80010201 8001000A PS3 network problem and fix (No WiFi, no ethernet error)

[@neobluemax]

Had the same exact issue here. Eduroam access point was killing two fat ps3s. Killed the AP and they both worked.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for sharing your case! May I know how did you kill the AP? Isn't Eduroam provided by schools? I thought they can't be turned off.

[@neobluemax]

@@hardwarerepair200 I unplugged it because I’m able to do so. It’s an Aruba AP broadcasting out at full power.

[@hardwarerepair200]

It seems many people having this problem have Aruba devices.

[@neobluemax]

@@hardwarerepair200 it’s possible the power on the radios are turned up too high on the Aruba APs and over saturation of the area interferes with the ps3 antenna or the card itself. Could some internal shielding help?

[@kazandibi.]

I admire your dedication and effort. Congratulations and thank you.

[@DanSlatford]

Can confirm! This bug is kind of wild. I acquired my first ever PS3 only yesterday (CECHJ03). Been mucking about with it in the workshop, all fine, but only this morning the networking screws up much as you described. Wired only works enough to obtain a DHCP lease on a cold boot, then the link fails. Inconsistent status reported (eg, shows an IP, but also no link light), no SSIDs found, but worked fine yesterday. Assumed it's probably duff hardware. Only since finding this video I've worked out it's specifically the Aruba VPN/access point I sometimes use for work that's the cause. I also run my own Ubiquiti AC Pro just feet away with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks enabled, WPA2-PSK and this doesn't cause any issue. Boot the Aruba, boom, wired and wireless networking fails consistently on the PS3. Presumably something related to the enterprise SSID it broadcasts. I'd never have put those things together were it not for this video! How has this not been common knowledge for years? Maybe because few people use a PS3 in a modern workplace or otherwise rarely had enterprise networks nearby. Thank you!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Yes, it is wild. When I told people about this, many said I am on drug. So I decided to make a video to raise the awareness. It also took me a long long time to figure it out. Thank you for watching! And please share it around the internet (reddit, twitter), we need more people to know about this and come up with a better fix!

[@ColWoodrowDolarhyde]

I can also confirm that I was having the same problem on the CECHA01 that I bought brand new years ago. I also happen to have an Aruba device in the same room and as soon as I unplugged that, I was able to connect via Ethernet and WI-FI. I also suspect my Xbox 360 is also receiving interference from the Aruba.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am sure other people will find it useful!

[@darthawesomness]

You were right on the money, absolutely wild. Like working with archaeotech. I took an tower panel from an old dell and dropped it infront of my ps3 as an impromptu radio wave shield. Worked in seconds. Thank you for the info, just the description gives people an idea.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for watching! Please help sharing it out and let more people know about it. Otherwise, people might throw away their innocent PS3 thinking that it's broken.

[@p4radigm989]

maybe the CIA has installed a brainwave disruptor WiFi in your Office area

[@hardwarerepair200]

Oh no, should I call FBI?

[@zira_fluff4105]

Very interesting. I have a PS3 SuperSlim and two FAT PS3 cechk-01 and have not noticed the WIFI issues (yet). Appreciate the investigative narration.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for watching! Since you have a Super Slim, I am sure you could figure it out easily when it happens to your FAT. But it is always good to be aware before it happens! So that we won't freak out and throw away completely innocent FAT when it really happens.

[@hedw1gP]

My CECHL with WPA2 Personal, 802.11ax around doesn’t have these issues, so I guess culprit is WPA2 Business

[@hardwarerepair200]

It seems very likely to be WPA2 Enterprise. Another user also report the same problem the moment he boots up his WPA2 Enterprise router.

[@thebestaround-pl6bb]

Unhook the small black wire going to the network card. This is the antenna and allowed me to use wired ethernet without interference issues thank god.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Depending on the WiFi strength. in my case, the WiFi is so strong that it interferes with the PS3 even without the antenna. But you are right, the first thing to try is to unhook the antenna to see if it solves the problem.

[@ChristiUitt]

My PS3's WiFi just stopped working a few days ago and I also can't scan and connect to any WiFi's anymore so I guess this is the problem.

[@hardwarerepair200]

You can confirm it by bringing your PS3 to another location (perferbly less WiFi signals) to test it again. If your PS3 works in other locations, that means some WiFi signal in your home is crashing your PS3. It could be from your own router, or even from your neighbours.

