[QUOTE="ColonelVodka"]I think there's something wrong with your electrical outlet(s). You should get them checked out. Better safe than sorry. svaubel

This. If you are having the same issues over and over again with different systems, I would check your outlets or wiring. There is probably a short somewhere that is causing this.

Try using the system on a different outlet, and hopefully if its not damaged too much the problem will stop.

Thanks so much to everyone! It's really good to hear that most of you have had just 1 Slim and for over a year, re-installs my confidence in PS3 massively.

Are you 5 slim units all purchased new from stores, or are you counting repairs/returns/pre-owned. You can pin in on being extremely unlucky but I'm still more inclined to believe it's the way you treat your console/games

Gxgear

I'm based in the UK. The first 2 consoles were from my local Game store, they gave me a full refund after the 2nd so i decided to try a different store just in case they had a dodgy batch. The last 3 were all purchased from Gamestation, i'm yet to return this current console. From my point of view it seems like this dodgy batch theory isn't actually that far-fetched.

Please give me input if you have anything at all to add, whacky theories welcome. I really impressed with the responses, although i would like to hear from a few more UK/European owners to see how their experience compares.

Hi all, my current system suddenly just stopped reading certain games. After only 4 months of working like a dream out of nowhere it stops reading games and blu-ray discs and refuses to install some games if they do finally read.

Now the thing is this is my 5th Slim since release that this has happened to, usually its obvious that something is wrong as games start to crash well before they stop reading, but this last PS3 fault came out of the blue, i thought she was the one :(

I am convinced there is something really wrong somewhere and i know its not me and how i look after my system, i'm meticulous with all my belongings, those of you who play Demon's Souls know this already :P So i want to see if other people are experiencing the same problems that i am with the slim or if i'm just unlucky as hell.

So just a few simple questions. Please only answer if you have/had a slim:

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

Feedback would be appreciated, if you have any extra input you'd like to offer please feel welcome.