Ps3 Heat Dream

**Gegenki** · 03-17-2008, 09:18 PM

or Dust dream.
The other day I almost scratched my PS3 (it managed to create a dent in my table and theres a chunk missing from the corner of my LCD where it skimmed my PS3 as it fell over but the Playstation is 100% fine.
Anyway at the time I was looking inside it with a torch and when i looked in the front it looked to be covered in dust.
I didn't worry about it too much but I can see it becoming a problem in time since there is absolutely no way of getting it out.
Today I came in from school and went to sleep straight away as I was super tired. I had a dream that I turned my PS3 on then didn't use it. I left it on for a while without realizing and part of the top grill had melted through and it wouldn't work due to heat damage

**cliffbo** · 03-17-2008, 09:20 PM

don't worry, i had a dream that little Sony pixies crept in through the Wi-Fi and swept away the dust

**Zer0-Sum** · 03-17-2008, 09:25 PM

Blow it out with a can of compressed air. Dust is easy. If you need to use the whole can.

Originally Posted by cliffbo

don't worry, i had a dream that little Sony pixies crept in through the Wi-Fi and swept away the dust

I wish. I hate dust inside my electronics...

**qzak** · 03-17-2008, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Gegenki

...Anyway at the time I was looking inside it with a torch and....

Um, well if you're putting a torch inside your PS3 I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see it melt

**Gegenki** · 03-17-2008, 10:21 PM

lol, a decent torch might burn away the dust!

I'll buy a can on the way home tomorrow. I'm just slightly worried about blowing it deeper in.
I found it weird that theres not much dust in the top and theres absolutely none in the back.
Someone suggested to me that the front is probably the intake.

The inside of my PC is covered in dust and I don't even think about that but the PC doesn't tend to spit out lots of hot air.

**Sephiroth_VII** · 03-18-2008, 10:57 AM

The front is the intake, yes.

Here's some advice for you: When using the can, start F@H and wit for the fans to kick into gear. Then blow the dust away from the front, and blow through the back grille as well, A LOT.

When blowing through the back vent with the fans running, they should help you ensure the dust gets out.

I do this a few times a month, I implore all of you to do the same, actually.