PS3 overheating problem solved

[Kaido]

Only $20 from Nyko 😀

 

[dmw16]

great...an intercooler for my console! can I get a cold air intake and fart can exhaust too? I think that these things need to work well from the factory.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dmw16
great...an intercooler for my console! can I get a cold air intake and fart can exhaust too? I think that these things need to work well from the factory.

No, but you can add some bling to it 😀

 

[Queasy]

I thought Sony already solved it?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Only $20 from Nyko 😀

I added a nyko cooler to my 360 after it came back from being DOA...
and its keeping that thing ice cold.. with it off the case gets hot to the touch when its on it takes all that heat and pulls it out and away from the unit..

it works great..

but I agree MS and Sony should have known from thier years of experience with PCs that these machines would need great cooling... why didnt they just go with a liquid cooling solution to make it silent but super cool..

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Kaido
Only $20 from Nyko 😀

I added a nyko cooler to my 360 after it came back from being DOA...
and its keeping that thing ice cold.. with it off the case gets hot to the touch when its on it takes all that heat and pulls it out and away from the unit..

it works great..

but I agree MS and Sony should have known from thier years of experience with PCs that these machines would need great cooling... why didnt they just go with a liquid cooling solution to make it silent but super cool..

Cost? Sony won't even put in cheap HDMI cables in the PS3 carton so why would they add a liquid cooling solution to an already very expensive console?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Kaido
Only $20 from Nyko 😀

I added a nyko cooler to my 360 after it came back from being DOA...
and its keeping that thing ice cold.. with it off the case gets hot to the touch when its on it takes all that heat and pulls it out and away from the unit..

it works great..

but I agree MS and Sony should have known from thier years of experience with PCs that these machines would need great cooling... why didnt they just go with a liquid cooling solution to make it silent but super cool..

Cost? Sony won't even put in cheap HDMI cables in the PS3 carton so why would they add a liquid cooling solution to an already very expensive console?

Think of it this way the cost savings is in the overheated RMAs they will have to fix for free... just like MS is having to do now..
#1 killer of 360s is heat.. thats whats casuing the 3 read lights of doom over heated systems eating thier chips..

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
but I agree MS and Sony should have known from thier years of experience with PCs that these machines would need great cooling... why didnt they just go with a liquid cooling solution to make it silent but super cool..

Cost FTW? 😛

They're going for the cheapest mass-produced option they can. Going to liquid cooling would be expensive (by comparison) and just think how many idiots would call in "oh my god there is some green liquid coming out of my Xbox!"

 

[BDawg]

From Somethingawful Forums:

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David Karraker, senior director of corporate communications with SCEA, responded to Next-Gen's inquiry regarding the TGS overheating accusations in Gibson's aforementioned report.

He called Gibson's comments "unsubstantiated" and that "comments related to the alleged failure of PS3 units at TGS are also not attributed to a source."

Karraker offered up SCEA's official defense of the PS3's TGS performance to Next-Gen:

* Despite the report from Macquarie Securities implying that they had heard of reports of PS3's needing to be rebooted at TGS, SCEI are not aware of any instances of this occurring at TGS, nor have we received any reports from third parties to such effect.
* On the Press Day on Friday, and throughout the weekend the PlayStation stand was inundated by specialist gaming media, the majority of whom would have noticed if there had been a general problem with console overheating.
* The environmental conditions at TGS conspire to test any electrical item. In the case of PS3, the combination of pre-production software, running on pre-production debug units, enclosed in demonstration units without ventilation, and surrounded by so many eager fans that on Saturday and Sunday it was almost impossible to move, are bound to prove a challenge.
* If indeed, there was the occasional unit that needed rebooting, it was due solely to the adverse environmental conditions within the Hall and not to any more general problem with PS3.
* PS3 does not suffer from an overheating problem.

