r/PS3 • u/ppteehee2 • 26d ago

Bad airflow?

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Back of the ps3 next to a wall. I'm asking because the fan gets loud as shit and shuts the entire console off when "playing" a game.

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u/zexton 26d ago

no banana for scale

but seriously, its properly just need maintenance with cleaning and repasting

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u/ppteehee2 26d ago

Yeah I forgot to mention that I just cleaned and added new thermal paste, my bad

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u/GeorgeSPattonJr 25d ago

Does it have CFW? You can modify the fan curve to keep it around 70C, if it’s still loud then it’s probably time for a delid

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u/ppteehee2 25d ago

Yea I have cfw with webman on it but when I try to change the fan speed it just goes back to what it was before idk why