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p3FREE can support the FAT PS3 and SLIM PS3, and all region.
The P3FREE boot step:
- 1. Remove the AC power cable from your SLIME PS3, or turn off the AC switch with your FAT PS3;
- 2. Insert the P3FREE, and remove other USB device if you inset it before, and eject the disk from BD drive if exist;
- 3. Insert the AC power cable to your SLIME PS3, or turn on the AC switch with your FAT PS3;
- 4. Touch the PS3 power button to active PS3, then touch the EJECT button quickly;
- 5. You will hear some "beep beep" sound from PS3, then the P3FREE RED LED will start to blinking, after a while, the RED LED will turn off and the GREEN LED will turn on.
when you see the GREEN LED turn on, it mean P3FREE have active already, now you can take off the P3FREE if you want.


Quality/Usability : With Sony going after PS Jailbreak, backordered Teensy's and ATMEL chips all thanks to PSGroove (open source) and clones flooding the scene. P3Free is one of those open source clones that is made by the team behind the solderless Wii-Clip for the Nintendo Wii. Upon receiving the package, the P3Free comes in a anti-static bag and 8-pin FPC cable. Unfortunately, P3Free Team rushed the P3Free just to make it for shipping and did not have a PIC Programmer completed. So those who received the first batch of P3Free (marked with [F]) can not upgrade until the PIC Programmer is completed (more info about situation and solution below). Luckily, the files are preinstalled with "PSGrooPIC1.4_wUSBHIDC18-BTL_LEDG-B4_MCLR_12MHz.hex" so no need to load them yourselves. When the PIC Programmer is finally available, you can update the P3Free with similar file,Simply plug-and-play and is compatible with Original PS3 and PS3 Slim.

Unlike some clones, P3Free logo is not printed on the casing but instead labeled with a sticker. Printed on one end of the casing is "FONT SIDE". When I first saw this, I thought typical Chinese misspelling when it was suppose to be spelled "FRONT SIDE". Eventually I found out that its to let you know how to insert the FPC . The FPC cable has writing on one side while the other side does not. So the side with writing will be facing up. On the end of the P3Free is a RED LED, GREEN LED, RESET button and slot to insert FPC cable. The case itself feels sturdy and looks well built. Since the files are already loaded, lets get to knowing how to use it. The process is the same as the PSGroove and requires 3.41 firmware. Anything above this will NOT work as Sony has blocked off this method. Anything under 3.41 will cause some problems.

The P3Free boot step:

1. Remove the AC power cable from your SLIM PS3, or turn off the AC switch with your FAT PS3;
2. Insert the P3Free, and remove other USB device if you inset it before, and eject the disk from BD drive if exist;
3. Insert the AC power cable to your SLIM PS3, or turn on the AC switch with your FAT PS3;
4. Touch the PS3 power button to active PS3, then touch the EJECT button quickly;
5. You will hear some "beep beep" sound from PS3, then the P3Free RED LED will start to blink, after a while, the RED LED will turn off and the GREEN LED will turn on. When you see the GREEN LED turn on, it mean P3Free is successfully active, now you can take off the P3Free if you want.

Video of how to boot P3Free

Having successfully getting the P3Free to load on the first try, I thought I would try it out by installing some homebrew files such as FTP Server, Snes9x and Backup Manager. To instal

these applications or any homebrew applications, you will need to download and save the .pkg files to a USB drive such as thumbdrive or harddrive. To install, simply insert USB drive to the PS3 and navigate to "INSTALL PACKAGE FILES" on the XMB under GAME. Select the file you want to install by pressing X and it will automatically install the file. All applications installed and loaded without any problems.

As we mentioned above that P3Free Team rushed P3Free just to make shipping so here is what they have to say about the situation...

NOTE FROM P3FREE
when the first batch goods ship out, the bootloader code is not ready yet, so we burn the stable v1.4 code in it, to make it can shipping at first time.

now we work with one new code that come with bootloader, and will teach user how to DIY the p3free to come with USB upgrade function.

in fact it's very simple, just SOLDER ONE SWITCH to p3free, and use any PIC programmer that come with ICSP port to burn the new code to p3free.

maybe is not easy for some new user, but anyway it's one solution still for who want to upgrade their p3free.

P3Free Team are giving those from the first batch an option for those not comfortable with soldering a switch. They can ship a new P3Free kit that will be USB upgradeable or get one port PIC programmer. So don't worry, you're not stuck with an un-updatable device.

Conclusion : Overall, the P3Free USB Jailbreak PIC Programmer worked like it should by taking advantage of the PS3 USB exploit that allows you to install homebrew ,Unfortunately, those who purchased and received the first batch is left with a non-USB updatable P3Free. The only way to update is by using a PIC Programmer but even this is not available at time of this review. But the USB updatable version is available and will be shipping instead (label will be marked in blue color "F" and red color "1"). If you received the first batch, you can contact P3Free and they'll send you the new USB version as well as the PIC Programmer when its finally available.