I Bought the CHEAPEST Backwards Compatible PS3 on eBay...

I went on a quest to find the cheapest backwards compatible PS3 on eBay... and here it is! It's a 60GB backwards compatible CECHA01 console. Although it was indeed the cheapest, it still wasn't cheap ($200+). And it has some problems... check out the video to see what happens.
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[@jrob0021]

Who wants it?? I'll sell it to you for $350, which is a great deal. BTW, if you actually want a good deal, check out my website www.jrobgaming.com

[@blooder81]

Transport damage? "I Will buy that for a dolar"

[@spikeart6360]

so why would i pay 350?? bc that seems like a scam to me...

[@spikeart6360]

@@Alexander_l322 ok thought this dude was serious

[@Shadow_1_b]

I will have is for $19

[@retrogamingcritic3555]

It could be salvageable

[@arenavisionTV]

As someone who sells on eBay and Mercari I'm appalled at the way I see you receive some of your stuff. I hope that you are sending that back. Whoever sent that doesn't belong on eBay or any platform for that matter.

[@damon7845]

Agreed even the cheapest thing i try to send in nice packaging and bubble wrap. Guess I'm also very concerned about getting a bad review.

[@NO_obs]

@@damon7845 I do this too don't really care about reviews though because people never leave them. I just know it pisses me off when packages aren't packaged well so I wouldn't wanna send something like that to someone else lol

[@rickyrosay33977]

One of my biggest pet peeve’s is bad packaging as a eBay seller myself I make sure to put bubble wrap on everything and make sure the inside of the box has no gaps so it won’t move around

[@DMC86X]

I had the slim ps3 along with my launch day PS4 for a while. Eventually I sold them both to upgrade to the PS4 pro and now the ps5. I wish I was able to keep all my old consoles just for nostalgia.

[@matthewzepess5721]

Gotta play it just right, there’s a point where these consoles are worth like $50 with a stack of games at a yard sale. I used to pick up 360 consoles for $10-20 console only or $40 with games and use them for rgh. this was almost 4 years ago when I had time for that but I saw a one original for $40 at a yard sale maybe 6 months ago.

[@matthewzepess5721]

@@Alexander_l322 I religiously looked for jasper motherboards. Never had one fail on me.

[@plasma_cake_678]

My dad has all of the consoles. That sucks that you couldn’t keep them all.

[@zpushy633sora8]

I can never believe that some (Or Most) People would sell their Game Consoles and Games for Whatever Reasons you see I've been Gaming since the Mid 2000's and I still own my Original Nintendo GameCube I got it January 17th 2005 (My 7th Birthday and also that will be 17 Years that I've been Gaming since that Day) I still own my Original Nintendo Wii I got for my 10th Birthday back in 2008, I still own my Original Xbox 360 Elite I got in Christmas of 2009, I still own my Original PS4 I got for my 16th Birthday in 2014 (I believe it's a Launch Day PS4) and Last but not least I also still own my Wii U I got on May 25th 2015. You see I still own all of my Game Consoles from my Childhood (When I was a Child in the 2000's and when I was a Teenager in the Early-Mid 2010's from back in the Middle School Days and then the High School Years) I would never Sell or give them Away except I only Sold one of my Older Systems from 2005 and that was the PS2 Slim which I got on March 23rd of that Year 2 Months after I got my GameCube for my 7th Birthday I Sold it August of 2009 I Currently own the Fat Model PS2 so I pretty much kept all of my Game Consoles and only Sold one of them I didn't Start Buying and Collecting Retro Game Consoles and Games Until I turned 18 and Graduated from High School in 2016 and I'm totally gonna keep those for Nostalgia as well because I grew up playing Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, PS1, and Original Xbox and I Decided to Save my Money to Buy all of those and I went and done it from 2016 to 2019. So that's my Experience with Gaming.

