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slowmo on 18 September 2009
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welshbloke said:
CaseyDDR said:
Ignorance is bliss for some of you crying. Here is something I learned in one of my engineering classes. The reason things have a 1 year warranty (which is more than enough) is pretty simple. If a piece of electronics like a PS3 works flawlessly for a year, it is going to work flawlessly for a LONG LONG time. MOST of the PS3 problems as somebody else stated are USER ERROR. Keeping your PS3 in a dust cabinet and not cleaning it isn't going to do you any good. Just like anything with a fan, it needs cleaned on occasion, just like your PC. I'm pulling this from no where, but I honestly think 99% of failed PS3s are USER ERROR that occur outside the 1 year warranty.

Interesting and was this lesson learnt around the change between lead free solder and eletrical equipment working at high temperatures over a prolonger period of time?


It's funny the irony in is statement by starting with ignorance is bliss.  I agree with you welshbloke and think he might want to take his half assed theories and look deeper into the real reason these faults occur.  A clue for you Casey is overheating only accelerates the systemic fault, all the cleaning in the world will not stop these consoles failing sooner than they should.  Look up lead free solder and in particular the NASA research on solder whiskers combined with the effects of heat on PCB warping and how that affects BGA chips.  With a good understanding of all these you might then be able to accuse people of being ignorant on this issue.