Man, that's some luck.More bad luck. I sent it to reballing service from eBay. Paid extra for a fan mod to help with overheating and make it quieter. Guy sends me a message and says my powersupply is also bad. WTF! The first guy I took it to said he swapped a new powersupply in to it. Whatever I pay for the powersupply too, this repair officially got more expensive than a new PS3. It looks like the guy sent it back to me overnight which I did not realize, I should have had it back on Thursday. It looks like it got stolen from my doorstep and I don't think there is going to be anyway to get my money back since Fed Ex confirmed delivery. Fucking shitty luck....don't know if I want to sink anymore money in to PS3 even though I have games I never finshed playing.
Always get the slim version the cech25 series.
I have a friend who is an expert repair guy for these things so I'm covered with pretty much anything. He said that it's not that much worth getting a ps3 phat today and always to go for the slim versions.
I recently bought a defective ps3 phat online for $24. The only problem is its hdd is dead and the owner just want to get rid of it. So I bought it. Turns out that unit was already jailbroken when I replaced its hdd.
I already have a ps3 slim that runs perfectly so I would probably just sell the extra ps3 phat to any of my friends who wants it.