Refurbished fat PS3 - danger of YLoDing again?

Hey guys, I got a question. Back in 2010, my 40GB fat PS3 got that cursed yellow light. I had it since launch, and I expected it some time. Then, I called Sony, and they said "we do not produce faulty products" in such an attitude, that I wanted to punch them, but that's another story. Well, I went to the local Sony store that's exclusively repairing/selling PS3's - a PS3 department, if you'd like - with my old 40GB model. They said that if I gave it to them, they'd give me a used, refurbished 40GB one for 150 euros. Being in a need, I bought it, and cursed them to hell.

Question is: a couple of times, during this summer, it overheated. I heard the big fans starting up, and thought "not another YLoD...". Does anyone know if the models given in the way I mentioned above are prone to that damage again?

I have a refurb 60GB from Sony, got it last month and so far mine has been fine.sergemyster8

Sadly, yes it is prone. Regardless of how you obtained your phat PS3 it is vulnerable to it, and it being used makes it even more so. I had my launch 60 GB for a while and it died 4 or 5 months ago, can't rememeber when exactly but I took extreme care of it. Your best option would be to get a slim (which is what I did), even slims have a chance of YLod but it's smaller. If you don't want a slim, then stick with your phat one but expect it to break again.

Absolutely. The most that might of been done to it is the reflow fix if it had the common cause of the YLOD previously and that fix is only temporary. It could last you a while but not as much as you'll hope for.