does anyone else's ps3 make this noise?

after i turn off my ps3 after playing for a few hours..i can hear it shutting it down then powering off. the fans stops spinning and so forth. then about 5 seconds later i hear a startling CLICK. the same kind of noise i would make if i were to flick the ps3 with my finger. is it supposed to make this noise? is overheating causing it to make this noise? my ps3 is the newer 120 gb ps3 slim.

You can't tell if mine is on or not (without looking at the green light of course).

What you are hearing is the expansion and contraction of plastic and PCBs inside the system due to heating up and cooling down. It is entirely normal not just on PS3s but on many other components as well.

Never happened to me, but my new slim is kinda noisy. The fan is unusually loud.

Mine makes noise after 1h of gaming.

That exactly happens to me as well, and I was worried before reading this (thank you). Although I have noticed my PS3 only makes that noise with certain games, not with all of them :S

if its over heating just buy a fan and put in front of your ps3 ...

thats what i did works great .......

oh and i had my ps3 since 2008 its the 80 gb phat

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the only thing i do hear is after playing for a few hours that the ps3 fan will kick on to high not to sure if i should worry bout that or not

Yes that happens to my PS3 which is also a launch 120GB slim. So it is almost 2 years old and has not given me any problems. The poping noise is normal. The sould of the plastic casing expanding then contracting after long PS3 gaming sessions.

It is normal this has happen ever since I got my slim at launch. I guess by now Sony must have used better plastic for the PS3 slim.

Yes that happens to my PS3 which is also a launch 120GB slim. So it is almost 2 years old and has not given me any problems. The poping noise is normal. The sould of the plastic casing expanding then contracting after long PS3 gaming sessions.

It is normal this has happen ever since I got my slim at launch. I guess by now Sony must have used better plastic for the PS3 slim.

Megavideogamer

I hope thats sarcastic. I really hate the fact that Sony are building less quality products for a lower price to please a greater audience, but its the modest solution. Same thing happed to Vita, a shame but necessary.