The PS3's Hidden Startup Feature
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2022
- The PS3 had a secret startup feature that was hidden & not many users knew about it! Did you know that your PlayStation 3 could automatically clean it's fan if you did this trick? Turns out nobody knew at the time! But this PS3 hidden startup trick is something that every PlayStation user should know about.. You can try for yourself, it works!
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So… the PS4 was just trying to clean the air vents all the time?
yes
😂😂😂
Yeah you got it 😏🤭
That one really got me ... Nicely done 👍😂😂
Nah dude, the PS4 was trying to climb to 10,000 feet
One of the coolest features of the PS3. A console that was absolutely ahead of its time. So futuristic and pretty looking. I still have my launch model that plays PS2 games.
Yeah cechc08 is amazing! Upgraded it heavily and did cleaning, works like a charm!
Same here
Plays ps1 games + certain ps2 games + ps3 games + free online multiplayer + blue ray = God tier console
Also plays PS1 games, but technically all PS3 plays PS1 games.
@@stowns1980 you mean digitally or the discs?
I like that you are always discovering new things with these older consoles. Makes it feel like they still have amazing things to offer in their old age.
it's nothing new
@@abodieqwerty4678 To me it is 😁
@@abodieqwerty4678 it was new to me
@@abodieqwerty4678 did you hear that, anodize? It’s new to us
Dude i have an original model from 2007 that i havent even turned on in about 4-5 years im going to do this i cant wait to see how much dust its going to push out
The ps3 was such a classic system. The initial design still holds up.
"The initial design still holds up" Wtf are you even saying like the initial design on most consoles "still holds up". Just a weirdo comment
@@ramrodbldm9876 why wouldnt it hold up??
PowerPC Architecture was Sony’s last stand at controlling the console game dev standard. Microsoft favored the game devs, and now everything is x86-64 based. I miss the CECHA01 PS3, the greatest PlayStation console ever made.
The internals don't unfortunately.
@@ramrodbldm9876 Disagree. Some consoles are clearly a product of their time and don't hold up. SEGA genesis version 1 looked so old in a bad way even when I was a kid as it reminded me of my grandparents so, I asked my dad to get me the sleek sexy Black model 2 instead for my birthday.
Man, that original ps3 really was a great-looking console aesthetically
Definitely, I wrapped my PS5 to look like a PS3 heres a video of it th-cam.com/video/OFRuBJW3H-A/w-d-xo.html
Yep, it looks so premium, unlike the Xbox 360...
@@princegroove what? Take that back!
That’s not quite the original model, it’s the second model to be exact.
@@ChadKakashi bruh u stupid? The Xbox 360 and every Xbox in general sucks for many reasons two of em being that ps has better exclusives, both when it comes to games and content withing games and also the every Xbox ever has the infamous " three rings of death"
This is a helpful tip, but the PS3 system still needs proper maintenance. The thermal paste is 16 years old now (if you have a launch model) CECH-A/B01. Thermal paste needs changed both on top and under the IHS (on top of the dies) as well. I have done this to all of my PS3's. The launch model has a metal PSU that generates a lot of heat.
launch model needs new nec tokin caps as well or it'll kill itself
Does this apply to the super slim as well?
@@IA-yi3zy super slim would only need new thermal paste on top of the CPU, if even that
europeans be stuck CECHC03, still has PS2 compatibility thankfully, but only has the PS2 GPU, CPU is emulated, resulting in minimal compatibility loss but way more reliable
Legit, proper maintenance goes a long way. When I got my PS3 a while back, the fans would kick into full gear, replaced the fully dried paste and what do you know, silence.
Just avoid WebMAN Mod or change the fan settings, since it’ll see an early revision hardware and decide you need maximum fans, regardless if you repasted or not.
To add, if you have a disk in your PS3 it will eject it after the process. This all happens before startup checks so this saved me from losing a disk when my ps3 got YLODed.
A last breath from that console right there if I can say so myself Lol
It’s not a self cleaning feature. It was a test feature they implemented to make sure every new PS3’s fans would work. You’re not supposed to do it often if at all. People rebranded it as a ‘self-clean feature’ because dust would leave the system
@@grogu411 Then what would happen if you choose to do this often?
@@grogu411 I never confirmed this
Damn, I can't believe that only a minority of PS3 users knew about this trick. I can't believe it saves time disassembling the system.
i used to do this back in the day
It has. Not recently.
I used to do it all the time 10+ years ago bro lmfao it’s not that unknown
@BlueDart28 don’t tell me what to do, bluedart28, what a douche bag
This has been known for a long time
If you have a slim it doesn’t have a power switch, but all you gotta do is unplug and plug back in the power cable while holding the eject button and it’ll work.
What about super slim?
@@m3dalofhonor you do the same thing that you do to the slim
Oh wow it actually worked, although a bit scary lol
not sure if it worked for me. my consoles light became green but I heard no fans.
