Concerns with hosting races

[jazzyjff]

I'm kind of curious. I have an original 60GB PS3. Has anyone else with a launch unit been at all concerned with leaving their system on to host races? I want to host some but the idea of my PS3 overheating freaks me out.

 

[Mafz]

I'm kind of curious. I have an original 60GB PS3. Has anyone else with a launch unit been at all concerned with leaving their system on to host races? I want to host some but the idea of my PS3 overheating freaks me out.

Why would it overheat, as long as your room is normalish temp and your PS3 is dust free it should be fine. My fan never gets loud or anything. It's not like your PS3 gradually gets hotter, and hotter the longer you leave it on you know. Once it reaches it operating temperature it only goes up/down slightly depending on things like, how much resources are being used.

Using your PS3 for an hour a day for seven days, is the roughly same as using your PS3 for seven hours straight.

 

[nxp3]

got a phat myself and mine does get loud, but hadn't had any problems. And I've left it on 2 or 3 days nonstop at a time doing endurances and hostings. But, i'm going to be doing less now that I'm done with b spec.

 

[TB]

Three weeks straight with a phat 80Gb and it does get a bit loud occasionally but no problems so far.

 

[poolhaas]

I haven't had any problems with my fat PS3 (60 or 80 gig, don't know), but i never keep it on overnight or while i'm at work unless i do a 24h race.
It gets pretty loud sometimes that's when i think it's time to let it rest for a while

 

[odyss3y]

If you clean it regularly with some compressed air and leave it in a place that gets proper ventilation it should be okay. I also keep mine standing vertically since that seems to help it from needing to turn on the fan as much.

 

[Callum B]

7hrs a day, 7 days a week for a year...yep that killed it.
However I got it repaired and am now paranoid about leaving it on for more than 3 hours, need a fan like ASAP!

 

[HaylRayzor]

Speaking with a bit of experience (electrical engineer who has designed embedded systems similar to the PS) the cooling of the early units is definately marginal, and dust buildup WILL overheat them. But I have been running my fat PS3 almost continuously for months without worrying about it. I have it sitting on edge on top of the desk so it has no restrictions to airflow. If I hear the fan kick up to high I just clean it and that takes care of it.

I am more concerned with turning it off and on because temperature cycling is more likely to kill it than continuous operation. The power consumption is more an issue to me than the possibility of the unit failing. But hey, everything fails sooner or later. It's lasted me 3 years now so I have gotten my money's worth if it quits tomorrow. And I do back up my game daily.

 

[Callum B]

Speaking with a bit of experience (electrical engineer who has designed embedded systems similar to the PS) the cooling of the early units is definately marginal, and dust buildup WILL overheat them. But I have been running my fat PS3 almost continuously for months without worrying about it. I have it sitting on edge on top of the desk so it has no restrictions to airflow. If I hear the fan kick up to high I just clean it and that takes care of it.

I am more concerned with turning it off and on because temperature cycling is more likely to kill it than continuous operation. The power consumption is more an issue to me than the possibility of the unit failing. But hey, everything fails sooner or later. It's lasted me 3 years now so I have gotten my money's worth if it quits tomorrow. And I do back up my game daily.

How do you 'back up' your game so to speak, I mean my fat PS3's dying, already been repaired for the YLOD, so i'd really like to know how to do that so I don't lose 1 years worth of gaming?

 

[SonicWagon]

How do you 'back up' your game so to speak, I mean my fat PS3's dying, already been repaired for the YLOD, so i'd really like to know how to do that so I don't lose 1 years worth of gaming?

With a USB flash drive, copy your gamesave onto it.

 

[Callum B]

With a USB flash drive, copy your gamesave onto it.

Simpler than I thought, thank you.