PS3 Board not holding a charge

Marty PS3 read low all the time!

Is the tether fully connected?

Can you do a conventional reset?

I'm just guessing at usual suspects.

Check the super caps on the tender board.  Make sure the solder points are good.

Tether was checked, looked at the CAPs and they appeared to be well connected, could not do anything in conventional.

Since we were unable to diagnose the issue, he took it back home with him.  I was asking for more for myself at this point.

Cold solder joint at super cap, bad super cap, but based on all the symptoms you stated, sounds like other issues too.  I would have done factory and conventional reset.  Followed by a reload.  If still no go with various symptoms, sounds like a hardware issue beyond a bad supercap.  G

What is the difference between a DCS engine factory reset and a conventional reset? 

Different memory locations are reset for PS-3.  Many revolve around motion.  I can't explain why it would not start up in conventional, but load and operate (with issues ) in DCS.  The good news if you can get it to be recognized by DCS you have the opportunity to use the loader program and reflash the program.  I have restored 1 or 2 misbehaving boards that way.   G