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PS3 Reference TOOL Kit Arrives for the PS3 News Dev Team!

Category: PS3 Hacks & JailBreak  By: CJPC - (ps3news.com)
Tags: ps3 reference tool kit arrives ps3 news dev team decr-1000a

198w ago - Well, I hinted at it last week, that we were getting something BIG, and yeah- we did!

It retails for $10,250.00, weighs in around 45lbs, is around 19" wide and 24" deep. If you have not guessed it yet, it's a PS3 TOOL, also known as a PS3 Reference Kit, also known as the DECR-1000A.

This unit is the big brother to the new DECR-1400A, and has many more features than the newer, neutered counterpart. Most of them are outlined in my recently updated thread, but the jist of it is that it has dual 400GB hard disks, dual HDMI outputs, 4x LAN connectors, analog audio output, VGA output - just to name a few.

Compared to a PS3 Debug/TEST unit, the PS3 TOOL can do MUCH more, including diagnosing exactly what is happening when perceived "exploit" code is run to crash/hang the PS3. However, the biggest feature is having the ability to capture output from the PS3 Hypervisor (LV1) and the PS3 Kernel (LV2)!

More will be posted in future updates on what our PS3 Dev Team can do with it, as this literally just arrived and was unpacked/set-up a few hours ago.

Needless to say, its massive, and has so many features it will take our DEVS quite awhile to get through. We need to start testing on a low firmware (around .85) and work our way up to 3.00, looking for exploits among other interesting things.

This is truly as good as it gets when it comes to Sony PS3 hardware though- lots more to come... until then, check out the nice picture below!



Stay tuned for more PS3 Hacks and PS3 CFW news, follow us on Twitter and be sure to drop by the PS3 Hacks and PS3 Custom Firmware Forums for the latest PlayStation 3 scene updates and homebrew releases!

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#46 - jirachi155 - 198w ago
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Originally Posted by hacked2123 View Post
Quote 0.85 eh? I remember the first "crash" that allowed me to swap with that firmware...and it didn't help me understand a thing back then, now it makes so much sense, and you all have TOOL+TEST, so sick!

Have Fun

i've never heard that fw since now �_�

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#45 - hacked2123 - 198w ago
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0.85 eh? I remember the first "crash" that allowed me to swap with that firmware... and it didn't help me understand a thing back then, now it makes so much sense, and you all have TOOL+TEST, so sick!

Have Fun

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#44 - sharks - 198w ago
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this tool, if used right, could be incredibly informative. the ps3 has been secretive for too long. it's time to break the 3 years of silence!

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#43 - tilla - 198w ago
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Ah I remember these bad boys from when I was in the QA department at EA. Had one running NFS Carbon and another as a foot rest

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#42 - Warrorar - 198w ago
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very good news

i hope you will find what you are looking for.

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