[leroy1985]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch also measure with the drive connected, the probes should fit on top of the connector, and maybe you should measure the points in post #2 also. although it dousnt make sense.

lol damn straight, i feel like beating the hell outta this ps3, it hasnt even seen hardly any use, it was a refurb from sony after ylod on my other fat, i swear fats have a garantee to fail after a few years, not sure if i told you my situation neither, i was out of warranty so i thought may as well take it apart, big mistake as i emailed sony, then got a call from the manager, i told him the problem didnt tell him i took it apart, and he said even no its out of warranty hell swap it for a slim refurb, as ive had problems on the past, i was shocked as hell, now im not happy because i took the warranty sticker off, i told him it was still on, i tried putting it back on as i took it off carefully but i didnt use a hairdryer and its too obvious cuz you can see the words void.

thoughts? what would you do in my situation now dutch? i have no mulitmeter now so thats out the question, i really need an intact warranty sticker, allthough i hate ps3 slims, whenever i look at one i just think stripped junk, every feature i loved removed. pisses me off, they shouldnt be allowed to do it, and they no longer fix fats even know i told him the console is fine its just the blu ray player, he said they dont fix em any more and only offer slim refurb now

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by leroy1985 what would you do in my situation now dutch?

lol, you won't find an intact sticker for a fat ps3

[leroy1985]

well luckily my cousins, got a fat 40gb, he said i can have his sticker, now i just gotta get it off perfectly, also youd be suprised ive been checking for fats on ebay and theres alot of people on there with the stickers still in tact i emailed about 3 or 4 and only one said the sticker looked like it was removed then put back on, but yeah got lucky with my cousin, thing is i got one shot at getting it off, cant fuk it up, thats like 150 quid riding on getting that sticker off, get a slim refurb, maybe the slim will grow on me, if it had ps2 support i wouldnt mind so much, im not keen on the look of them how about you?

ill buy a second hand fatty and use it occasionly, on ebay they got square trade warranty for second hand ps3, so if you buy a ps3 second hand on ebay you can buy up to 2 years warranty with them and they pay any repair costs, up to how much you pay, wich is pretty cool and makes me feel better about buying a second hand fat from ebay, obviously ill make sure it still has the original warranty sticker still on and get the square trade warranty too, i just love the old fats, just a shame they are so poorly desighned, id go as far as saying they are as bad as 360 rrod

what ps3 you got dutch? fat slim?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by leroy1985 what ps3 you got dutch? fat slim?

both, i bought the slim after my fat ps3 ylod on me, but somehow fixed the fat but i did a reflow, and have to deal with the fact that it won't last long.

[leroy1985]

yeah its the same with 360, i did the rrod fix though not proper reflow, just the change paste and all that, it let me complete assassins creed 2, then dies, the good thing about that was i was rite into the game and it rrod on me, did that and finished the game at least. i think maybe its just luck how badly it was damaged, maybe if you reflow when its not too bad it lasts longer, did you do like a proper reflow?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by leroy1985 did you do like a proper reflow?

more a ghetto reflow...lol , but i only use that ps3 for some testing, i gave up on it, and it's ok, i have my slim.

[leroy1985]

well a bit of good news, i got my cousins ps3 used a hair dryer and got the sticker off, you cant see the word voids anywhere on the sticker and if it doesnt say void they cant say ****, i mean if you look relly close you can see little stretch marks, only if you look hard and only on the right side a tiny bit but im pretty confident, my last sticker was screwed cuz i didnt use heat because i never would of thought sony would still exchange without warranty, so wish me luck mate, im hoping to have a nice slim refurb that will probably die as well, he said id get 3 month warranty, ya no cuz sony are really confident there products will work for at least 3 months

gonna miss my black shiny beast though. oh well i can play old ps2 classics on my gaming pc, also the slims are much more reliable arnt they? i hope, i think my ps3 is a lost cause, thing that really pisses me off is it works perfectly, still plays demos, and yet sony still refuse to have a look to see if they can fix it, ffs, it seemed to be getting 12v and 5 volt from the main board at least