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my favorite games are and in this order until after gta.
the Metal Gear series as a whole.
the final fantasy series as a whole.
the gta series as a whole.
the first resident evil.
the first suffering.
the castlevania series as a whole.
some super mario world of course.
a few zelda titles.
the aqua teen hunger force as a whole.
the soon to be announced rob zombie game (my breath is held).
contra 1,2 and super.
streets of rage.
soulcaliber series as a whole (soul blade included).
some game by the name of chronic the hemphog.
burning the trees.
barak obama: the anti-chr...
the devil my cry series as a just the first two.
chrono trigger and cross.
kotor 1 and 2.
fable.
gran turismo.
ssx tricky (its tricky,tricky!).
sim earth.
sim ant.
lake and ocean odell.
evo:the search for eden.
star ocean snes.
front mission as a series.
r.a.d.(robot alchemic drive).
frequency (due to the fact i was into eating beans a few years ago and you could easily create awesome blow-up beats and fuck like a rabbit with a horse cock).
that one where you did that thing that was cool and shit.
mario kart64.
doom.
and oh so many i can't remember but they were good games i think.
greatest video game/related movies:
silent hill (just for mirroring the source material so well)
brainscan (way ahead of its time)
and i think thats about it for the movies.
music: i love all kinds of musak but my favorite is hardcore and hip-hop. but i also listen to reggae, bluegrass, punk, old rock and roll, jazz, blues, fucking everything we as humans can perform well. My favorite band is AC/DC (Bon Scott era). And Tupac Shakur (The best fucking ever) and A Tribe Called Quest (smooth shit, like real smooth).
my greatest inspiration: Nicola Tesla.
i slowly turn the heat up in the shower until it doesn't go no more.
fire it up.
message me to play whatever psn id: Qraze
#1_in_the_hood_G!!
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Hello all, i'll cut right down to business here.
I know and have heard a few people are having problems with their ps3 and i have a few simple rituals that i do to keep mine healthy. I highly suggest them to all ps3 and console owners. #1: Always eject after a game/bluray/dvd after using it. That disc slowly spins in the tray and the lasre is on too. Its called wear and tear, that motor is running and can help to burn it out quicker, same thing with the laser. So always try to eject and put the game away after using it, when you turn the system back on it will ingest the disc back into the tray, try to keep that tray motor from running if you can by taking the disc out completely. #2: Keep it standing up. Heat travels up, the vents are on the side, you have it turned up, the vents are now up, allowing the heat that fan don't catch to escape through the vent. We all now how hot the machine gets and by keeping it flat the heat rises to the top and slowly seeps out the side vent, eliminate that by standing that bugger up. #3: Clean, clean, suck it clean. Always wipe the dust off of it, we know how its a magnet for dust and it will get inside the console. My method is not just to use duster because just that alone will move the dust to places where it wasn't before but if you want to use duster or any kind of compressed air/Co2 then stick a good vacuum cleaner up to the back vents and turn it on, the duster will move the dust into the air and the vacuum will suck it out. I infact don't use duster but just a vacuum cleaner with a small hose attachment and put it on all the vents on the console, after a good wipe down of course, then i turn the console on and use the vacuum again but just in the back vents. I don't know if it is okay to use duster anyway, so use it a you own risk. #4: Keep your games clean. Wipe them down if you have to, just don't scratch them. The laser is really powerful and and you don't want to make it try to read something it can't due to dust or scratches. A less burden on the hardware is always a good thing. And keep your games in the cases, thats how dust and scrathes mainly occur, from them getting on the disc and us trying to clean that disc but not doing it gently enough. It doesn't take much to clean a dirty disc. And thats about all i can think of at this time. I have a launch 60 gig(now 250) with linux installed and over sixty games on the hdd. Its been dropped 18 inches and has a scar on her face that would make Tony Montana look like a pussy, been in a backpack traveling with me from florida to north carolina in a greyhound bus, put in a freezer because i thought my download speeds were way to slow and i wanted to see if cooling it down would help (it didn't, it was my modem not "standing up" a reference to #2 but a different electronic), and has been a top notch performer playing games. The only time it freezes is when i use the shitty browser. But i follow these steps myself and it runs like deer, a john deere. I hope these may help keep your system healthy like mine has been. #1_in_the_hood_G!!
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
I will definitely take a vaccume to my PS3 tomorrow, I usually just wipe it off, but now I realize that dust gets into the system .Great tips.
Oh, I kid, I kid!
Then again, should I be taking maintenance advice from someone who's put his ps3 in the freezer?
Also: Nice write up, I'm definitely going to be extra cautious when I get it back.
thank ye
It has two vents, one on each side, thus you get a cross wind. Vertical, where's the in-air coming from? The "hot air rises out my console" is missing the basics of how heat travels around a console.
Also, the console should just work as it is. If I need to keep actively doing things to stop it breaking, it's not been made right.
Also, vacuum stuck on the side!? Are you crazy!!? That's one of the worse things you can do. the components aren't designed for that kind of pressure/wind changes.
the vacuum cleaner i use ain't from nasa and isn't greatly powerful, it won't hold a bowling ball up. the system took an almost 2 foot drop, a vacuum cleaner ain't gonna break something that drop couldn't.
and yeah, you don't have to do these if you don't want but i do and i'm not putting a gun to your head to do the same. these are my rituals and i thought i should share what i do with you all. the machine will work regardless, but i like the 6 P's: proper planning prevents piss poor performance. take care of your console.
"hot air rises, that's a fact and doesn't need an explanation."
Get something warm and get a very, very small fan. Put the fan above the hot thing. Unless the air is still, the warm air won't rise. Sticking your console on end makes no difference as there are fans.
It makes a difference with the 360 as the bottom (when vertical) of the 360, when on it's side, acts like an extra vent.
But, as I said, if the PS3 is going to get damage from being 90 degrees different, it's designed wrong.
i just notice that when the machine is on for a bit, heat does pour out of the side vent, the fan does push most of it out the back, but even now, i can feel heat coming out the top, i just don't want to burden the fan with more heat that i can help to eliminate. i know some people may not have the space but just make sure the back vent has space to blow out the hot air, i'd say about 5-6 inches from any wall, too close and its about like covering your hand on the back vent, that heat won't escape the way its designed to. it needs to circulate, not be stuck with no ventilation.
its a super tough machine though
Use a DVD/CD Lens Cleaner Disc.
I read somewhere on the internet. That a small amount of particle build up on a Blu-Ray Laser Lens is a REALLY bad thing. I don't know if this is exactly true, but do it regardless.
Also great tip on keeping the drive clear, I didn't know that before.
I'd also like to add that if you want to keep your power costs down (she's a hungry baby), take the machine off standby mode when done using it by flipping the main power switch on the back.
If you've got a separate blu-ray player, use that instead to play blu-ray movies, as comparatively a launch-model 60gb uses five times as much power as a standard dedicated player.
Follow these tips and those above to keep your baby going through its supposed 10-year lifespan (LOL). This is especially important if you've got a 60gb model or that 80gb MGS4 bundle, as those are the only models left with PS2 backwards compatibility. You don't want to find your machine conking out as you try to play Persona 4...