But the question becomes, now what? The guy gave me a 6-month warranty on YLOD/repair, but what if the console breaks in the future? I saw someone say in the forums that "backing up is not the same as ...

So while running over a cop in GTA: Liberty City Stories, my PS3 just shut off. Tried to turn it back on; no luck. YLOD. Now here are my options: [*] Send to Sony and get refurb 60GB launch PS3. $190 ...

Watchdog's PS3 repair segment last night didn't work, in a nutshell. The program centred on the "thousands upon thousands" of UK PS3s that have shown the YLOD and have to be fixed outside of warrantee ...