these things are so damn quiet! i left it on to download something and totally forgot it was on until i saw my controller light blinking cause it was running out of battery


behavior like this is gonna break the damn thing!

Yeah, best to turn the controller off when setting up for a long download.

"Yeah, best to turn the controller off when setting up for a long download."

Your PS3 wont overheat downloading something...

Yeah not even a 360 will overheat downloading something, playing something is a different story though.

"Yeah not even a 360 will overheat downloading something, playing something is a different story though."

Ive left my ps3 on for long periods of time and never had it overheat. Unlike my 360 which will overheat if played for more than 5-6 hours.

"My friend leaves his ps3 on months at a time he always folds at home."

"Subway said:

"Yeah not even a 360 will overheat downloading something, playing something is a different story though."

Your right about that. I've only owned one 360 and i think its a shame how poorly made the console is, the games are great but the hardware is so incredibly unreliable that i didn't think it was worth getting a new one. I know about 5 people who had 360s and they all broke within months. I would be amazed if anyone still had a working launch 360, or at least one that has never had problems. I got mine at launch and it lasted over 2 years without a single problem, then out of nowhere i got the rrod."

I don't think it wold beak. they are meant to be left on for long amounts of time. As long as it doesn't overheat.

Yeah mine is almost always on.  Never had a problem *knock on wood*

*Knocks on wood for you.*   =P

I used to leave my PS3 on 24/7 to fold@home but gave it a break two days every month. Now I keep it going for only 12 hours a day due to advice from someone who had their PS3 fans die on him and he used to keep his PS3 on folding@home 24/7 unless there was a thunderstorm. (I think he had it for two years).

So, unless you have your PS3 in a really-closed space, leaving it on for a day shouldn't hurt it at all.

"Levio91 said:

"My friend leaves his ps3 on months at a time he always folds at home."

He must have a pretty electric bill."

Yeah when not crunching some heavy numbers in some complex game they're barely spinning those damn fans :P That reminds me tho, Sony really needs an auto off feature on those PS3 controllers. I can't count how often I've left the room, forgotten the PS3 was on and come back to a near dead battery.

Man, you guys are insane! INSANE! Even if I had a PS3, I'd never keep it on that long just for that program.

to be fair against the 360, where people says it overheats in x amount of hours.. Normally, a temp. won't slightly increase over 6 hours.. Something must've ticked it off at the certain point of time... a cpu/hardware, reaches the optimal temp, rather fast depending on fan etc, and then it remains stable unless the entire rooms temp increases slightly.. you digg?

I've done the same thing several times with my launch 60gb, it never shown any indication of being in less condition, and I never had any troubles with the ps3.. the design is pretty wellthought through when it comes to a good airflow.

"lol...I left my 360 on Mass Effect for two days, and it was fine, because the room is so cold. I once left my PS2 on for one month though, and it was fine. I left my PC running a game on for three weeks and it was fine."

"to be fair against the 360, where people says it overheats in x amount of hours.. Normally, a temp. won't slightly increase over 6 hours.. Something must've ticked it off at the certain point of time... a cpu/hardware, reaches the optimal temp, rather fast depending on fan etc, and then it remains stable unless the entire rooms temp increases slightly.. you digg?

I've done the same thing several times with my launch 60gb, it never shown any indication of being in less condition, and I never had any troubles with the ps3.. the design is pretty wellthought through when it comes to a good airflow."

"Black_Raven said:

"Subway said:

"Yeah not even a 360 will overheat downloading something, playing something is a different story though."

Your right about that. I've only owned one 360 and i think its a shame how poorly made the console is, the games are great but the hardware is so incredibly unreliable that i didn't think it was worth getting a new one. I know about 5 people who had 360s and they all broke within months. I would be amazed if anyone still had a working launch 360, or at least one that has never had problems. I got mine at launch and it lasted over 2 years without a single problem, then out of nowhere i got the rrod."

My first 360 has lasted for over a year, my second one has been going for about six months so far. From my experience, I honestly haven't seen the 360 breaking as easy as people say, a couple of buddies from school have had 360's for two years with no problems at all. I actually don't know anyone, that I can think of who has gotten RROD."