£196? Shit... now you got me thinking about buying a PS3. THIS IS NOT PRODUCTIVE. 
 
Whatever they are charging I doubt it will be more expensive than a new machine... but I would recommend you get a decent warranty on the fix if that's the route you choose. I paid £60 for repairs to my ipod and 4 months later it was broken again - the repair warranty was only 3 months long. Cheeky bastards...

But with a small yellow light. 
 
Today I came here to write a blog.
 
A blog about my dislike of moral choices, and my distain at inFamous 2's use of these choices.
 
But then, my beloved Playstation 3 of 3 years, 3 fun-filled just-out-of-warranty-dammit-Sony years,
 

ONLY WENT AND DIED ON ME

As I see it now, here are my options;

• Wait until I'm back at my parent's house and use the DIY tools to take it apart and heatgun that sucker. Only problems being I'm terrible at that kind of thing and I'd never even heard of a heatgun until 2 hours ago.  
• Send it off to Sony for repair but it's 2 years out of warranty and I doubt it's worth whatever they're charging.
• Buy a new, slimmer, hopefully more reliable console. Amazon currently sell a 160G model for £196 (that's a whole 120g more than my current/previous one). Tempting. Can probably transfer saves later in the day too.