[@dxtremecaliber]

you can buy them again later tho but i still keeping my BC PS3 Fat for PS1 and PS2 games, and PS3 Slim for PS3 games and PS4 i dont have a PS5 yet i hope sometime in next year i will get a PS5

[@garymcmahon3981]

That has to be the worst example of an ebay item I've ever seen, thank goodness for eBay having their insurance so you'll get your money back. How the seller could just throw the ps3 in a box that wasn't even big enough, and then nothing to protect it, must have been in one heck of a rush. What was their seller rating? I can't imagine it was anything in the 60% plus categories. Oh well better luck with your next purchase.

[@samholdsworth420]

Some people just don't care 😆

[@rickyrosay33977]

They probably have more negative reviews that positive ones 😁

[@californiafox3974]

That PS3 has the issue known as the Green Light of Death (GLOD), where the GPU chip itself has died. Very common on the launch 60gb A01s for some reason. (I noticed the launch HDD cover). Most CECHA01s I’ve come across either have the YLOD or GLOD. The CECHE01s have been much nicer to me.

[@tazz1911er]

People bump this so it gets pinned What a loss man a totalled Ps3

[@samholdsworth420]

Word

[@thatguyontheright1]

My first thought was the hard disk was borked from shipping.

[@oliwek70]

@@thatguyontheright1 you'd still get a video signal in that case...

[@ndrewwb]

From my experience, the original 90nm RSX is pretty unreliable and they were used right into the CECH-H models :\ A lot of people mis-diagnosed the YLOD as a BGA problem / the NEC Tokins, which it certainly can be, but finding an A0403034 error code from the syscon is pretty common with those earlier boards too. Someone has done a 40nm RSX mod on an original backwards compatible board earlier this year, though! I think that could be promising

[@4packdaddy]

About 75% of sellers on Ebay seem to be pretty good. It’s the other 25% that gives them a bad name.

[@jrob0021]

I agree

[@toelife2112]

That fan did not kick on sounded like a jet taking off when you first powered it on that's my first red flag

[@williamsibert7441]

Man that PS3 looks like it has 300k miles on it. Good video example of the experience you get from eBay… . My backwards ps3 died after nine years and I bought a slim ps3 and a ps2 also I have retro tink products 5x pro and multi format.

[@danhalo1405]

i personally only buy things from people that have hardly any negative reviews at best none and when they do have a few negative ones i always check what the people criticized and when those people have good pictures of the item that show that it is on good condition. I basically never had any problems with this and when you pay with paypal you always can get your money back in those rare cases you do have problems

[@angelareyes8490]

Miles? It’s not a car

[@checob224]

Man I have purchased a lot of stuff from ebay and never thus has happened to me, you need to look at the reviews of the seller

[@jeffg9058]

I still have my original launch day PS3 that I camped for 3 days to get! I got it on the original very first jailbreak firmware and played games off the hard drive for years. I downloaded GTA V on Thursday before the game released and spent the entire weekend playing it, I miss those days!

[@jrob0021]

Dang 3 days! Nice

[@theshield1613]

Same I got my ps3 since 2006 never got the yold light death and now my ps3 its in my closet since 2009 or 2010 after I got ps3 slim

[@KingStr0ng]

Has it turned into a jet engine yet? ✈️💀

[@jeffg9058]

@@KingStr0ng I haven't used it in a few years but did fire it up a week ago and it works like it always did. I have a small compressor I use to blow all my electronics out so I've always kept it super clean but I'm sure the thermal paste is like the desert now so I'll most likely do a teardown to replace it. I actually just did that on my PS4 Pro because it was ramping the fans up hard on certain games.

[@coffeemakerbottomcracked]

That thing then has more value emotionally than monetary i bet

[@ledumbass6149]

This just hits home I'm a console collector and my luck this year has just been awful 2020 was my best collecting year people needed money and were selling stuff for next to nothing

[@jrob0021]

Seen a few comments saying I should've tried to boot into safe mode - I did try that but couldn't ever get into it

[@HeavyBreathingGamerXD]

@@Alexander_l322 I was thinking the same thing try removing the hard drive

[@theshield1613]

Did you hold the green button for 5-15 sec most of the time it works.