Does it work for the super slim? The one with the sliding tray??
i remember accidently doing that as a kid and thinking my console got broken 🤣🤣
@Tishawn Reid it sometimes happened randomly without even doing this method, the noise is much louder in person
@Tishawn Reid liar that's what mob is
no bot
@@redacted5035 my PS3 ultra slim did this for no reason a couple of months ago and I didn't even do nothing to it
@@permitpurple8014 Yeah im thinking when it “randomly” did it sometimes it was because maybe the fan was just kicking in extra hard 🤣
Accidentally found this and when it started making that sound I thought I had screwed my system up. Its a great feature. Definitely helps.
Concise and informative. Sony should make this the official tips and tutorial channel.
Woowwwwww what is that!??! How u do that?!!?
@@eliseoespera6965 huh?
@@reqausxobi that symbol on your comment ($ CA$2.00)
@@eliseoespera6965 It means he donated a certain amount to this channel.
oh no the disgusting bots
Depends on the type of dust. Loose, very dry dust would obviously be ejected; but things like fur, cigarette or candle smoke residue, and the like would not be affected very much by the higher velocity.
luckily, I don't have any smokers, animals, or candles in my house.
I found this out recently. I never owned a PS3 during its generation, I was an Xbox 360 kid. So I recently picked up a CECH-A01 and did the whole delid process and a fan mod. It really was a great system and now it handles all of my PS1, PS2 & PS3 gameplay and my PS5 takes care of PS4.
I discovered this trick back in 2011 & I clean it every 3-6 months
I wish this feature come to future consoles 😢
Interesting
Very interesting indeed!!!! I have one of the old PS3. Going to give it a try.
22 people- hmm interesting 🤔
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@@MrLaneSir luck
Very helpful feature. I still have my PS3 and plan to do this later today. Thanks so much for sharing this information. Happy Friday!
Just some modells
I know about it from many years, but I'm glad you show it to other people.
I can’t believe how many tips you give us my dude. I’m gonna do this to my old PS3 and watch those dust bunnies fly.
I amazed how many people didn't know this.
Thats because for a lot of people who had the console this info is incorrect.
Seems important and helpful. So nice for Sony to keep this stuff hidden.
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Additional Info: This trick works on Slims, but only on some Fat consoles. The Launch model Backward Compatible models (CECH A, B ,C ,E ) do not have this. If you attempt this, it will only give you a triple beep and nothing more.
Thanks, that explains why it's not working.
Same here, I wondered what the issue was. If you have CFW on your CECHA-E model Phat PS3 you can achieve the same result by telling WebMAN to temporarily set the fans to the maximum 95% for 30-60 seconds. Those older BC PS3s also don't have the ability to be controlled via HDMI-CEC but it's not a big deal when you can just pick up the Blu-ray remote.
I was planning of buying a second hand PS3 fat and coming across this video feels like a blessing. Thank you kind sir.
I still have my original slim, I was quite young so I didn't really use it much in the early days mostly used my dads psp, But the PS3 is such a gem I still go back to it and play some classics on there, Great nostalgia
Wow, never even knew it. Could’ve helped when I had one. I wonder why they don’t do the hidden features anymore like this.
exactly. I remember getting my PS4 launch year and fully expecting this to be a feature carried over to the PS4. Nope. Guess they said forget that lol.
Maybe they do have hidden features, but you just don't know about them because they're hidden?
It’s weird seeing such a clean PS3
I didn't clean the fan for years. Thank you so much! I might try this.
I miss this console so much. Such a beautiful machine.
I learned that online a long time ago, every time I would clean my ps3 (which would be every month) I would get some q tips to clean the dust out of the corners, and then I would execute the fan lol, the last thing I always did, was restarting the system from the main menu of ps3.
This would be a very useful and helpful feature for the PS5
Why? Cleaning the PS5 it's really easy.
Yeah its easy but its still a good way to clean the ps5 when you are lazy to open it up
I don’t own a PS3 and still watched this video in its entirety. Interesting stuff!
I already knew this, but thanks for bringing it up!
I actually knew about this because I looked up how to best clean the vents back in the day and learned. I don’t think the slim or super slim had this feature though, just the phat models
The slim did have this feature
I just tried it on my slim....it worked...just makes you love your ps3 even more😂
the original fat ps3 backward capability one doesn't have it
Ps3 slim has it unplug the power cord, hold the eject button and put the power cord back in (4.84.1 dex rebug) works for cooling down the system to
@@MrLegman3000 thats literally the PS3 thats in this video lmao. All the PS3’s did this.
I did not know this. Came just little bit late. I just retired my ps3 when I finally got the ps5. Good info though. Keep us up to date as always.
When dust layers set, no blowing will clean it + there are still lots pockets for dust to build up.
