PLEASE HELP! PS3 2.8 Update fan Glitch

[Elliot S]

Hey everyone. Once I updated my PS3 to the 2.8 firmware the fan kicks in to it's highest speed 18 minutes into a Blu-ray movie and completely drowns everything out. The system thinks its overheating but it isnt. I even put my strong house fan right up to the intake vents, and sure enough, 18 minutes in it still came on. Can anyone help me? I'm a huge movie buff and I cant watch anything till I get this fixed

[SlmShdy1]

Which model do you have?

[DonRSD]

is 2.8 a new update that just came out?

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

Hey everyone. Once I updated my PS3 to the 2.8 firmware the fan kicks in to it's highest speed 18 minutes into a Blu-ray movie and completely drowns everything out. The system thinks its overheating but it isnt. I even put my strong house fan right up to the intake vents, and sure enough, 18 minutes in it still came on. Can anyone help me? I'm a huge movie buff and I cant watch anything till I get this fixed

Great Scott!!



You must be some sort of future man in order to get a firmware that isn't even released yet, which can only mean one thing....troll.

[alphapyro]

aaaaaaaaaaaaand thread locked!

[AikonEnt]

Maybe he has the new PS3 slim which has different firmware to our fat ones.

[neos_peace]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

is 2.8 a new update that just came out?

Thats what i was wondering. I'm thinking crap I gotta upgrade again already?

[MOONPHASE]

Well at least we know ahead of time that 2.80 is going to have issues with it. Better safe then sorry in knowing these things 1st before its out.

[Elliot S]

I have the 40 gig version. And no its the normal updates guys. Playstation.com shows all their updated and the 2.76 was a normal one.

[alphapyro]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

I have the 40 gig version. And no its the normal updates guys. Playstation.com shows all their updated and the 2.76 was a normal one.

Right because when you originally said:

Originally Posted by Elliot S

Hey everyone. Once I updated my PS3 to the 2.8 firmware the fan kicks in to it's highest speed...

You meant 2.76 - the normal one.

Call Sony.

Why isn't this locked yet?

[Elliot S]

2.76, 2.8 I just rounded it lol

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

2.76, 2.8 I just rounded it lol

REALLY shouldn't do that with firmware numbers, that can be misleading.

[Rike255]

I'd call Sony. Never heard of anything like that happening before, my guess is there's a hardware problem and the firmware update is a timing coincidence.

[threefiftyrocket]

don't know all the rules around here yet, why would this thread get locked?

[alphapyro]

Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

don't know all the rules around here yet, why would this thread get locked?

Looks like trolling


Brand new member - first post, obviously hasn't looked through the search function or the stickied "tips, tricks, and fixes" thread to try and determine the cause, and "rounded up" the firmware number ---- why you would do that is anyone's guess.

Just looks like a scare post to make the PS3 look like it bricks when updating firmware, and could potentially be flame bait.

[threefiftyrocket]

wow, never thought about that... thnx for the explanation... I need to take a gander at all the sticky threads so I know whats going on...

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

Hey everyone. Once I updated my PS3 to the 2.8 firmware the fan kicks in to it's highest speed 18 minutes into a Blu-ray movie and completely drowns everything out. The system thinks its overheating but it isnt. I even put my strong house fan right up to the intake vents, and sure enough, 18 minutes in it still came on. Can anyone help me? I'm a huge movie buff and I cant watch anything till I get this fixed

Make sure you dust off the vents side with a cloth on the PS3. Usually when I dust off my PS3 it runs quietly. Might help or it might not.

Although this is really normal to begin with. It doesn't mean anything is wrong with your PS3.

[Elliot S]

I have dusted it off and have made sure it clean. I even tried to elevate it a couple inches off the glass in case it was heating it up but no luck. Im literally resorting to everything I can think of right now

[SoCalTiger]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

2.76, 2.8 I just rounded it lol

Oh well in that case I have firmware version 3.0 and I have no problems.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by Elliot S

I have dusted it off and have made sure it clean. I even tried to elevate it a couple inches off the glass in case it was heating it up but no luck. Im literally resorting to everything I can think of right now

Is your air conditioner on? It is hot outside this time of year. A fan doesn't make any difference if it is still blowing hot air over the processor.

I know one day a few weeks ago I had my windows open at home. It got up to 80 degrees (F) in the room and my PS3 fan kicked into the loudest mode. That is the only time it has ever done it. Now that my AC is on, no more fan noise.