stealth rhino
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- Apr 1, 2006
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This thread isn't to bash the PlayStation 3. I have both the PS3 and a 360 and love both systems as a good deal of you do.
However, I've had my PS3 for about 3 months now, and the fan noise is unbearable. Not in the "wow, that's fairly inconvenient" sense, more like "scare the cats and wake the baby in the next room" sense.
When it first started, it took about two hours of gameplay to get the fans to kick in, but never to the level it does now. Then about a month ago, I fed the machine it's first DVD. The wife and I laid in bed and enjoyed an upscaled version of "30 Days of Night" until about a half hour in when what sounded like a choir of hair dryers kicked in.
Since that night, I've only been able to play games from about 10 to 20 minutes before the noise kicks in. I regularly play with headphones on so it's no big deal to me, but the wife can hear it over the TV in the next room.
I placed a web ticket request for a warranty replacement/repair on Saturday and am awaiting a response. Not a big deal, I anticipated this due to the holiday.
I'm just telling my story to see if any of you had the same problem, and to see how good Sony was at rectifying the situation. I google searched "PS3 fan noise warranty" and it seems like any product that customer service seems fairly hit-and-miss... it looks like American customers have had a higher success rate at getting the problem solved vrs European owners.
*edit* from searches I've done, it looks like either a faulty fan (15 vrs 19 blade, etc.) or most likely something with the thermostat. The problem is while the fans sound like it kicks immediately in to the highest settings it doesn't seem to be generating that much heat.
However, I've had my PS3 for about 3 months now, and the fan noise is unbearable. Not in the "wow, that's fairly inconvenient" sense, more like "scare the cats and wake the baby in the next room" sense.
When it first started, it took about two hours of gameplay to get the fans to kick in, but never to the level it does now. Then about a month ago, I fed the machine it's first DVD. The wife and I laid in bed and enjoyed an upscaled version of "30 Days of Night" until about a half hour in when what sounded like a choir of hair dryers kicked in.
Since that night, I've only been able to play games from about 10 to 20 minutes before the noise kicks in. I regularly play with headphones on so it's no big deal to me, but the wife can hear it over the TV in the next room.
I placed a web ticket request for a warranty replacement/repair on Saturday and am awaiting a response. Not a big deal, I anticipated this due to the holiday.
I'm just telling my story to see if any of you had the same problem, and to see how good Sony was at rectifying the situation. I google searched "PS3 fan noise warranty" and it seems like any product that customer service seems fairly hit-and-miss... it looks like American customers have had a higher success rate at getting the problem solved vrs European owners.
*edit* from searches I've done, it looks like either a faulty fan (15 vrs 19 blade, etc.) or most likely something with the thermostat. The problem is while the fans sound like it kicks immediately in to the highest settings it doesn't seem to be generating that much heat.