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

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.

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Originally Posted by eprox1

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.

Because it is not a firmware trick. The feature is for the emergencies when the firmware fails you and you can't get the disc out.

Built in or not, it's obviously not for regular use because A) it's not mentioned as one and B) the thing literally forces your drive to spit out the disc, which can't be good for your system on the long run. Think of it as shoving your hand down your throat to eject whatever vile substance is making your stomach ill but you're not able to vomit on your own.

So no, don't use it to clear dust out of the console.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Just to let you know, the issue associated with some PS3 models ramping up the fan too early was fixed with the latest firmware. Enjoy your quieter running PS3s, some of you.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Wow, that's almost louder than my Dreamcast accessing it's GD-ROMs backward or sideways or however it reads them...

I was speaking idiomatically.

The weird thing about the fan in my PS3 is that the noise oscillates rapidly and randomly no matter what the system is doing. It's probably just a bad fan, but what a pain to send it in for service just for a fan problem.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?