PS3 Fan Noise

[Davemcc]

Confirmed. My PS3 runs at a constant 62dB the whole time that I'm playing a game, SACD or BD disc. That seems loud and distracting to me, especially since it's in a small bedroom.

Has anybody else measured their PS3's fan noise? It also seems to run on high all the time, even as I type this using the browser.

 

[Gaigebacca]

If your PS3 is past warranty, then I would suggest taking it apart and blowing out the heatsink/fan. This helped quiet my PS3 60GB quite alot.

 

[j_garcia]

Mine pretty much runs all the time, but it doesn't run on high. During quiet passages on movies, you can hear it, but with games I pretty much don't notice it at all. I don't use it for movies anymore though

 

[darien87]

If your PS3 is past warranty, then I would suggest taking it apart and blowing out the heatsink/fan. This helped quiet my PS3 60GB quite alot.

Any links to a tutorial with pics?


Mine runs fairly loud too. It depends on what I'm using it for though. When watching a movie, it usually stays on the low to medium setting. COD 4 almost always makes the fan go to high. I guess that game takes up a lot of processor power or something.

 

[Davemcc]

Any links to a tutorial with pics?

This link looks good but I'm no PS3 expert. It looks a little complex to me. I may just live with the loudness.

http://www.robinhoodsplayground.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=3794

 

[FirstReflection]

I've got the 80GB model with the 4 USB ports, all the card reader slots and the PS2 backwards emulation (no chip, just software emulation).

If I just have it on and I'm using the XMB, it's dead silent. If I watch a Blu-ray, it'll be silent for a few minutes, but the then the fan will kick on for the remainder of the movie. Depending on the ambient temp, it'll either be the low or the medium fan level.

I don't believe I've ever heard it go to the high fan level, but the fan certainly gets up to the medium setting sometimes with games.

For Blu-ray movies, I can definitely hear the fan going during anything but a really loud part of the movie. It isn't terrible, but it's certainly there and quietly audible.

I keep my apartment cool and the PS3 is in an open TV rack (very good air access on all sides). So I could easily imagine the fan coming on sooner or going to a higher speed if its in a more enclosed rack or in a warmer room.

It is certainly not silent for Blu-ray playback, which is why I would consider getting a stand-alone player. But I actually plan to eventually have all of my components in a centralized "closet" type setup, in which case, fan noise won't be an issue anymore

It's still a darn good Blu-ray player in every other aspect - loads fast, always has the latest updates, navigates BD-Live quickly, decodes all HD Audio codecs - and I'm fine with either using the Bluetooth remote or getting the Harmony adapter, so the fan noise really is the only mark that I have against it. That noise is liveable for now and won't be an issue when I move it