My brother is ridiculous

So my fat boy ps3 just got the yellow light of death , and I told my brother hes saying lets try to fix the console and Im like why don I just buy another system, but then he said just wait for the ps4 which may not come out for 2 years , and I have a credit card and more then enough money to buy a new one but he said dont jump on buying a new ps3 and let me try to fix a 4 year old console which we had bought ares in 2007 so it of course was bound to happen, But to be honest I have no idea what his deal is im spending "MY money" to pay for the system and just wants to try to fix the old one which is pointless and a waste of time since I heard it only will last maybe 2 months, so what do you think fix it or just replace it.

it seems like he doesnt want you to spend your money on something he thinks he could fix for free. sounds like a loving brother to me

Buy a new one, and let him fix the old one, then let him keep the one he fixes wnd tell him to gtfo and leave u alone :)Renzokucant

I'd say fix it, you might have a few more months of playing time before it YLOD again. Then get a new PS3... Or buy a new one now while in case it YLOD again...

let him try and fix it, and when he cant just buy a new slim :P

but honestly i hate how consoles these days just break down. i still have working NES, SNES, N64, PS1. when i buy a console i expect it to last for years.

You will end up buying a new one....unrealtron

Let him try to fix it. What's the worst that will happen - it won't work and you'll buy a new one.

If it's broken, why not let him try to fix it? If he CANNOT fix it... buying it is always an option. If you go buy one then he fixes the old one you'll be looking silly for the fact you juts wasted money on something you already have a working model of. He's obviously trying to save you some money... just accept his act of kindness.

Yeah I was raging earlier but you all make sense , and yeah he is good at this type of thing so we will give it a shot and I guess I was mad before.

How old are the both of you?

If you fix it right, it's a permanent fix. And it's not that hard to do either.

Give him a few weeks to fix it and then if he doesn't, go get a new one. Simple.

If you fix it right, it's a permanent fix. And it's not that hard to do either.

ColdExistence

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If you fix it right, it's a permanent fix. And it's not that hard to do either.

Crossel777

i did this to am old 40gb. worked for a month then fried again. you should give him the old ps3 and he can have a hobby while u go buy urself one. it was a great feeling when the silly thing booted up and actually worked. i had to borrow a lot of the tools from a friend luckily so i only ended up spending $23AU on isoprop alchohol and a few things, borrowed the torque screw driver, thermal paste and heat gun from friend ( i was kinda weirded out that he had all this ready...he builds PC's but the heat gun was his mum's!).