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Helpful Resources

The title says it all, useful resources and information relating to the PS3


PSX-Place

The Number 1 forum for all Playstation Consoles, Especially the PS3. This forum hosts a multitude of helpful resources for Homebrew, Hacking, Exploits and CFW (Custom Firmware) and Repairing your console.

Particularly useful forum posts:

Your obligitory "Read This Before Posting to see if your question has been answered" post. However, it still has huge amounts of useful information

What causes the Yellow Light Of Death?

Frequently Asked Questions on the forum

Relating to YLOD, What specific types of hardware failure are most common?


PS3 Developer Wiki

MediaWiki based website with detailed information about virtually every single component, system, variation, exploit and accessory of the PS3.


ps3linux.net

A website dedicated to the explanation, programming and running of Linux on the PS3 and by far the best website i've seen on the subject. Interestingly, the entire website actually runs off a PS3 itself.


ps3xploit.me

A website that contains a full suite of tools for exploiting and jailbreaking the PS3. Was infamously seized back in 2021-2022


brewology.com

Contains Homebrew applications, Game updates and general information about homebrew on the PS3


PlayStation 3 Architecture

A detailed and fun to read analysis of the PS3's architecture. Covers practically the entire system and is a good resource if you want to get into programming or repairing these consoles


user RIP-Felix's YouTube Channel

While his contributions to the PSX-Place forums cannot be overstated. His YouTube channel does contain some interesting videos. Most notably a near 1.5 hour long documentary diving deep into the root cause of the Yellow Light Of Death


MrMario2011's YouTube Channel

This channel produces the best video tutorials i've seen for installing CFW (Custom FirmWare) and jailbreaking the PS3. He also produces content for similar modifications on other consoles and general fixes.


PS3 Secrets

A similar website to this one, covers more niche information about the PS3


PlayStation 3 Architecture

A detailed and fun to read analysis of the PS3's architecture. Covers practically the entire system and is a good resource if you want to get into programming or repairing these consoles


r/ps3homebrew

This subreddit contains lots of useful information and posts for homebrew on the PS3


RPCS3

Multiplatform complete PS3 Virtual Machine. Allows a person to run PS3 games on their PC