The Wang-Out: You look adopted.

[Inferno.]

It's probably got a faulty motherboard then?

[Tassadar]

Gonna try that now Cookie.

[Inferno.]

Sounds like it's probably the board to me.

[Tassadar]

Ah balls, a new drive can be replaced but a new board would make the whole thing useless, like Englebert said yesterday.

[Inferno.]

Yeah you could pay to have it reflowed/reballed, but it'll not last forever.

May or may not be time to look into the slim PS3 you've always wanted.

[Inferno.]

Or you could always go to the dark side.
http://www.shopto.net/XBOX%20360/HAR...20Console.html

[Tassadar]

Recovery mode won't even start, it flashes red before I can even do anything. Also it a yellow light appears immediately after booting up, then it flashes red. Yep, YLOD.

Also I have a stye in my eye, fml.

[Cookie Monster]

Ugh, sorry Tass Reballing is a bit less than €100 here and Sony sends you a refurbished one for 180...
If you have saved games you'd like to rescue perhaps using the hair dryer fix would let you do it.

[Tassadar]

I can't think of any games I want to salvage off of the ps3 tbh, I beat every game and a new slim ps3 in Smyths (of course I will look around) costs €250.

Also I already got the laser repaired on it. :/

Thanks for your help guys.

[Cookie Monster]

Yeah, a slim would be a better option.

And if you decide to go that way, deactivating your account/s should not be a problem via the Qriocity site.

[Jackhammer]

9:54am UK, Sunday January 08, 2012
An Australian woman has miraculously survived plunging into crocodile-infested waters after the cord snapped during her bungee jump over the Zambezi River.

Erin Laung Worth fell from the Victoria Falls bridge, 111m above the river on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.

She was forced to swim through the rapids with her feet still tied from the jump on New Year's Eve.

"I landed with my legs tied and then had to swim to the Zimbabwe side (of the river) through the rapids," Ms Worth told Australia's Channel 9 News.

"It was quite scary because a couple of times the rope actually got caught on some rocks or debris.

"I actually had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of whatever it was caught on to make it to the surface."

Southern Province police commissioner Brenda Muntemba told the Post Zambia that Ms Worth was treated at Victoria Falls clinic in Zimbabwe before being evacuated to South Africa.

The jump was organised by a company called Safari Par Excellency.

Bungee Cord Breaks Over Croc-Infested River

Video in the link.

[Andy_Jerk]

Hey, there already was a "Hang Out <Insert Witty Title Here>."

[Tassadar]

However if I were to try and reball it I couldn't break it anymore than it currently is broken.

[Inferno.]

I can't think of any games I want to salvage off of the ps3 tbh, I beat every game and a new slim ps3 in Smyths (of course I will look around) costs €250.

Also I already got the laser repaired on it. :/

Thanks for your help guys.

Remember you can sell the faulty PS3 on eBay for a substantial amount, people will be interested in case they can fix it, plus having a new laser is another good selling point.

[Inferno.]

However if I were to try and reball it I couldn't break it anymore than it currently is broken.

I think you have confused reballing and reflowing.