It seems there is a lot of confusion about when 3k3y will be ready for your ps3model. 3k3y team have figured out how to use the device without KEYs, which means you can use the device on OFW, tested up to 4.46 firmware.
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There are 2 motherboard types
- 3k3y Fat, for PATA based consoles (fat consoles with the really wide ribbon cable coming off the DVD drive)
- 3k3y-S (3k3y Sata Slim) for All other units, including Fat consoles which have a Sata dvd drive.
The Sata Fat consoles, and the 2000/2100 models have the Blu ray drive board INSIDE the Blu Ray drive. This means the 3k3y can sit in the middle and is solderless. The 2.5k, 3k, and 4k models all have the Blu Ray drive board inbuilt into the motherboard. The Blu Ray drive using just holds the motor, and laser. The laser cable goes directly to the motherboard. For this reason you will need to solder the adapter board onto the motherboard. For this reason the 3k3y team have made 1 x main board for Sata based models, and are making 3 different adapter boards for these models. The adapter boards are just attachments (daughter boards if you will).
Details of the progress are below:
3k3y Fat ( aka 3k3y PATA ) - In Stock, and available
SOLDERLESS
Works on models
CECHA (PATA)
CECHB (PATA)
CECHC (PATA)
CECHE (PATA)
CECHG (PATA)
CECHH (PATA)
CECHJ (PATA)
CECHK (PATA)
CECHL is a mixed batch, half PATA, half SATA, OPEN YOUR CONSOLE IF YOU HAVE THIS MODEL TO CHECK BEFORE ORDERING!
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3K3Y-S for Sata Phats, and 2000/2100 - ALMOST READY, ETA MID AUGUST
SOLDERLESS
Works on:
Phats:
CECHL (open to make sure its sata model, might be PATA)
CECHM
CECHP
CECHQ
Slims
CECH 20xxx
CECH 21xxx
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3K3Y-S for and 2500/3000 - DESIGN ALMOST COMPLETE - ETA MID OF AUGUST
REQUIRES SOLDERING to motherboard to attach the 3k3y to the drive interface
Works on:
Slims
CECH 25xxx
CECH 30xxx
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3K3Y-S for super slim 400x models - In production - 12th of August
REQUIRES SOLDERING to motherboard to attach the 3k3y to the drive interface
Works on:
Slims
CECH 40xxx
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Source: http://nforush.net/consolenews/detail/3k3y-progress-update-will-it-support-your-ps3-model.html