"PS3 is almost 14 years old" In my head it's still "Next-Gen". I feel so old...

Still have my 80GB model. Works great. Has more fingerprints than the FBI Database, but that’s a small price to pay to play a library only Sony’s machine could offer.

Wow, I have been inside of more PS3s than I can count for repairs, the majority of them being between 2011 and 2016, and I have almost NEVER seen one as clean as that before. You definitely found the golden ticket there, not to mention it's around 5 years older than the ones I worked on.

I still remember when the PS3 came out, you couldn't go anywhere online without someone saying "PS3 HAS NO GAEMS" or calling it a glorified movie player. Including that Bluray player really helped them move units though. Even though the PS3 was stupid expensive, it was _still_ cheaper than most standalone Bluray players. A lot of people bought it just to be able to play their shiny new HD movies.

"I Bought An Original PS3 On eBay...And This Is What They Sent Me" let me guess, a PS3?

FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE US DOLLARS RIIIIIDGE RACEEEER

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe when they launched a PlayStation 3 was the cheapest Blu-ray player you can buy

Since you're planning on keeping this around mostly for PS2 games I'd definitely recommend you jailbreak it just for access to fan control. I personally set my fan to dynamically cool and keep the system from going higher than 65 C. With the way the PS2's emulator works, you don't have that same level of control but you can set your console to automatically bump the fan up to a certain % when booting a PS2 game. Plus a big bonus of course is you'll be able to play whatever PS2 games you want from the internal HDD.

The ps5 better be backwards compatible. That’s literally all I care about for a new console other than improved power EDIT: WELL THEN... it was expected anyways

not gonna lie when he said it hasnt been opened in 12 years i was scared shitless thinking we were gonna see huge ass bugs inside, i got ptsd still.

"I bought an original PS3 ... and this is what they sent me." No way?! You're telling me they sent you an original PS3, exactly what your ordered. I can't believe my eyes.

Few things that came to my mind: -I think it just boils down to keeping it clean and cool, those capacitors will die no matter what. Delid it and replace that crusty thermal paste. -Oiling the fan bearing helps with the noise that may occur, my 80GB made horrible (literally) "niuuiuiuiu" sound.. -Be sure to replace those NEC/TOKIN capacitors and heck yeah get the newer model PSU that is APS-xxx (black plastic casing ones).

So true about the wrestling games. How they haven't gone back to that old style is a god dang mystery to me.

Yes, but is it the grill?

This was worth waiting 25 minutes for you to play Here Comes the Pain.

So did I two years ago, and fingers crop it's still going strong and is my most used console.

This man is the embodiment of every gamestop employee

I've got 4 bc PS3s in my collection and have had my Japanese launch PS3 for over 10 years and has CFW running with custom fan speed built-in and I play it almost every day. I reballed it within the first month I owned it after it crashed twice whilst playing a game which got me a bit worried...best decision I have made. ZERO issues on the greatest PlayStation hardware ever and with the CFW I regularly play all-region free PS1 PS2 PS3 and even PSP games. The original beast still going!! Thank you Sony ❤

The new background and desk look great! I love watching how your channel changes over the years

Man this really took me back to the Yellow Light Of Death times. :') My friends giving me their "broken" consoles and me fixing them without them knowing it wasn't scrap. good times good times lol

Cheers Spawn. Got an A01 recently (pretty rare here in Aus) and did a repaste last night. Your advice with the paste amounts and BR ribbon cable were much appreciated.

I would like to see a ps3 with liquid metal instead of thermal paste that would be very cool to see if it works or not.

Currently doing an attempted fix of my launch 60GB PS3. It got YLOD back in 2010 or 2011 and I'm replacing the NEC Tokin capacitors after never trying to fix it before due to not liking the idea of reflow/reball. I'm awaiting some parts and it's definitely *not* an easy system to work on but hopefully I get my beloved behemoth back soon. We'll see as this fix has been done before. UPDATE: The rona stuff made it difficult to order the parts needed but they'll now be here in a week! I'll update on any progress!

OMG, the nerve of eBay to send you a PS3 when you order a PS3!