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

I found a ps3 in my nephews old video game bin and decided to clean it up and update the firmware i noticed it wasnt connecting to the internet long story short i went ahead and tried to update via usb it got to about 50% then just stopped bow its stuck in a loop and i cant get it out and ive tried just about everything, i heard that i need to either replace the wifi/bt module or cmos battery im.gonna keep trying to see what happens i have a slim model so i cant replace it like the fat because it is intergrated into the mother board.

[@hardwarerepair200]

In later models, you can't replace the WiFi module.

[@SOTP.]

updating a faulty ps3 is like shooting your own leg

[@SmokeStack456]

I have the same problem no Ethernet nor WiFi I tried to replace the WiFi antenna but that wasn’t possible

[@hardwarerepair200]

I don't think replacing the WiFi antenna would work. I have tried that on CECHA and CECHH.

[@SmokeStack456]

@@hardwarerepair200 Yea I eventually bricked this console after a failed update and now looking for another one preferably another FAT but there is a slim at my local pawn

[@hardwarerepair200]

@@SmokeStack456 You can't even get into recovery mode?

[@SmokeStack456]

@@hardwarerepair200 no . After the update went wrong I formatted the hard disk through windows disk partition wizard. Wiped the 80gb clean tried to install a new hard drive and PlayStation OS would not recognize the new one

[@hardwarerepair200]

@@SmokeStack456That's indeed very strange. RIP to your PS3.

[@VXFluff]

Wow, this makes so much sense. I was wondering why my ps3 wouldn't connect to any wifi (including 2.4ghz hotspots) in my dorm. There's sure to be a ton of interference since I'm next to a hundred other rooms all with wifi access. The question now is how tf do I shielf my ps3 from the wifi signals?

[@hardwarerepair200]

Indeed. I tried building a makeshift Faraday cage using metal mesh sheet. It only reduces the strength of the WiFi a little bit. But still not enough for the PS3 network connection to work again.

[@SOTP.]

@@hardwarerepair200What if you wrap the wifi module in alluminium?

[@MaxerTehGaemer]

This litteraly happens on my jailbroken 60gb cfw evilnat when i try to install stuff on PKGi it stops and when im logged in on psn i get randomly signs me out this error is pissing me off now

[@hardwarerepair200]

I know how you feel. This problem had been annoying me for a really long time until I figured out the solution.

[@MaxerTehGaemer]

@@hardwarerepair200 is it like the WiFi chip I ain't tearing my PS3 apart or is it a router problem

[@MaxerTehGaemer]

Because my Internet provider is spectrum

[@hardwarerepair200]

It is a router problem. In my case, it is the router from my neighbor which is so strong that it penetrates through multiple walls to my room and crashes my PS3.

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Same my internet provider is Spectrum And the Wi-Fi provider at my nana’s house is Wind stream And I have a PS3 Phat (CECH-HL01) and a PS3 Slim (that has a broken disc Drive) and it’s a CECH-2001B

[@Amadeus_]

This just happened to me today, at home, on my PS3 Super Slim. I was just logging on to buy some avatars from the PS3 store. I mainly play on my PS5, so my PS3 sees next to no use. The last time I used my PS3 to successfully buy avatars was back in November 2023. So weird that out of no where, it just won't connect online... Edit: Crisis averted. Reset my router and it's working again. Very weird but whatever. At least it worked!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for sharing your case and providing the solution. It seems many other users here also solved the problem by changing or resetting their routers.

[@SmokeStack456]

Can I buy one of your fat ps3? Preferably the CECHA or B

[@writtenskate522plays]

Why does this happen? Does the ps3 hardware not handle that much 5ghz wifi signals it finds?

[@hardwarerepair200]

From what I know, Sony FAT PS3 uses Wi-Fi class 802.11 b, which is known for its instability. But I am not an expert in wireless network, so I hope someone can provide more detail about this too.

[@JoseRobles]

Hey everyone, I also have a fat PS3 and Aruba APs in my household so I was experiencing the exact same thing shown here. So I did a bit of detective work and I managed to find a solution that works for me. The FIX: go into your Aruba settings and edit your ARM profiles (A & G radios) to disable "ARM over the air updates". After disabling it for both profiles my wired and wireless connections no longer drop/crash after a couple of minutes of working from a fresh bootup. Try it out if you have access to change the settings.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for providing the solution! I am sure people will find it useful!

[@JoseRobles]

@@hardwarerepair200 My pleasure. Hopefully this helps out anyone having a similar issue.

