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Im going to show you how to make your e3 flasher usb powered (or power by plugin).
Why would you want to do this? We don't always have the opportunity to keep a
ps3 running, and that is usually needed in order to extract a cid from your
most dead of ps3s. This will not harm your e3 flasher if the instructions are
followed, but the risk is yours to take.







You're going to need:
e3 flasher
wire
Soldering iron
a usb cable (one that you are willing to cut up) |Alternatively you can use a wall plugin. Most phone chargers etc can supply the 4-5v we need|
tape

1. Let's start with the e3 flasher
On the bottom of the flasher it should look like this

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2. cut two 4-5inch pieces of small wire (one black and one red?)

3. You want to solder one wire to positive and one to negative

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should look like so:

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4. Tape over it to prevent shorting

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5. Cut one end of the usb cable off and expose the two wires
*If there are more than two wires, tape them all to the side, leave red and black, or whatever + and - is for you
Hopefully(in most cases, it will be easy to destinguish which of the two wires is + or -, but if not
you will have to test with a multimeter.*

6. connect red+ to red+ and blk- to blk- from the new wires on the e3 flasher, to your usb cable


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7. Plug the usb into your PC (most if not all will supply 5v, the max amount to power your e3 flasher)
Less than 3v will not power it enough to get a backup
Do not use over 5v it is the max



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Part 2
Extracting a NOR chip to get a backup(retrieve a CID) from a completely dead Ps3


What you will need:
externally powered e3 flasher
heat gun
Access to NOR chip



1. Strip the ps3 to the motherboard

2. Locate your NOR chip

3. use your heat gun to blast directly at the NOR chip until you can EASILY slide the chip away

So now you got one or some of these

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4. Once you have the chip, it is just a matter of squeezing the chip into your usb powered e3 flasher's clip
and going about it as you normally would get a backup
* e3 flasher's lights should shine very bright. If the e3 flasher's lights are dim, you have the chip in backwards.


Hope it helps !

Thinking about that, that would actually be awesome powering e3 from a battery! but then would have to find a method to charge the battery when its run out of juice.

Anyways i thought i'd go ahead and attempt using a usb cable which was giving me between 5.01v-5.04v, it worked sucessfully!

now what im thinking is, would this work on a working board? if so would make downgrade process quicker, im a little strap for cash at the moment so i personally cant try myself yet, when i do have a little cash spare i might attempt

whats your views?

Yes it works on working boards, i have flashed my console like this before but the console has to be powered on iirc.

Great tut , just help me fix my e3 - didnt power up on a ps3 since i smoked it , but now works wonders

Lol kool bro

thank you. I have been looking for something like this

Nice post^^

hi can you help me please I just got my new e3 what other wires do I need to connect also my usb cable has got 4 green white red black

" *If there are more than two wires, tape them all to the side, leave red and black, or whatever + and - is for you
Hopefully(in most cases, it will be easy to destinguish which of the two wires is + or -, but if not
you will have to test with a multimeter.* "

I would assume you will need to tape the 4 green white to the side, and leave red and black.

You can confirm this with a multimeter. Plug in the usb so the wires are live, and use the multimeter (change it to dc voltage,if you don't know) to see if the red and black wires supply voltage, and you can see how many volts your power source supplies.

its my desktop and do I just connect it directly to e3 the red and black or add a another red and clack to te usb cable to e3