Re: PS3 fan noise...

On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:45:19 GMT, Ian Robinson wrote:

I returned my original PS3 today and got a replacement due to the
fact that the fans would come on after about a minute and ramp up
to a higher speed after about 5 minutes of playing a game or BD
disc. Problem was the fans never slowed down again even when the
system was left idle. Even if left for a few hours doing nothing
but displaying the menu. The Sony support line told me to take it
back for a replacement after about 30 seconds on talking to them.
The Curry's help line did the same after about the same length of
time. I suspect they have had similar calls before mine. The fan
noise was an issue when watching BD movies.

I'm not sure the replacement is much of an improvement. I think
the fans are not as loud, but I've still to test to see if they go
quiet when the system is idling after ramping them up in a game.

Anyone else have fan issues with their PS3?

Ian

Heh, so perhaps Apple would still have had overheating problems if
they'd used PPC Cell processors instead of Intel. :)

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