Does it just need a thorough cleaning? or should I just blast the back vent with compressed air

PS3?
There is a way to increase the speed of the fan to blow dust out but you better hope it's just dust build up and not a faulty fan.

My ps4 fan gets loud sometimes but not to much. Any suggestions? Maybe just needs a cleaning?

Same here I noticed it the other night when my stepson was playing gtav

Must be normal then i'm guessing. Gets a little hot to but I think its normal. My old ps3 could get pretty loud sometimes to. Just in case I turn a small fan onto it though.

Games that weigh heavily on the processor will cause the fan to spool up higher I've noticed. Barely above a whisper for something like resogun but highly noticeable on games like gta.

A cleaning isn't exactly necessary. But it is still a good thing to do regardless

Also I don't recommend doing the fan test on a PS3. It won't necessarily hurt the PS3 but it's not really the intended function in terms of cleaning out the dust. In some cases it's been reported to blow out a fair amount of dust but it can potentially suck more in or move it around in there causing it to create a problem where there wasn't before.

I would always use an air duster at an angle parallel to the vents to remove excess dust at the vent so air can flow normally.

My fan is always screaming!! I just use shop to to clean it every month

Thays yaksha, thats actually pretty cool to know. I actually notice this now. Playing netflix / movie compared to battlefield 4 is a huge difference.

i noticed that when my room is warm my ps4 is a little louder becasue the fan runs harder trying to keep it cooler


i did the ps3 speed fan thing once and it didnt really seem like it would hurt it but i never did it again
although it did seem to help it out and i could see hte dust shooting out the back lol

This post was edited by dragoneth on Feb 21 2015 12:08pm

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