Get your 40GB PS3 to clean itself
- Posted April 12th, 2008 at 16:15 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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- 78 Comments
Today marks a rare occurrence. Someone has discovered a feature of the PS3 that we have never witnessed before. Apparently, the 40 gigabyte PS3 can perform a fan test which will remove the dust from the innards of your system. We've placed the 'how to' video below.
Once again, this only works with the 40GB SKU. We have no idea what will happen if you attempt this with one of the other models, but we don't recommend it. Anyway, if you want to clean your 40 gig or make it sound like a 360 for a minute, give this cleaning feature a whirl.
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RuiyJR |
Tseska_922- 9:26am BST - April 13th, 2008
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@brandonh33 yo man you know nothing just go away we love our ps3's we just can't do anything that not talked thing because we buy our ps3 much price and can't do anything that not have any warrent or something that little scary funny thing lol i have sega ps1.2.3 xbox360 and black original. i know better unlike you. i already opened all my consol ( expect psp) don't thing any gamers that way ( chi teneg pizda)........ :)
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MrAce |
mrace- 10:08am BST - April 13th, 2008
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Wow. This is a really good feature, why don't sony shout out about liitle things like this, why the big secret. I can't try it I have the 60gb but kudos for the 40gb.
@RuiJR, did not understand a single word you said...Actually I understood the words but not the sentences.
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skuleboy
- 10:20am BST - April 13th, 2008
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I just tried this 5 minutes ago, thanks to the video. YES THIS IS CONFIRMED WORKING FOR THE 40gb model. I carefully took the system to a quiet room in the basement, turned it on, listened for a minute, then did the fan test. The fan really did sound like a 747! Then, I hard-rebooted from the back, and now IT RUNS MUCH SMOOTHER... AND QUIETER. (No damage to system whatsoever).
One more thing... the fan test EXHAUSTS air, whereas during normal operation it might 'INHALE' air... but I haven't checked that yet... it's just a guess (b/c paper behind my ps3 blew to the ground).
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C64isStillTheBest
- 2:59pm BST - April 13th, 2008
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Yo PS3 mods, SMC, etc. Can someone contact Sony and confirm this works for the 80 & 60 GBs models? It looks like a cool and useful feature.
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brandonh33
- 7:05pm BST - April 13th, 2008
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@RuiyJR, umm I am not sure what to say. If you could speak english I might have something to say to you but i guess you cant.
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pixel_menace
- 11:21pm BST - April 13th, 2008
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Should be safe, my PS3 does that once in a while by itself anyways... I live in the Fiji Islands so the tropical climate isn't that friendly to heat sensitive electronics...
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NoMercy666 |
Ask me...- 11:34pm BST - April 13th, 2008
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I did it! It worked great. My ps3 is running smoother now.
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jimlarsson
- 12:38am BST - April 14th, 2008
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http://crackle.com/c/How_To/PS3_60_Gig_Fan_Test/2248784/
Tried this and it works on my 60 gig version. But is this the same thing? And does this work on the 40 gig version? Well watch the video and try for yourself.
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cheatham_usmc |
cheatham_usmc- 1:36am BST - April 14th, 2008
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Pretty neat, but I dont think that Sony added that as a feature. I think that it just happened that way. Its cool though, just dont see why it only owrks on the 40 gb. I use air duster, it helps some.
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Hedgie09
- 3:36am BST - April 14th, 2008
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I will stick with cleaning my PS3 the old fashioned way (Compressed air). Also my 60GB PS3 already, when you turn it on makes the same noise (the fans start off fast and then slow to their normal speed). I assume this is for the same reason, to clean excess dust. The fans are so quiet I can't hear them anyway.
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niz32iqbal
- 6:00am BST - April 14th, 2008
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my 20gb version does this, but automatically. i dont need to go threw this proceedure. fan just goes crazy for like a minute or so then goes back to normal.
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Oldawg |
Oldawg- 2:42pm BST - April 15th, 2008
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I like Sony, but you have to remember how they did us with the ps2 and the "disc read errors" with the lenses needing to be cleaned. For a long time, they would charge you to "repair" the problem when it only needed to be opened up and cleaned. Of course, opening it voided your warranty. Sony is not going to offer very much in the way of increasing your system's lifespan. Heck, as far as they care, you should buy another one when it breaks...
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