I believed too once girls could own PS3's, I then checked underneath and I found a wii.

myth busted

I read that without the dash, then I went back to read the whole OP and I realized what you meant...

lol binray got that one right, though this has nothing to do with her sort of anyway because she wants her ps3 back. -.-

ANYWAY. topic at hand please people.

@Mibu- thanks, and yeah i called sony yesterday they said its "Like-New" so guess its not, ah well, but they said its like 80$ or something for a 1 year warranty should i go for it?

Ask yourself how much you value the bc feature. That will generally answer your question. Since they never had it in Australia I never missed it :[

gf-like = redheaded goddess :P

hehe, maxwell knows his stuff.

the best way to avoid YLOD is to have the PS3 horizontal and to exchange the thermal paste with a high quality one after the warranty is gone

YLOD is caused by an overheating of the chips and the board, which happens because the thermal paste Sony used sadly is able to slowly flow from the chips if it's warm (it's not viscous enough), so after time the cooling won't work as well anymore and if the chips don't deactivate themselves fast enough they or the board will overheat and be damaged -> YLOD