you should vacuum it or give it a blow job
if its a phat then you dont have a warranty on it so you can open it up and do a better job with the cleaning and even change the thermal paste on it
there are plenty of vids showing you how to do it or you can send it out some companies like gophermods or capital circuits ect. they clean them and reapply arctic silver 5 thermal paste for like $40
http://www.gophermods.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=207
i have a 60gb that i bought in june 07 it ylod on me this march i had it reballed with lead solder and i have it stored in its original box i went out and bought a slim to game heavily on
the point is when my ps3 broke i did alot of research on it and found out that 20 60 and 40gb ps3s were more prone to ylod b/c they run hotter resulting in much inconstant thermal cycles which causes the weak lead free solder to crack giving you the ylod
so having it cleaned and replacing the thermal paste can help reduce the risk of ylod
dont know why ur friend would tell u to pirate games when mentioning a dirty ps3 or your poll
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