Just curious (only read the 1st 3 pages) But, does your PS3 have room to itself where it can't overheat? Is it sitting on carpet (not supposed to)? Are you dusting it off? When you turn it off, do you wait for the green light to turn red, and then switch off the breaker in the back of the console? Turning turning the switch in the back before the PS3 is ready will mess it up.
If it's breaking often, it just could be you, and not the PS3. I know the same thing goes for the 360 (I unplugged it accidentally, and it got RRoD). Luckly for me, my 360 cured itself of RRoD. Happened like.. 5 months ago, and hasn't happened again.
Just take care of it, and READ THE MANUAL that came with the system. It doesn't hurt to read it once, or twice. Sit the system somewhere in the open off the carpet, and don't let it overheat. There also could be a small chance that it's the PS3 that's just defective and just simply needs to be completely replaced.
Just read your last post about heat.. Well, if you're too lazy to turn your system off, you must like wasting 160 bucks. What's the point in leaving the system on if you're not going to be there to use it anyway? Let's say the power goes out with your comp on, and it turn back on only to burn out the power pack.. happened to me, and I thought the entire thing was dead... It cost 200 dollars to get a replacement, and no, I didn't learn my lesson because I still leave it on.. But, not the game systems.. those go off when I'm finished with them.
Just stop leaving the PS3 on, it only takes 3 seconds to get from intro screen to XMB... My comp however takes a few minutes...
