This is exactly what i needed. I still haven't given up on my launch ps3 very late 2007 checa. Thank you Felix.

It honestly amazes me that there is still an active community behind the launch PS3, as a Xbox 360 slim owner, I hold the 7th generation of consoles in a very special place inside my heart, and i hope I can get a classic Xbox 360 and a phat ps3 in the future to do my own experiments on them.

Just what I needed. I was gonna branch out and actually try to do syscon readings this way and didn’t really know where to start. Very helpful!

Great tutorial! Even though I'm familiar with SYSCON, it's still nice to watch a more experienced person in action to make sure I don't miss anything. Just a quick tip at 12:48: Instead of installing Python directly on your PC, consider using package management tools like Anaconda or Miniconda. This allows you to create virtual environments and install Python within them, making it easier to manage different Python versions in the future. Installing Python directly on your PC can be messy when it comes to upgrades or downgrades, but with Anaconda, you can have multiple Python versions in separate virtual environments. Anyhow, great video as always! Can't wait to see your next one.

Fun fact you can turn a raspberry pi pico into a Uart USB Bridge! I made a video on this recently. I have to say my video is not as well put together as this one! Great video!

Best tutorial so far. Good speed to follow, explanation of what and why instead of just instructions. Thanks Felix! Could you make a tutorial how to get data of the HDD, for example to save data of Playstation Home as there are some reverse engineering projects who are looking for them.

you're videos are so much informative and fun to watch hard to find fixing videos combining both, keep up the pace

I've been binge-watching your videos, really great stuff here and, hopefully, it will become easier and easier to identify a specific problem when it comes to YLOD. I had a problem with the HDMI signal in my PS3 Slim (bought back in 2010, still well preserved but for some reason that happened), tried to look up people around me that work with consoles to fix mine, but most of them stopped fucking with the PS3 since the PS5 has been released, so all the documentation online will help us all when there's only enthusiasts charging $300 (not including shipping) to fix our old PS3s. Thanks, bro.

I can’t imagine the enormous amount of work that has gone into getting this information needed to build the tools. Thank you to all that contributed. Further, Sony… give us access to the internal tools that will allow us to maintain our now defunct systems!

Very informative as always! Here's hoping this will help keep our systems alive for many, many years to come.

A most needed tutorial on one of the best diagnostic tools for the PS3. Thank you Felix, amazing work!.

Thank you for this! This is perfect for me to follow along for my dad’s PS3.

Tip: pip as a command on its own is going in and out of deprecation and it seems that Python Foundation can't make up their mind. So it's worth keeping in mind, that you can also run "python3 -m pip" instead of "pip" when "pip" is unavailable as a command, but otherwise available as a module.

This is such an incredible feat of the internet, thank you so much for distilling in such a legible manner

It’s always a good day when you upload. I might be getting a phat PS3 (unknown if it’s back-compatible) but I’ll definitely use this!

Had my CECH-01 gathering dust waiting for this video, I knew you'd do it; and I was confident it'd be just like this. Thanks so much fo all you've done man; it's time for me to do my part.

Awesome, thank you for sharing this. I have 4 that are currently bricks, would be cool if I could fix any of them. I did purchase the adapter but I never got round to trying to get the logs. This video will help a lot, whenever I get some time to get around to that. Much appreciated.

Awesome, Felix. Tremendous video as always 👏

Secretly, they're just tired of so many "where do I put the pins", "how do I access the shell", and photos being submitted and instead of complaining about it (like most people on the internet) they made this useful video

I double checked and even re-soldered my wires thinking I might have had a cold solder joint, turns out it was just my rx and tx swapped the whole time... so much time wasted.

Thank you for this easilly understandable tutorial! Now to check if errors 3034 and 4411 are solvable...

Today I learned you can enter cmd in the address bar. Thanks I don't have a PS3 but this was very interesting

Thank you Félix, I still have a japanese 20Gb backwards compatibility fat PS3 waiting to be repaired since 2012. Thanks for you knowledge.

Loving the graphics in this video as I start watching. Can't wait to see the rest

This video is pure gold

That short circuit clip lol 😂 amazing

Looks like my CECHK may see another day yet! Thanks so much Felix!

Thanx for the amazing tutorial and the efforts that U have put in this, I have nothing but respect!💪

Great PlayStation 3 diagnosis

Finally, somebody knows about short circuit!

Man, this video is going to be my best friend when i plan on diagnosing my dads old day one ps3! its even older than me!

As the proud owner of eight PS3s, I’m so thankful that none have had any issues. I own three 60GB launch models, one partially PS2 compatible model, an E model, slim, super slim, and the gun grey MGS4 limited edition bundle.

This video is a great rescource for when i fix up the PS3 i bought. Can't wait to get to it soon

Exactly what i need for a ps3 slim ive been holding on to for a few years. Thanks man.

