My PS3 has sadly passed on..

And i was wondering what i can do as i want it fixed. Its one of the original 60 GB versions so i dont want to just send it in and then get another one that wont play my PS2 games, help a fellow gamer out :)

-thanks in advance

im sure your ps3 went to sony heaven

well as happy i am that its in heaven i want to find a defibulator and bring it back to life so does anyone know where to send it to, my google fu is weak and brought up nothing but Red Dead Redemption reviews for some reason

to be more clear to anyone that is trying to help, its not the lens thats broken but rather the system itself, it has the Yellow Light of Death or whatever its called on this board nowadays so it powers on for a few seconds but then shuts off before im even able to eject the dvd

You could try to fix it yourself, but its up to you. Its just a matter of reapplying the thermal paste to the CPU chip. I can't promise that it wont happen again though. Once it gets YLOD it's pretty much done...

That's harsh. I don't know what I'd do if I lost my 60GB!

Guess you'll just have to settle for a non-backwards-compatible PS3.

i believe a Viking funeral procession is in order :/

So theres absolutely nothing i can do to save it? :/

Sounds like you may have gotten a lot of use out of it.

It can be pretty expensive to repair those things especially if it's a defective lens.

Probably good time to buy slim.. hmm, is there a way you can transfer the data from the old machine to a new one if you bought one?