PS3 cooling fans and YLOD?

Does buying cooling fans for my PS3 reduce the chance for getting the YLOD?

Cause i have the 60 GB model

They also wont help with bluray drive failure which I got. Sepewrath

depends, theres lots of things you have to take into consideration. 60gb and 40gb/80gb have different intake vents. on the 60gb, the side and back vents are output and only the front is intake, but on the 40/80 the side and front are intake and the back is where the hot air leaves. then you gotta do a little research on the intercooler your getting because if im correct, most intercoolers were designed for the 60gb. this means the one in your picture would suck air out. that would work if you have a 60gb ps3, but it wouldnt work on a 40/80 because you would get a fan trying to take air away from the ps3 while the ps3 is trying to intake air. if you do buy a 60gb intercooler, you could probably take it apart and flip the fans around for it to work on a 40/80.

by the way for anyone who wants to know, the ps3 only has 1 fan and thats a huge 160mm fan right in the middle of the console. that fan takes care of intake and outputting air.

back to the real question, common sense would tell you that an intercooler would obviously help. theres nothing wrong with moving more air, but the most common argument would be that the fan draws power from the console which is bad. true, it could be bad but theres a way around that if you dont want to take the risk. just buy a 5v usb wall adapter and plug your intercooler into that and problem solved.

depends, theres lots of things you have to take into consideration. 60gb and 40gb/80gb have different intake vents. on the 60gb, the side and back vents are output and only the front is intake, but on the 40/80 the side and front are intake and the back is where the hot air leaves. then you gotta do a little research on the intercooler your getting because if im correct, most intercoolers were designed for the 60gb. this means the one in your picture would suck air out. that would work if you have a 60gb ps3, but it wouldnt work on a 40/80 because you would get a fan trying to take air away from the ps3 while the ps3 is trying to intake air. if you do buy a 60gb intercooler, you could probably take it apart and flip the fans around for it to work on a 40/80.

by the way for anyone who wants to know, the ps3 only has 1 fan and thats a huge 160mm fan right in the middle of the console. that fan takes care of intake and outputting air.

back to the real question, common sense would tell you that an intercooler would obviously help. theres nothing wrong with moving more air, but the most common argument would be that the fan draws power from the console which is bad. true, it could be bad but theres a way around that if you dont want to take the risk. just buy a 5v usb wall adapter and plug your intercooler into that and problem solved.

b0ssy

YLOD is not something that happens anywhere near RROD. Mine is 60 gig which is worse as far as air circulation and I had that since launch. YLOD is a myth and while every console in every generation has problems, the ps3 is not known for this at all.

Now in regards to the fan, there should be an intercooler that has its own power adapter which is best. Again I doubt it is needed, but it is your choice. I play games, watch marathon animes and dvd tv shows since launch. no problems at all.

YLOD is not something that happens anywhere near RROD. Mine is 60 gig which is worse as far as air circulation and I had that since launch. YLOD is a myth and while every console in every generation has problems, the ps3 is not known for this at all.

Now in regards to the fan, there should be an intercooler that has its own power adapter which is best. Again I doubt it is needed, but it is your choice. I play games, watch marathon animes and dvd tv shows since launch. no problems at all.

blue900

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]They also wont help with bluray drive failure which I got. hassanfadil

Does buying cooling fans for my PS3 reduce the chance for getting the YLOD?

Cause i have the 60 GB model

hassanfadil

YLOD is not something that happens anywhere near RROD. Mine is 60 gig which is worse as far as air circulation and I had that since launch. YLOD is a myth and while every console in every generation has problems, the ps3 is not known for this at all.

blue900

A myth you say? That explains why my PS3 got one...

YLOD is not something that happens anywhere near RROD. Mine is 60 gig which is worse as far as air circulation and I had that since launch. YLOD is a myth and while every console in every generation has problems, the ps3 is not known for this at all.

A myth you say? That explains why my PS3 got one...

as long as your ps3 isn't in a tight spotand nothing is blocking its little vent things, then I don't think the chances of it screwing up are very big at all.SoNin360

I really hate that term 'ylod', its exaggerated, why not just call it hard drive failure instead of a catchy abbreviation...johnlennon28

YLOD is not something that happens anywhere near RROD. Mine is 60 gig which is worse as far as air circulation and I had that since launch. YLOD is a myth and while every console in every generation has problems, the ps3 is not known for this at all.

Now in regards to the fan, there should be an intercooler that has its own power adapter which is best. Again I doubt it is needed, but it is your choice. I play games, watch marathon animes and dvd tv shows since launch. no problems at all.

mine got ylod this sunday

i think sony should offer more warranty on their consoles

as for cooling fans their more trouble than their worth installed one on my first 60gb console a few days later my blu-ray drive blew out