A PS3 Blu-Ray ODD Emulator device

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PS3Key (ODD) - Xkey for PS3 imminent??!! Watch this space...

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By PS3 News

Following up on the previous update, today the PS3 3K3y Team have made available a video, the official features and release date of 12-12-12 for those interested below.

PS3 3K3y Features:

Play your PS3, PS2 and PSX games from any USB media!
No custom firmware required for operation* - you can update to the latest official firmware for PSN access
Integrated game ripper
User friendly intuitive interface
No soldering required
Multi-language support
Compatible with both Fat and Slim models
Supports most file systems, including NTFS, EXT2/3/4, and Mac OS X Extended
High speed USB2 interface
Powerful embedded Linux system running from Micro SD card (included)
Linux firmware fully updatable from USB media
FPGA fully updatable from USB media via built-in, in-system JTAG programming
Recovery mode - it is always possible to recover from a bad flash Update your PS3 as normal, no CFW or game patching required
Pass-through mode. (Use your PS3 in "normal mode")

Currently firmware 3.55 is required for extracting the drive key. Once the key has been extracted the PS3 can be updated to any official or custom firmware. We are working on hardware methods for extracting keys from PS3's already on 4.x firmware.

PS3 3K3y How It Works:

3k3y is an optical disk drive emulator for the PlayStation 3 video game console. It is installed between the genuine Blu-ray drive and the PS3 motherboard.

Once 3k3y is successfully installed and configured it can be used to make backups of your original PS3 game disks to USB media, and play those backups from USB media without the need of the original game disk.

Several games can be backed up to a single USB media, making it ideal as a 'jukebox' for hardcore gamers as well as for families with children too young to handle bluray discs with appropriate care.

3k3y works with most PS3 models, however there are a few exceptions, most notably the new super slim model and all PS3s which comes with firmware 4.xx (after retrieving the drive key the PS3 can be upgraded to any firmware). We are working to add support for these PS3's but you are advised to consult with your reseller if you are in doubt whether your PS3 is compatible with 3k3y or not.

[Helder]

I will definitely be picking one up unless I sell my PS3 (anyone interested? lol), since my system can't be exploited with CFW due to my firmware version but looks like I can't use this until there is a way to extract my key though.

[bungholio]

I'll be grabbing this if I see a use. I mainly just modify games. If this allows more useful things, I might grab it.

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3K3Y Delay Confirmed

By Mujarrad

We have now passed 12/12/12, and nobody has able to get the 3K3Y device. We have received some information that the team will first start distributing in China to see the reaction from Sony, therefore 3K3Y team will take every precaution to market its solution.

If they get no reaction from Sony and the feedback from the market in Asia, then they will release in Europe and wait for the next release, which may arrive in the next few days.

The reason why they did this is because its best for the end users and the resellers, so they don’t end up with a semi functional product.

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Beta Units shipping next week...

By GaryOPA

The team has confirmed the device will ship in January.

The team behind the upcoming 3k3y ODDE for the PS3 has issued a brief status update on the device.
Samples will be sent to beta testers next week and should start shipping soon after that.

As previously reported, the 3k3y ODDE (Optical Disc Drive Emulator) for the PS3 will start shipping in January.

The team has finally confirmed it via an official update on its website:

There has been some slight delays due to the holiday season, but the final hardware has now been tested, and samples will be sent to beta testers in the next few days. We anticipate that the product will start shipping in idle of January.

There you have it. If you are interested on this device, just be patient and stay tuned, it shouldn't be too long for this one to finally arrive!

NEWS SOURCE #1: 3k3y (via) Official Site

NEWS SOURCE #2: News Article #3126 (via) EurAsia

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

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2 Videos Released By 3K3Y Team

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3K3Y - Firmware v2.00 Final (SATA/PATA) Released!

http://nforush.net/consolenews/detai...-released.html

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3K3Y Firmware 2.01 Released!

By mon0

A new firmware version for 3k3y has been made available by team 3k3y. The most important change is
that now the disk key is automatically detected. Find all the other changes that come with the 3k3y fw
2.01 attached below:

3K3Y FiRMWARE VERSiON 2.01 CHANGELOG

- Merge 3Dump and NoKeys
- Support for for PSX img/bin/cue files
- Improved support for for PSX img/bin/cue files
- Support for homebrew/no IRD game ISOs
- Override drive type in 3Key.cfg (3Dump only)
- Improve bad BD handling
- Improved ISO detection time (400X)
- Remove Autoeject & D1 options from 3key.cfg
- Add support for gyo.db & auto detection of disk key

DOWNLOAD 3K3Y FIRMWARE 2.01

Source

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3k3y firmware v2.10 Public Beta Released

By modrobert

Notes for 3k3y firmware v2.10 Public Beta:

For now, while waiting for 3k3y isotools swap disk support, you can use the

Cobra ODE Bypass 4.55 tools to create swap ISO file.

Burn with ImgBurn, use quality BD-R, Ritek worked fine for me. I've read some claim BD-RE will work, but not in my tests, I tried with Verbatim BD-RE(rewritable) and it failed. Also, make sure you use an original game disk which is single layer (25GB), check the Cobra Anti-ODE security bypass manual for more info.

Setting SWAPTIMEOUT over 30 seconds made the PS3 XMB freeze, that is the reason I limit it to 25 seconds. If you get freeze problem in XMB, try lowering the value, or remove the SWAPTIMEOUT setting in 3key.cfg, then it will default to 15 seconds.

The remote display will show "Load SWP disk" or "Load PS3 disk" when the time comes, you need to quickly open the cover/lid and swap to the requested disc and close the cover before SWAPTIMEOUT reaches zero, if too slow the PS3 XMB will detect the open cover switch and give error, in this case try to start over, if that also fails, power off the PS3 and restart.

If you don't own a 3k3y remote you need to pay attention when the motor stops, but this can be tricky, hopefully someone with a remote can post a video on YouTube so you get an idea how the swap is done. During game updates the BD drive can stop without actually requiring the swap disk, if so just leave the PS3 disk in there when updates are installing on the XMB screen.

When installing a PS3 game update there will be several swaps between SWP (swap) disc and PS3 (original) disc, also, after a game has an update installed on the PS3 hard drive, there will be one extra swap to insert original disc during normal gameplay.

If you manage to screw up the swapping, or if it fails by itself, turn off the PS3 super slim using power button and start over. Pay attention to drive motor sound and be careful, since it can spin with open lid theoretically due to the cover switch handling by 3k3y. If a PS3 game update was installing during a bad swap you might have to delete it in XMB, because the update file can be corrupt (signed with the wrong disk loaded).

Please provide feedback in this topic so I can fix the bugs.

Download:

3k3y firmware v2.10 beta

Zip file MD5: 4b2f24cf8b21e87fc8244fba94c955a3

3k3y firmware changelog:

v2.10 Public Beta
* Cobra 4.55 ISO tools supprt, COBRAISO=Y setting added to 3key.cfg

v2.08 Private Beta
* OFW 4.55 swap disc support with game updates working
* No wire/soldering required for cover switch handling
* Remote display swap requests added
* SWAPTRICK=Y setting added to 3key.cfg
* SWAPTIMEOUT=xx (between 5 - 25 seconds) setting added to 3key.cfg
* Optional LANGUAGE=P0T setting added to 3key.cfg, giving P0T-NOoDLE font on the remote display in English (Thanks Sir Garbagetruck aka Lastebil for the heads up)