i just talked to them on the phone. they said I'll have to come in to get a diagnosis before they decide on pricing and whether they can even fix. I'm guessing they can because the system isn't broken as in fallen apart. I've seen videos on how to do this fix on youtube but I'm not that tecnically inclined.

i can't visit them today but first I'll do that first thing tomorrow

Yeah, bring it in a.s.a.p. They told me the same thing with my 360. They gave it a diagnosis and said if it has one red light it cannot be fixed. They said if it has 3 red lights it can be fixed. It will be very similar for your PS3. They fixed it in two weeks because there were like a bunch of 360's there, but you should be fine.

Wow. This is why I love more socialistic countries. No way that would be imposed on corporations in the U.S. 5 years should be standard for electronics. I don't know why it's an issue, it's not like it's broken (in the physical sense).

I play a lot. Always did. played ps2 a lot, ps1 a lot....nothing broke. I just tuned on my ps3 to play devil summoner 2 and it went off after 5 mins and never came back on.

Sega genesis had overheating issues but c'mon this is 2009...we still have this problem? The console isn't hot...the problem is that it thinks that it's hot when it's not. Overengineering perhaps?

It's been only 8 months after sony sent me their refurbished console and now I have to go through the pocess again and they tell me I have to pay $149 again. The first time they told me I was one of the few unlucky ones, now they're saying the same thing again and I can't believe it. The 60gb is defective...nuff said. I've had the same exact problem: green light---turns yellow---flashes red twice now and I won't be paying for another cosmetic work.

If anyone knows alternate repair centers that can help me out (one in Philadelphia that I can visit especially), please let me know. The most important thing now is my data. I just can't start my kz2 profile all over again. I just want this ps3 repaired long enough for me to back up my data then I'll buy one of the new ones and take a 3 year store replacement warranty this time.

The funniest part of the story is that my ps1 never broke...I threw it away and my ps2 still works. Now my devil summoner 2 disc is stuck in the ps3 and I can't play even play that on my ps2 either. So much for the great "suck-disc" technology. It's almost like consoles are now engineered to fail and we're expected to take it as what it is.

To my fellow VGCz KZ2 clan members, looks like I'll be out for a while. Hopefully not too long. My respect for sony just droppped to zero. If not for kz2, I wont even repurchase a ps3. At least with RRoD, you get 3 years of warranty service. Sony won't admit they have problems.