The Fan on my 40gig PS3 has started to churn louder/harder :(

Is this extra hard/loud work of my PS3's fan a sign of something catastrophic for the system? I clean it regularly and it has stayed in the well-ventillated spot it has always been for the past year and a half+ with never a hitch . . . until now.

Anyone out there know what the problem could be and have a solution to said problem??

Nothing really to worry about, the thing is when temps start to rise it takes more to cool the PS3. You may try to stand the system vertically in a open area because this seems to help allow a little more heat to escape the PS3.

This normally happens when u play for several hours, the fans star to run louder, but don't worry just let the ps3 cool down for a bit before you start playin again.

Mine does that, all the time.
It waits until it's like 1am& people are sleeping,
so obviously Sony is trying to promote Insomniac Games.
=D

i think there might be 2 things , 1st your fans needs to be clean , second like others said it might be the heat if that was caused by heat u should put it in acool place and put it free to vents on the ps3 so that the hot air gets away from te console .

Yeah, it happens on my 80 after an hour of gaming. Nothing bad as far as I can see.

Mine does that, all the time.
It waits until it's like 1am& people are sleeping,
so obviously Sony is trying to promote Insomniac Games.
=DKitteyy

Lol am I the only one who got that joke?

It happens to me quite often now, since the temperature in my room gets warmer.

[QUOTE="Kitteyy"]Mine does that, all the time.
It waits until it's like 1am& people are sleeping,
so obviously Sony is trying to promote Insomniac Games.
=Dlucarocks1

Lol am I the only one who got that joke?

Mine does that when it gets worm but i think it's normal, unless yours does it all the time

Not that i recommend you or anyone else try this but pretty soon i'm gonna crack open my ps3 and clean all the dust on the inside. I've got the original 60G and my warranty is well past so there really is no harm in opening it now. I've debated on doing this for awhile now b/c when the system was new it was sooo quite i couldnt even tell it was on. Now the fans kick on after only couple minutes of game play. I've done everything like vacuuming it, leaving it in open spaces, dusting around it regularly but still that doesnt seem help the issue. i'll post post back to let ya know if this works any better.