Success!!!

My Problem

I noticed that my 80g PS3(MGS Bundle) kept locking up a couple of weeks prior to YLOD. When the YLOD came, I fould ifixit.com. I was a bit skeptical to tackle it at first, but I fiqured "What the hell, it's broken anyway".

My Fix

It took me about 3.5 hours to complete. I took my time to try not to break anything as I was getting in there. The clock battery was a little tough to turn it. I got it, when I lifted it up and then turned.

My Advice

Have a muffin pan or something to keep the screws in order was great advice from the video. Have a can of air handy because there is more dust in there than you probably imagine. Put enough thermal paste on. I just made sure that I couldn't see any of the top of the CPU and GPU, but try not to over due it.

Fun experience and very fulfilling when it worked.