Finally Remarry BD Drives To Other Consoles

[xinus]

Sorry, bad terminology.
It's the eject mech sensor switch.
It is open when the drive has a disc, and closed when the drive is empty just so the drive knows what is meant to be what.

Very interesting! I don't have that sensor, so I'm thinking I'll try to short it on the pcb and give it another try. In reality if its open it thinks a disc is in the drive? So it should produce the same results if an actual disk is in the drive?

When you noticed a "hang" when you didn't have it hooked up, did you ever see: "Drive Init: Failed" "NG" or did it just hang at INITIALIZING?

Thanks for all the info Mark!

[strictlyfocused]

I thought those 40GB where all 16mb nand's?

Maybe my fault Its a bit old the model is G04 i think im not really sure but BD Playback is not my fault Later when i get home i will try it again i think i first must downgrade am i right ? I thought it would be in the same process as the remarry ?

If you have a CECHG then you have got a 256mb NAND, they were the last generation before the move to 16mb NOR.

[systmu]

Thanks for the tips Mark. I will try cleaning the lens and mirrors. If that doesn't work I'll try using the logic board that came with the drive and try marrying them to my working ps3.

Quick question though I have an older cechg01 fat model. Do I need a Bluray Movie to Marry the drive? I actually don't have any blu ray movies at the moment. WIll I be able to marry them and then play bluray ps3 games just not movies? I don't care about the movies but need to know If I do need a blu ray movie to complete the marriage operation?

Thanks

[lando2k9]

Hey Mark,
Like Crucky, I also have the screen hang at [Drive Init] Fail

I have a 80gb logic board that I'm trying to remarry to a 40gb system.
i previously had the CFW that bypassed the blu-ray drive scan because I bought it with no drive or oem logic board.
I can't downgrade because it seemed to fail

thanks

[bowen747]

after reading the tutorial its seems that a service mode dongle is needed , i can see from the adverts on this site that there are many to choose from , im after some advice on which dongle would be the best to use to marry the boards on my launch fat 60gig ps3

[bigdaddie]

after reading the tutorial its seems that a service mode dongle is needed , i can see from the adverts on this site that there are many to choose from , im after some advice on which dongle would be the best to use to marry the boards on my launch fat 60gig ps3

Go for the cheapest, they've got some here
Or if you have a psp or dingoo or maybe another compatible device you can go for free

[bigdaddie]

Thanks for the tips Mark. I will try cleaning the lens and mirrors. If that doesn't work I'll try using the logic board that came with the drive and try marrying them to my working ps3.

Quick question though I have an older cechg01 fat model. Do I need a Bluray Movie to Marry the drive? I actually don't have any blu ray movies at the moment. WIll I be able to marry them and then play bluray ps3 games just not movies? I don't care about the movies but need to know If I do need a blu ray movie to complete the marriage operation?

Thanks

You can play games from the bluraydrive even if it's prohibited to play movies. It doesn't affect gameplay, so games on BluRray discs still work.

[bowen747]

thanks for the reply , just ordered one

[systmu]

Thanks for the response to my question but are you able to remarry the drive and ps3 without a blueray movie? do you just skip that step?

"13 Power on and play a BluRay movie until the movie starts."

I am confused by this part though

"14 Remove Dongle and Usb Stick then insert "Exit Lv2diag" stick (aka Lv2diag file 2) into the same port it just was in the Ps3 (furthest to the right)"

What is this "Exit Lv2diag"? Is that from the usb zip file? so shouldn't it already be on the stick? So you remove dong and usb stick and put the same usb stick back in???

Thanks!

[bigdaddie]

Thanks for the response to my question but are you able to remarry the drive and ps3 without a blueray movie? do you just skip that step?

"13 Power on and play a BluRay movie until the movie starts."

I am confused by this part though

"14 Remove Dongle and Usb Stick then insert "Exit Lv2diag" stick (aka Lv2diag file 2) into the same port it just was in the Ps3 (furthest to the right)"

What is this "Exit Lv2diag"? Is that from the usb zip file? so shouldn't it already be on the stick? So you remove dong and usb stick and put the same usb stick back in???

Thanks!

I simplified the tut somewhat:

credits: Mark Webber

1. Copy contents of the devusb folder to the root of a blank usb stick
2. Copy the PS3UPDAT.PUP from 2.30 to the root of the USB stick

3. Put the Service Mode Dongle into furthest left usb port
4. Press power then eject within .2 seconds
5. Wait until the PS3 turns off
6. Remove the Dongle and put the USB stick into the right side USB port on the PS3
7. Then press the power button on the front again.
8. The USB will now start to flash and do a "Drive Init" then install the PUP file.
9. The system will turn itself off again.
10. Power on and play a BluRay movie until the movie starts.
11. Shutdown PS3.
12. Remove the files from your usb stick.
12. Now exit servicemode; copy Lv2diag file 2, to your usb stick.
13. Put the usb stick with the Lv2diag file 2 into the furthest right usb port.
14. Press power on to exit "Factory Service Mode". The system will turn itself off again.
15. Done......

Update #3: If you have a 256meg Fat PS3 - Read On.
As we are all aware by now, downgrading kills BD playback on 256meg fats. Made even worse now by the fact we may be using a drive we dont even know the history of, right? Wrong, history is just that now if you have access to another 16meg PS3.

1. Insert the NEWEST BD movie into the 16meg PS3. This will update that system & drive with the latest HRL
2. Marry the drive you want to use on the 256meg fat
3. Remove both the drives (mark them if you have to)
4. Place the drive from the 256meg onto the 16meg system and marry them up.
5. Update the firmware on your 16meg Ps3 to whatever you normally use.
6. Insert the NEWEST BD movie again into the drive now on the 16meg
7. This wil update the drive with the latest version of HRL
8. Swap the drives back over and get the DRL files from the BD disc and transfer them to the 256meg fat PS3 in the dev_flash3 folder overwriting the ones already there.

Edit:
I added some lines, that seemed obvious to me, but maybe not to others...