So, I got my PS3 back...It was working fine, just didn't output video over HDMI.

Now it's got a formatted hard drive (I didn't back up my saves to USB before sending it), it won't read discs, and can't launch the PS Store.

I think I just spent $65 cash to brick my PS3.

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Oh yeah since you said you were looking to have your NEO*GEO repaired/region modded, I know of a guy that could do it. (funny enough it was the same guy that was mentioned on OLR in regards to Classic Game Room's MVS setup for their arcade machine)

Only thing is he lives in Japan, but he's always posting videos about console repairs (and occasionally mods too) so I'm certain that this guy knows his stuff and could most likely hook you up :
https://www.youtube.com/user/lukemorse1 | Video of the fixed system

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