Need Opinion about a burned PS2

[JPunisher]

I have a friend that tried installing a no solder chip on his PS2. He told me that when he turned it on, he pressed eject 3 times, it shut off and never turned on again. I want to buy it off of him for $30. Do you think that it can be fixed? My intentions are to get it fixed if it is not over $40. If not use it to practice soldering before I try to install a matrix infinity on my new v9 ps2. What do you guys think? I'm sure he has removed the chip to see if it worked but I havn't asked him. I know that its not currently working. Thanks.