its a symptom of ylod..

what model is it?

seems that ur PS3 might be overheating.. Does it go extremely loud ( turbo fan ) during ur games? if it does, its a sign that u should change ur thermal paste inside. Or else u might have permanent YLOD.

Or maybe u placed ur ps3 in a area with little ventilation?

Mine is the same set as urs , 40gb phat.

Here's a hint before ps3 gonna YLOD , Fan often goes super loud like vacuum.. If it does that , Time to change thermal paste . Changed mine recently , posted a little guide on preventing YLOD few pages back..

After changing thermal paste, everything silent. no more crazy loud fan even if im playing whole day ( 8 hours or so ) .. Trust me, u dont want a fried GPU / CPU unit in ur ps3.

This post has been edited by jedi_dc: Aug 21 2010, 02:45 PM

CECHH06 model

it happened d minute I start it up, so, dun think it's overheating. no turbo fan either. but I do heard some noise ard the hdd.... mayb d noise was always there just that I didn't notice it. there was even once when I just started up, successfully got into a game, seconds later, it auto shut down. so far, it happened once. note that all these prob happen when I had just started my PS3.

as for ventilation wise.... my PS3 is placed at d same place for 2 years, y now??

your prob same as my friend...

he need to restart about 8-10 time....

well i guest, its time to change into slim ver.

really? exactly d same? wat happened 2 ur fren's PS3 now? did ur fren switch 2 slim??

may i know how much is singapore selling their ps3 160gb white ?

owh so my way izin't gona cool the console?wondering

and u tell me more about this thermal paste..wat it does..
and wat excatly is thermal paste(NOOB HERE)

i just bought a usb fan. The fan is very noisy for me. isit common?

thermal paste is a medium to add more contact between core (cpu / vpu / gpu) to the heatsink. We knows that the heat sink interface may have some pores / hole. By using thermal paste, it can covered all the holes. So core will have more contact to the heatsink. Then more heat can be transfer to the sink. It will makes the core cooler than not using a thermal paste. But we still need the passive (heat sink) and active (fan) cooling.

This post has been edited by sjn hassan: Aug 21 2010, 06:17 PM

hey sjn hassa rmbr u..i post a topic about how to boost up the wifi
thx for ur suggestion

now im using repeater and the signal woo thumbs up!

well
back to this..
if let say i don't want to use the thermal paste
right now im just placing my ps3 phat in my room(air condition room)
plus i put oso usb fan directed at beside ps3 backside so the hot air release will meet up with the cool air(ventilation)

so am i doing the right way mean to maintain cooling the ps3?

nice to hear that u'r wifi problem solved

actually there already a thermal paste applied in our PS3...but it will dried after sometimes of usage. That's why some of us have solved their problem by replacing the paste. Since u are in air conditioning room, so the environment temperature is better than most of us who don't have an air cond

my suggestion?just make sure u'r fan is 100% working...clean all the dust from intake / exhaust hole and make sure nothing block the ventilation hole (intake / exhaust)

owh thx bro sjn hassan

wait the fan u refer to my usb fan or the internal fan?

fan inside the PS3 itself

owh how possible can i clean up the fan ..do i need to open the backside of ps3 just to clean it up>?

Can anyone answer me pls? thanks

which fan?the usb or ps3?

usb fan

i think its normal.never used it be4......

More specific please?
As good as asking "I bought a car but it doesn't work".