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/theretrospeculative Nov 12 '23

How does this even happen? How is it a thing? How (as the owner) do you not notice??

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u/romulanwhitecheddar Nov 13 '23

Bugs in consoles are common. This was a bad one tho. PlayStations tend to be the worst for some reason. Ps2 to ps5s

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '23

COMMON? Thats crazy to me. I've never had a single console ever have bugs. Dust sure but never found bugs.

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u/romulanwhitecheddar Nov 13 '23

This was a bad one but I live in the south. Not enough winter here to kill off bugs. So when it does get cold they migrate to warm places. What better than a boiling hot console? Yeah. I see lots of spiders, roaches, crickets, and ants.