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resurrecting a fat PS3
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You will need an official controller and if the bd is missing you will want the nobd version of evilnat. I don't know if you will be able to use OFW without a bd so better to skip direct to a CFW.
got me a fake PS3 controller. looks the part and what's more important - the PS button is detected!
however, I can't get to load the update from the USB. possibly because I'm missing the BD...? I got the noBD CFW but how can I get it to load? after pressing the start+select combo it's supposed to load the update from the USB but that's not happening, it just says "Checking... Please wait.". the USB drive shows no activity (it's got a LED for r/w activity).
edit: after like a year and a half of just sitting there, it finally prompted me to press start+select for five seconds to format. upon complying, another decade or so passed before it began to install the OFW. fingers crossed!
edit 2: musta crossed those finger wrong, it's now stuck in an update loop... starts installing and at 41% it stops with error 8002F114E. upon restart, it begins again.
~~final~~ edit: you can't install the CFW without the OFW. and you can't install the OFW without a present and functioning BD. so, this thing goes back to the dumpster as it's useless as is. at least I have a fake dualshock controller that doesn't work with my BT adapter...
last edit so far: I got me a defunct PS3 that the same generation and transferred the BD over and... it worked, flash completed and latest OFW 4.91 works! now I'm off to install the CFW!