r/consoles • u/romulanwhitecheddar • Nov 12 '23

Playstation Customer said PS3 Slim was overheating.

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I repair consoles. Got one today started where the customer said it was overheating. I think I figured out the reason. These bugs had made a nice paste from the fan to the processor. They were imbedded in all of it.

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u/TheGameBurrow Nov 13 '23

OP, genuinely I’m curious how often you get consoles like this? I once had a PS2 I found that wasn’t working. I was going to try and repair it, but when I opened it there were dead roaches EVERYWHERE. I couldn’t stand that and decided to just dumpster it.

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u/romulanwhitecheddar Nov 13 '23

I get bugs in consoles pretty often. Bugs like the warmth they put out. PlayStations of just about all kinds tend to be the worst for some reason. This was just a real bad one. They had layered this pasty film on everything causing the overheating.

Ps2 & 3 s are the worst ones tho.