PS3 fat model CECHG04 (September 2007) buys with ylod and fixed. Only a thousand hours on and was with the original 40GB hard drive. I think it was a good acquisition... :
My first time dealing with YLOD (added ways to fix YLOD) | Page 3 | GTPlanet
My OG Fat PS3 YLOD'd on me years ago and I never bothered to fix it. Decided that I'm going to try and revive this baby : r/PS3
How to Fix Ps3 YLOD Problem : 10 Steps - Instructables
Shoutout to my 10 year old 60GB fat PS3, that still works fine. No YLOD here! : r/gaming
Repairing a PlayStation 3 with the Yellow Light of Death (YLOD) - Patshead.com Blog
Fix A Playstation 3 Yellow Light/ Blinking Red Light - Kindle edition by Downey, Jonathan. Humor & Entertainment Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
PS3 YLOD Attempting to fix... Might have knocked off a resistor :( : r/PS3