Game stuck in YLODed PS3, help?

So my ps3 YLODed for like the 100th time. I'm not paying$150 to sony to get another refurb piece of crap. Im just going to buy a ps3 slim. But my game is stuck in the console. The fan test method to eject disk doesn't work as my console is a launch 60gig. So i decided to open it up and get the disk out. But i couldn't even start on that because the faceplate screw head (the screw under the warrantly sticker) is stripped! I even went to the hardware store and got the exact screwdriver that was slim enough to fit down the long hole and i still cant get a grip on the screw,

Now i dunno what to do anymore. Any suggestions? My bro told me to just destroy the faceplate/console as i wont be using it anymore and get the disc out, but i want to keep it because i spent so much money and it is a launch console/collectors item that might be worth something in the future. And i don't want to spend another $60 buying madden again which is the game thats stuck in...it will be worth nothing next year anyway.

n e ways ur opinions r appreciated.

So my ps3 YLODed for like the 100th time. I'm not paying$150 to sony to get another refurb piece of crap. Im just going to buy a ps3 slim. But my game is stuck in the console. The fan test method to eject disk doesn't work as my console is a launch 60gig. So i decided to open it up and get the disk out. But i couldn't even start on that because the faceplate screw head (the screw under the warrantly sticker) is stripped! I even went to the hardware store and got the exact screwdriver that was slim enough to fit down the long hole and i still cant get a grip on the screw,

Now i dunno what to do anymore. Any suggestions? My bro told me to just destroy the faceplate/console as i wont be using it anymore and get the disc out, but i want to keep it because i spent so much money and it is a launch console/collectors item that might be worth something in the future. And i don't want to spend another $60 buying madden again which is the game thats stuck in...it will be worth nothing next year anyway.

n e ways ur opinions r appreciated.

justifythegame

Temp YLOD fix!? How the heck do u do that? I never heard if this. Anyways i stuck a flat screwdriver in between the faceplat and just popped it off. It broke off the screw tho so now the faceplate will always be loose... SUCKS! Anyway when u open it up u gotta open up the blu ray drive like twice to get to the disc. (youtube it). Good luck getting MOH out.

PS3s are built like crap, after opening it up you notice all the cheap crap they use to build it. 1 thing people have noticed it the cheap thermal paste they used which its YLODing in the first place. Then you got the rest of it, right down to the 1cent worthless screws that strip easy. I spent $600+ plus 150 each on like 4 refurbs but these things are built so cheap. I haven't heard anything bad about the slims so hopefully it will be the end of my isses. Maybe my fat will be worth something 1 day.

Temp YLOD fix!? How the heck do u do that? I never heard if this. Anyways i stuck a flat screwdriver in between the faceplat and just popped it off. It broke off the screw tho so now the faceplate will always be loose... SUCKS! Anyway when u open it up u gotta open up the blu ray drive like twice to get to the disc. (youtube it). Good luck getting MOH out.

PS3s are built like crap, after opening it up you notice all the cheap crap they use to build it. 1 thing people have noticed it the cheap thermal paste they used which its YLODing in the first place. Then you got the rest of it, right down to the 1cent worthless screws that strip easy. I spent $600+ plus 150 each on like 4 refurbs but these things are built so cheap. I haven't heard anything bad about the slims so hopefully it will be the end of my isses. Maybe my fat will be worth something 1 day.

justifythegame

So my ps3 YLODed for like the 100th time. I'm not paying$150 to sony to get another refurb piece of crap. Im just going to buy a ps3 slim. But my game is stuck in the console. The fan test method to eject disk doesn't work as my console is a launch 60gig. So i decided to open it up and get the disk out. But i couldn't even start on that because the faceplate screw head (the screw under the warrantly sticker) is stripped! I even went to the hardware store and got the exact screwdriver that was slim enough to fit down the long hole and i still cant get a grip on the screw,

Now i dunno what to do anymore. Any suggestions? My bro told me to just destroy the faceplate/console as i wont be using it anymore and get the disc out, but i want to keep it because i spent so much money and it is a launch console/collectors item that might be worth something in the future. And i don't want to spend another $60 buying madden again which is the game thats stuck in...it will be worth nothing next year anyway.

n e ways ur opinions r appreciated.

justifythegame

If you honestly think that a launch PS3 (something that millions of other people bought) is going to become a collectors item I think you need to stop lying to yourself. Yes you dished out the $600 for it, and it was expensive, but honestly its only a piece of electronics. I'm not sure what game you have in there, but if I were you I'd listen to your brother: tear that thing apart! :D In all honestly though, once you do that and buy a slim you'll feel much better, as the slim is half the price of what your YLOD console was at launch, not to mention about 10x better.

flip the switch in the back of the ps3, hold the eject button, while holding eject flip the switch to on. Turn on the ps3 and repeatedly tap the eject until it gives you a disc. Ive seen this work.budboarder

That trick doesn't work on certain models. but i got it out thx