Nooo! I think my ps3 just died. ;_;

[greenmedic88]

makingmusic476 said:

greenmedic88 said:
Seriously though, the reliability comparisons are about as pointless as saying the graphical capabilities of the Wii are far below that of the 360 and PS3. It's already a well established fact that steam rolls over any individual opinion, biased or not.

Heat kills both consoles. It was even responsible for the GPU failures on the early Wii models that ran in 24 on mode (in which the fan is off).

Both have the largest active cooling systems yet seen in a console.

When said active cooling system gets clogged up with debris or does not have enough fresh air to circulate, it overheats and increasing heat always leads to exponentially shorter lifespans for electronic components.


So lesson learned would be:
- back up any data you don't want to lose
- keep consoles well ventilated and clear of debris. if the fan sounds louder than normal, it's running too hot, likely clogged up.

WiiConnect24 killed early consoles?

I have a launch Wii that has had WC24 enabled since day one.  I guess I'm lucky in that regard.  0_o

Some of them. It wasn't a widespread problem that all early consoles were effected by.

But the problem would show over a period of time with green/pink pixelated artifacts displaying on screen while playing some of the more intensive games. This was attributed to damage done to the motherboard (by heat) in consoles that were regularly left on the amber 24 connect mode in which the console is silent (no fan) and consuming about 10w of power.

Again, it was far from millions of consoles being effected, but this was the explanation given.

Quick test would be do a touch test (if you don't have an IR surface temp thermometer) on the "bottom" side while the console is off (red, about 1w) and again on standby (amber, 10w). It should be warmer.