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During this last week my PS3 has started running louder and hotter then before, i just went to put it on its side and i just burned myself it was that hot, it was between the two vents on the right side bottom, it also just started to use its fan at a higher level.  I'm not sure what to do right now since the sony NA offices are closed until 9EDT or something, and i don't want to talk to some guy in india.  Has this happened to any other owners, or have any of you guys heard of this happening before.  i don't have any extended warranties at the store i bought it at and it was about 1 month after it came out in Canada, the system is used 5+ hours a day since its launch. Thanks for your help guys, i think i have go to grab some ice for my thumb now.  The system is used mostly for DVD movies aswell if that helps get to the problem.



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Never had it get that hot... I would definitely call it in. From my personal experience Sony is on top of their game for the support of these. When I had my launch unit freeze up on me, I called them and they sent me a box to ship it back to them free of cost and they sent me a brand new unit with the warranty restarting from the date of the new system.



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Nope, not happened to me. Runs cool to the touch.

Make sure its well ventilated, and not near an on 360 =P



My PS3 is in a open space, it is sitting on my coffee table in a room at 15 degree's, nothing is around it either, i make sure i keep it away from my brothers 360 :)



My PS3 does get hot at times to one put I was accually smelling some form of burning( i left my PS3 on overnight by accident ) and it started to freeze up more. So I called Sony and they replaced it



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I've pretty much had my replacement running non-stop since the Folding client was released. I've had it off for the past few weeks cause I have been traveling and away (next week looks to be more of the same) :(

But even with it running 24/7 it's never been that hot.



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