Bugger.

[seawasp]

Bugger, bugger, bugger, and other bad words.

My PS3 just died, and my short research on the net indicates that it's basically a brick. There's a fix... that involves taking it apart and reflowing solder on one particular set of chips. Out of my league, and in many cases apparently the "fix" lasts only a few weeks.

This really sucks because it's one of the 60GB early models, the first ones which actually were backwards compatible in hardware. I actually DO play some PS2 and even PS1 games, so this matters to me.

So now I either have to get a new PS3, or sell back all the games I have (at ruinous discounts) since they'll be useless without the console.

Comments

[pythor (from livejournal.com)]

There exist people who will do such a repair for you. I know my nephew has had various consoles repaired, and I'm relatively local to you. I can try to get a name for you if you'd like.

[seawasp]

Can't hurt to know the names!

[pythor (from livejournal.com)]

He goes to Pastime Legends in Scotia. Apparently they have other offices, too, but it looks from their webiste that they may not do repairs on PS3s (they do list PSPs, though). Might be worth a call to make sure.

Pastime Legends is their website.