Hey so I live in a pretty warm place in Mexico have had the ps3 working for 2 full years now, no problem at all. The overheating fan is always on though the entire year except on winter because its pretty warm here. I've had no problems but I've always been rather worried about that. Anyone live in south florida/texas somewhere warm where just normal use of the ps3 in a ventilated always turns the fan on except on winter? Have you ahd any overheating issues? It gets over 100 degrees here, using the crappy Fahrenheit scale.

Stick it in a mini fridge

play only at nights?

Air conditioning, I seriously run it all summer from May-September straight through to keep my electronics cool.  I have an older hdtv in my living room and it seriously raises the temp in there by 10-15 degrees after being on for half an hour. 

" Do you have the PS3 in an enclosed environment or is it out in the open?  High temps are not uncommon for the PS3.  If the warranty is out, then you may want to open it up and see if there is any dust buildup on the fans that needs cleaned out with a can of compressed air. You may want to look into getting a PS3 Slim as it runs noticeably cooler and is nearly silent. "

when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =)

" when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =) "

I agree desk fans are genereally the best ideas. Worrying about dust is like sticking your ps3 in a windtunnel and worrying about dust build up. 
 
Some people just take the side off their pc and stick the fan right inthere. 
 
Aternatively mod it and affix a liquid cooling device

Why not buy one of those cooler peripherals? I've seen them in game retail stores, never heard any reviews though. 
 
Other than that, daily maintenance is all I can recommend.

" @jadeskye said:

" when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =) "

a desk fan can funnel dust right into the ps3, 
 
@chililili: \   try a desk made out of ice, and keep a spraycan of liquid nitrogen around. jk, iv got nothing "

" @organicalistic_ said:

" @jadeskye said:

" when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =) "

a desk fan can funnel dust right into the ps3, 
 
@chililili: \   try a desk made out of ice, and keep a spraycan of liquid nitrogen around. jk, iv got nothing "

Of course it'll increase the amount of dust. Airflow = dust. but when you're dealing with high ambient temperatures you don't have a alot of choices. short of a bootleg watercooling system for your PS3, which (apart from being insane) brings it's own problems. "

buy a cooling pad.

" @jadeskye said:

" @organicalistic_ said:

" @jadeskye said:

" when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =) "

a desk fan can funnel dust right into the ps3, 
 
@chililili: \   try a desk made out of ice, and keep a spraycan of liquid nitrogen around. jk, iv got nothing "

Of course it'll increase the amount of dust. Airflow = dust. but when you're dealing with high ambient temperatures you don't have a alot of choices. short of a bootleg watercooling system for your PS3, which (apart from being insane) brings it's own problems. "

Not if you have an ice cooling system that only cools the air right in front of the air intake holes.  "

" @StaticFalconar said:

" @jadeskye said:

" @organicalistic_ said:

" @jadeskye said:

" when i'm running high powered computers that are overheating i find a temporary solution is to get a desk fan and point it at the hardware. keeps it cool =) "

a desk fan can funnel dust right into the ps3, 
 
@chililili: \   try a desk made out of ice, and keep a spraycan of liquid nitrogen around. jk, iv got nothing "

Of course it'll increase the amount of dust. Airflow = dust. but when you're dealing with high ambient temperatures you don't have a alot of choices. short of a bootleg watercooling system for your PS3, which (apart from being insane) brings it's own problems. "

Not if you have an ice cooling system that only cools the air right in front of the air intake holes.  "

but then you're increasing the amount of moisture inside the system which is far more damaging then dust which can be easily removed. "

Mmmm I might try the whole extra fans thing if I see more problems

You could put a pack of ice on top to absorb the heat.  Just be sure not to get the console wet, to make sure you put it in something air tight.  You could also use a damp paper (make sure to really squeeze out the water), and place it on the surface which should also help, in addition to a fan.

had the same problem even though i dont live in a warm climat i had to unplug my ps3 and put it somewhere els but a good advise is take 4 small bricks of something that dont isolate heat and put your ps3 on it so its raised from the surface it is standing on (i asume its laying down instead of standing up) that way it can get "breath" a little better that did the trick for me atleast 
i heard a rumor that the ps3 has a bigger problem "breathing" is its standing up oppuse to it laying down dont know if its true or not but heard it had someting to do with the fans. can someone confirm or denie it
oh yearh and clean the ps3 semi often alot of dust adn things get on the fans everthing helps