PS3 Swap Switch Tutorial

Hey guys, also wanted to know how many volts run through the orig. motor cable and orig. sensor cable. Was thinking about setting up two old LEDs i had lying around(one white - 3.6V/4.0max to indicate orig. functionality, one red - 1.7V/2.4max to indicate manual load mode) and wanted to see how i'd go about doing it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I think it would look awesome but i might have to buy new LEDs all together with better voltages because i don't think it'll work with these. Lemme know!

Peace.

 

Original motor uses I thought 3 or 5 volts but I think it is better to use 3 volts (works fine for me).
And why do you want to know voltage for sensor? cause on the senser only needs 1 switch to turn it on or of.
And the switch doesnt use any electricity if it is in middle.
And about the plan of the LEDs, I dont really get it. Do you want to have one of the led always on to indicate if u use manuel or original? or only when you use the mod? cause when there is always a led on it uses lot of batterie

 

Ah yes, that would be quite the waste of batteries...oh well. Thanks for the info. bud. I'm almost done with the housing for my switch and its lookin' pretty good at the moment. I will post pics when i find a camera because at the moment, i can't seem to find anything .

Peace.

 

Haha fair enough m8. But I love seeing new ways people go about "hacking" new consoles.

 

Do you remember anyone tested swapping PS3 original game with a blu ray ps3 backup?
Cause I cant remember anyone tested it. I have feeling it maybe would work but no one tested it yet.. (cause we dont have blu-ray bakups).
I give it 50% change it would work with blu ray game with smaller toc than original.

 

Ahh...I think I remember reading that Pizzag had someone send him a backup in the mail and when he tried the trick, it messed up his PS3 somehow. I believe he said it was on a DVD so I'm guessing that's probably why it messed up but I'm not sure.

But yeah, I think he was the only one to have done it.

Peace.

 

Since there were so many questions about internal supply I thought I would chip in a few cents and give you all a clue.

I'm not ready to crack open my ps3 just yet but here are some things I know.

USB voltage is 5V and is > 300mA
thus, one can easily tap a USB port and use this design to regulate 3.3V@300mA

http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,,766_818_ADP1712,00.html

also it seems logical that you can build a simple circuit connected to the toggle that would spin down the motor by gradually lowering the voltage after power to the laser has been averted. This could all be put on a simple board with a single momentary on switch and a PIC or AVR controller to take care of everything with just one switch and maintaining the proper voltages with the right parts from analog devices.

Ive taken quite a few electronics courses and read Bunnie's book, but I'm not ready to go trashing a PS3 for experimenting since I'm so poor at the current time(student).

Hopefully though my post will inspire someone that can afford a few mistakes.

Just remember to do the math and you can never go wrong.
V=I*R (volts = amps * ohms)
P=I*V (watts = amps * volts)

P.S.
It also helps if you think of the whole thing as a state machine. Make a table of all the devices you plan to affect, then note what state (on/off) they need to be in for each activity. It makes it quite easy to write the micro controller code.

 

PS3 60 GB PAL/UK Firmware 2.30

!!!Comfirmed Working!!!

 

qintoobli, thanks bud.
Frankly i don't think they'll ever patch this, for newer ps3s don't even support ps2 games anymore.

 

yea maybe but someones bound to ask

 

Only if someone finds a way to run ps3 backups through this method they will patch it...
I think sony has more things to do, than just a little mod that only few people have, and that may bring new problems if they try to patch it.

 

yeah...just to let you guys know, i got the swap switch mod working...works great!!! easy as hell to do when u have the tools and the parts...for a guy with no soldering experience it went very well....just wanna say thanks to all "the team", u know who u are, and everybody out there who contributed to this... oh yeah and for the record, I was another one of those people who originally did this for import ps2 games...just kinda fall into backing up games once u have the possilbilty and or oppurtunity....thanks again...later!

 

Just wondering about this switch. Is it easy to do for someone who has no soldiering experience. Also for those in the earlier pages of the thread who have problems with their ps3's was it from not waiting until the laser stopped before swapping discs? I just want to know if this is safe to do if you make sure you wait until the laser stops. I would also like to get that other switch to retain original functionality. also why are some people using batteries, I thought the tutorial didn't mention anything about using batteries as a power source?

 

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>>>Just wondering about this switch. Is it easy to do for someone who has no soldiering experience.

Yes, I would say so - I found a switch which had loops in so i wrapped the wires around them - but I had a friend who can solder so i got him to solder to secure the wires - I think the hardest bit i found was getting MYSELF to open the thing up - let alone opening IT up! ( the PS3 - If you know what i mean!).

>>>Also for those in the earlier pages of the thread who have problems with their ps3's was it from not waiting until the laser stopped before swapping discs? I just want to know if this is safe to do if you make sure you wait until the laser stops.

Well I used the advice of someone in this Thread! (Thanks to whoever it was!) of putting the screensaver on and doing something in the 10 mins other than using the PS3 like getting a packet of crisps or something!!
- QUICK answer - Yes is was from not waiting 8 Mins 30 secs so it is Safe as long as you wait 8 mins 30 secs - to be sure do the screen saver thing!

>>>I would also like to get that other switch to retain original functionality.
ok - nothing to say!

>>>also why are some people using batteries, I thought the tutorial didn't mention anything about using batteries as a power source?

the power source is 3.0 Volts to operate motor (or something similar) and 2 AAA batts equal to 3.0 Volts (1.5 each for the maths!!!) which is the same voltage that the transformer that pizzag Used is - I used batteries as when i bought a transformer i took it to the guy who did my soldering and he said that i had got an UN-REGULATED transformer, he described it as: "it swaps positive and negative polarities loads of time a second - like flicking the switch left and right 50 times a second" - which is what we dont want - or something like that so i stuck to the good old batteries.

I really hope i helped and didnt go on too much and i answered your questions!

Please if you have any corrections about this post then please correct it and so on one guide anyone wrongly.

 

I was wondering, we all know a NTSC ps3 can't play pal content, but has anyone with a swap switch loaded a ntsc dvd and then swapped for a pal to see if it would play? I want my Iron Man region 2 cartoon dvd's to be upscaled, but I can't play pal content.

 

What you could do it rip it and re-encode it onto another disk using dvdshrink or something similar.

 

just a quick question:
If you ever wanted to undo this mod and return the ps3 to original functionality would you just unsolder the wires from the motor and plug in the blu-ray sensor? Or is there more work involved when returning the ps3 to factory state?

 

You would just follow the same steps in reverse.

 

If your original button didnt died like mine did (cause I didnt cut original wires that go to motor) then its easy to return to original.

 

Does anyone knows if Final Fantasy XI will work with this method? I know it'll work, I mean if it will connect to the servers [using US version on a Jap PS3]? Won't be there any DNAS or region problems? I wanted to get FFXI but I wanted to make sure first. And the Jap version won't do good cause I'm not that good in Japanese
Thanks in advance.