PS3 Hardware and Compatibility Information (In Work)

Alright I have been seeing a number of issues regarding the region of the console/hardware information as well as region coding information for the discs. Generally Blu-Ray is regionless therefore it should work on any console though the trouble comes when you try to get DLC content off of the PSN Store.

This first table here is going to explain how to identify your consoles model number and then some of the specs for the console which can also be useful when purchasing a console:

Model number	Release date[8]	Model	Regions	CPU	GPU	Power Supply
CECHAxx	Nov 2006	60 GB	00 01 06 07 12 (JP, NA)	90nm	90nm	380W
CECHBxx	Nov 2006	20 GB	00 01 07 12 (JP, NA)	90nm	90nm	380W
CECHCxx	Mar 2007	60 GB	02 03 04 08 (EU/PAL)	90nm	90nm	380W
CECHDxx	unreleased	20 GB	(EU/PAL)	90nm	380W
CECHExx	Aug 2007	80 GB	01 05 06 11 12 (NA)	90nm	90nm	380W
CECHFxx	unreleased	80 GB	(NA)
CECHGxx	Oct 2007	40 GB	01 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (NA, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHHxx	Oct 2007	40 GB	00 01 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHIxx	unreleased	40 GB[a]		65nm	65nm	280W
CECHJxx	Aug 2008	40 GB[b]	00 02 03 04 (JP, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHKxx	Aug 2008	80 GB	01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (NA, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHLxx	Oct 2008	80 GB[c]	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHMxx	Oct 2008	80 GB	03 (UK)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHNxx	unreleased	80 GB		65nm	65nm	280W
CECHOxx	unreleased	80 GB		65nm	65nm	280W
CECHPxx	Oct 2008	160 GB	00 01 04 05 06 07 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECHQxx	Apr 2009	160 GB	00 (JP)	65nm	65nm	280W
CECH-20xxA	Sep 2009	120 GB	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	250W
CECH-20xxB	Oct 2009	250 GB	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	250W
CECH-21xxA	Mar 2010	120 GB	00 01 03 04 05 07 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	250W
CECH-21xxB	Mar 2010	250 GB	00 01 03 04 05 07 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	250W
CECH-25xxA[d]	July 2010	160 GB	00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	230W
CECH-25xxB[d]	July 2010	320 GB	00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	230W
CECH-30xxA	July 2011	160 GB	00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	230W/200W
CECH-30xxB	July 2011	320 GB	00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 12 (JP, NA, EU/PAL)	45nm	45nm	230W/200W

Alright to add on to this previous table is one that explains what the "xx' could be replaced by and what the numeric code represents:

Code (Suffix)	Region	First Release Date	First Model Released	SDTV Region	Blu-ray Region	DVD Region	PS2 Region	PS1 Region
00	Japan	Nov 11, 2006	CECHA00	NTSC	A	2 NTSC	NTSC-J	NTSC-J
01	North America	Nov 17, 2006	CECHA01	NTSC	A	1 NTSC	NTSC-U/C	NTSC-US
02	Australia / New Zealand	Mar 23/23, 2007	CECHC02	PAL	B	4 PAL	PAL	PAL
03	U.K. / Ireland	Mar 23, 2007	CECHC03	PAL	B	2 PAL	PAL	PAL
04	Europe / Middle East / Africa	Mar 23/22/23, 2007	CECHC04	PAL	B	2 PAL	PAL	PAL
05	South Korea	Jun 16, 2007	CECHE05	NTSC	A	3 NTSC	NTSC-J	NTSC-J
06	Singapore / Malaysia	Mar 07, 2007	CECHA06	NTSC	A	3 NTSC	NTSC-J	NTSC-J
07	Taiwan	Nov 17, 2006	CECHA07	NTSC	A	3 NTSC	NTSC-J	NTSC-J
08	Russia / India	Apr 20/27, 2007	CECHC08	PAL	C	5 NTSC/PAL	PAL	PAL
09	China			PAL	C	6 NTSC/PAL	NTSC-C	NTSC-J
10
11	Mexico	Aug 27, 2007	CECHE11	NTSC	A	4 NTSC	NTSC-U/C	NTSC-US
12	Hong Kong	Nov 17, 2006	CECHA12	NTSC	A	3 NTSC/PAL	NTSC-J	NTSC-J

Lastly on the binding of the game is a code that is supposed to signify the region that the game is made and meant for:

Prefix	Description
BCAS	First Party, Asia
BCJS	First Party, Japan
BLAS	Third Party, Asia
BLJM	Third Party, Japan
BLJS	Third Party, Japan
BCUS	First Party, US
BLUS	Third Party, US
BCES	First Party, Europe
BLES	Third Party, Europe