There and back again, a YLOD tale.

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I have had a worse experience with my PS3's but, unfortunately I didn't luck out like you did. My first PS3 (an 80Gb BC 2007 model) Blueray drive broke not even 2 months after I got it. It was replaced for free but, still a hassle.

Then almost 2 years later I lend COD:WaW to one of my friends. His PS3 gets YLOD, after venting my anger at him, I open it up and fish the disc out and give it back to him. Oh and I get the case back with dog bite marks and scratches (never lending games again!)

Then probably not a month later I was in the middle of an awesome game of Warhawk when the game froze. So I walked up to restart the PS3 and to my horror the light beeps red and flickers yellow...YLOD. I also had to bust this PS3 open and fish the disc out. I sent it to Sony who replaced it with a new refurbished PS3...for only $150.

Works ok until January 2010. I inserted my copy of MW2 into my PS3 one day and it refused to read the disc. Wait for hours doing a system restore...no good. By this time I have learned to back up my PS3, so at least none of my files are lost. So I send it off to Sony once again and they send back the same PS3 with scratches all on the left side -.- but hey, it still works so no big deal.

I am currently on my forth PS3 and my 3-month warranty has expired. I feel like every PS3 I own is on life-support. I do not abuse my game consoles. All of my PS3's have been in room temperature climates, elevated away from the carpet, and have plenty of air circulation yet they still break.