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PS3 - Overheating?

RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
When I'm not using it, I like to leave my PS3 running Folding@Home. However, everytime he catches it like this my brother turns it off, because he's shit scared of it overheating and catching fire.

What are the risks about this? I currently have a USB-port-powered cooling fan that blows cool air up the front of the unit. Is that enough?

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    if there was a realistic risk of it catching fire, the device would have been recalled and you would have heard about it

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I know, but I was hoping for some way to persuade him of this.

    It doesn't help that we're both autistic and changing our minds is quite the feat.

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  • ScrubletScrublet Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    If it was an Xbox 360, I'd say you have zero chance of catching fire but a realistic chance of breaking the system. However, the PS3 failure rate is pretty marginal so you can do whatever you want. Especially since you're using an extra fan.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The PS3 has a fan built into it that turns on when the system is hot. Do you ever hear this fan? If not, then the system is nowhere close to overheating.

    I hear mine because I don't keep our AC on very much, and it tends to flip on when it's upscaling DVDs.

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