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Bugger.
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.
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.
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Happily I hadn't tossed my ps2 out yet so if I ever have the urge I can dust it off if needed. (Actually the 'dead' ps3 is also in limbo -- waiting for me to take it to recycling.