hairdryer loud ps3 fan

i got my ps3 back a week ago after sending it in for a busted bluray drive. whenever i play games the fan will go insanely loud. just right now i was playing batman aa for not even 20 minutes and the fan suddenly starts to get loud. there isn't any dust on the system nor is the room hot. prior to the bluray drive breaking, the fan never went this loud for the 2 years i've owned it for. what should i do?

Topic: hairdryer loud ps3 fan

Have you consider selling it to a beauty salon?

j/k :P

Why not sell it and get slim?

seeing as how i just paid sony 200 bucks to fix the damned console, i don't see the point of selling my 40gb then paying for the difference to get a slim.

Have you consider selling it to a beauty salon? j/k Why not sell it and get slim?azzezino

Actually, the slim can be just as loud OR a bit louder then the original after long play times.

seeing as how i just paid sony 200 bucks to fix the damned console, i don't see the point of selling my 40gb then paying for the difference to get a slim.

AnthonyLuu

If the fan is really loud it means that the console is really hot, duh. However, it doesn't mean the PS3 is not properly working. Its been terrible hot around where I live for a week or so and as soon as I turn my PS3 on the fan turns on full blast. Is it annoying? Yeah. Is my PS3 gonna break? No. I still play it and it works just fine (early 80 gig model). On the cooler days here my PS3 runs quiet.

okay, i should probably make this more clear.

the problem occured after i got my system back from sony. before my ps3 broke, the fan never ever EVER got loud. i've had the ps3 for two years before this problem happened. my ps3 is always standing vertical.

okay, i should probably make this more clear.

the problem occured after i got my system back from sony. before my ps3 broke, the fan never ever EVER got loud. i've had the ps3 for two years before this problem happened. my ps3 is always standing vertical.

AnthonyLuu

Your fan never turned on before you sent it in, then maybe thats why you had to send it in in the first place. The fan is there for a reason, to keep the system cool if you never hear it then thats when you should be worried.

so you're saying it's perfectly normal to have your ps3 fan go from quiet to hairdryer loud 20 minutes into playing? i find that extremely hard to believe especially since it's not hot outside, infact it feels like spring outside.

so you're saying it's perfectly normal to have your ps3 fan go from quiet to hairdryer loud 20 minutes into playing? i find that extremely hard to believe especially since it's not hot outside, infact it feels like spring outside.

AnthonyLuu

I wouldn't contemplate getting a new PS3 over the fan issue. I do worry sometimes that maybe the PS3 is not staying cool, due to no change in temperature. But I have had my PS3 for 2 years as well and have left it running a game for long periods of time before. Obviously when the PS3 is running a game it is working harder and some games just make the PS3 work harder than usual but I doubt it means your PS3 is gonna go caput on you.

[QUOTE="azzezino"]Have you consider selling it to a beauty salon? j/k Why not sell it and get slim?Furi-Kun

Actually, the slim can be just as loud OR a bit louder then the original after long play times.

my ps3 60 gig is nearly 4 yrs old and its fan sounds like well my house fan , ,

Mine gets loud occasionally, so I just turn it off the rest of the day, then its ok the next

i got my ps3 back a week ago after sending it in for a busted bluray drive. whenever i play games the fan will go insanely loud. just right now i was playing batman aa for not even 20 minutes and the fan suddenly starts to get loud. there isn't any dust on the system nor is the room hot. prior to the bluray drive breaking, the fan never went this loud for the 2 years i've owned it for. what should i do?

AnthonyLuu

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seeing as how i just paid sony 200 bucks to fix the damned console, i don't see the point of selling my 40gb then paying for the difference to get a slim.

azzezino

i got my ps3 back a week ago after sending it in for a busted bluray drive. whenever i play games the fan will go insanely loud. just right now i was playing batman aa for not even 20 minutes and the fan suddenly starts to get loud. there isn't any dust on the system nor is the room hot. prior to the bluray drive breaking, the fan never went this loud for the 2 years i've owned it for. what should i do?

AnthonyLuu

My fat PS3 also gets pretty noisy after about 20 minutes of playing. But its no where near the loudness of the 360 (old 20gb pro). that dang thing is a turbine and about twice as loud as my gaming rig!

so last week i finally sent in my ps3 to fix the fan problem (sony did it out of good will). i got it back on friday, instead of 20 minutes, the fan will go off in 5 minutes. i emailed sony about it and they basically told me to get lost. my friend is currently borrowing my ps3 atm, he has it laid out on the ground with LOTS of breathing space and the system still goes louder than a 360. i'm in a bit of a doozy with the ps3 eh?

based on experiments i've conducted, soul calibur 4 usually takes about 10-20 mins for the fan to go 360 loud, while uncharted 2 takes about 5-10. mw2 and cod4 take about 15 minutes. it's strange, my ps3 isn't even close to being hot.

i got my ps3 back a week ago after sending it in for a busted bluray drive. whenever i play games the fan will go insanely loud. just right now i was playing batman aa for not even 20 minutes and the fan suddenly starts to get loud. there isn't any dust on the system nor is the room hot. prior to the bluray drive breaking, the fan never went this loud for the 2 years i've owned it for. what should i do?

AnthonyLuu

they won't accept it, i messaged them the day i got my console back. i don't think they gave me a warranty as i didn't pay them 150 for the "service" job.