Moment of silence for my fat 40g ps3.. I bought it when it first came out and it lasted up until last night.. I tried the thermal pasted fix and it lasted for about 30 mins.. Onto the ps4..
I had a 60GB PS3 that crashed early on me. I had to buy a new one to replace it. It happened 1 year after the PS3 came out so good games were just starting to come out.
I have a 60GB PS3 that I got shortly before they were discontinued. About 2 years ago, it stopped reading any and all discs and wouldn't spit them back out.
I took it in to a repair shop and got both the laser and blu-ray drive swapped for $100.