[@jrob0021]

@@theshield1613 yes, multiple times, it never worked. I've done it on other consoles before just fine.

[@DylozWitty]

I recently fixed a slim ps3 with basically the same symptoms, it was a faulty hard drive that I had to replace, don't know if it would be the same for the fat model though. Mine didn't show display for around 5-10 mins before giving me a message saying that it couldn't read the hdd and once replaced, it worked fine.

[@andreaagostiniii_]

1:22 my favourite PS3 model is the Fat one, it's soooo cool! I had it back in 2008, but right now is in my PlayStation collection

[@tankman-ku5zc]

I just got one from a local store and was able to test before buying. Love it so much nothing is more cool than playing ps1 and ps2 on a ps3 plus slightly better graphics with hdmi. It will stay in my collection forever.

[@danhalo1405]

i personally think that Ps1 and Ps2 games played on a Ps3 look really really bad on modern Hd Tv's. Those same games look like a million times better on my same Tv when i play them on my Ps2 slim via component cable. Now there are some retro scalers available for playing Ps1 and 2 via hdmi on Hd Tvs but those have additional costs especially the better ones and i don't even know if they really do make the image quality noticeably better

[@an2rejkk]

That one that can run ps2 and 1 games are knowen for graphics problem like this one on the video

[@MrMarxy]

I own a fat PS3 with the very same model. Got it on eBay presumably quite cheap from my parents. It works, but every time I use it I'm like terrified it'll be my last play session lmao. Occasionally the games will crash. I try to treat the thing with love and care but I absolutely fear the looming specter of the yellow light of death

[@mattclark2670]

Just picked up a CECHA01 model yesterday with 3 controllers, media remote and camera for $80 on Facebook marketplace. I’m so happy

[@Kirusei]

bought a lightly used CECHA model for $330 two months ago and works really well, the worst thing about it really was a weird mark on the panel with the logo but its not that bad already finished Infamous, MGS4, and MGS2HD on the thing

[@joaquinm7502]

I still have my launch PS3, which I got on ebay, I had to buy my PS5 on ebay too. I also found a original PS3 for $10 at a second hand store and that one seems to work.

[@quentinwinters3410]

I really want a backwards compatible ps3

[@XeonProductions]

I managed to get this same model in pristine condition, with like 30+ games from some guy off Facebook marketplace for like $200. It was such a good deal I didn't even bother haggling with the guy.

[@sophisticated]

It needs 2 fast consecutive beeps to reset it if I remember correctly. I bought one of these but the hb version (same thing but no wifi, no card reader and all black, no chrome on the fascia) a year ago for a 100$ CAD. It's in really great condition but I had to change the disk drive and put new thermal paste. The warranty sticker was still on it. I was very lucky! It works perfectly and does not have too many scratches!

[@Faceless-person]

I’ve been a repair technician for the last 10 years. What you’re seeing is something known as the green light of death. Similar to the yellow light of death. The YLOD indicates a general hardware failure where the system is not able to complete its POST process. The GLOD happens when the system cannot even begin its POST test. This is normally caused by a CPU issue rather than the most common GPU power delivery or failure issues that caused the YLOD. Your PS3 is what we would call “braindead” since the cpu is failing to operate, so much so that you can’t even turn the system off. I’m sorry to see this, and if you’re willing to pay for shipping, i could give you a known good motherboard for it

[@flintsy8751]

Nice video👍

[@GoodlyPenguin]

Oh shoot. I think you bought the BC PS3 I was Watching! It didn't have the dust cover and I remembered the price being cheap. Thanks for taking the plunge instead lol

[@jrob0021]

Hahaha yeah be glad you didn't buy it. Although there are a bunch of ps3 consoles on eBay that look like crap lol so you might have been looking at a different one

[@GoodlyPenguin]

@@jrob0021 It's possible. Still makes for great content 👌

[@cortbino6172]

I sell/restore backwards compatible PS3s on Ebay all the time.. mainly I fix the disk drives but I fix other less serious issues as well.. too bad you didn't buy one of mine lol. I always make sure they work and even redo the thermal paste on mine and do things to increase their longevity to my buyers like jailbreak them (last buyer paid 225 plus tax and shipping). I usually pack the crap out of them because I know they are fragile when shipped.. have had no complaints lol

[@shmsyh5047]

Link to any of ur ps3s ?

