Hey folks. The first PS3 I ever obtained to use was from Japan (off of eBay, stupid me). I never used a voltage transformer (which I should have, so just in case you plan on getting one from there) which eventually damaged the motherboard. Now I sent Sony Japan an email about this and they did reply. I've also contacted and shipped the console to a third party repair people but they said it had to be about $500 for a new motherboard. So folks anyone got a solution? I'm not worried, to be honest if there isn't a sensible solution. I do have an American PS3 I did but (although its not the fancy backwards compatible kind). So just for the hell of it I decided to ask here.
Your better off buying a new console all-together. At this point is seems like it will cost more to fix this than its worth. Only advice i can give is to try to find a 60gig (NTSC or PAL depending on your country) on ebay.
