| Persistantthug said: $500? For a 40Gig? That was a pretty terrible deal. Mine is an 80Gig, came with Stranglehold and a verticle stand for $400 a few days after Christmas 2008 at FRYS ELECTRONICS (actually I paid $415, and went back to get the $15 difference at New Years, which I used to get a Motorola Bluetooth that was on sale for $30)
Anyways, In September 2011, there was a hot "end of Summer" day, and my PS3 turned itself off. So I opened it and went to Fry's and got the Actic Silver 5, and I changed it. My PS3 wasn't loud, per se, but I could tell it was a slight bit louder than when I originally brought it home. Now, it runs just like the 1st day.
I suggest you do this now, because even though I could have waited another 6 months to a year or so (the old paste wasn't completely dry yet), this is something you want to get the jump on early......DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.
You probably have a 65nm Cell CPU just like mine, which doesn't run as hot as the original 90nm versions, you should do this this week....go to Amazon and get it, and use the YOU TUBE tutorials....it's not really hard. If you need a talk through pep talk, you can hit me on PSN....same name. Good luck. |
Actually that was very good in my country LOL. It was at that price without a game and a cable normally. I had a friend from USA come over and after seeing the prices of electronics he was like Jackie Chan's mind-blown picture.
I'll do it in a few days for sure. The problem may be or may not be related to thermal paste but it is probably dried anyway.
