refurbished either by Sony or Sketchy local modders).
SOME PS3's HAVE BOARDS SWAPPED (a.k.a.
MAKE SURE TO USE AN UNMODIFIED & MD5 CHECKED "flash_484.hex" FILE ON USB DEVICE!*.
DO NOT POWER OFF THE CONSOLE ONCE STARTED.
DO NOT USE THIS ON CECH-3xxx/4xxx OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR CONSOLE!!!.
CAUTION: MISHANDLED FIRMWARE FLASHING CAN LEAD TO A BRICK - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!.
Support with some CECH 25xx models, to be sure your console must have a minver of 3.56 (a factory installed firmware 3.56 and lower) to know for sure you can run the minverchk.pup to avoid bricking (semi) this model.