• Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    That model in the picture is one of them. I don’t think all the fat PS3s could. But nearly all of them. Was why they were chonky.

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      3 months ago

      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!

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        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.