I just wanted to update everyone as to my ps3 that I sent to Sam to be Reballed.
I mailed it from Myrtle Beach to him in Oveido Florida on the 29 of last month.
I sent him several emails over the next week and a half after I tracked it and saw he got it.
I finally got a reply on Tuesday June 8, I had not expected him to have even gotten to it I just wanted to paying him so he would.
He emailed me back that day after me jumping on him on here and stated this. I understood and was actually going to send him another ps3 to try.
Hey jason, i realize i've screwed up pretty bad here in the case of your repair and I do apologize. I am extremely busy over here with a part time job, tons of repairs and school full time. I know I should have emailed or contacted you sooner and i'm sorry. I have worked on your console though (last night) but wasn't able to get it going, When I receieved your console, it showed me YLOD, I couldn't get it to boot. This is not uncommon on ps3's, the pixelation issue you described is basically a precursor to the YLOD. After a RSX reflow, no change, after a Cell reflow, no change, I even changed out all 8 prodalyzers and still the console boots to YLOD, from my experience, those are the most common causes of PS3 problems, and if they didn't work, I doubt anything will. I'm going to be shipping your console back (at my expense of course) tomorrow.
Again, I realize i've screwed up and you have every right to be angry and I apologize.
Sam McAlister. If you'll notice he say's he was going to send it back to me on the 8th of June. It is now the 22nd and I would have gotten a that box in 3 days if he mailed it cheap. I have chatted with this guy and he seemed interested in trying to get better with time management and organization. I even offered to help him organize his messages and his work in a manner to fix all of this. Unfortunately I don't think it has sunk in and at this point I won't be using his service again and I definetly don't recommend you do either unless you want to be fxcked in the axx with a roll of quarters like I have. It's pretty obvious that he has no intention of mailing my ps3 back.
Thats sucks. It took 1 week to get my Xenon Jtag and it works like a charm. I wouldn't say I don't recommend him because I haven't had any problems with him yet. He's just busy but I would be pissed if I were you too.