KruzeS said:
He said he wiped the outside. We either believe him, Sony, both or none - and I'm more inclined to go with one of the last two options. He may very well have dusted it before sending it in, and then it gathered additional dust in transit, or at the warehouse. Where did that dust come from? From the inside of the PS3, is just one of many possibilities. This means both of them can be right. It also seems people have already forgotten this: [http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/ps3s-kicks-ass-at-collecting-dusk-217197.php]. Notice how the finger barely shows any dust, whereas the flash photo shows a disgusting amount of filth, with about 2 weeks worth of dust. This means both parties can be, and probably are, exaggerating the truth. Also, the amount of dust inside, is pretty irrelevant. The consumer can't be asked to clean inside, in particular not when it voids the warranty. And, yeah. I know. I'm a filthy, filthy pig when it comes to my PC. I never once opened it up just to dust the inside. Imagine that. I know - shocking! I should do it every month, no every week. And dust every day. Seriously, guys - get a life. No one besides us techies opens their devices, air blows the dust or vacuums the vents. People clean the outside when it looks dirty. And they don't clean them very often because they're afraid to even touch them. I hope you understand that the common man doesn't even know what an air can is. Only an insane company would require Joe six-pack to open his PC to clean it up. Get real. Are this mass market products or what? |
Yea, I've seen the Kotaku picture. The one difference between it and the one guy's PS3 is at the memory card and USB ports. That's where it bothers me a bit because you can't even see through it, it looks like it's a thick layer of it. Using the Kotaku picture is where I come from when it comes to cleaning. Literally one quick wipe and it's clean (except for tiny scratches, I hate that). I wonder about seeing the inside because since it's like a computer, the PS3 would take in air and exaust it out. Thus, if the area is insanly dusty, then I'd imagine that it would be pulling all that dust inside if he rarely cleaned out his entertainment center (where he says he keeps the PS3). He also said that he ran Folding@Home a lot too, so I'd imagine that his PS3 would be sucking up lots of air. So if dust causes parts to overheat and such, using Folding@Home which produces a fair bit of heat causing the fans to work harder to keep the system cool. I want to guess that is where the problem is.
Thus is why I'd like to see the inside because that is probably where the warranty would really be voided, if dust actually killed his PS3.
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As for that last paragraph, I'm just going to ignore it because both you and I talked about opening up a PC to clean them out and because I talked about cleaning the outside and the environment where it is stored.
