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Spyda · #1 08-14-2007, 10:37 PM

A website preformed a series of tests on their PS3s to see how much it can handle. Here is the article:

"Online site PS3 Vault did a series of experiments to its PlayStation 3 unit that were designed to test the console's durability and stability. Before we proceed though, please note that we do not recommend doing the following to your PS3 units even though the results acquired are favorable.

Anyway, what the said site did was leave the PS3 unit on for 108 hours alternating between playing video games and watching Blu-ray movies. The interesting part here is that the test was done three times under these environmental circumstances: a typical family room, the back of a freezer van, and a heat sauna.

Curious? Here are the results:

* Family Room: Console ran continuous for the 108 hours with only one incident happening at 12 hours in - a slight vibration coming from the tray area which lasted approximately 20 seconds. For the remaining time allocated no incidents were reported.
* Back of Freezer Van: Temperature started at 50F and was progressively scaled down over the next four days to reach zero degrees.
o We noticed a slight sluggishness in playback once the temperature reached 0 degrees , this was maintained for the last 24 hours, with 12 hours to go we thought we were going to crash with a sudden , blackout to the screen, this was tracked down to condensation on the cord for the screen. 108 hours in and still working fine.
* Heat Sauna: Starting temperature was 100 F and Gradually increased to 120F over the last 24 hours.
o The only incident we noticed was a slight burning smell that came in around 64 hours at 110 F, the console was extremely hot when we finished the overall test but had come thru all environments with flying colors."

Source: http://ps3.qj.net/Online-site-finds-...99840#comments

crash1202 · #2 08-14-2007, 10:41 PM

Wow i can play my ps3 for 108 hrs!!! I dont think i will be posting for a while!

marz · #3 08-15-2007, 01:24 AM

I only turn mine off if im traveling with it or gone for any extended periods of time.....so mines been on for well over 108 hrs....

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