| Kantor said: If money is no object, get a third party to repair the PS3. All of your saves and game data will remain intact. |
That the best option. If you get it working again, get PS3 Slim, use the data transfer utility and (using ethernet cable to connect both consoles) all your saves including the protected onessnnwill be moved to new PS3. Then you can sell your old phat PS3.
Im going to do it at some point but my 60gig B/C is doing well since Sept 2007. Will get PS3 slim maybe in the summer.








