[fahadsul3man]

my ps3 slim cech 2506 A-- is making high pitched sounds i know its from fan cuz i already removed disc and and hdd and its from fan . It was quiet for a week after that it produced that annoying sound , its not loud but i m concerned cuz i dont want it to go ylod , it goes like when i turn the console on its quiet after 20 sec the fan switches to level 2 and starts whining it stays on lvl 2 no matter how long i play usually its 3 hours + . Anyone else having same problem ? BTW i read on av forum that sony is using 17 inch fan on the slim instead of 19 inch fan in 60 or 80 gig or 40 fat models maybe thats y it has to work extra hard or its a faulty fan dunno my 60 gig launch made a hum sound dunno wats wrong slim

[TizzyT]

Hmm I doubt its 17 inches lol that is huge....lol. The fan is probably picking up because of heat. The slim if I recall correctly doesn't have the lead free solder cracking problem, so YLOD isn't going to be the case for a while if that's the case. I guessing its more of a dust build up and causing bad airflow.

[fahadsul3man]

i vacum it after 3 days , should i open ps3 and use air blower ?
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even in xmb the fan stays on lvl 2 (((

[KillerBug]

The slim does YLOD because of lead-free solder; it just hasn't happened as much as the fats because they are newer. What kind of whine is it making? If it is just louder then it is probably bad thermal compound. If it sounds totally different, you might have a bad fan bearing.

[fahadsul3man]

its not loud bearly audible when disc is spinning i think its fan bearing well how do i fix that ?

[pereb27]

If it's level 2, I think there is nothing to worry about. Unless the fan is bad...

[fahadsul3man]

maybe i m just paranoid :/

[fellfrosch]

sounds like a fan bearing, will mean bad news if the fan siezes

[fahadsul3man]

i doubt fan will stop working its just gonna produce more annoying sound thats wat i m afraid of :/

[KillerBug]

Originally Posted by fahadsul3man i doubt fan will stop working its just gonna produce more annoying sound thats wat i m afraid of :/

It will probably just get more any more annoying if it is a bearing...one place where sony doesn't cut corners on the slim is the fan; they are made by Delta, and there is a good reason why most high-end servers use Delta fans. If the fan does seize suddenly, this will cause an increased drain on the motor and it should make the console do an emergency shutdown...if it doesn't then the system will still shut itself off when it hits 85C anyway.

There is no fixing a fan bearing in one of these fans; you would just have to buy a replacement fan.