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I have a 40 gig from 2007 also, so far no problems, and It gets used 2-6 hours a day on week days, and a lot more on the weekends, It gets punishment from me and my son, Also its our main DVD player and Blu ray, so Knock on Wood but no problems yet, there are some do it yourself guides on youtube if you want to try to fix yourself, my cousin did it and it worked, its been going strong for over a year now by the YLOD fix it yourself guide, It only took like a hour or 2 to fix also, so take a look at that opction.