[@shmsyh5047]

To buy ?

[@cortbino6172]

@@shmsyh5047 so two separate times I have tried replying with my Ebay username but apparently that is not allowed because both times my reply had disappeared within minutes.. so I am guessing that I am not allowed to tell you. I'd like to share my Ebay name with you but maybe KZbin has a policy against posting it for the public that I wasn't aware of. I wish I could help you

[@cortbino6172]

@@shmsyh5047 thanks for your interest in it though

[@shmsyh5047]

@@cortbino6172 okay , no worries

[@jacobieevans6293]

I got a ps3 slim off eBay for $165 almost 7 years ago. It works well but you can tell it'd been opened and has stuff replaced as it has a newer disk drive and hard drive, as well as a few screws missing. It works good at least though.

[@checob224]

Gonna have to say, thats a lot for a ps3 slim, fir a slim $100 is a great price and was the price I paid for mine in great condition.

[@rp71284]

The one useless bubble pack was amazing *chef kiss* GameStop would be proud.

[@TomNode]

A little different over here in Japan, I've just found one for just under $110 + $10 shipping, a lot of scratches apparently, only one controller, the usual cables, no games. It's still a risk obviously but it's from one of the largest 2nd hand retailers in the country so if it doesn't work it has a refund policy within 3 months. Fingers crossed!

[@REXae86]

GOOD LUCK!

[@jamieeedden777]

That's alot I payed 28 pound for 2 which didn't have wires or pads but as I had them from previous PlayStation's that broke in the past I thought it was a good deal both work great

[@anorthelondo6982]

110$? Jeez, most used PS3s are like 50 bucks where i live lol

[@TomNode]

@@anorthelondo6982 A CECHA01?

[@TomNode]

@@jamieeedden777 Was it a CECHA01?

[@mackstryker9774]

the logo on the original ps3 models is supposed to able to rotate so that the logo can face the right way if you choose to stand the console up on its side

[@anthonynorton666]

The masking tape was put there by the yard sale proprietor. It said "$5 AS IS". This is just my guess. Oh, the logo isn't loose. It's designed to rotate with the vertical versus horizontal placement of the console. Found that out in another video.

[@TonyAlbera]

This is why you don't buy used consoles from private sellers. I bought a Sega Saturn years ago that was listed as working. When i got it, the lens didn't read discs.

[@quinnd6]

Maybe try it on a TV. Maybe it's a HDMI handshake or HDCP issue. If you get no picture on the TV try resetting ps3 a couple of times by holding down the power button until you hear the second beep. HDCP can sometimes stop PlayStation consoles displaying on monitors I think, so try a TV, worth a shot.

[@snapdragon9300]

Still got my ps3 as a netflix, blue ray, and Spotify player.😁slim 500 gb model bought on release date, works very well. I regularly clean the cd with a disk, that's it.

[@JMLRetroRoom]

I’ve received worse 😅. I bought two GameCubes for like $27 plus shipping (this was maybe 8yrs ago) with the intention of using the parts only. One of them had what appeared to be melted Lucas all over the outside and some inside. I cleaned it after taking it apart and still salvaged quite a bit of it. I wasn’t mad though, I should’ve been but it was something fun I was doing in my spare time at that time. I even used to POT tweak to read burned games 😬

[@echonomad94]

what is lucas?

[@JMLRetroRoom]

@@echonomad94 It’s Mexican seasoning that’s in a granulated form like sugar. As kids we ate it as it was. The label had a Duck wearing black shades and possibly a black jacket. Very sticky but my GameCube looked like the liquid version of that was all over it. It also smelled like it. Wasn’t a bad smell just sticky.

