trying update without BR-Drive? but i have logicboard..

[impatientfrog]

i have a question , i have a ps3 i got that came with no br-drive and just the logic board , should i be able to update and all that mess with just the logic board hooked up?

i am asking because the update stops at 43% and throws out error code 8002F14E , i want to make sure its just not because the HDD i am using is not broke

[impatientfrog]

guess nobody has an answer heres another thing i keep trying to install firmware does not matter and as it starts to format the hdd it gets it to 4% and then goes really fast gets to 100% then an error code pops up

[impatientfrog]

tryed 2 hard drives same result , it used to finish the format and get stuck on the loop but now it won't even finish the format before an error pops up

still need help with this and the other question

[Mistawes]

Format the HDD to NTFS in a PC, then install the lowest FW it asks for, whatever was on there before.. Make sure the logic board isn't getting shorted on anything.

[impatientfrog]

okay so i did as you suggested now i am getting error code 80010006 at about 40% , i downloaded 3.30 as per suggestion.

before all of this it would get to 40% and throw that error which probably means missing blu-ray drive so i plugged in just the logic board (Read: No blu-ray at all literally just the logic board) and now its throwing the error code as mentioned above

i looked at the motherboard does not seem burnt or shorting out anywhere looks in great condition , i tried 3 hard drives in

no format at all
format to nfs
format to fat32

same deal.

what could be wrong?

i also tried in and out of recovery mode.

i wish the ps3 somehow produced an error log.

edit: i am a tech type of guy and not a noob to fixing stuff like this HOWEVER , i am a noob to fixing ps3's its way different then the 360

[Mistawes]

Hmm, I normally find that if it gets to 30% or higher it's a loose connection somewhere. If the clip is broken on the logic board or mobo (where the ribbon cable attaches) then you need to cut some plastic to make a shim (I use a plastic milk bottle, works perfect once it's a tight fit). I've gotten plenty stopping around 40% when all that was wrong was a dodgey BR connection, even though most people say it's around 60% for the BR drive to be at fault. Even if the clip is fine, make sure it's in as far as it'll go and the pressure's good.

Make sure everything it properly attached, like the wifi / bluetooth / cardreader etc. Since you got it without a BR drive, the bloke who owned it before you must have been tinkering under the hood and might have knocked something loose or didn't connect a cable fully.

I did a quick search for your error code, but no relative replies (that provide any useful info). That code should be a good start at finding out what's wrong, but your first code seems more popular (40% being your best bet to search for). Unplug any connections and re-insert them carefully, that is normally the fix for update loops I find.

[impatientfrog]

hmm i check that but ill re-check around just in case i miss anything , thank for the quick and useful reply , i was more expecting somebody to just say "your a noob google it" where as i have used my google-fu skills to check out the error code and like you said nothing shows up that is useful information.

ill check everything you said and get back to you guys

another thing to note is when formatting the hard drive , at 3% it starts to format really fast and gets to 100% with no error at all , maybe that has something to do with it or does the ps3 really format pretty quickly , i noted when i did get the no blu-ray attached error that the format went by pretty slowly not soo slow but took atleast a minute.

what bugs me is the 360 runs without a hard drive just fine , does the ps3 store its Core OS on the HDD?

edit: 1 more thing to note is when "checking..please wait" it takes forever ( about a good 20 minutes ) is this normal

[impatientfrog]

alright well , you learn as you go along and although i am a tech guy i missed something that was the cause of all my problems , the slow "checking.." the error codes,

the blu-ray ribbon cable was on backwards..epic lol

now it throws up an RSOD

welp time to research that now

[Mistawes]

Ha, well maybe that was the problem!

I've no experience with RSOD and tbh hope I never do, but best of luck with it!

[impatientfrog]

Ha, well maybe that was the problem!

I've no experience with RSOD and tbh hope I never do, but best of luck with it!

i know and unfortunately i can't downgrade to try that because i don't want to buy one of those usb things