PS3 Fan Malfunction

BrianStephan

BrianStephan

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Not sure if its supposed to do this I bought a PS3 on Sunday and it ran with no noise whatsoever till last night. Its now making a high pitched hum noise no I am not sure if thats normal or the inpending fan failure curse ;-P. Anybody experience this?
 
BrianStephan said:
Not sure if its supposed to do this I bought a PS3 on Sunday and it ran with no noise whatsoever till last night. Its now making a high pitched hum noise no I am not sure if thats normal or the inpending fan failure curse ;-P. Anybody experience this?
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What model, and how long are you running it for? Also, is the back up against anything or is it in a TV unit? Needs open air flow, and it gets louder the longer you play. But not sure how loud it is for you?
 
Its the 250G slim, at most 1 to 2 hours, its standing on top of our tv cupboard its open no airflow problems, its noticeable but is this normal or should I take it back have till Saturday to?
 
I haven't heard the new slims, but my 60 gig gets noisy after +/-2hours of play, it's more like a PC fan noise though. The pitch as you describe it may be a faulty fan. Is there another one you can listen too? Maybe the store can check it out?
 
It is a like a pc fan running but its quiet high pitched. I dont have any friends with 1 no. Thinking of taking it back or maybe its normal to run like that
 
U need to vacuum the air vents on the side... usually gets noisy when its overheating which could mean the vents are blocked up from dust.
I know a couple of people that did that and worked.
 
thanx Franna planning on doing that bought it from look and listen thats going to be fun to exchange it
 
BrianStephan said:
thanx Franna planning on doing that bought it from look and listen thats going to be fun to exchange it
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Mine does get noisy after an 1hr of play, its the fan. It also switches off when i stop play after about 5 mins. This is why i leave it one for about 5 min (idling) after play.
But fan spinning faster = louder <> high frequency.
Just make sure you know what a faster fan sounds like.
 
I also bought me the GoW 250 GB PS3 edition with two controllers and PS3 remote for R4899 at BT Games on Saturday. After and insane 1 hour of GoW and I get killed, its dead quite (I have a set of huge Boston VR2 speakers and Rotel amps @ 10 o'clock volume) and then I can hear the fan of my PS. Its got a "pitch" to it, but I won't be able to rate it high or silent.....its certainly much, much quiter than a quite PC with fans running.....

Anyways, the PS3............what a machine...!
 
It just doesnt end does it. Took ps3 in and no problems with fans. They tested it on a full hd tv bring ps3 home and not picking up on my tv now use the normal red,yellow, white cable on the side of the tv cant remember what they call the cable. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
 
hold the power button for few seconds till u hear a coupla beeps - will reset the system
 
thanx for the help guys worked as you said it would as for the noise it must be the fan running might have seemed a bit high seeing as I expected the console to be silent
 
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