[@echonomad94]

@@JMLRetroRoom oh

[@dankart4924]

My PS3 cries for its fallen brother. Or I guess maybe father, since mine is a super slim.

[@richardcorona3100]

Ouch. I found my BC console at mega media xchange for 150. Clean and smooth. Hope you find a good one for a good price

[@InTheKnow007]

Whatever you paid for that PS3 it's too much. I would be concerned about roaches and filth getting into your house.

[@poptropicabob]

You could've tried cleaning the HDMI port. Maybe the contacts in the port were too dirty.

[@bryansierra0909]

I bought a backwards compatible + cfw ps3 in south korea for like 80$. Older gen consoles are super easy and cheap to find over there.

[@prinzvalium242]

I bought a FAT PS3 in July this year and got soo lucky. It was clean, came with 17 games most of which were shovelware kind of games, barely had a scratch on it. So now i can play PS2 games on my 4k screen and they still are kind of blurry 🥴. At least i own a PS3 now so i can cross that of my to do list✌️😅

[@TheBotleyBoy]

Get an mClassic. They make your old consoles look great on 4K screens.

[@Rouz102]

When you’re doing the video reset trick you’re actually supposed to hold it until you hear two quick consecutive beeps in a row. Try holding the power button a little longer. Happened to me about a year ago. There might still be other problems with it but hopefully this helps at least with getting you started

[@jrob0021]

That's what I thought too but I tried holding it down longer and could never could 2 beeps to happen in a row like that

[@Rouz102]

@@jrob0021 oof that sucks. must be something like dirty contacts underneath. I saw that you tapped it once and it wasn't working. hoping you get your money back if you don't wanna spend the energy doing a full refurb. Great content nonetheless!

[@CautionusJay]

@@Rouz102 opening the ps3 an easy process.

[@thesummergamer7245]

maybe it's software bricked, you could try to get it in safe mode and install an update file

[@anthonyg001ag]

You should check if if has a hdd and if so put the ps3 software on it by flash drive. (maintenance mode) then replace hdd and try again. Had this problem on an original myself and sorted it out until the blueray drive failed. Ps3 slim modded with custom filmware is the best bet.

[@Hijynx87]

Make sure you give that user negative feedback so others don't fall for the same fate.

[@Meg8554]

Lots of people don't know that the original ps3 have lots of metal parts. Sony did put high quality parts

[@GhostGamer799]

Now we learn not evrething used can be used again

[@CarlJohnson-fw4ej]

if u face this problem in newly bought ps3 the only problem is hard disk. Try replacing or formatting hard disk and install new firmware on it

[@c.l.7525]

Damn that's a rough looking console!

[@kidwithglasses124]

Congrats on finding the cheapest one

[@gamingbalkancroatia3405]

I Got one PS3 super slim for 50€ with 10 games and controller.really cool

[@jrob0021]

Crazy how$200 was the cheapest lol

[@ismaeltorres3219]

Over the summer I found one on eBay for $70, unfortunately it was a ceche01

[@candidosilva7755]

That ps3 had a rough life time.

[@BoboZimbabwe]

I had the same problem with a super slim that I rescued from e-waste. Turned out to be a dead hard drive. I replaced it with a newly formatted drive and flashed the OS. After that it was fine.

[@CarlJohnson-fw4ej]

me also but my ps3 slim destroyed my 2nd replaced hard disk

[@TheDloeblein21]

i got mine off the side of the road in the trash it even had the original controller with it.

[@AttenBot]

I bought a few ps3s from a pawn shop as spairs back in the day. Done the video reset through power button and sold them back for 100% profit

[@Highlazertech]

Did you try the fan blast mode that they have!?

