Is my PS3 getting ready to die?

[Euphoria14]

Kantor said:

First and most important thing to do: buy an external hard drive and back up. This will back up everything: game saves (protected or otherwise), install data (delete these to reduce backup size and time), photos, music, movies, account profiles, everything.

You probably don't have warranty on that thing, so you could send it to Sony for "repairs", in which case you can keep your lovely backwards compatibility, or you could get it repaired by a third party and sell it, buying a Slim partially with the money earned, effectively eliminating all hardware issues. It depends on whether you value build quality, or backwards compatibility.

You can backup protected save files? That would be wonderful. There is no way of just popping all those saved game files on a SD card? The save files are all I am really concerned about. I can always get my PSN account back.

 

I also enjoyed having PS2 B/C but I never actually use it so I doubt I would miss it, even though I still have a ton of PS2 games. It is also out of warranty since I purchased it in Dec. of 2006.

 

Is the slim really that much more reliable than me just getting this bad boy repaired? I would much rather prefer spending $150 than $300.

Also, if I send it in to SONY will I lose everything on my HDD?