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Zappykins on 29 August 2013
Sal.Paradise said:

I have a 40gb fatboy and yeh it's loud when the fans turn on, if that's what you mean by the buzzing. If you do mean fan noise, opening up the case and blowing dust out with compressed air will help a bit, but not much, it just delays the time it takes for the fans to come on. If your friend is comfortable with taking the PS3 apart, reapplying thermal paste to the cpu is your best bet to stop the fans from having to work overtime.

If you don't mean fan noise..maybe the HDD is fucked and he should replace that.

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It has lots of air circulation, but also as a kitty that is happy to share his fur with everything.



 

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Putin on 29 August 2013

Yep, still having that original 60gb model. Fan is loud, but I changed thermal paste a couple of years ago for "Arctic cooling(or was it silver). PS3 is only warm after that, but fan is still loud, I think the firmware that came after "Slim" version is at fault here.



ishiki on 29 August 2013

Me, I reapplied thermal paste and blew dust out though like every year.

I'm going to buy another PS3 sometime just because I want to make sure I'm able to play PS3 games in 20 years or so.



PScollector on 29 August 2013

Ive got one of the 60gig backwards compatible versions, still going strong :)



 

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Lafiel on 29 August 2013

I have a 80GB fat PS3 (2008 edition) and my brother my old 60GB launch PS3, both are still working fine, but I had to replace the thermal grease in the launch unit.



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Chevinator123 on 29 August 2013

i do, but its like a 2008 model, still runs good and doesnt make any crazy sounds



riderz13371 on 29 August 2013
PDF said:
My old fat is at my parents house. Was an original 20gb. It got YLOD two months ago. I think it can be fixed but my dad just went out and bought a new PS3. I told him she should have just waited till the PS4 came out and he can have mine but he just has to play his football games.

"I told him she"

Haha  =P



Conegamer on 29 August 2013

I do, and it works fine. I do dust it from time to time to make sure it's fine though,



 

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Necromunda on 29 August 2013

I have a fat 80GB PS3 from when they first introduced the 80GB PS3's. I've actually had it repaired once about half a year ago and it's still going strong!



kupomogli on 29 August 2013

I have a 60GB that still works. It's a video game console, a Netflix machine, and a space heater all in one.