for those who got/know-a-person who got ylod problem, how many hours do you normally play during a session before giving it a break to cool down? just want to do a survey, maybe can help new owner like me

6 hours? whoa i dont have that much time i took 2 hours is the sweet spot to be safe.

just a theory here after some good time with logical thinking..

when you play games, it heats up the mobo but uneven distribution of heat made the some part of the mobo to flex/expand and causing the solder joint to crack. what if we pre heat the other part instead of cooling it so the heat is evenly distributed and the expansion of the cpu/gpu can be keep up with additional heat to other part on the mobo/pcb, i dont think the chip itself is so easy to be damage from extra heat, it just the matter of solder connection. but if you do it just pray that the heat won't melt the solder joint.

nice ps3 you have there congrats

i just bought a refurb one and i felt like being cheated now. i'm sure mine used to be ylod-repaired unit. no way people are going to sell the console if its in good condition like you right?. if that thing ylod within a month i'm going to "sunat" him for selling me this.

currently in egypt, if anything goes wrong to the ps3, i got nowhere to go amazingly the ps3 did work silently even when playing uncharted 2, it may be due to cold weather(its spring and the temp still below17) .. Malaysia is too hot for this thing + hardcore gamer, no way this thing can survive..sony should really put an effort developing hardware catered for people who lives in equatorial region.

me too i'd never thought it could be this cold.. 9-20 degree c max during winter peak.. i have once visited the pyramid with temperature below 25 in the middle of a dessert, movies has been lying to us all this time . i'm going to play with it while the weather is still cold. then going to wrap it nicely during summer (avg 40c)..