I'm keen, but I'd also like to know how you got the code?

EU PSN is also giving away free 30-day Plus codes: https://www.facebook.com/SonyPlaystation?sk=app_106681779474103

when is the beta and will there be other ways of getting in? a multiplayer beta needs numbers to work, so I'm hoping there is.

Keen as

how common is the for the components to fail? I've done about 15 consoles and seen or even heard of that before.

I reflowed a 60gb console but when I turned it on it went straight into a yellow light, instantly!
I tried swapping the PSU with another 60gb PSU lying around, didn't work. I even unplugged the...

Fixed a YLOD console, turned it on and it said the HDD needed to be formatted. Went into XMB after that then I wanted to update the firmware from 3.55 to 3.56, but halfway through updating I get an...

if there's a flash version, can't u just open the site on the PS3 browser? problem solved.. and it's free.