Quick update on my situation:
I recieved a "factory certified" (60gig) unit yesterday. (AKA Refurb) I'm not exactly sure what goes into this "certification" process because the unit was a lemon upon arrival. It will not load discs. As in, the actual loading mechanism won't load the discs into the drive. (I also tried to play the bejeweled demo off the hard drive and it froze when I tried that. But it did play tekken dark ressurection)
How could this unit have been "certified"? How could this have happened? Honestly, its completely mind boggling and infuriating.
So, they are sending out another box to have this broken unit replaced.
/rant off