But the question becomes, now what? The guy gave me a 6-month warranty on YLOD/repair, but what if the console breaks in the future? I saw someone say in the forums that "backing up is not the same as ...

Has anyone had success with this repair lasting more than a few minutes? Months ago my nephew's PS3 died with the YLOD. I bought a repair kit consisting of copper shims and thermal paste. Also bought ...