Hi guys, need some advice here.

I've got a PS3 bought about 3 years ago when Sony Malaysia first started selling them officially. Lately, my 5 y.o. son been playing a lot on it and a problem developed. When playing any disc game, the ps3 would shut down a few minutes afterwards and theres a red light blinking. I can only restart the ps3 manually after that and theres usually a message "Your PS3 wasnt shut down properly....bla bla" before the normal start screen.

I think its a overheating problem. My questions are:

1. How much does it usually cost if i send it to Sony for repairs? Is it worth sending it since some people reported that their problem wasnt fixed when they got their ps3 back.

2. If I buy a new slim ps3, can I use my 500gb hd from my fat ps3?

Thanks for any input.

So I send the unit to Sony pickup centre in Alor Setar 2 weeks ago and they just called. Apparently, some board is damaged and it will cost RM740.00 to replace. Thats more than half the cost of new unit and I'm leaning towards buying a new slim unit and just slam in my old 500gb hd.

Any opinions?

I'm 99% going to get a new slim ps3. I think the fault in my fat ps3 is not much as I can switch it on, browse pics & play vids that I had saved, browse sony online store etc for hours without any problem. Another forumner has similar problem with his ps3 and could not even switch his unit on. He sent it to Bernard(?) and repair only cost RM250.

I think Sony WANTS me to buy a new ps3 and quoting a high repair price will do it.

P.S. Any recommended PS3 seller on lowyat?

This post has been edited by todak: Dec 3 2010, 10:53 AM

Hi peeps,

So, my old fat ps3 had ylod problem and I took out my 500gb hd and then sent the ps3 to Sony who quoted some ridiculous amount for repair.

I've since bought a new slim ps3 and just now I replaced the hd and its asking for system update 3.55?

My question is, if I dl update 3.55 and put it in usb, would I be able to use my old hd on the new ps3?

thanks in advance

thats what i was afraid of. i guess i have to backup to portable hd first