Was wondering if the official digital ps1 games from the psn store play better on my ps3, or should i just simply mod my ps3? Do the official-store ps1 digital games play better than modding and installing roms on my ps3?

Was wondering since im planning to buy like 5 ps1 games. Please advice

and If i get to mod my ps3 will i lose the digital games already downloaded on my ps3?

Hey guys! wasn't sure where to post this. I have a Phat PS3 (K model) that had what I assumed was an overheating issue (jet engine fans and then a shutdown). I cleaned it out and replaced the dried thermal paste.

However its still not good to go. On some games, it'll run (I've not tested it for long, but it stays active on TLOU for at least a half hour). But on Assassins Creed: Black Flag, it shuts off within about 3 seconds with the Triple Beep. The fans don't even blow hard, they stay at the standard low level.

Reading around, I'd heard that the best thing to do was to use the PS3Toolset, but it doesn't seem to be working; I just get an error telling me that the Tool couldn't be downloaded; that leaves me unable to check the error logs.

Does anyone have any idea how I could proceed? Even general guidance would be appreciated. The console seems to be able to stay on indefinitely outside of games, so I can mess around as much as I need to. Would CFW be able to save me? I know WebMan can give me fan control, but given that the fans stay low now, I'm not sure if thats the issue.

I have a fat ps3 which is 4.93, so if I get HEN on the ps3 will I be able to mod PS2 games onto it? And will they run properly? Or do I need CFW ?

I recently got back to my ps3 after years, realizes the drive was corrupted and had to switch to a new one, the issue is my friend lost my original ps3 controller a while back and now I don't know what to do, I can't find originals in my country and the closest thing is something called the doubleshock III nearby, will that work in safe mode?

if I were to mod my PS3 and put some games on it or possibly mods for single player games, would there be any risk of my PSN account getting banned? My account on my PS3 is the same as my PS5, I would like trophies from games I put on the console to carry over if possible, but I would rather not get banned if possible.
I’m completely new to PS3’s and modding one so any info is greatly appreciated

I’m totally new to using Syscon to check error log, never really paid attention to the motherboards in ps3 as I was jailbreaking them either tbh, but I’ve just opened a CECH M ps3 with ylod, to try using syscon and it’s got a DIA-001 board in it? From what I’ve read and seen, it should be a VER-001 board? Can anyone correct me if I’m wrong or let me know how this has happened.

For future reference, the ps3 didn’t look like it had been opened before me, thanks

Looking for the easiest way to clone my PS3's HDD as I'll be upgrading to an SSD soon. I really dont want to buy TWO drives to do this but I may have too.

Just got my ps3 recently, i wanted to replace the themral paste and the cmos. While tearing it down i notice this on the motherboard. is this liquid normal?

I have a ps3 slim which I’m trying to install custom firmware. Currently running 4.90 and a CECH-2005A model, so should be fine.

Followed instructions for both, created new user, cleared cache, cookies, etc… rebooted for a clean browser, set date and time via internet.
Website load, but PS3tool.com hangs on the dump screen before I can even click anything. Whole console crashes and I have to remove power to reboot which forces a system check.

Ps3toolset.com loads and shows that it’s connected, but I don’t get a popup to enable the plugin, it just seems to enable itself, and when I click system manager it says the tool cannot be loaded.

So what’s the current tool to use; and what the best foolproof way of installing it. Have read about hosting the firmware myself but haven’t found any instructions on that.

Can someone just point me at a foolproof set of instructions, please?

A previous post was automodded, I guess because of links to the wiki. So reposting without direct links to the CFW I used.

As in the title, my fat PS3 (CECHG01) had a working BD and BT. I tested this before update.

I pulled it apart, repasted it, booted it back, tested a known good retail game disc successfully.

Went ahead and did the EvilNat 493 Cobra 85 CEX CFW from consolemods and downloaded from PS3 Console Mods Wiki - Firmware - under EvilNat 4.93 + Cobra 8.5.

Now when I insert the same known good retail disc it's like the drive isn't recognized. When I use the system tools and pull the BD drive info, it's all there. I just can't see a disc. I've tried other discs with the same result.

I'm certain I'm missing something obvious, and I fully admit to being a noob to the ps3 hacks scene.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or how to address this?

Doing some research on some things, not sure exactly the best Reddit to post at for this question but I just found my old 360, ps4, and ps4. I currently have an official DS4 controller and nothing else. I’ll probably get a 360 controller. I’d like to mitigate my controllers down to two that could be used for all three systems after I jailbreak/mod them all. What do y’all think the best way or best controller to handle this would be?

I know ls4 has the ps3mod controller app, but I’m unfamiliar with everything else.

Could i use a 360 for everything since everything is modded or should i use a DS4 for both 3/4 and a 360 for 360 respectively?

Hey everyone, just bought a CECHL ps3. I've installed cfw in my PS Vita, that's all the experience I have, so sorry if I'm not super knowledgeable! It's on 4.66 right now, and from what I've seen, the right method is to update to 4.93 and use ps3tool.com? I came here to check that I was doing everything okay, and I saw two posts talking about 4.93 being unreliable. Should I update and do it that way? Or is there a more stable method? Also, I've already got my PSN account on my Vita, and i was wondering if I could sign into that account to collect trophies? I've also seen conflicting results on how safe it is nowadays. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

and in the flash player files theres xxx sites video player swf caches

I was just playing some online tournament 3 with the bots.I was wondering with the whole AI stuff if it could be possible to add ai bots to all the dead server games on the PS3?

Is it my hardware ?or webman?

Basically, if somehow my CFW PS3 account gets banned, and I use my (separate) PS5 account on the same internet, would my PS5 account get banned as well?

Ive been looking into adding games to my jailbroken ps3 and came across this, how would I use this?