Just want to say thanks for the detail guide, very heplfull

i just did syscon check on a fat CEHH11 using a PiPico, 1-2sec YLOD, the main idea was to remove and replace all the tokins, good thing that i recalled about the syscon before attempting anything else, sadly it gave me errors 3034, meaning it needs a reball or bad CPU/GPU(?), i don´t have a reball station nor the skills to attempt a reball, maybe in a future i´ll get a station to learn how to reball PS3s and X360s, and just maybe, how to do a Frankie PS3. Once 1 repaired a slim2001A by "blindly" replacing all NECTOKINS with Tantalums, and it still works fine, also just delidded it a few days ago along with my main 2501B, both working great now. Anyway, thanks for the detailed tutorial, it really was nice to learn how to do syscon checks.

Awesome information thank you much for the video we'll probably watch It 10 more times

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you Sir! VERY clear, informative video!

Thanks for this info bro i went to my ps3 and it works perfectly

I don't even own a ps3, just have been enjoying your vids

This is awesome! I’m so amazed at how diehard this community is

imma be real, i dont even own a ps3, but god damn this video is interesting and well-crafted

I had a slim back in 2010, and it would shut off after a few seconds. Found out online that if you turn a diode inside 10%, it would stay powered on. It did work.

Шикарная работа! ❤

Damn this is so cool and i would actually love to fuck around with the syscon a bit even though my PS3 is just genuinely dealing with a psu issue lol

I wish we had this years ago, what a great and thorough tutorial, good job! But let's hope I won't ever need it for my slim PS3 haha

Thank you for the step by step detail!!!

Thanks for this excellent tutorial 🙏🙏🙏

I would love to run linux natively instead of having to go through the game system itself. What I mean is to delete the game system OS and just have linux runing on boot up.

I find it definetly not for a beginner to without a failsafe or alternative to repairing their dsi xl but I fixed by merely pulling back into level with the other pins heights to make all contacts on the sd reader on mine 3:10 huh.. pretty smart tbh I have to admit for bussiness reasons. An glad to have been able to put back together with no noticeable damage or further issues with the dsi xl and the card will at least read now for listening to music even with the missing albeit my fault.. as in the past I being a stupid idiot kid back then tore the card slot cover. But meh the use of it for playing free downloaded music mp4 files is pretty sweet for gaining more convienient ability for keeping of downloaded form of music instead of buying the vinyl to try listneing with the difficulty of ONLY stationary non portable listening.. plus everyone prety much for personal use is downloading at least some of the not all time favs of their music for eli,ination of the expenses/cost associated with mass media cosnumption etc.

Excellent tutorial ! Now let's resurrect my 3034 YLOD CECHC PS3 (Damn I'm not enough skilled to do a Frankenstein Mod 😢)

I watched this thinking it would be about how they broke the encryption, figured out the commands, etc. Still very interesting. Now I know how to fix a PS3 if I ever get one. 🤪

Thank you for doing all these videos! I have 2 working BC phats and one given to me for parts. The 2 have worked great so far. Other than needing to replace a disc drive here and there. I never knew these consoles had so many problems. I always assumed they were bulletproof other than the random disc drive. I have noticed an unusual amount of heat and louder fans on my 1st one. Bur I never thought anything about it. It's mainly used to watch Blu-ray now. Should I be concerned?

Should add syscon or ylod debugging or something similar for better search results on the consumer end

Dude, this is awesome.

Thank for this tut. Your ps3 videos are awesome. 👍

increadible video, like always.

PS3 Slim 25xx can show yellow light but syscon doesn't for some reason do it on that model.

Great Video Felix!

Just the video I needed for some phats that I need to fix. You got a sub from me from now on

A new Felix video!!!!

Excellent tutorial. The only thing I did to my PS3 fat was change out the thermal paste and cleaned the heat sink about 4 years ago. I didn't have security torx drive but I had a drill so I drilled out the security pin and used a regular torx to open the system.

-If the console boots, is it acceptable/helpful to use CFW to dump the syscon logs when asking for help (assuming it's already installed)? Apologies if this is covered in the video and I somehow missed it.- Yep. It was answered pretty early in the video. Thanks again for the fantastic tutorial.

Honey wake up, it’s another RIP Felix video.

Hey - there's a better way to 'open as path' Try holding shift and right click in the folder and choose 'Open Powershell window here'. All known 'CMD' commands work in PS.

I'm getting a lot of help from you. How do I change the screen of cmd like you at 15:45? I have entered the folder, but I don't know how to enter the first cmd screen or the second cmd screen. Help me.

