Looking for some advice!

[pooper33]

Hello everyone, let me start off by saying thank you for your help and consideration right off the bat! I have a 2007 40 gig model that the drive crapped out on about 3 months after I bought it in Dec 2007 was still under warranty, quick easy 2 weeks later back and bad ass! last week I started playing mw2 and borderlands for long , long ,long runs and about 2 days ago the ps3 started to freeze up. it did it a handful of times and now it is all it does if I try to watch a movie or play a game! the experience is random I could watch 1 hour or 3 minutes but it consistently happens at some point!

so.......Im bummed

I'm pretty sure its another drive failure since I can play divx, music and downloaded games so long story long!

do you think it is worth it for me to get it repaired through Sony and or does it make more sense to just buy a new slim?


my second question is if I buy a new slim can I use both systems still? what I mean is I have an PSN account that my 40 gig is obviously tied to, can I also sign in on the new slim and download all my purchases ? if this is possible I wont fix the old one and just use it in the bedroom for Pixel Junk Monsters and Fat Princes! lol

(on a side note, the 40 gig was kept in relatively open entertainment system with 4 built in 120 mm fans (2 suck,2 blow) and was dusted regularly!) everyone always seems to ask about these last points!




edit: If I get a new slim can I use the backup function and load in my backup file that has all my games saves and info on it or do i loose progress? thanks again for every ones help