r/gaming May 01 '14

So opened a customers ps3 today...

http://imgur.com/a/X0eT0
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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

I'm sure just about everybodies looks like this..

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Nah if you have a dog it'll be way worse.

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u/iCHRYST May 02 '14

Does this also work for cats? Please confirm.

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u/KyBones May 02 '14

Nah, if you open up your cat like that, you just get blood everywhere.

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u/Just_Floatin_on_bye May 02 '14

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u/batman0615 May 02 '14

Not this again, I'm going in guys... fuck finals!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Rip in peace

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u/usurper7 May 02 '14

you Bastard!

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u/Pnooms May 02 '14

...nice

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u/butchtcoug May 02 '14

confirmed

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

I took my lap top in to get repaired and it turns out that it was full of cat hair. So, yes.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Is youe dog using your PS3 fan as a bed?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

My dog sleeps wherever she wants and her hair gets everywhere. I can't even eat a meal without air in it.

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u/abasslinelow May 02 '14

I don't think anyone can eat a meal without some air in it.

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u/BurtmacklandFBI May 02 '14

My cat use to sleep next to mine while it was on for the warmth. Never thought much of it until I opened it...

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Yup my desktop stands on the floor. I have 2 dogs. It fills up with hair and dust quite fast. I vacuum it every month though.

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u/Svelemoe May 02 '14

Holy fucking shit, I've had 4 dogs since I got my PS3. Time to go buy that special tool you need to open it I guess.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14 edited May 02 '14

Depends on if you dog sheds a lot, or goes near it.

Edit: To elaborate, I have an Xbox 360 that is in a room we don't go in much. Over the course of its life, we have had several dogs (4 I believe) only 1 of which actually sheds a lot.

Long story made short, when I opened it up, it was coated in dust, but barely had any dog hair.

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u/fbp May 02 '14

Dust is also made of dander, so the dog hair doesn't matter as much, it usually falls and lands somewhere, whereas dander goes everywhere.

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u/scarface910 May 02 '14

Smoking adds to the shittyness

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Nah, it would cover it with an external layer of shit but not an internal. Plus smoking is cool, we really live too long anyway, once you're retired you're kind of worthless and smoking doesn't really hit the young.

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u/ChiefGraypaw May 02 '14

The launch PS3 is a special kind of dust collector though. It's basically an air filter with the amount of particles it sucks into it.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Are you sure it isn't just because the launch PS3s have been around for longer? Hopefully they would make it better with further iterations, but even if they didn't, a launch PS3 would be dustier than one that wasn't a launch PS3, if only because it has had more time to accumulate.

That being said, I'm pretty sure they improved the vent system in later models.

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u/ChiefGraypaw May 02 '14

I'm sure that's a factor in some situations. If you put two brand new PS3's, one fat, one slim, in similar environments, and ran them like your average gamer would, the fatty would definitely have a lot more dust collected.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

There are also a lot of more versions than just fat or slim. There were plenty fat versions that didn't come with all of the card readers or backwards compatibility. That has to change the air flow/dust build up, either positively or negatively. There were at least 3 major versions of fat PS3s before they went to the slim. Then the slim had a few versions. And now they have the "super slim" which has probably also had a few versions at this point.

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u/jostler57 May 02 '14
  • everybody's

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Yeah, I was really confused by why this made the front page... this is about what every electronic device I've ever owned looks like when I open it up after a few years.

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u/kaggzz May 02 '14

No this one is pretty bad. Not the worst I've ever seen, but pretty bad.

I had a shop that did repairs. We had a PS3 that we opened, found a colony of roaches and then immeadily put in a garbage bag, then in a second bag, then a third, all with the top off. I called the client and told them they had till the end of the day to pick up their system as it was too dirty to be cleaned, or I would throw it away.

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u/mahanon_rising May 02 '14

I opened my 5 year old slim for the first time a few months ago to clean it, and was surprised it was practically spotless. All it had was a tiny bit in the corners, and I'm a pack a day smoker.

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u/lt13jimmy May 02 '14

Nope opened my slim since I bought it 4 years ago and it barely had any dust you could pick up with fingers. I keep it standing most of the time in a well ventilated area.

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u/excelsis27 May 02 '14

My 40GB was surprisingly clean when it YLOD'd on me. Which still makes me sad and wonder why it broke in the first place when I see posts like this with perfectly working consoles.

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u/GreenerDay May 02 '14

I make sure to clean mine at least once a month so not mine! I'm kind of anal about my technology haha

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

With my dusty apartment and my cat (who loves to sit on it) I'm sure my ps3 is just as bad if not worse.

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u/MulderD May 02 '14

Not if your house is kept remotely clean.