PS3 CPU running to hot? - NextGenUpdate

06-03-2013, 08:53 PM #1

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06-04-2013, 03:15 PM #11

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Originally posted by Kelly

i think this could be why?

i hardly see any thermal paste?? you can see the writing on the chip in the last picture

do you think that this could be causeing the problem?

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Yes definitely! Make sure to clean that off with rubbing alcohol then apply some new thermal paste, I would recommend arctic silver.

06-09-2013, 08:52 AM #12

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if you are on dex then remember that it makes your ps3 run harder.