Summer Overheating Issues

[PoizonMushro0m]

Over the past few years, I never had much of an issue playing home consoles in a somewhat warm room. However, I bought a PlayStation 3 Slim used from a trusted used video game store last December and have had some minor issues playing games in said room. When the room temperature exceeds 86? F according to a thermostat I have in my media shelving, I notice that the sound of my PS3 Slim's cooling fan changes pitch and becomes much louder, about as loud as an original model PS2 or louder. One time, I checked the system and it was very warm. Since discovering this a few days ago, I place external fans in front of the system where it draws the cool air in.

This situation was definitely a first for me, but I am curious if anyone else has this kind of issue. If you do, how constant of an issue is it for you? Monthly? Yearly?

 

[apharel]

It gets to about 100 degrees here during the summer but fortunately, my ps3 (slim) and ps4 do not have this issue.

When hardware runs hotter than it used to, there are usually two culprits: dust and dried up thermal paste.

1. Dust buildup is pretty much inevitable over time. It's better to open up the system and clean all the dust off the air ducts and fans. You can also get a can of thermal paste and spray all the air ducts, though it probably would not be as effective.

2. The thermal paste that binds the cpu/gpu to the heatsink in any console, pc, laptop will be less effective over time as it loses potency via "drying up". This isn't really an issue if you use a high quality thermal paste, but Sony is known for either overapplying thermal paste or using low-quality thermal paste. A good thermal paste would last longer over time, and absorb more heat away from the cpu and gpu! My sister's Sony Vaio was overheating from playing Overwatch, and when she opened it up, the OEM thermal paste was as solid as a brick. After cleaning it with alcohol and applying a "rice grain" amount of Arctic Silver, the temperatures dropped 20?C. O_O There are videos on youtube showing how to open up a ps3 to clean it and applying thermal paste, so that's a good place to start. If not, then find a tech savvy friend who can do it!

 

[Solus]

I actually have this problem, as well. I live in a large room with only has one window, so warm air has a hard time escaping. As a result, my room is almost always near 80 to 90F. This actually caused my PC average temperature to increase by 20F when using air cooling. Gosh, my PC would get noticeably loud, so I had to invest in a water-cooling system to cool my PC. Now, I do not have this issue anymore. I'm assuming I had this issue because the front fans of my PC would draw air to keep it cool, but these fans also pulled in warm air from my room.

So, yeah. I've had this issue before. :/

 

[visibleghost]

i don't have those issues, but the fan of my computer really has to work. lmao. better to have a lot of fan noise than having an overheating pc tho.

 

[JCnator]

Despite having some PCs and consoles accumulating dust and particles, I never ran into any overheating issue, not even during the summer. Even my dirty classic PS2 runs perfectly fine in prolonged gaming sessions.

This isn't surprising to me. I always keep a lot of free space around the consoles, and the temperatures from my hometown rarely bypass 30?C due of its geographical position. I also leave all of my home consoles on the basement that has much less windows than the other floors. Due of the way the walls are isolated throughout the entire house, this floor always ends up being colder during the summer and hotter during winter.

 

[apharel]

Yeah dust is pretty negligible.. unless your fans are totally caked with dust. Otherwise it would probably only increase your temperatures by a few degrees Fahrenheit during extreme cases. Usually the biggest issue lies in the integrity of fans and the thermal compound.

 

[Squidward]

I had huge overheating issues with my laptop. It would shut down every 30 minutes because it was just so hot. No problems with the new PC, though.

 

[Acruoxil]

Just put your system in a place with proper air circulation. And try to keep the temperature cooler.

I live in a rather warm area so I often turn on the AC while gaming. My PC used to overheat a lot when it was put in an enclosed space but now there's a LOT of air circulation so it hasn't ever heated up since.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Just put your system in a place with proper air circulation. And try to keep the temperature cooler.

I live in a rather warm area so I often turn on the AC while gaming. My PC used to overheat a lot when it was put in an enclosed space but now there's a LOT of air circulation so it hasn't ever heated up since.

 

[King Dorado]

I've never encountered any of my gaming devices overheating in the Summer time, although i've had issues with some digital camera equipment and humidity in the summertime...

 

[Mr. Cat]

I don't even have a console or computer anymore after this summer. Playstation stopped working and the Xbox got a red ring of death. My laptop screen died. All I have now is a phone. Hah...

 

[oath2order]

I have to keep my blinds closed just to prevent my computer from overheating

 

[Mars Adept]

My consoles are in the basement of the house, and usually the air conditioning is set to a low temperature, so I've had no problems.

 

[tybalt_cake]

well my wii u overheated around june but that's because where the air circulation happens it was full of dirt

my wii u (back then) was turned on all night til i would wake up and it still would not overheat

 

[Idfldnsndt]

Nothing overheats in my house except the PS3.

 

[Sentry]

You would think that I would have overheating issues being in Florida during the summer.

However it stays surprisingly cool.

I use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO to cool my i7 6700k.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

I've had massive issues with my laptop this summer. It's overheating to the point that certain things just won't work on it when it gets to that heat. Quite worried about permanently damaging it now
Had no problems with my PlayStation yet, though