YLOD should just require a quick reflow - you need a cheapo hot-air gun, a screwdriver, and a few copper coins (to improve the heatsink) - that's all. Takes about an hour, and should have the ps3 running for another six months or so before you need to do it again. Dunno why some miscreant thought it was worth 100 quid.

Re companies - I buy and sell a lot of computery bollocks, and I invariably have a better time complaining to the manufacturer than the retailer. I sent a (not angry) complaint to Logitech recently about my diNovo Edge (105 quid worth of keyboard) misbehaving after a year and a half of near-constant use. Their response was 'no worries, we'll send you new one' - they didn't even ask for the old one back (I'm typing on it right now, new one is still in its box). Iiyama were similarly generous, albeit a little more kack-handed in the implementation. Retailers almost always argue the toss.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 16:03, 2 replies)

Check this:
playstationlifestyle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2376

Full instructions included and looks straightforward.
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 17:58, closed)

I got it repaired,
it broke again. They repaired it again for free and fitted a larger fan (I assume, because it sounded like a hoover) and it broke a further twice before I gave up :(
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 20:12, closed)