[PS3] Playstation 3 Fan Noise. Actually concerns RPM this time.

A poll without an actual poll?

My 60gb sometimes gets to level 3 every now and then when I'm playing a game for more than a couple of hours, but it's very rare (or maybe I have the sound turned up so much I just don't notice it).

EDIT:
Here's level 4 fan noise:

YouTube Video

I wish they would update the 60gb models via firmware or something to include this test. I would do this once a month just to help get rid of the insane amounts of dust my PS3 sees...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

This is not a test for cleaning out dust in the system and I hope for the love of god you (and everyone else) correct people who also think it is.

This is a feature of the 40GB model to remove a stuck disc. In older models if your PS3 froze and you couldn't remove your disc, that was it. They added this backup feature to remove discs if this happens, so Sony doesn't need to open up the consoles at their factories and bother sending stuck discs back.

Seriously? Weird how they would have the fan blow so hard just to eject a disc...

Still, if this is a built in feature I don't really see how it would be considered bad to do this, or why they wouldn't implement this feature in the firmware of pre-40gb models if discs getting stuck truly is a problem.

There's nowhere I can't reach.