[@cybcarr]

just please use a wired connection all the time!! +++

[@Wurstifier]

How is he supposed to do that? The whole network (also wired) breaks down.

[@pig1800]

you really watched whole video? that unknown malicious(to phat ps3) wifi signal crashes whole ps3 network subsystem, both wired and wifi goes down.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Yes, I like wired connection too, that's why I started my video with the wired connection. But sadly, Wi-Fi signals are nearly everywhere these days. Even if you don't use Wi-Fi at home, your neighbor's Wi-Fi might leak into your home too.

[@hardwarerepair200]

The tricky part about Wi-Fi is that, even if I turned off all my Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi signal from other neighbors can still leaking into my home. That's why once the problem I describe in the video happens, it is quite troublesome to troubleshoot and solve. It's not like that you can break in neighbors' home and turn off all their Wi-Fi lol

[@AbdAbdAbdAbd]

a faraday cage may be a good solution since it can block Interference

[@hardwarerepair200]

That sounds like a possible solution! I wish I could see someone building it, since I am not good at building stuffs.

[@FightCain]

Does this mean that my fat PS3’s Ethernet and wifi is damaged since it crashes so much? Is there any way to disable the wifi for the PS3? I got the CECH-L model

[@hardwarerepair200]

I don't think it is possible to disable the WiFi using the official firmware. By default, it is always on and listen to wireless signal even if you are using ethernet. You might be able to do it using CFW and modify the registry location to deactivate the whole wireless function entirely. www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Talk:IDPS

[@qw-v1q]

Had a phat one a couple years ago, it sadly died. Still have a working Super Slim, though the wifi doesn’t work.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Sad to hear that bro...

[@ArtisticMysticSoul]

I have a slim PS3, and I am having the same problem. It was working fine, and now it is not. Even bought a used one and it does the same thing. Even with Ethernet directly plugged in.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Check what kind of WiFi signals are in your room. Try to eliminate them as much as possible. This problem can be fixed by removing the problematic WiFi signal

[@adamdwills]

I have a CECHE01 model doing the exact same thing. I don’t know what’s going on. I can’t check my ps3 slim model because it won’t even turn on right now. I think the power supply went bad on it. I am trying to do a full system restore to see if that fixes the problem.

[@hardwarerepair200]

I hope your CECHE01 is simply having the WIFI interference issue that I mentioned in the video. Keep me updated bro! Let me know if you need any help.

[@adamdwills]

@@hardwarerepair200 will do and thank you. Glad you made the video.

[@ELREYNINFAyt]

Yo tengo 2 PS3 FAT CECHL. Las dos les pasaba lo mismo error 8001000A. Cambie el protocolo de seguridad del router de WPA2-PSK / WPA-PSK A WPA2-PSK Y ya dejo de ocurrirme.

[@rigo3477]

Hola bro, cómo puedo cambiar el protocolo de seguridad del router?

[@عايشفيرعايش-ز6ز]

What should I do I have the same problem 🇱🇾

[@hardwarerepair200]

Go to a room without WiFi and try again. If you don't get 8001000A/80010201 anymore, that means one of the WiFi signal is crashing your PS3. Find out which WiFi signal is causing the problem.

[@SOTP.]

@@hardwarerepair200then what LOL

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

I wish someone like you was nearby in my area, I have a PS3 which won't even power up. I believe the GPU is dead, not sure who to go to

[@hardwarerepair200]

If you are in the US, I am sure there are many talented people such as @computerbooter1566 who could fix it.

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

@@hardwarerepair200 I'm in the UK, I'm not sure there's many people like computer booter around

[@Geomanb]

Yes I have got the same issue right now: no ethernet, no wifi on an CECHC04

[@hardwarerepair200]

Your PS3 is probably still fine. You can bring it to another place or the house of your friends and try again. If it works in other places, and not your home, then you need to figure out which wireless signal is interfering with your PS3.

[@Geomanb]

@@hardwarerepair200 I ordered myself a UWB-001 module - perhaps this is also dying...

[@hardwarerepair200]

As I have mentioned in my video, the WiFi module is not the source of the problem. It is the WiFi in your room crashing your PS3. If you are living in a remote area, you can try turning off all your router WiFi and try again. However, if you have neighbors living close to you, their WiFi might also leak into your home. You need to ask them to turn off their WiFi to make sure there is no WiFi signal at all in your home before testing it.

