my hypothesis on the "ylod" problem is, that the thermal paste Sony used for their first models was shit .. it loses too much viscosity when warmed and therefore slowly flows from the processors ,killing the effectiveness of the PS3s cooling system

ylod happens if the processor pins or the main board is damaged due to overheating

when I exchanged the paste in my launch PS3 it was in a horrible state and after I did the PS3 was as quiet again as when I bought it

Well, at least it is easily correcteable

i never had a problem with it, i think its much more stronger then the ps3 fat despise of the slim being small.. i left my slim on for 5 days in a row ones and i never had 1 problem with it

Its often quoted as a "dry solder" issue by those technicians who have fixed them.

Sony however have taken a leaf out of Microsofts book and refused to discuss exact cause.

Now if they only took another leaf and paid for all faulty units to be repaired for up to three years I think everyone would be a lot happier.

Comparing Xbox's failure rates to PS3's escapes my logic Cypher

Claiming to be comparing failure rates when I patently have not escapes my logic Ldn.se

No, of course not

I have a 80gb PS3 for 2 years (motorstorm pack), it still´s online.

I had a neighbour that had propblem with the optical unit, was fixed without any costs..

Is the 80gb presenting this problem?

I think the B/C 60gig are mostly affected, however my 60gig is over 2.5 yrs and have no issues with it.

I have a UK 60gb bc unit. Suffered ylod once after two years i think becouse i put a 7200rpm hdd in, it went two months after. Had no problems with the replacement so far(touch wood) but i wouldnt recommend putting a faster hdd in the machine.