Hacking PS3 fat, CFW4.86 NoBD -> bricked/looped ?

darkesha

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Im pretty new in this ps3 modding scene but am a fast learner. I also spend probably 20 hours total invested in this hobby. I do have 2 PS3 fat consoles I got for free, then one I paid $10 for (this will be my ripping console and also the original 4USB port one I got brand new in 2006 or 2007)

This is a bit of intro into problem I have with my second console:
I started PS3 hobby with 2 consoles I got for free where roms didnt take discs in and both were in the flash loop (due to disc issues). I think owner gave up on them since they were locked up and useless to him. I did buy his original PS2 however.
I got them both out of the loop due to taking them apart to replace paste and once assembled the flash loop finished and they updated to whatever they got started 5-10 years ago in the first place.
I was able to update first one to OFW4.86 and then rebug CFW4.86 right after. Then I played with PS2/PSX isos and was pretty happy with it.
The flash of the second one kinda went super fast and I noticed multiman didn't boot properly. I figured this is because issues with BDRom again so I tried cfw4.86 no BDRom (i have it saved on my other desktop if anyone interested).
I wasn't really happy with it so I took it apart again and my BDRom here started working afterwards. I thought to re-flash with CFW4.86 but PS3 would not see the fw (tried multiple of USBs). What I also noticed is that when booted without hard drive this second PS3 would boot with rebug screen in full resolution without any issues. my first one would not work without hard drive.
I thought my only option was to try to boot with official fw through online download and this is where I run into loop.

So - I couldn't flash with CFW4.86 and now im officially locked into install loop with OFW due to somehow CFW NoBD locking the boot sector or something like that.
Anyone has explanation on whats going on ?

To make it worse - my BD roms are different between these two consoles so I can't take second one and fix my first one.
 
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