[@noah-d2t]

hi could you help me i was trying to region unlock my ps2 and went into launch elf but coulnt get out so i just restarted my ps2 but now when i put any type of free mcboot memory cards into it just stays frozen on the free mcboot screen can you please help me

[@hardwarerepair200]

I replied you in another video. Can you check that?

[@pooria8823]

Hi man thank you very much now I understood the problem ; but I have one question when ps3 couldn’t find access point ( crashes ) is it always need to be restore to difualt setting even if I go to the right place with less WiFi signals or is it possible to connect to WiFi without restore , because right now I live in dormitory and I can’t move to some other place but trophies are very important to me and can’t connect to any WiFi right now , so that’s it I want to now play and get trophies and then when I go to the right place I sign in; because as you know if you restore ps3 default settings trophies will not save if you don’t sign in , thank you for your attention ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@hardwarerepair200]

There is no need to reset the network setting, I didn't do it in my video and it works when I moved to a place with much less WiFi signal.

[@pooria8823]

@@hardwarerepair200 so when you go to a good place with less Wi-Fi signals you don’t restore th ps3 to default settings and your ps3 find the network , thank you for the answering my friend I subscribe you

[@hardwarerepair200]

@@pooria8823 Yes, exactly! Which model do you have?

[@pooria8823]

@@hardwarerepair200 brother how should I know which model I have ? I just bought my ps3 from eBay two days ago and it does not have any box . Just one important thing when I go to system information of the console it doesn’t wrote any IP for my console , is it possible that this is a problem for not connecting? It is strange that console doesn’t have IP address

[@pooria8823]

@@hardwarerepair200 my ps3 fat is ps3 fat yakuza 3 bundle limited edition but I don’t know what is the exact name of the console

[@pig1800]

I wonder why your voice sounds so different compared to the video 5 months ago...?(4 ylod fix one)

[@ClubRocker24]

He is probably using some kind of TTS. But to be honest I liked the previous (real) voice even if it is not the author's native language (judgeing by accent)

[@pig1800]

@@ClubRocker24 Ah, I completely did not notice it's a TTS... Thank you for your explanation!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for supporting my channel! I am exploring different alternatives to voice over my video. As you may notice, I haven't been uploading anything recently. Things are getting pretty busy on my end. How do you feel about this new voice?

[@pig1800]

@@hardwarerepair200 I like your contents, and I watched this video right after it gets uploaded XD I just wonder why there are different voices... was those voices generated from TTS instead of you speaking yourself? or you are just trying to speak differently? But anyway, good contents as always, the voice thing is just my little curiosity :)

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thank you for your comment! Glad that you like my voice! If I have time, I will definitely record my own voice. It is indeed some kind of TTS. I wrote the script, then my friend read it out aloud for me, haha. Any feedback for my friend? He is also new to this. Since I am a bit busy recently, I am exploring different ways to voice over my videos. Most of the online TTS tools I found are quite robotic. The realistic one costs money (per word). Do you know any free TTS that sounds good?

[@p4radigm989]

if the WiFi is frying the PS3 receiver, imagine what it does to your brain

[@hardwarerepair200]

True! I prioritize wired connections over wireless ones due to their reliability and trustworthiness. Despite the lack of scientific evidence linking WiFi to brain damage, I don't like to have a strong signal emitters in my home.

[@lucalanzi9345]

Doesnt work like that. Radio waves are less potent than light waves visible to the naked eye. Hence why they go through things.

[@eugenioarpayoglou]

Nothing, because radio waves, including microwaves, are non-ionizing radiation.

[@blueskies792]

WiFi sucks anyway. Turn it off and use a cable.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Indeed. The worst thing it is that other people's Wi-Fi can leak into your home too. You can turn off your Wi-Fi, but you can't turn off other people's Wi-Fi.

[@Matthijs47XD]

I have the same issue with my ps3 slim.

[@Kbsho.ْ]

I have slim and i have that problem man

[@hardwarerepair200]

Have you figured out what's wrong in your case?

[@DJDowney-i8m]

@hardwarerepair200 I have this exact same issue with my fat PS3

[@hardwarerepair200]

Chances are, your PS3 is working fine, it is just crashed by some very strong WiFi signals. You can try turning off all your WiFi in your home and try again. But if you have neighbors living close to you, their WiFi might also leak into your home. In that case, you also need to tell your neighbors to turn off their WiFi so that you can test it out. You need a zero-WiFi environment in order to test your PS3 properly.

[@maxtieslol]

so how about 80130128 ?