PS3 Freezing In-Game

andy_mk3 · 12 Dec 2010 at 00:23

I need a bit of help with my step-brother's PS3 that I'm looking at. What will happen is after about 2 hours of use the screen will freeze but the sound continues as normal. Quitting the game and going back to the XMB usually results in the screen going green, looks like graphics distortion (very similar to this).

My initial reaction is over-heating. So I've stripped down the PS3, it's dusty but nothing is blocked up. I'm thinking of blowing it out and putting on some fresh thermal paste. Is this likely to cure it or is there a common fault for this?

It does it in any game and it sits beside the tv stand so gets plenty of air-flow.

LoGaN_TnT · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:07

New slim for xmas

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:14

Most D.I.Y fixes usually just prolong the life rather than completely cure the fault. You could try cleaning it out and reapplying thermal paste for little to no cost but it will only be a matter of time before the thing goes **** up again. Maybe you could fix it and then get him to sign up to that continuous play service where if your console goes kaput you'll get a new/refurbished one.

sunjoo2012 · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:18

i would use the heat gun

my ps3 ylod in may fixed it and it died again last month and now i cant be asked to do it again

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:29

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Most D.I.Y fixes usually just prolong the life rather than completely cure the fault. You could try cleaning it out and reapplying thermal paste for little to no cost but it will only be a matter of time before the thing goes **** up again.

sunjoo2012 said:
i would use the heat gun

my ps3 ylod in may fixed it and it died again last month and now i cant be asked to do it again

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Maybe you could fix it and then get him to sign up to that continuous play service where if your console goes kaput you'll get a new/refurbished one.

andy_mk3 · 12 Dec 2010 at 13:33

Thanks for the advice, it's not actually YLOD'ing (yet..), I was just hoping to get a bit more life out of it! I'll give it a good clean out and new thermal paste (the original stuff has dried right out) and hope for the best.

ic1male · 13 Dec 2010 at 16:13

I'm just going to shove my little question in here - does the new PS3 slim still have an internal power supply? No brick like the PStwo?

yoyo50 · 13 Dec 2010 at 16:17

Yeah internal

powelly · 13 Dec 2010 at 21:46

could be cuz it's too hot but i have heard of things like this when it get to could, don't ask me how though