ps3 noise

[davidd]

Afternoon

We bought an 80gb ps3 on monday afternoon. I am pretty sure it was more or less silent.
My son has been playing gt5 a lot, I gave it a go this afternoon and noticed after a short while that it was making a lot of noise. Not just fan noise but more like a duff bearing somewhere.

I have run a fan test and it makes no difference.

John Lewis will replace it if I want but I wanted to know if this was normal?

So when you switch yours on what noises do you hear?

Many thanks

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[Steve Evil]

Mine is quiet as a mouse, haven't ever heard it get noisy.

[RemaL]

same as above

[TheForceV4]

Me three, just fan whirr thats it, get it exchanged mate.

[Hyper 3]

i get fan whirring when i turn it on after that not really any noise

[GregE240]

Hmm, if its on its own in a room, then it can sound a bit loud.....my lad has one and its not exactly silent.

[Get Karter]

Mine very occasionally sounds like you describe. A faint little clonking like an ill balanced wheel.
Has been ok for the two months I've had it though.

[jimmyjimjim]

Get Karter said:

Mine very occasionally sounds like you describe. A faint little clonking like an ill balanced wheel.
Has been ok for the two months I've had it though.

Sounds about right. It gets louder over time, and becomes more obviously a drive; in another couple of months you'll be in the position I'm in, waiting for Sony to get off their collective fat behinds and send me the fecking shipping box so I can return it them to have the Bluray drive replaced.

[okgo]

Bare in mind if its in a warm place the fan will get noisy and make a lot of noise but shouldn't knock or anything?

[R1 GTR]

I get st loads of fan noise after being on a lot, sounds like it's going to take off

[davidd]

Thanks for the input. Back to John Lewis, all changed, new unit is much quieter.

Now apart from GT5, anyone recommend good driving games?

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[ih8thisname]

Shut up the lot of you!

You 'aint heard nothing till you turn on a 360..

I reckon it would rival such things as a pneumatic drill!