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Been wanting the backwards compatibility to play PS2 games. Thanks for doing this.

22:30 Perfectly said. Best WWE game ever made period

It was so satisfying to watch as you doing this whole thing with PS3!

This is also why emulation is so important. These more modern consoles just don't have the longevity of the old cartridge based ones without moving parts.

I must've gotten lucky as hell with my 60GB launch PS3 that I bought all the way back on launch day as I have not had a single problem with it. Never been opened, never needed any repair of any kind and has worked flawlessly since day one.

This teardowns of used consoles are really interesting, I got a ps3 for super cheap, seriously like 25 bucks a couple years ago and just had to mod it for the fan to work hard and the console not shut down on overheating, but overall it works just fine

I bought my OG PS3 about a week ago from a Value Village for $8! Haven't tested everything yet, but only thing issue I've found so far is the Red flashing light problem, somewhat fixed that and in the process broke the eject / power Circuit ribbon cable. I ordered a replacement from Ebay though. Edit: It's fixed and working great now!

A PS3 on that condition is a definite find, especially the model you found. I guess you'll be tiring it if the PS5 ends up being backwards compatible with the all previous games. However, I somehow doubt it will includ the PS3.

I still have my old PS3. It was the MGS4 bundle. I remember at the time it was an incredible offer. At that point they had already removed PS2 compatibility on all models, but they brought it back one last time just for this edition. Also it was the first bundle with the new Dualshock 3 instead of the Sixaxis. I think it was also the first model with 80GB.

I really recommend installing custom firmware if you can, you'll be able to control the fans and PS2 backwards compatibility will be region free.

Love this one. Very nice machine. I still have my 60GB one, and you inspired me to go over and clean it up.

The PS3 Super Slim was my first console, I bought it with my first sallary... And I love it till this day. I don't boot it very often after I bought the PS4, the 3Ds and now the Switch, but it's still my most precious boy. Such great memories!

Luckily I found my CECHE-01 with a friend in an electronics recycling dumpster at my school. I use it on the daily

had a playstation 1 die, sent it to sony>>>they fixed it for free and gave me a copy of Jersey Devil. had a playstation 2 die, sent it to sony>>>they fixed it for free and gave me a copy of Okage: Shadow King had a playstation 3 die, sent it to sony>>>they charged 200$ for what was, according to the invoice, a 35$ repair. same playstation 3 dies again a year and a half later (original model)>>>they charge 200$...i can't remember the value of this repair.... 2011: PC gamer since.

Loving the new setup, After watching the tour of the office I'm very pleased with how the new setup looks and it's pretty fresh!

Very interesting as always Jon. Come on 400k subscribers!

I got the 80gb model for $50 works perfect even has the warranty sticker on it

'They said it worked.' That's what they all say. As someone who's built a large gaming collection, 70% or so from eBay, I can say from experience that eBay game/console sellers are some of the biggest bull-s'ers out there. I've returned so many items due to ridiculously inaccurate descriptions and outright lies. 'It was working fine when sent it...' is another favorite.

I still got my og 80gb backwards compatible one. Still playing mortal kombat Shaolin monks to this day 😊

AH!! You are SO close to 400K subs! Congrats man! I've been with you since your early days of covering the switch :)

You could buy two Wiis, a remote and Twilight Princess. Or.. more logically, one Wii, three remotes, four nunchucks, Twilight Princess, WarioWare Smooth Moves, then for Virtual Console, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda, Mario Bros, G unstar Heroes, Bomberman '93, Dungeon Explorer and Sonic the Hedgehog for a grand total of $598. Still cheaper than a launch PS3 with nothing. And remember, the launch PS3 didn't even come with the required HDMI cable. The official Sony one was another $40 and sold separately.

i still have my 60GB PS3s shell, i made a lamp out of it

The new desk and lighting looks great Spawn.

Love the setup! Looks great.

Why so they call it a motherboard? Because father always has a large library of dad jokes to keep himself entertained.

