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No PS3 backwards compatibility (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Some of them did it partly in software, though - and they were less compatible. The European FAT models all worked like that.

Sadly, the fully-backwards compatible models are all ticking timebombs, unless you get the RSX chip replaced with a later model. It's a problem with the underfill on the chip which resulted in the YLOD, which is basically Sony's variant of the red ring of death.

I have an early FAT model and it still runs stable, but I'm afraid to use it because I know it will fail eventually if I do. It does look sexy asf though!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. Recently took mine out of storage. Setting up a game room now that my kids are old enough to trust them. Did an SSD upgrade the other day. Will look into the chip issue.