PS3 trouble?

[phantomfish]

My PS3 YLOD'ed (Yellow Light of Death) early this year. There is no known fix for it. It is essentially a problem with the cooling system on early 60GB releases. The heat sensor blows and thus the PS3 permanently thinks its too hot to operate so it won't turn on.

Back at the start of the year Sony were giving free refurb PS3's in replacement for the original ones. However, since this started becoming more widespread, Sony now only give people the lovely £145 replacement option. This is why most people are now choosing to go with continuous play instead so if it breaks down, and you haven't previously registered it, you are fully entitled to a free replacement as covered under the policy.

Unfortunately it is the case of another big company having faulty products and trying to get more money out of the consumer to comp for it! :evil: