Well, now I found a working 160 gig slim 2104a, sooo this thread can be closed. As for why I wanted to buy semi working ones, for the thrill and for the satisfaction of making something broken - operable :) Aaaand the whole set would be dirt cheap. :-D
EDIT: one more quick question, since the...
Okay, the dude with the working ps3 just sold the console to some other guy just in front of my nose! So, guess i'm stuck with the 250 gig YLOD console... :-\
Thanks! Maybe the biggest problem is that I don't know which CFW is on the console... I'm getting the consoles tonight or tomorrow so need to check the firmware so that I can know what to do next. Will update the thread once I get the consoles.
First of all, a big hello to the community from Serbia! I am new in the ps3 world but know a bit about computers. Here's the thing:
I am about to purchase two semi broken consoles.
One of them is a 40 gig fat console, I think it's a G04, it's operable but missing a BD drive, the seller sais...