# CECHA01 PS3 project introduction \- William Quade

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Sony’s original PS3 consoles were built to do everything\. With built in support for PS1, PS2, and PS3 games, in addition to a Blu\-ray player, the launch PS3 models were very versatile\. Last November I bought a CECHA01 system, the original 60GB fat model, from eBay for a little over $50, less than 9% of what the original MSRP was back in 2006\.

While I did know that the original Xbox 360s had reliability issues, I didn’t know that the original PS3s were also so prone to failure\. In an effort to keep my PS3 running for a long time I’m modding the system to run as cool and quietly as possible\. This is the introduction to a series of blog posts documenting my experiences restoring and modifying my original PS3\.

# Topics

Here’s a short list of topics, in no particular order, that I’m planning to cover:

- Console teardown, and reassembly\.
- Downgrading the console to 3\.55 official firmware\.
- Custom firmware installation\.
- Playing online with custom firmware\.
- Case cooling mods\.
- Delidding the PS3’s CPU and GPU to reapply thermal paste\.
- Thermal pad replacement\.
- Powering the PS3 with an external ATX computer power supply\.
- Manual hardware fan speed control\.
- External temperature display\.
- Mounting inside of a computer case\.
- Water cooling\.

For an up to date listing of topics that I have covered, see my [projects page](https://quade.co/projects/) \.

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