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Hello, I recently took my PS3 to a CPR repair shop in my area. They were the only ones that could work on my PS3 at all. I’ve dealt with them before on other devices and that location in particular, does good work. Well, after a day or so, it was determined that they couldn’t fix it. They blew the dust out, checked the bearings in the fan, put thermal paste on the areas that wore out from age and the thermal paste wears away, everything in the rule book that would possibly cause overheating. The last thing it could be is they said a chip that controls the fan itself and the speed could be bad and they don’t repair that. I’ve looked up several computer repair shops within 200 miles of me and none will touch it. What options do I have to get that checked out at the moment? Not sure if Sony would fix my PS3s issue if I sent it back and paid a fee. Ppl are wondering “why not just swap it for another PS3 or just get a PS4 and then I explain. My system is “reverse compatible”. Very very rare and hard to find in above good condition. It’s been upgraded to the max storage ability and the games from my PS2 days as well as the PS3 I could not start to reveal the library of games saved. Sentimental value to say the least. I’m not sure what to do now. Can someone help?
With the fan sounding that loud, the system is not removing heat like it should. The system controls the fan speed based upon the temperature. With the fan going that loud, I would think that the system should be cool (or at least at operating temp). There is definitely a problem with heat here. I would double check that the correct heat sink compound was used. This system should not be overheating unless there is a short somewhere. Does the system work as expected prior to overheating? Dan
