| lolage said: You should try opening it and replacing the thermal paste, you have absolutely nothing to worry about, replace the thermal paste with something like IC diamong or arctic silver, there are online guides, with images on how to do it. |
Quoted for truth. I can't tell you how many YLOD PS3s I've bought for 20 bucks, just to replace the thermal paste (even sometimes with the cheap Dynex stuff from Best Buy) and turn around and sell them for $150.
My backup PS3 in my bedroom has probably logged 500 hours of late night movies/games in the last 6 months, and it was a brick before. It had gotten YLOD, and then someone stuffed it in a pillow case with a blow-dryer which melted half the case but revived the PS3. A week later it YLOD again and they GAVE it to me. Now its quiet and smooth. Rubbing alcohol and thermal paste did the trick.
