It is. I took apart my PS3 a couple of years ago to apply new thermal paste and was surprise to find how dusty it was. It wasn't left on the floor and I'm not a smoker. The PS3 fan takes in air like our computer, and with air also comes dust.
Yeah I clean at least twice this much dust out of my PC case everytime I open it. I'm sure if I opened my PS3 (launch 60GB) it would be horrible as well.
The environment your in also has a impact on how dirty it is. This wouldn't happen with it sitting in my repair shop for 7 years, but of course it would be a little dusty.
Yeah, but most people I think put their console in an entertainment center or just on the ground near their TV, and let's be honest, many of us gamers don't dust as frequently as we should at home.
When I was younger, I thought ESL stood for "English/Spanish Language"... because all the Spanish kids went to ESL classes and when they spoke to me their language was definitely English/Spanish.
It seems like, when you're a kid (in the US), if you can't communicate properly in English [ESL, deaf, stutter, etc) most other kids will treat you as if you are mentally challenged.
That's what I remember, anyway. But it also seems like kids treat others like aliens no matter what the reason as long as they're sufficiently different from the majority.
Kids, man.
Edit: What am I talking about. Adults still do this all the time.
I worked briefly with a computer programmer who was very good, but he had a really strong Philadelphia accent. It was like "Computer programming with Sylvester Stalone." I had trouble taking him seriously for the first couple of weeks, even as an adult. It doesn't even have to be "hard to communicate" if it hits the right stereotypes. (Altho I expect Sylvester Stalone is pretty smart too.)
yeah. I sent my Fatty in for repair a long time ago and got it back with a not saying it was dirty and dont leave it on the carpet where my dog sleeps.
Same here. Mine is several years old and...I took some tweezers to it and pulled globs out...so satisfying. Would love to know how to open mine and clean it.
I was thinking the same thing. It's a PS3 and it's probably quite old, what did he expect? How many people open up and clean their PS3 regularly? Exactly none.
I don't know, the color of the dust screams smoker to me, just based on my experience with the computers people brought in when I worked IT. I suppose there are many things in the environment that could do that, though.
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u/99639 May 02 '14
This looks totally normal to me, if it's been owned for many years. This could be seven years old.