Important: Pal Ps3 fan controls showing strange behaviour - many users concerned

first of all, links:

http://community.eu.playstation.com/showthread.php?t=75005 (English official ps page)

http://community.eu.playstation.com/showthread.php?t=74991 (in France as well)

http://community.eu.playstation.com/showthread.php?t=72582 (last but not least, Germans)

The situation:

According to those users, mainly Japanese made Pal PS3 have abnormal fan control behaviour:

1. it gets to easily into high fan levels (level 3)

2. it doesn't step down...never... ever no matter where and what(according to them), till you reboot the system

3. some people from sony hotline told them: 'if the fan control is not stepping down, then the system needs to be 'repaired' 

It seems, according to those links( also just do a google for PS3 fan control...hell ya), that most or at least many Pal PS3s(some Canadian ones aswell?!) are reporting that the fans don't step down, no matter what. Only a full system reboot brings those fans back into the first level. 

Also users have reported that some PS3s even get into higher levels after just a few minutes(5 min) of idle (up to fan level 3).

Those people also have come to the conclusion that most or all Chinese manufactured Pal PS3s do have a working fan control(which steps down when returning to the XMB) and don't reach such high levels like 3 or even 4 that easily. But that's not all, there are lot's of users who already changed their Japanese made PS3s for a Chinese one ?!

As a Pal user I am also a bit concerned: Therefore I need your time, dear Gamespot US and JP users. Let's collect your experiance with the fan control and see if this is just all a hype or hystery or if there are really 'malfunctions'

My PS3 is doing this: depending on room temperature (e.g. 21 celsius),

idle: after 5 to 10 min: level1 (fan works so quite that you might think it even doesn't run at all)

idle: after 10 min till forever or a application starts: level 2 and a warm PS3(almost as quite as 1...almost, listen very carefully, then you will hear a very slight increase in fan speed!!!)

application: (BRdisk,Game whatever) level 3 and PS3 gets warmer, even hot after hours of play in a warm room(25+ degree celsius, now I can definitly hear it, quite but it's there...still quite and comfortable for me, an old Xbox is still loader)

level 4 and 5: not sure if they really exist, some say yes. maybe I heard it by my self once, when it was almost 30 degree celsius in the room, but then it also stepped down(but not sure)

My PS3 is Chinese made, Pal, vertical, sitting on(not in) a TV rack, side by side to a LCD(which also gets warm or even hot after a while)

Thanks for your attention and sorry for all those info and wall of text, but this needs to be done so we Europeans can enjoy our PS3s as good as you can (hopefully).

so is it basically the louder the system the higher the fan level is?

my ps3 always seems to get louder on ms loading screens aand when it actually starts then it goes quiet then it goes load almost like the fans keep imediatley stopping, a bit annoyimg imo

so is it basically the louder the system the higher the fan level is?

my ps3 always seems to get louder on ms loading screens aand when it actually starts then it goes quiet then it goes load almost like the fans keep imediatley stopping, a bit annoyimg imo

alex1889

well is there a way to see what your fan level is or is it guess work from listening to it?magrappy

i have been listenin to my ps3 for a hour and indeed after 2 3 min it stays in step 2 or 3 and never gets down to the level just when you turn on your ps3.problem is i dont know if this is normal .....

someone plz record there fan steps i need to know im worried you could help alot of people....who are concerned and can not confirm the normal behaviour of the ps3...

 SOMEONE WITH A NTSC SYSTEM

i wnat to know the step right after turning on the system 

the step after 2-3 min on xmb

teh step after 2-3 min running F@h for 10 min

after 10 min running folding i want to know the step when turning back to XMB and leave it ti idle for 5 min

if someone can record this you could help alot of concerned people thank you

You people are nurturing each others' paranoia. Is there actually anything wrong with your PS3s? Any sign of over-heating? Any video or sound issues? Or are you just hunkering over your machines, listening for noises like a crazy-person hears voices?

It's a self-automated fan. It comes on, goes off and whatnot. Try not to fixate on little things and just enjoy your PS3s.

Cheers,

- C

You people are nurturing each others' paranoia. Is there actually anything wrong with your PS3s? Any sign of over-heating? Any video or sound issues? Or are you just hunkering over your machines, listening for noises like a crazy-person hears voices?

It's a self-automated fan. It comes on, goes off and whatnot. Try not to fixate on little things and just enjoy your PS3s.

Cheers,

- C

Christian399

You people are nurturing each others' paranoia. Is there actually anything wrong with your PS3s? Any sign of over-heating? Any video or sound issues? Or are you just hunkering over your machines, listening for noises like a crazy-person hears voices?

It's a self-automated fan. It comes on, goes off and whatnot. Try not to fixate on little things and just enjoy your PS3s.

Cheers,

- C

Christian399

wow, u guys are just paranoid, relax i mean jeez has ur ps3s shown any sign of it being messed up or needs repairing?!!?!!?

i mean i listened to the fan as soon as saw this topic and to be honest i havent heard the fan move to level 2 or 3 when im on the XMB or when im at folding@home the fan increases to level 2 the most then turns back off to level one, the most i seen the fan go up to was probably 3, and i was playin for 20hrs staright, and system was fine didnt do nothin abnormal or weird, u guys are just being PARANOID, and i do understand that u guys MITE be rite maybe it is a problem for most, but if it really was then u would experienced some problems from the start.

PS ID: VeNoM042O 

wow, u guys are just paranoid, relax i mean jeez has ur ps3s shown any sign of it being messed up or needs repairing?!!?!!?

i mean i listened to the fan as soon as saw this topic and to be honest i havent heard the fan move to level 2 or 3 when im on the XMB or when im at folding@home the fan increases to level 2 the most then turns back off to level one, the most i seen the fan go up to was probably 3, and i was playin for 20hrs staright, and system was fine didnt do nothin abnormal or weird, u guys are just being PARANOID, and i do understand that u guys MITE be rite maybe it is a problem for most, but if it really was then u would experienced some problems from the start.

 

 

PS ID: VeNoM042O 

JoKeR_421

[QUOTE="alex1889"]

so is it basically the louder the system the higher the fan level is?

my ps3 always seems to get louder on ms loading screens aand when it actually starts then it goes quiet then it goes load almost like the fans keep imediatley stopping, a bit annoyimg imo

kazuya_m