Hey.
So, I'm wondering what has happened: I have an old (~2008) fat PS3 with a custom 500GB HDD. In the past it was always perfectly silent, and only started getting noisy when I played graphics-heavy games like GTAIV.
Now, however, it turns on the fans ~5-10 minutes after boot. Even if it's just standing on the XMB doing nothing or if it's playing a movie.
I'm assuming it's dust-related, but how do I go about doing a complete clean of the damn thing? I've tried vacuuming the vents, canned air and that sort of thing, but that doesn't get to the inner parts of the PS3. Do I have to *gasp* ...open it?
Also, I'm pretty sure the warranty has expired anyway.
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The PlayStation 3 (often abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console created and released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
My PS3 is suddenly noisy all the time
If it's warm outside then there's your problem, plus the PS3 needs a lot of room to breathe, it needs at least a 12 inch gap behind it or more if you want a quiet console, especially during the heat. Also, don't use a vacuum, it causes static to build on your circuits, which isn't a good thing.
Gta 4 killed my ps3, it's too much graphics for it, which will create heat on the gpu, then the fans will go up to cool it. I'm just theorizing, i'm not sure, however it's better than an overheated gpu.
I had the same issue when I purchased a used PS3 over eBay. I opened it up and vacuumed out all the dust which caused the fans to run much quieter. Might want to try that if you don't have a warranty anymore.
Is it not already well known that this does more harm than good? Sony stated this as well as other users. Stop spreading this false information around as being useful when it could break someones console.
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