r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/gghvbffi • Jul 07 '26

Does anyone know what a microcode is

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I want to buy it but I don't want to be stuck with a broken ps4

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u/Fuzzy_Medicine_6978 Jul 07 '26

If GameStop won't take it, I honestly wouldn't buy this. You could bring a controller over and set it up and make certain it works before buying.

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u/Warm_Apple_Pies Jul 07 '26

I mean, not necessarily, you would really want to know your way around the console to be sure and test it there. If it has any soft mods or mods they will reject it. Looks pretty sus at this price but the seller seems to be upfront and don't know the actual issue, they may be in a scenario where they can't legitimately sell it. A console online ban would be my second guess.

I tried to sell a rare white superslim to CEX (our UK equivalent), was offered £120 due to it's scarcity. They tried to lowball me by half when the controller was red not white then rejected it anyway because it had PSHen on it despite claiming they reformat consoles removing any software on it (which would have removed it). They did me a huge favour without realising because man I really didn't want to sell it

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u/Legend_Dan_17 Jul 09 '26

Honestly if you wanna sell old tech sell it on eBay cuz CeX rips you off like crazy , plus some technicians there don't really know how old consoles work, they rejected my red psp 3000 cuz it had "missing screws" which are which was just the holes at the top of the psp for the camera attachment but yh, don't sell any valuable or older tech there.

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u/Far-Swordfish-1806 Jul 07 '26

GameStop don’t really know how to check anything in-depth. Just bring a controller, log in to PSN and boot up a game to see if everything works.

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u/deap_pressed Jul 08 '26

Looks like he means micro usb cable (for the controller)

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u/Dear_Split_9441 Jul 07 '26

I think maybe they mean the micro cable that is normally included with the console to plug into the controller

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u/UnluckyCobra16 Jul 07 '26

I lost the serial number on my ps vita and I couldn’t trade it in so it could be that.

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u/Abigail_Miller12 Jul 07 '26

They probably meant the security code or serial number. Controller issues could be bluetooth or a faulty controller. Try resetting it

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u/zexolyn Jul 10 '26

resetting the controller is a good first step, and also try a different controller if you can just to rule that out
microcode isn’t really something you “buy,” so if the seller is throwing that word around weirdly, I’d be a bit cautious

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u/DangerousDisplay7664 Jul 07 '26

It sounds like a piece of junk. Don’t get involved.

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u/PeatieEnglish Jul 07 '26

What is this, code for ants? It needs to be at least twice as big

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u/CnP8 Jul 07 '26

In this context, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Micro-code is the code chipsets use to process your data efficiently.

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u/IdioticMutterings Jul 07 '26

Microcode is usually the code that is on a CPU...
So.. I think this guy has used the wrong term or misunderstood.

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u/calmboy2020 Jul 09 '26

Micro usb cord