Overheating ps3

[tpryor]

those coolpads do indeed help a little bit, but only if standing vertically and on a free place, as those models can heat up to 80° as default on both. i have made a heatsink modification myself on my cechl04 and now it only goes upto 33° max on cell and about 40° on rsx.

[Koolgus]

ok guys what about the thermal paste it says it reflows it or something Thermal Paste for Xbox 360 PS3 Rework Reflow Reball | eBay

"These compounds resist changes in consistency at temperatures up to 177oC (350oF), maintaining a positive heat sink seal to improve heat transfer from the electronic device to the heat sink or chassis, thereby, increasing the overall efficiency of the device"

[indirect76]

Nope wont know until i receive it Tuesday or Wednesday looks llike it melted on the back of the pic shit looks weird

Hmm, I don't think the PS3 would ever get hot enough to melt plastic without completely destroying the electronics and turning the system off, permanently. There must have been something else causing that.

[jsoccor2]

I have a 60gb launch model and it might sound stupid but I took the top cover off cleaned everything on the inside and left the cover off. Now when I play games I put a small plastic fan inront of the intake and sit it up high for ventalation with a small ice pack on the power supply. its risky and sounds dumb because the precipitation to the power supply but I keep a watch and keep it clean and its been running fine now for years. Just have to be careful always having the top off as well

[Koolgus]

Update on this thread guys I have received the ps3 and so far I havent seen any signs of over heating its running smoothly.Also is the fat ps3 suppose to be really quite because this one is quite as **** i heard about these being loud.Well for a 3.55 that i bought as is feels like a steal to me 90 bucks was all i paid and nowadays they run up to about $450 now i need to upgrade to rogero

[relaxxx]

Mod the fan speed to push more air. Airflow makes noise. A quiet PS3 is silent death marching PS3.

[Koolgus]

dont know how to do that im a noob also the ps3 was already jailbroken how should i return to offical 3.55 through xmb or recovery

[4sfed]

I had chronic overheating problems with my last phat model until it finally YLOD on me. it was due to being in an enclosed cabinet with only small ventilation holes.

I just got my hands on a new phat and got a coolermaster 20cm 12v fan from the bargain bin at the local PC shop, cut a hole in the bottom of the cabinet and have it pushing the hot air out. the difference this has made is immense. The fan in the PS3 has never gone off the idle setting the whole time (it used to be flat out all the time prior to this mod - noisy as hell) and now it runs super cool and quiet.

[Koolgus]

Mother****er was working for awhile but now it shows no video no yellow light of death or anything just now displaying video