In recent years, the popularity of video game consoles has been steadily growing. Under them, not only all game hits of recent years are released, but the power of this kind of devices is such that they allow not only playing games, but also watching movies, surfing the Internet and listening to music.
In short, a fully functional and full-fledged media center. Unfortunately, not everything is so smooth. Manufacturers of such gadgets in recent years seem to be competing in the creation of increasingly sophisticated security systems.
Of course, they are primarily aimed at protecting against piracy, but much more nerves spoil honest players. In a word, learning about how to flash a PS3 won't hurt.
What is it for?
We will not talk for a long time about the fact that custom firmware will allow you to play even when you download games yourself from the Internet. Talk about the inadmissibility of such actions will be left to the copyright holders.
We are interested in something else. Thinking about how to flash the PS3, even quite conscious players. What is the reason for this? Imagine that you have a friend who brought a license disc from another country. Think you can play normally? No matter how! Regional protection will not allow you to do this if the prefix is not flashed!
If you are unsure of your abilities, carefully read the manual below before flashing the PS3 yourself.
What do you need to know?
First, we need to find out a couple of important points. We connect the prefix to the TV, go to the settings, we find the item “System Information”. Important! If the firmware version is 3.55 or less, then everything is in order. If 3.6 and above, alas, you can’t flash it yet.
So, before flashing the PS3, you must know the version. Attempting to “sew” an unsupported version will damage the device.
What do we need?
First, get a flash drive. It must be formatted into the FAT32 file system. In the root of such media, a folder with the name PS3 is created, into which the UPDATE directory (necessarily in lowercase letters) is embedded .
Flashing
Before flashing the PS3, it must be completely de-energized. For all models, it is most reliable to simply temporarily unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. After that, the cable is returned to its place.
Then we press the power button, and hold it until the console itself turns on and off. After that, hold the button again and hold it until the prefix squeaks twice. Release the button.
The device will boot into recovery mode. After that, attach the joystick and select the item "System Update". Then your participation is not required. The prefix will automatically install the required files and reboot itself.
So we told you how to flash the PlayStation 3. The main condition is to strictly follow all the points that we prescribed in the article. Once again, we remind (if you have not read the instructions attached to the console) that in the case of firmware or any other independent modification of the device, you lose the right to warranty. So do everything as carefully as possible!
However, software hacking is much safer than a beginner with a soldering iron!