NEVERMIND

Turns out it was a firmware glitch...

Yeah, he should send it back to Sony. It's not like it'll cost him anything anyway... It'll be less of a hassle for everyone. The warranty is there, might as well use it.

Its under warranty and im not seeing any problem here.

As long as Sony will cover everything, with him being the owner, I don't see a problem. Either way, he is going to have to mail the system some where, so he might as well send it in to get it fixed.

This is why I am always afraid to mail high priced systems, you never can tell how the were treated along the way.