I have a PS3 (Model CECHE12), I brought it at the very beginning like few years ago. When I play skyrim, I can start the game and keep playing like 15-30 minutes, then it suddenly turned off by itself and the power indicator show red light and keep flashing...
I asked some game shops, they said this problem can not be fix, because the hardware inside the PS3 is not capable to show all the effects of skyrim.
Then I call the customer service hotline of Sony, they tell me this problem also happened when they testing after I requested.

Just wondering any brother playing skyrim with the old version of PS3 (Not the thin one).

I hope somebody got the extended warranty like me....

im on an old fat 80 gig ps3 the one that came with little big planet im afraid i cant say i have this issue im afraid.....