firmware. If you brick your consoel while flashing your CFW, you will need an external NAND / NOR flasher to restore the firmware.

You will never know until theory's are proven.
You can never have enough info when things like this happen.

Who would have thought that by pressing Power then Eject with a USB Dev device plugged in would trigger where we are today?

[asadi300]

try that maybe that helps

This was posted early by another member, if your consoles bricked try it whats the worst thing that can happen as its already bricked

Who Need translate it and Give it a shot.

"Good news foreros:

It is possible to get rid of the brick to update wanikoko.

How? ... needed if or if an USB dingle (ps3key, etc ... there are from 11 � in Coupe)

1) Put the console via a USB factory jig
2) We will put in the update root 3.55 (PS3UPDAT.PUP) and also lv2diag of naima.
3) Turn on the ps3 and see what the stick flashes ... let them set up well.
4) There will come a time when the green LED will start blinking ps3 indefinitely, turn off the PS3 and removed the jig.
5) light the ps3, and if everything went well we usually turn on the red box showing us the factory mode.
6) Turn off ps3, remove the state of factory mode, and turn on.

solved.

At around 19:00 I'll upload a toturial on how to perform the process and install the CFW of the first wanikoko Chony firmware 3.55)

patience that all is not lost

ps I have again and PS3. ole, oleeeeeeeeee

Read more: http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/wanink...#ixzz1BJuNKl9a

[SilentChill]

NOTE: This is not my solution, I do not take credit for any of this

I found this from P3T360 at xbox360iso but haven't confirmed where he got this info from either. I have a FAT 40gb model CECHG01 with 256MB nand so I'm holding off from updating to wanin's cfw until it stabilize.

Solutions haven't been confirmed by me. Take it with a grain of salt if you must.

Just tried it does not work only way is to somehow flash to the nand me thinks ??