That's it for the disassembly, but we'll continue to post board photos and analysis as the information pours in.

The logic board. Sony's going green on the inside, to reflect their commitment to the environment.

We've never seen cool snowflake-like patterns in the thermal paste after we removed a heat sink before. This may indicate that the thermal paste was overapplied or that it was not distributed evenly.

If you look closely at the thermal paste, you'll see it is a fractal!