So I got my PS3 back from Sony and the build date is like 1 year older than the model I just purchased. Even assuming there are no differences in builds, it feels like I got kicked in the nuts--I purchase a brand new 80GB PS3 bundle when they've been unavailable for awhile. Then 13 days later the thing breaks and now I'm stuck which a model a year older than the one I bought. Somehow this doesn't seem fair.
Anyways, the one I returned had an April '08 build date and the one I received back has a May '07 date. Am I correct in thinking I just down-graded as the one I had used 65nm chips? The other thing I noticed is that when I turned this obviously refurb'd model on no fan kicked on. It's now in the middle of installing fw 2.41 and I still don't hear any fan on and the back left of the unit is warming up nicely. I thought the system always at least would use the fans, even if in the lowest setting--is there really an off ?
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My biggest concern is possible differences in BC between the model I had and the model I received back. Is this just an overblown fear or are there differences in BC between a 5/07 80GB PS3 and a 4/08 80GB PS3?