[@JJ-pg9np]

Do you sell the consoles you buy or collect them, genuinely interested you buy loads 😂

[@jrob0021]

Https://www.jrobgaming.com

[@GhostGamer799]

I have a ps2 and ps4 still looking for ps3 with the right price

[@Fenrir_Beernaert]

I got lucky, got one for 80, boxed even! Perfect condition! (yes, on ebay). Just to replay deadly premonition, the silent hills, fatal frames and dantes inferno. I'm going to sell it when I'm done :)

[@xInfiniteCaliber]

I don’t understand how people are this careless. I still have my ps3 from launch day (80gb model) and I have used it/had it setup every day since them. Works absolutely flawlessly to this day and has no scratches.

[@moncalimarimoncalimari8964]

My 60GB model finally died in early 2021 after almost fifteen years

[@badlandssquid]

Oh yeah my PS3 did this too, either the RSX chip died or the HDD did 😞 11 long years for my PS3, rip in peace

[@Xanduur]

About eight years ago, I bought a backwards compatible, PS three and it was shipped in an oversized box and it’s only so-called protection was, get this, that it was inside a dirty pillowcase. Yes, you read that right, a dirty pillowcase. The person who shipped it told me they thought that would be enough to protect it. A dirty pillowcase. Gross.

[@TheGam3Br3akeR]

Quick tip if the hard drive that’s in the system is bad you’ll get these symptoms

[@jonc2276]

I’ve been looking at these on eBay and they say it does the same thing will power on but nothing else. I was wondering for cheap would it be a good deal

[@codmobster5229]

What sucks is the finish of the ps3 is a scratch magnet

[@kingbucketz182]

Installed Hen on my ps3 slim and now I can play all ps3 games for free, and any PS2 and ps1 games I want.

[@yeshua418Q]

It's the green light of death

[@biggezee]

I still have my backwards compatible PS3, but refuse to sell it because I have MvC 2 installed....lol

[@TheSuperHammerBros]

Dude that box tho

[@WhirlingMusic]

200 dollars and it doesn't even work? Does that mean you never get that money back? Holy

[@ihockey0117]

I recently got a ps3 in extremely nice condition fully backwards compatible with two controllers all the cords and 25 games and I got it for $220 best offer I was very happy about that!!!

[@brinothesav7405]

Where?

[@atomiswave1971]

I have 2 units. An original USA launch machine and a UK launch machine. still have the boxes in the attic, in fact I have 3 boxes in the attic I can't remember how I ended up with 3 boxes, but I only have 2 machines and they are pretty much like new.

[@officespace7777]

Ugh. This really makes me cautious now with buying a backwards compatible PS3. Just wondering did you check the rating on the seller before you bought this? If they don't have 100% feedback I don't buy from them.

[@user-mi3hp7wm7k]

The seller should know that packages also need condoms to prevent problems too…

[@dequan916]

That PS3 has the GLOD. I have 3 PS3's, 2 of them are CECHA01's and the other one is a slim. The hdmi on my first bc PS3 does not work so I use component out instead. My second bc ps3 has this problem, but i'm holding on to it in hopes that a reliable fix for this will come around one day.

[@ofenandy4792]

Hi, have you testing the Analog Cable on a analog TV (Chinch)?

[@Hijynx87]

I still have my ps3 slim, it's in great shape too......the controller has drift/random button presses....but that can be fixed with a foam spacer apparently.

[@Hijynx87]

I recently ordered an official gold ps3 controller used from ebay.......if its not official imma f someone up.

[@dragon-tamer7956]

I have the super slim, pretty underrated honestly. I like all 3 models though 😜

[@patkelley8293]

I bought one of these from a local game store and took it back the next day. They over heat.

[@T0UGE.B0]

I got a ps3 without a controller for 50 bucks. It was in almost perfect condition, just had dust all over it because it had been sitting in storage. Once it was cleaned and thermal paste was replaced it runs like new

[@LennyQUMFIF]

How expensive is it to replace thermal paste and all that for FAT ps3? (Paying someone to do it)

[@T0UGE.B0]

@@LennyQUMFIF I actually replaced the thermal paste myself, it’s not as hard as it seems

[@LennyQUMFIF]

@@T0UGE.B0 wait is it JUST thermal paste that you replace for fixing YLOD? I heard you had to replace some other chips idk (not the CPU/GPU/EE)

[@T0UGE.B0]

@@LennyQUMFIF idk but my didn’t have YLOD it just needed new paste

[@tvannatter13]

You are supposed to hold down the power button for like 15 seconds... it will eventually beep twice

[@retrogamingcritic3555]

That's sad I hope they will let you return it

[@Nytrusdeathcyde]

did u try recovery mode?