Here comes the pain brings back some memories, Dr. Thuganomics John Cena was the best! 🔥

smackdown here comes the pain i miss that game glad to see u still have and love it

I just got a PS3 cech01. And wow the images looked good. And wow , I need to give it a bath as it's dusty. I've watched so many of you're videos that yeah, I can do that.

we need an update on these types of models for sure we have better quality technology available. hope we have at least better ps2 backwards compatibility like this on ps5 if they can do ps4 they can do ps2 and ps1 at least. memory cards and old controllers are a pain and the virtual memory card was very handy to use

I'm just realizing that the "playstation 3" has the same font as the first 3 Spiderman movies.

I love that black on black they really shoulda kept it like that with all the original models

Still have my 60 GB launch PS3 and the box and all accessories! And yep, it does still work!

And in Europe, we had the launch delayed a few months only for it to show up with the feature removed, thanks Sony!

I remenber my A01 yellow lighted on me when I started playing ff xiii. Thats the first time I started playing it for about 2 to 3 hours daily. And it dies probably on day 7 of me using it like that. Sony should be ashamed of releasing such an expensive console in that state. And they never admitted this was a genuine issue.

I could have hooked you up with my 80 gb Motorstorm bundle that still works perfectly. All i've had to do was replace the Bluray drive in it back in 2013. I've been debating on selling it but I feel like it should go to a good home like yours. Lol.

Awesome TechWave video Jon(SW). Really great pickup Jon, the games are looking so clean on the OG PS3 :-).

Aw man, you got a steal! I paid nearly $400 for my B01 cuz they're pretty hard to find in good condition

It was interesting to find out actually how much the MIPS R5900 GS+EE really cost Sony, which was less than $5 per unit. I think axing the GS+EE actually hurt the system, along with the premium pricetag. The RSX with it's dedicated RAM and even the Cell's difficulty to work with and code for weren't strong suits, but they weren't hurting it as bad. The loss of the emulation engine in the PS3 hurt it too, but by that time, the damage was done by the exorbitant pricetag. I would have maybe used Carbonaut Thermalpads on the other chips and maybe the CPU and GPU, or maybe Noctua NT-H1, but that's personal preference. Overall how clean the system looked is good to see. It really means it could have been taken care of really well. Good find. One good thing I liked about the PS3 was the BR-Drive had a very accurate error correcting system, because even some harder to read PSOne and PS2 games would work very well, even with light damage to the surface. I really wish Sony hadn't ended the backwards compatibility, but had kept supporting it. It really highlighted the system rather than hurt it.

I still use my PS3 to this day, was actually just playing some MGS3 earlier today. I really regret selling my PS2 when I was younger, I'm definitely copping one from eBay so I can re-experience all the classics I had growing up.

your videos are almost as good as the ifixit ones for repairs but way better for actually learning about a system before you open up a system. Great explanations and info for what to be ready for.

If you want a CECHA01 to last forever it is mandatory that you change the thermal paste under both of the heat spreaders. I've successfully done this and installed CFW on the system then played MW3 and various other PS2 games for 10 hours straight and the highest speed the fan reached was 40%.

I've got the E01 model so basically the software emulation version and I can say with Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex and Burnout 3 Takedown that there were some graphical hiccups so I ended up not really using the PS2 software as much with it which is a shame. The Wrath of Cortex does look better on the PS3 however.

Man, Smackdown is a blast from the past. Brings back great memories.

Just found one of these on eBay by chance. It’s supposed to just be missing a hard drive, but I have a spare 80 GB model I can yoink the HDD from. Hopefully the rest of it works too! I’ll probably take it apart to clean and reapply thermal paste if it does, just so that I can help preserve it for as long as possible.

Damned lucky you found that screw before it dropped down into the power supply.

Hopefully you won’t need that because the PS5 will be fully backwards compatible ;)

My 40gb CECHG01 is in cosmetically bad condition and dusty around the fans, but it has survived 13 years in my family, and a basement ceiling leak, (it got some water drops on it) but it has NEVER had any yellow light or never really crashed at all. A year ago, After 6 years i pulled it out of the basement and bought a few games for it, until the basement had the leak. After all that dust and play use, idk how it's still running like a dream to this point! I sometimes play on it when im bored.