I learned a LOT of stuff at the Activision event about the PS3 today, most notably that a debug is completely cool to the touch even after a few hours of constantly running. I really don't think there's an overheating issue, and it was right of Sony to call bullshit, though I think it's lame that they had to in the first place. Christ that thing is quiet -- not just the dev kits but the system itself; you really can't tell it's on.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: BDawg
From Somethingawful Forums:

Link

David Karraker, senior director of corporate communications with SCEA, responded to Next-Gen's inquiry regarding the TGS overheating accusations in Gibson's aforementioned report.

He called Gibson's comments "unsubstantiated" and that "comments related to the alleged failure of PS3 units at TGS are also not attributed to a source."

Karraker offered up SCEA's official defense of the PS3's TGS performance to Next-Gen:

* Despite the report from Macquarie Securities implying that they had heard of reports of PS3's needing to be rebooted at TGS, SCEI are not aware of any instances of this occurring at TGS, nor have we received any reports from third parties to such effect.
* On the Press Day on Friday, and throughout the weekend the PlayStation stand was inundated by specialist gaming media, the majority of whom would have noticed if there had been a general problem with console overheating.
* The environmental conditions at TGS conspire to test any electrical item. In the case of PS3, the combination of pre-production software, running on pre-production debug units, enclosed in demonstration units without ventilation, and surrounded by so many eager fans that on Saturday and Sunday it was almost impossible to move, are bound to prove a challenge.
* If indeed, there was the occasional unit that needed rebooting, it was due solely to the adverse environmental conditions within the Hall and not to any more general problem with PS3.
* PS3 does not suffer from an overheating problem.

I learned a LOT of stuff at the Activision event about the PS3 today, most notably that a debug is completely cool to the touch even after a few hours of constantly running. I really don't think there's an overheating issue, and it was right of Sony to call bullshit, though I think it's lame that they had to in the first place. Christ that thing is quiet -- not just the dev kits but the system itself; you really can't tell it's on.

I guess we'll see after Nov 17th.

 

[mrrman]

still not a reason for me to buy this...maybe when they are about $200 or so

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dmw16
great...an intercooler for my console! can I get a cold air intake and fart can exhaust too? I think that these things need to work well from the factory.

No, but you can add some bling to it 😀

That red one looks nice!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: BDawg
From Somethingawful Forums:

Link

David Karraker, senior director of corporate communications with SCEA, responded to Next-Gen's inquiry regarding the TGS overheating accusations in Gibson's aforementioned report.

He called Gibson's comments "unsubstantiated" and that "comments related to the alleged failure of PS3 units at TGS are also not attributed to a source."

Karraker offered up SCEA's official defense of the PS3's TGS performance to Next-Gen:

* Despite the report from Macquarie Securities implying that they had heard of reports of PS3's needing to be rebooted at TGS, SCEI are not aware of any instances of this occurring at TGS, nor have we received any reports from third parties to such effect.
* On the Press Day on Friday, and throughout the weekend the PlayStation stand was inundated by specialist gaming media, the majority of whom would have noticed if there had been a general problem with console overheating.
* The environmental conditions at TGS conspire to test any electrical item. In the case of PS3, the combination of pre-production software, running on pre-production debug units, enclosed in demonstration units without ventilation, and surrounded by so many eager fans that on Saturday and Sunday it was almost impossible to move, are bound to prove a challenge.
* If indeed, there was the occasional unit that needed rebooting, it was due solely to the adverse environmental conditions within the Hall and not to any more general problem with PS3.
* PS3 does not suffer from an overheating problem.

I learned a LOT of stuff at the Activision event about the PS3 today, most notably that a debug is completely cool to the touch even after a few hours of constantly running. I really don't think there's an overheating issue, and it was right of Sony to call bullshit, though I think it's lame that they had to in the first place. Christ that thing is quiet -- not just the dev kits but the system itself; you really can't tell it's on.

I guess we'll see after Nov 17th.

I give them 2 months before we hear of RMA nightmares..

MS said the same thing and still does about the 360 and we all know they are full of crap as well..

there is definatley a hardware heat issue with the 360.