got my ps3 back finally after twice of servicing it and to my happy surprise...ITS NOT FIXED!...I LOVE IT. Same problem, that orange processing light just is stuck on when I turn the ps3 on.
So I think I am going to go buy a new ps3 right now, a 120g or 250g...then put my 500g into it and see if it was my harddrive that was screwing everything up or just my old ps3. See you guys soon, lolz