My PS3 Acts Crazy When I Play GTA 5 The Fan Gets Even Louder And Then It Freezes Completely What Can I Do?
The simple answer is that the GPU inside the PS3 is getting overheated during gameplay; that's why the fan's running loud and the PS3 eventually freezes. It also means that your PS3 is either dirty or in a spot that isn't conducive for good ventilation and cooling, or both, since it's normally designed to cool itself enough to prevent overheating and thermal shutdown. There's a couple of things you can do to remedy the situation. 1. Clean the vents with a vacuum and canned air; the vents are under the front lip, sides, and rear. If you use a flashlight at an oblique angle to the PS3 case, you'll see the dust around the vents. Dirt/dust is the #1 killer of electronic systems, particularly clothing lint, as cotton/polyester fibers are insulators. You should at minimum keep you vents cleaned quarterly 2. Move the PS3 to a location where it's not enclosed, near/on top of any other electronics., 3. Put the PS3 on a laptop chill mat; you can get one at Walmart for around 25 bucks, USB powered. The longer you keep running it like you're running it, without cleaning it and arranging for a better spot and a cooling source (chill mat, external fans, etc.), the quicker your PS3 will eventually freeze and never recover. Each time it's overheated, it puts stress on the GPU's solder connections, which with Surface Mount circuit boards is thin enough to begin with. Eventually you run the risk of creating cold solder joints, or worse, board separation of the circuit board layers, which will require you to send it in to Sony for repair.
Why does an electric fan suddenly slow down?
The run capacitor stores charge and delays the current momentarily, which gives the fan rotor time to turn and orient itself so that the induced magnetic force iseffective. When the capacitor burns out, the electric current through the coil is too steady to generate torque, and the fan slows down and stops.
Who's faster, Sonic the Hedgehog or Rainbow Dash?
This is something that I've been wondering for a while now. For Sonic, you might be wondering which one I'm talking about. Comics, video game or sucky cartoon anime Sonic? I consider them to be the same Sonic. And please justify your answer if you would.
What will happen if I don't put a thermal paste in my processor and heatsink?
First, it's important to understand what thermal paste is doing for you:As smooth as the metal surface may feel, it's not smooth. There are small variances in the material and when you place the heatsink on the lid of the CPU (the CPU heatspreader) they don't make contact across 100% of the surface. Worse, the CPU lid and the heatsink are usually made of different materials which will expand and contract different amounts as they are heated and cooled. You need physical contact to move heat efficiently from the CPU heatspreader to the heatsink. The role of thermal paste is to "fill in the gaps" and allow for better transfer of heat from the heatspreader to the heatsink.What happens if you don't have thermal paste? Things don't work as efficiently as they should. Your CPU's operating temperature will be higher. It may need to slow itself down (thermal throttling) to stop from overheating and failing. Does this mean that your CPU will burn out and die? No. Does it mean that it is more likely to? Yes. Does it mean that your CPU will throttle? No. Does it mean that it is more likely to? Yes. Can you run your CPU without thermal paste for years and still have an operating computer? Yes. Is it a good idea to try? No. The truth is that properly applied thermal paste is an important component of a cooling system and going without it is a bad idea. It's also a good idea to service your CPU every now and then (once every year or two) and replace dried and cracked thermal compound with a fresh application. If you find that thermal paste wasn't applied to your CPU when it was assembled, that's bad, but it isn't the end of the world. Modern CPUs will attempt to shut down before reaching a temperature at which damage occurs, and before that, they will slow themselves down.
My PS4 is overheating excessively. How can I fix it?
So this worked for me, it might for some of you and it might not for others. My PS4 is a launch model from the day it came out back in 2013, so it has been out of warranty for two years now.Recently, my PS4’s fan also stopped working - as a result it overheats rapidly and shuts off. I recently took it to a friends house, so I wondered if something was damaged in transit. While powering up, I could hear the fan attempt to turn on, but it made a click as if something was jamming it or getting in its way of spinning.I initially decided to just shoot compressed air into the vents as I thought a big chunk of dust was jamming the fan. However, a gut intuition told me to open up the machine - as it was now long out of warranty, voiding it was no longer a concern. When I got it open, I spun the fan manually with my finger - there was a little bit of resistance at first, but it made a “click” and spun free again. It seemed that the fan was out of alignment and was caught up against something, by manually moving the fan it snapped back into place and was free to function again.Long story short, it appears the PS4’s fan can be knocked out of place during transport.
How much power does a 60GB PS3 USB port put out?
READ PLEASE: We all know the older PS3's run pretty hot. So hot, in fact that in my small room, it gets way too hot after a couple hours of gaming. I'm contemplating building a plexiglass enclosure complete with 2 fans to suck the hot air out and into a tube to be exhausted out my window. To do this, I need to know how much power the USB's put out so I don't fry a fan or worse, the console. If anyone has information on how to actually test the voltage of the ports, or knows exact specs on these PARTICULAR usb ports, i would appreciate it! Some say that the output is much less than the standard 2.5v/500ma that USB is supposed to have. Thanks!
Why is my ping getting worse?
We have 5 computers on our home network and a few gaming consoles that use the internet. My little brother has a computer in his room. Whenever the internet is activated on his computer, the ping slowly rises over time, starting at around 50, and slowly going up to about 300+. It gets to the point where it makes a difference in my gaming.... No bueno. As soon as I deactivate his internet or turn off his computer, it goes back to the 50 area. I've tried tons of things. I know for a fact it is not his NIC as I've changed it out with the same results. Does not matter if it is wired or wireless. Same business. Not the router, tried numerous routers. I can have 2 Xboxs, a PS3 and all the other computers running games that require internet, a dvd player streaming netflix and they work fine. But as soon as his internet gets turned on...it hits the fan. Yes, virus scans and all that check out just fine, all the computers are clean. Here's the twist. We went from using Centurylink, to Time warner, and back to centurylink. This problem only happens with centurylink. I've called them so many times trying to figure it out. They all have no idea what the problem is. What is the malfunction!! help me!!
My PS4 keeps overheating every 30 mins or so, and I replaced the thermal paste and cleaned the fan. What can I do?
Every single PS4 has an APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), which is basically responsible for crunching all data as well as producing graphics on the screen. It heats up a lot and has the whole heatsink and fan cooling solution attached to it to keep it cool.The problem is that it is attached to the main board using BGA technology, which is hundreds of tiny little solder spheres providing physical and electrical connection to this component.When you run your PS4 under stress it heats up and all electronic parts expand internally (we’re talking micro levels here) and retract once cooled down. These little solder spheres within BGA sometimes crack due to well known lead-free solder issue in electronics. When those crack your PS4 looses connectivity to one of it’s main components, APU! That’s why your game console shuts down after 30 minutes when it heats up…The only way to get this issue fixed is to refurbish that BGA connection between circuit board and APU. The process called reballing, you can read more about here as well: https://www.tfix.co.uk/ps4-rebal...