[@graphicsgod]

Cheapest?!? I call Shanigans!! I got mine for $60 on ebay back in 2010. It had the YLOD, but after a reflow worked perfectly after that. Even was packaged just as badly as yours, actually it was worse! Mine had a huge hole in a corner and it was a miracle the system showed up at all!!

[@stalkershaw]

the best way to own a first edition fat ps3 is just saw the case wide open and put liquid cooling on it then it can be used in the long run..

[@Devillin]

I would never ship something like that. But then, that's why you can return it. When I sell mine next week I will make sure to take this as an example of how never to ship it.

[@jesusbanuelos3373]

I took my hard dive out and put back in and mine started to work again.

[@aswa121235]

That PS3 logo wobble is normal, you can rotate it if you want to use the console in a vertical position.

[@jrob0021]

Yah it's normal to rotate to vertical and horizontal, but this one was extra wiggly lol

[@Saavik256]

I know it is an old console and all that, and that it was probably owned by a kid, but still ... who the heck treats their stuff like this ? My PS3 (the 40GB model) still looks and works like brand new (although it does need a dust cleaning, because it sounds like a jet turbine).

[@CraigyGInDaHut1993]

I have managed to get 2 vackwards compatible ps3's cheap. Got 1 for £15. The daughter stuck more than 1 dvd in it. He didnt know how to fix it. Had it fixed within an hour. Also did thermal paste on it. Next 1 was £20. He didn't know it was a 60gb model and didn't realise the price of them. I just bought that and sold it for a big lrofit.

[@adrianstiles]

I would like to have a fat PS3 with backwards compatibility in the future.

[@peanutbutterchinaman8678]

I've got an identical model with the exact same issue, I got it to boot once by fiddling around with the BluRay data cable but the output was super weird and it almost looked like there were burn marks on the screen

[@IMDYT420]

Most likely a gpu issue or the nec tokin caps

[@Beowulf891]

Least they sent that in a box. I still get things in bubble mailers. 10/10

[@DiGiTAL_S80]

i had a fat ps2 that did the same thing after a fail reflow attempt, it turns on but no display and couldn't shut it off from the power button, looks like the ebay seller has messed with the ps3's motherboard

[@jamieeedden777]

I was lucky I payed 28 pounds for 2 backwards compatible playstation 3.s they didn't come with wires or pads but I already had them from previous PS3.s that had broken in the past both work great

[@chatomairi]

hold the power button longer to access the recovery menu.

[@bkoldies]

I have 3 ps3's and one of my ps3's has this same problem.... luckily the other two work!!!

[@frankiehensley2928]

I bought a BC PS3 that wasn't displaying applied flux to both gpu and cpu new paste and still no display so I decided to swap HDDs held power button to turn off them reheld it til it did 3 beeps let go and sure enough there was a display with the options to restart, format and such. No problems after that. And if it didn't work it would be the gpu,cpu chip. Some sellers will purposely omit the finer details of any system and the most common one is the fact that if it's been opened and messed with. I did laugh when I saw the power cord it was from a Xbox 360 slim power brick

[@reeseizm]

same thing happen to me last week with a ps3 “backwoods compatible” won’t even turn on smh just got my $ back from paypal

[@Trusteft]

I wonder what was going through their brain when packaging this. Actually, never mind, I don't want to know.

[@cgienthusiast]

This dude got the worst luck lol. Good video tho

[@codmobster5229]

The Ps symbol is supposed to be loose so you can turn it if you stand it up.

[@Miller_Time]

For a PS3 slim, I picked up an eBay buy for 100 bucks total.