Mmm... mine's a 80gig and i only have a problemo when i play U2. Just offs by itself with the red flashing light but after that i can on it again.

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Added on October 19, 2009, 8:26 pmNot 'dead' yet but i read that the red flashing light is kind of a pre-requisite

This post has been edited by VashTheStampede: Oct 19 2009, 08:26 PM

Hrmm.. I'll relate my 'near-death' experience.
My set is a 80G SG model. Bought in Nov 07 if i'm not mistaken.

No problems whatsoever..until I d/l the U2 beta,
Could play 1 round of co-op, but then when I ventured on to a 2nd round...bam! PS3 shut down with the red blinking lights. Pretty terrified so i hard-offed the PS3 from the switch at the back. Switched back on and it was fine, tried to U2 again..same thing.

After that was kinda scared so deleted the demo and that's that.
Few weeks went by, got the game, played about 30 mins, and the same thing happened. On offed the ps3.. tried to play again and it shut down within 5 mins. Well after that yeah, haven't touched it since

Can play all other games fine. That day played PES for 4-5 hours straight.
The fan has been loud before, but it's never switched off.
Uncharted 2 is the only game that does this

lol.. i think the fan thingy is normal tbh.
And it only kicks in when i play a game too long.
For u2 however, it kicked in like..immediately! :

Hmmm wonder if there's any point sending my PS3 in to 'check'. But since only Uncharted 2 causes the shutdown... i'd be afraid though to 'demonstrate' the shutdown, since it may lead straight into the YLOD :
Or i'll just get a Slim just for U2
whatdya guys think?

wah really exactly same man. i also bought mine about Nov 07! :
what you gonna do bro? sell and buy Slim??

lol... sell your 40G and get a slim?!

wahh... skip Uncharter 2!??! urghh.. I can't 'afford' to do that...lol..
i already have the game... must play! haih.
yeah man, money sure...fly..

Mine's an 80G non-BC btw. But it hasn't been struck (hope it never will be) by the YLOD. just the problem with U2 that I've mentioned.