122w ago - Not long after Gaia Manager for Custom Firmware v3.55 arrived, PlayStation 3 developer drizzt84 updated his OBM PS3 Mod which includes support for PS3 backups to version 2.05.

Currently the release supports PS3 Custom Firmware v3.55 and can be found to download in the first post linked below.

Download: Gaia Manager V2.05 (3.55 PS3 CFW only)

Changes in Gaia Manager v2.05 include:

• Use harcoded payload (less crashes)
  
• Use another payload (with syscall36), it should never crash inside game now
  
• Reminder Gaia Manager has the Sony logs cleanup since October 2010 and it's always active and working...
  

122w ago - Recently drizzt84 has updated Gaia Manager for playing PlayStation 3 game backups to version 2.00, followed shortly by v2.01 and v2.02, which also support PS3 3.55 Custom Firmware.

Features now include integrated PS3 LV2 patching with peek and poke support, and the full changelogs are detailed below.

Download: Gaia Manager for PS3 CFW

V2.02 (3.55 CFW only) Features:

• Fixed compatibility with old ps3s
  
• Improved start up time (it's faster now)
  

V2.01 (3.55 CFW only) Features:

• It does not try to load the syscall every time you start Gaia Manager, but only the first time. that should be fix some crashes when reopening Gaia Manager.
  
• It's reported that if the PS3 crashes sometimes you will need to do an hard power off / power on (detaching cable and reattaching).
  

V2.00 (3.55 CFW only) Features:

• Built for CFW 3.55 (with peek & poke support), integrate lv2 patching support (so, no need to use lv2.pkg). You need to remove old Gaia Manager...