HOLY **** HOLY **** HOLY ****

Ok, I need to tell you guys this story. First of all, thanks dudes for the support when I went into withdrawal after my ps3 died. I was really feeling down, I was completely shocked. Me, my litte brother, and my friend all had so much data crammed onto 500gb of storage. Even though they are just games, I still was almost mournful over my ps3....well not that far, but you know.

Today, thankfully I did get the heat gun. I had no clue how to use it, I had never used one before. It just had a little trigger with lo and hi settings. Also, I decided to cancel my thermal compound order because I found one at radio shack. It was better than the one I ordered. It was like 10 dollars for a syringe about the size of my thumb, but of course I was blinded by withdrawal to worry about cash haha...

I returned home, looked over the guide, and turned the heat gun on, held my breath, and slowly reflowed the parts, making sure not to melt them. This is when I felt I had no clue what the hell I was doing. All I had to do was spread heat over about 8 different sections of the motherboard. I had no clue how this worked, or what this was supposed to do, but whatever. It worked.

After it cooled, I applied the thermal compound which was this really awesome silver color compared to the standard stuff. Then, I slowly and very very carefully reassembled the ps3. I had organized the screws into somewhat of a blueprint of the ps3 so that I knew exactly where they went.

Thats when I smelled the power box. It smelled like pancakes....which is a burnt smell because I burn all of my pancakes. It just reminded me of them. But anyway, I was sure that there was no way the ps3 could work, because what I did seemed to make no sense. With the possibility of a faulty power box, a faulty blu ray player, screwed up wiring, messed up ribbon cables, there was just so much that could go wrong.

So I finally put the cover back on, and reinstalled the 500gb hard drive. Then I plugged it in. Then I took a piss. Then, somewhat worried, I turned the power on through the back, and the red light came on. I was already celebrating, because I felt that was such a good start lol....then I accidentally pressed the power button, and a wave of shock flowed through me when I saw both lights successfully turn on, and stay on. I pressed the eject button, and out came my fallout 3 disc, completlely unharmed. I quickly went onto the ps3, and I had all my data. Its like I had just turned off the ps3. I was completely filled with this satisfaction, a feeling that I cannot describe because I did something that I had no experience with.

Im glad I got the YLOD. Not only do I feel that sudden shock of satisfaction everytime I turn it on, I know that if I REALLY want to do something, even something that I have almost no experience with, its possible.

What an influential night. Im backing up all of my data, which I will start doing weekly. If you guys EVER get the YLOD, message me or something. I will help, because now I feel like I actually can haha...

See ya.