You can. Though in Canada they won't fix it and instead just send you a refurbished unit. You'll also spend over $150 for the privilege. Given the choice between spending over $150 on a refurbished unit and just buying a new slim model for around $300 I just went with the slim. Didn't see the point in basically buying a PS3 that had already failed once over a newer model that might not suffer from the YLOD.