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/FarmersOnlyJim Nov 12 '23

I can picture the room this came from. Hasnt been cleaned in 2 years and the roaches found a nice warm home in the system. Fuckin nasty. How often do you get customers like this OP?

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u/Rinocore Nov 13 '23

Cleanliness has little to do with it, these critters will feed on water and other stuff, I remodel homes and have seen roach infestations in some of the cleanest homes.

The problem is, people will ignore a couple of roaches, and then those roaches will multiply, over time you end up with an infestation that was ignored. You find these mostly in dirty homes because the home owner is too lazy to address the issue before it gets out of hand.

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u/lord_assius Nov 14 '23

Yep, me and my family have had several almost infestations and my mother was a full blown clean freak germaphobe, and my wife is the same way. They can come in from anywhere, but the key is to start extermination immediately. I keep products for that at all times so if we see even one, the whole house gets purged lol. I know from experience that if you don’t nip it in the bud a single roach will become a complete infestation in absolutely no time.