My PS3 YLOD'd yesterday. I brought it to the sony service center for inspection. The inspection will take almost a week and then they will give an estimate on the repair cost. I removed my hard drive ...
I have an old US 60GB PS3 Fat with backwards compatibility (CBEH-1000) (with HDD upgraded)... I know lot of people had overheating issues, YLOD etc. with their fat models and it is always whay people ...