rest in pieces...

[wich]

How's it going Torqued? Still running strong I hope...

[TorquedSoul]

still good atm. after 2 to 3 months is when most reflows fail. i will gauge my success after then.

im feeling pretty good about it though.

[blackwiggle]

My original fat 60g BC PS3 just got the flashing red light today ...damm it.
Luckily I bought an extra 3 year warranty on top of the 1 year I'd get normally so Sony can fix it.
And I mean fix it , not palm me off with some so called refurbished Frankenstation that's made up of parts from other failed units.
I've read some horror stories at the offical PS forum about those units.

[TorquedSoul]

My original fat 60g BC PS3 just got the flashing red light today ...damm it.
Luckily I bought an extra 3 year warranty on top of the 1 year I'd get normally so Sony can fix it.
And I mean fix it , not palm me off with some so called refurbished Frankenstation that's made up of parts from other failed units.
I've read some horror stories at the offical PS forum about those units.

Yeah I got one of their Refurbs when my bluray failed in the first couple months. I think that is why I have one of the older rarer motherboards.

[DeepMix]

lots of ps3 ( the older versions) are dying this year lol i know 3 more people near where i lived that their ps3 died the same way lol

im glad you ps3 is back to life torqued but as i was telling you, be careful as the repair is not permanently it might die someday, after i did research i found the video chipset was the one who died on my ps3, so anyway if i fix it it will surely die in some days :/ im using a friend's ps3 slim atm, i'll buy one soon

[ProblemSolver]

It's better to be prepared. The Phats are dying!

I think that a standard phat PS3 is about to die after 2 - 3 years
if operated under normal to heavy load. Boundary cases excluded,
of course.

[Rapier Racer]

2-3 to years! I find that wholly unacceptable.

When was the PS3 launched? March 07? **** that is not good news for me and launch model..