I was expecting that response so I was prepared to ask you something.

Has anyone actually had their PS3 break by doing the fan test?

The reason I ask that is because I once left my PS3 on and forgot about it during an extremely hot day in the upstairs of my home. The heat gets unbearable at times and the PS3 ended up overheating.

With the fan test people claim that the fans go berserk due to overheating, but from my experience I have found that the PS3 has an auto shutdown feature where it shuts down when the heat gets to the point where it could cause irreversible damage.

i saw a video on youtube of a guy with a white ps3. he does the test. then the system does the synonymous 3 beeps and turns off. then turns on fine afterwards. probably what you are talking about

Did he have his PS3 running prior to doing the test? I wonder how something heated up that quick. The fan test takes ~10 seconds before they kick into high gear. 

Those beeps and turning off you are referring to are a part of the auto shutdown feature. That wonderful feature is how my PS3 survived 120+ degree heat.

hahah. i hear ya with the heat. i live in my attic that is redone and even with the air on if its like 90-100 outside itll hover at like 84 in my room. i dont like to game when its that hot up here, but normally im gaming at 70-80 deg. during summer up here. thats why i wanna clean it out, but i really dont know how dusty itll be and if itll be worth it.

I would personally just stick with the vacuum cleaner hose to clean it out. 

If you want to open it up since your warranty it up I guess you could do that too. Just because you open it up doesn't mean Sony still won't fix it for ya if god for bid something goes wrong.

im thinking of combining compressed air and a vaccuum at the same time. hopefully the air will loosen deep dust up while the vaccuum sucks it out lol

Don't hold the can upside down, you'll freeze everything!

Sounds like a pretty solid idea though. 

I haven't cleaned my PS3 out once since I bought it in December of 2006. I probably should.

Question;

Is this ok to do to your PS3?

ps3 has no servisable parts so is very compact surely try taking pictures of everything before desassemling