Kotaku: The PlayStation 3 had been out for several months when I started looking into buying one. My PS2 was making loud grinding noises and I feared it was on its last legs. Moreover Sony had just announced that PS2 backward compatibility would be cut from the next model of PS3, so it seemed as if it had become a "now or never" situation. So I imported a 60GB American PS3 for my PS2 games and American DVDs (and PS3 games of course). Everything went well for just over two years. Then, just as my platinum for Uncharted 2 was in sight, I got the "Yellow Light of Death": I pushed the power button one day, the power light blinked yellow, and the system shut off.
The same thing happened to me, my Fat-PS3 broke two days b4 i was supposed to get Heavy Rain, the warranty had ran out, couldnt afford to buy another PS3 at the time, so i followed the guide
The first time i fixed it it lasted 2 weeks, second time it lasted 8 months (give or take) But on the 3rd time it only lasted a day then, by that time though i had backed up my data had money on the ready to go out and buy a new Slim, which i did
Might give this a go after my finals. Even though I have a slim after my fat PS3 YLOD it would be nice to fix the old, fat, gal and get my hangover dvd from inside of it. At the moment it is sitting in a rucksack along with textbooks that never see the light of day
my fat 60 is on at least 6hrs a day since I got it, still going strong. I also play alot of ps2 games on it with my 9yo. and blu-rays. Ill freak when it does go!
Mine was a paperweight just after I finished Uncharted 2, and it was still working! Zing!
My fat 60 broke down playing gta 4, even with my new ps3 any rocketed game makes my ps3 really loud, no other games do that.