[91civicZC]

My fat 80gb (with a 320gb drive installed) backwards compatible PS3 died on Tuesday.

Has anyone used “werepair.ca” on south west marine to do a reflow job on their PS3? Results? How long did it last? Review on Company?

I’m picking up a 320gb slim tonight, and will be doing a data transfer, but I’m a little concerned the PS3 wont live long enough after the reflow to get through it. I’m expecting at least 10-15 hours with 180gb of data to transfer.

Thanks!

[twitchyzero]

if you are getting it fixed solely to get data transferred..I'd suggest to just do it yourself if you have the time and a heat gun (they are as cheap as $20-30). It's very straight forward

[91civicZC]

I thought about giving it a go, I repasted it myself a few years back. But with 5 years of saves on the line, I thought I’d let someone who has done this before do it so I don’t bugger it up.

Anyone use "werepair"?

[Happy]

reflows generally last around 3 months

[underscore]

whoever you go with, be sure they use no-clean flux on the PS3.

[91civicZC]

As far as I know, they just "reflow" it using a bench. I've actually been looking around to find a place that does reballing around Vancouver, can’t find one anywhere.

Some sites that use to show a reflow option don’t show that anymore, I assume because its just not permanent enough.

“werepair” really seems to be the only choice with an actual store front I can find. “playtimeservice” doesn’t seem to offer reflow anymore on their site, or spare parts.

[GLOW]

thought someone mentioned some place by the sony store near toys r us on broadway that was a decent repair place?