I have no problems authing in external mode but when i get to internal mode when i auth it says scopen response invalid how do i fix this

Can you offer a tutorial on configuring the fan phases and duty cycles?

i don't even have a ps3, but this is gonna be entertaining

Here I go resurrecting the dead 10 plus years this would've been great to know

19:11 that's not a weird format. It just looks like a truncated form of unix time, which is the number of seconds since the computing epoch (Jan 1st, 1970).

could u put the required items in the description ie what ever the usb thing is called

What an amazing guide, im picking up tommorow a whole lot of untested or clearly defective consoles - one of them is the cechc BC (EU model) and they state it has YLOD so that guide sounds very helpful to give it a try. You do appoint that its best to diassemble and get it hooked up before even trying 1st boot yourself?:) if not would really appreciate explanation on that. Also on on the power - do you use an external power connector for the 12V or for 5V and is there certain mA or A that should be specified if so.

I've been mentally gearing up to fix the 100 some of these I still have.

23:38 probably one out of a supercomputer or something but damn if that was game sessions then phew

10 years spent of someone's life to get to this !, sure there are people out there who are worth millions of others who does nothing but to get life on this planet worse than it is...

i'm having a hard time time seeing the dust i wish some one would point it out with some sort of indicator like some arrows or something it would be really helpful.

My PS3 is still crying out for a savior from YLOD a lot of this technical stuff is beyond me.

Is it possible to change IDPS from SYSCON? without jailbreak, webman etc.

Been scrolling the internet for couple of days now, no answers. You are one of the only ones who seem actually professional about this. So the problem is: the playstation is fat, cechl turns on normally games work normally but after some time depending on the game the console turns off, 3 beebs blinking red light but no yellow light. Turns on normally after that. Syscon shows codes 2124 and 1002 after that the codes are 0xffffffff. I cleaned the playstation, it was full of dust. After that i replaced the paste, did that terribly. Could the problem be in the capacitors or somewhere else? The system has been turned off many times so could the problem be in corrupted files? Much appreciated. And sorry for bad english.

A01 model owner, still runs all 3 gen games, blu rays, everything perfectly fine. Is there any benefit to running the toolset proactively checking errors that could lead to faults sooner than later? Just curious.

Be sure not to buy cheap jumper wires with aluminum or CCAW wiring, which will be impossible to solder onto.

For the PL2303TA USB to TTL Serial Cable, how do I know if it is 3.3 volts? How do I make it 3.3 volt's if it's not? I did get the 2 pip things installed successfuly, however it's telling me there is a new update available for the pip I ran. When I did the pip command, it installed 23.2.1, but it told me there is 23.3.2 available. Should I update? Do I need to update?

I miss my PS3. I want to get one and mod it, but they’re so expensive nowadays, especially for launch models.

I'm curious if I was to take my playstation 3 into a reputable repair place do they do this type of troubleshoot also?

Beloved!

nice. appreciate this

Thank you Felix just got the results and a 1002 seems to be the issue

well thats nice, i could use a syscon debug/TS and I mainly use PopOs linux now

god i hope i never need to use this info, amazing video

You think that only 1100 days is high? Mine 2001b slim is at 1400 plus on all original NEC/tokins, 65nm GPU all factory im not sure if its a miracle console or what buts its still kicking lol.

Thank you this upload I have 2 backwards compatible ps3 with emotion engine maybe I’ll get off my arse and syscon diagnose them lol

I'm going to try this in the future to see what errors I get. Does anyone here have a GLOD cecha-01, the hdd light blinks once then nothing.

Great video! One question, does the first method works with OFW?

Quick question, if I purchased the serial cable you linked in the description I don’t need any kind of converter to make it 3.3v correct. My laptop puts out 5v and wanted to make sure I don’t fry anything plugging that cable into my laptop and the description from Amazon says nothing about voltage. You just plugged it into a usb splitter so I assume the big blue end of the cable has everything built in to knock it down to 3.3v thanks again! Awesome tutorial!

Really cool, i wonder if there was a way to restore phones likes that, i really messed up my phone, wont boot no erros just a black screen i mean i dont want to repair it i just only want access to the data because it has passwords for an old psn account in whatsapp cant find the right modell now but i think it was an LG l fino 2014-15, its rooted and whatsapp should be on an old version... fun part is that my mother decided to take the battery out so the data will save be dead or can only restored with a supercomputer

lubricated with SAE 20W is so funny lmao

My G04 parts machine ready to recycle, took off the PS logo and put it on my C04, while fully expecting a 3034... and then my UART came in today, and turns out, it was only RSX Tokins.. It was missing a lot of stuff from the case anyway. Man I feel stupid. It also had an RSX Reflow before it got to me. Also; same error on a K04. Both were about 110-130 hour consoles.

3:00 i Swear, PS3 CECH-2101(at least) have the Yellow Light, but no YLOD