I wish I was more informed with what PS3 was PS2 back compact when I got mine in 2018. I got the fat model that isn't backwards compatible unfortunately, but on the bright side I got a really good condition PS3. Plus, the seller bundled 12 games with it.

I still have my backwards compatible 80GB PS3! (the one that came bundled with motorstorm) with the original packaging, warranty sticker intact and everything lol i wonder how much its worth now

I bought the og launch 20 gig for 530$ and eventually traded it in later on, worse mistake of my life

Wow, this is really cool! You're really informative and entertaining to watch. Thank you, keep it up 👍

After all these years I thought it was only the 60gb PS3 models that were compatible with PS1 games! I had to pause the video when you mentioned that any PS3 could play PS1 discs, and then popped my Hogs of War disc into my PS3 super slim straight away, so thanks for the info!

I got one of these on eBay years ago, and it overheated within an hour of use and stopped working. Had to return it and buy a slim from Target, instead.

Perfect to install custom firmware.

Excellent and informative!, thanks for this video man

This is the model I got for Christmas one year. Total surprise, I was very excited.

Hey Spawnwave, can you link what HDMI Splitter you use to record your PS3 Footage through the Elgato?

23:05 The Ps3 or the game might be bugged because I don’t see John Cena...just the name. Weird.

Very nice find to be honest man. When I first opened it up once the fan started becoming loud, it was like looking into the dust bowl. I managed to clear out most of the dust but I've yet to apply the new thermal paste. At the moment it's still in storage. Just know guys if you manage to find one of these old units in good condition you've found something special. I laugh when I remember the early units had a Linux Operating System and then Sony got sued for removing it in the later models lol.

I still play on my ps3 to this day. Love that console. I've been playing a lot of splinter cell games lately.

1:08 "the B01 ... yeah! we got one!" (The Verge) 🤣

Found one locally on Craigslist with a broken HDMI port everything else works

I have an E01. It's the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle model. The full model number is actually CECHE01 MG. It was a good deal at the time and still is because of the backwards compatibility.

My first gen 60 gig PS3 still running strong.. I have a 1tb SSD in it right now.

I really want one. Sucks that they don't hold up too well.

I wish the PS3 had come out with 512MB of XDR main ram and 512MB of DDR3 video ram instead of the 256 main and video we received............same thing for the xbox 360, wish it had come out with 1024MB of GDDR3 unified ram instead of the 512mb that we got. Reason I say this is that the xbox 360 came out in november 2005 and the xbox one came out in november 2013.......8 year generation. doubling the ram would have helped but I guess no one expected the world economy to die in 2008

I have this model, after 11 years still running like a champ , my favorite console , beside all black looks better !

I have a 60 gig backwards compatible ps3, it’s my original system from back in the day, I only use it for ps2 games basically. I didn’t realize how much these have gone up in price and they are desirable. I would never sell mine but great find. Yours is in great shape.

Have a MGS4 bundle CECHE01 PS3 here that's still going strong.

The Wrath of Cortex is getting a remaster.

Thank you for letting me feeling old with "It's 14 years ago when the PS3 came out"...... But best thing is, you didn't even test it before ripped it apart :D

I sold my brother my slim PS3 to get myself a fat model, gotta admit that is a beautiful machine, I got an 80GB model, interior was a mess, super dusty and thermal paste was dry. Got some thermal grizzly on, gave a deep clean with one of your teardown videos and works like a champ!

Does anyone know a company or a person who can fix my PS3 backwards compatible. I had a couple of companies try to fix it but no luck. Can anyone help plz. Thank you.

rich review usa farted on my a01 and it stopped working

the main issues ive found with these old ps3s is the thermo compound under the heat spreaders drys out and that is what usually causes the ylod cause it over heats and melts the solder under the gpu and cpu. sony used cheap thermo compound i delided my ps3 and put some thermo grizzly under it (artic mx-4 works well too) and then used a mod chip to speed up the fan to a constant 35% speed. it stays around 55c instead of 75 to 90c. yeah its loud but its cool and that what counts.

When you started playing here comes the pain it hit hard!! Old school classic right there amazing.