PS3 Weird Stutter; Engine stops dead, no smoke & warranty service? Update!

Thank you for your interest Jeff, and I sincerely hope you are not in the same boat.  I do realize all companies and employees have a bad day, but I do seem to be batting a big goose egg in this particular instance.  It's tough to swallow because I am unabashedly a big fan of everything MTH.  It was a gift of their Premier Amtrak Aluminum cars that got me head long back into this hobby one year ago.  I will be posting the update.

Best of Luck with your repair!

Robert

PS Again, I can't thank Forest enough for his offer to help relay the information, and I sincerely do not want to get anyone in Dutch with a business associate as a result of this.

I would think clearly that they would replace this board if the copper is missing for the capacitor.

Robert, I have received your e-mail and have forwarded it to Jeff Strank at MTH.

Best wishes and have a merry Christmas.

I sincerely appreciate your assistance Forest, that was very generous of you to help me out!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours sir!

Robert

Yes John...I sure would hope that would be a given, if I went the repair route a third time.  Then my immediate concern would be back on the original problem.

I've been thinking about the fact that now it cannot be tested after its second trip back to MTH, given the additional damage.  Unfortunately it makes my debating what they did, did not do, or should have done a moot point.

Robert

The board replaced is the main logic board for the PS/3 board set.  The boiler board is a much smaller board that serves as motor drivers and lighting drivers.

Thanks for the clarification on the brain board John.

Robert