I too got the YLOD on my OG PS3. Took it to a bunch of places and nowhere thought they could repair it. Reached out to Sony and the best they could offer me was a $100 discount on a PS3 Slim (no thank you). I still have the bricked thing in a box somewhere, with my copy of Guitar Hero 5 still jammed inside of it.Playstation 3: I paid $599 dollars for this unit. It was backwards compatible 60gb one. I picked up God of War 2 on the ps2 and it came with Metal Gear Solid 4. I didn't play it all that much because at the time I mostly played on my xbox 360. Played through a couple of AAA ps2 and ps3 games and then just used it sparingly for 2 years. Turned it on one day to play some God Of War 3 and the infamous yellow light kicked on. It was done!