[nick64]

Hello guys.
My fan is dead. Can you suggest me any other solutions? Here in Greece an external fan is more cheap than the internal. Is it enough good just an external? Also if i buy an 140mm fan (like those for pc) and try to power them from outside and be always on, is it good idea?

[donkey-punch]

Originally Posted by nick64 Hello guys. My fan is dead. Can you suggest me any other solutions? Here in Greece an external fan is more cheap than the internal. Is it enough good just an external? Also if i buy an 140mm fan (like those for pc) and try to power them from outside and be always on, is it good idea?

External won't be good enough. How is the fan dead? Are you sure it's not just a faulty connection?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by donkey-punch How is the fan dead? Are you sure it's not just a faulty connection?

are you suggesting it is just in a coma?

[donkey-punch]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch are you suggesting it is just in a coma?

Or maybe a deep sleep. No but on a serious not he has had to solder the fan plug twice.

[nick64]

No the fan is dead (not even in coma). I tried to see if it works and with 12V from another supply and connected with a usb to see if it works. (my dad did all these things above and I believe him when he says that is not working at all).
So I want an alternative to keep my ps3 cool (very cool)

[donkey-punch]

Originally Posted by nick64 No the fan is dead (not even in coma). I tried to see if it works and with 12V from another supply and connected with a usb to see if it works. (my dad did all these things above and I believe him when he says that is not working at all). So I want an alternative to keep my ps3 cool (very cool)

if you were in uk I would give you a fan free of charge as I have an dead 80 gig ps3 lyimg around, but I'm not gonna send it to Greece mate. Have you tried ebay?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by nick64 No the fan is dead (not even in coma). I tried to see if it works and with 12V from another supply and connected with a usb to see if it works. (my dad did all these things above and I believe him when he says that is not working at all).

you know the fan have 3 wires right? , connecting +12V to the brown wire and ground - to the black wire, the fan will spin for a split second.

if you add a 3,3V to the grey wire (PWM), the fan will spin at full speed...


if you did this allready then yes your fan is dead.

[nick64]

Well i hadn't add a 3,3v to grey wire. From where can I add 3,3V?
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but if we say that my fan is dead, something like that http://www.mytrendyphone.se/images/C...PS3%2060GB.jpg is it going to keep my system cool or not?

[nick64]

I just tested and it's not working. Any solutions for a new fan? (internal or external)

[TizzyT]

Buy a replacement fan on inter webs, get the IIRC 19 blade one.