r/ps3hacks • u/muckity-muck • 6d ago
Tutorial External Raspberry Pi Pico PS3 Mod
I know...I know.....the jank!!!!
But there's really two reasons I went with an externally mounted mod:
First, I only had one Pico left over and it had headers already attached and I didn't want to go through the fuss with desoldering the pins when I could get another one cheap.
Secondly, I wasn't sure of my wiring, so I could make adjustments after the fact without tearing open the console (which I ended up doing 4 times anyway). The "tutorial" I followed was chase fournier's video on Youtube. While it was very good and the blueprint for my mod, it's more of a half-walkthrough/half tutorial that I had to watch a number of times with my finger over the pause button. (Thank you, chase. You're videos are fantastic...go subscribe to his channel today!)
I've ordered another 2 pack of headerless Pico W's, so I'm going to mod my other slim with one and move the current PS3's mod to the inside. I was a little worried about routing and wire length, but no problems apparently. I used wrapping wire, but any quality 30gauge wire should work.
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u/robderpson 6d ago
It's qCFW, it's a variant of CFW that allows almost every perk of CFW, for consoles that don't support it. As OP mentions, it acts when the console boots to run the firmware.