It's better to disassemble and wipe it all off if you are doing preventive maintenance anyway, like changing the dried out thermal paste on the CPU and under the IHS which is a lot more important if you want to keep your ps3 in working condition.
I had heard of this trick before, but was always too scared to do it. I heard from people that it can damage your PS3 console altogether. Can this actually happen?
Nope.
@@aesthetic8780 just did it to both my fat and slim. Nothing bad like you said. Didn't see any dust come out though
What’s the PS5 hidden feature im done with PS3 but I’m not done with Xbox 360 cause Microsoft allows their old gen games to play on the newest hardware the Xbox series X so the Xbox 360 is still well alive
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Great tip! Never knew this. I'm going to try this!
Hearing that gave me nostalgia. I knew this trick back in the day.
You can do this on the slim without the power switch, too. Just unplug the PS3, hold eject, then plug it back in.
Thank you sooo much! I never knew about this, and your way worked on my PS3! I appreciate your tip. Now if I can just figure out a way to do the same for my PS4, since it has been acting crazy... I might actually be good!!!
I remember this and was always wondering why they never put this on the ps4 or ps5
So it can break and you get another one
@@El_Pimpin_Shizz Maybe to the average consumer, but both PS4 and PS5 have extremely easy access to the internals for cleaning and replacing a hard drive, so not totally true.
@@GamerGavin04 I was unable to open my PS3 and the one I owned before that.
The famous quote and it goes like this “old is new again”
I do this often.
I also like to spray compressed air into the vents while doing this to help clean out dust
This could actuallyy damage your ps3 it's not cleaning, it's just fan test. To clean your consoles ,you have to open it, and clean it from the inside, clean the fan, and replace the thermo paste
idk if someone said that in the comments, but i can say: this feature works on slim version too. I was really positive surprised about that. Really awesome, thank you!
Still have my PS3 launch edition. It's held up pretty well and I still enjoy playing both PS2 and PS3 games games on it.
That very interesting idea too and it makes me wanna try it too for my PS3 too
That explains the "levitating" Playstation 3s in those commercials. ;)
Thank you this info is very interesting and valuable
The PS3 Slim does it, too, but you have to unplug It, wait a few seconds, then plug it back in while holding the eject button. A bit harder to do, but it still works.
The PlayStation Oracle has delivered another gem! I will try this with my PS3 Slim, because my original PlayStation 3 was stolen in a home burglary.
Great info, had no idea, and I've owned my Ps3 since 2006!
Bruh this trick was so old I remember doing this countless times and seen other YT do this lol but thanks for the reminder and memories
Bought mine in 2008.....I never knew about this.....thanks.👍
I remember doing this because I got the YLOD on the 80gb semi-backwards compatible system, and this was one of the things that happened during restart they told you to do.
@remlife2 this isnt even your channel
Very importante pointe Bro 👍 Thank You so Much
Why am i here watching this man's videos when i don't even own any single playstation devices? Yet, it's so satisfying...
Nice, next time I drag my ps3 out ( to play fight night ) will give that a blast.
Top channel Top man 👍
The funny noise at the end had me laughing much harder than it should have.
That's CRAZY!!! Thanks for letting us know John, I'ma one of these days. 🥰☺️🤩😍❤️🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️💯
Sony is just so kind and really loves to think of the consumer! They set this to be a feature that's always on for the PS4!!
I remember reading about this hidden feature online somewhere when I got my ps3 Fat. I thought it was so cool and the ps3 felt really next Gen. What a golden Era of gaming.
Amazing. Did Sony even mention this in any of their Patches or Manuals? I think not.
You earned these thumbs up for sure
I used to do this, really cool feature!
Damn this is one feature I did not know about my PS3 might have to pull out the slim and see if this works lol
My ps3 slim have done some not god
Sound when I have playing games on him but now is clearly quiet, thank you
One thing you failed to mention that backwards compatible CECHA01 doesn't have this feature. I assume same applies to the CECHB01 and CECHE01 models. Basically any of the three US backwards compatible PS3s I think don't have this unlike other fat models. I have all three models I just listed but I only remember trying it on my CECHA01 and it not working where as it does indeed work on my regular Slim. Super Slim doesn't have it since not disc eject button to hold as it's the door thing.
Can confirm the CECHE01 model does not have this feature either.
Thank you. I have a CECHA01 with 3 beeps shut down issues and was looking at this video but can't get the fan cleaning to work, i tot i have a bad fan.
Had a PS3 since 04 and had NO idea this was a thing! Just turned on my PS3 after it sitting on my desk for like 8 years and it blew out Soo much dust! That's Soo cool.
Wow, now I wanna know if the PS4 and PS5 have a similar feature also
Very cool Mr. John
I remember this trick!, I wonder if the PS5 has it, but with it having the removable fan I doubt it.
i just did this and it looked exactly like that one time i dumped that vase out and cleaned it for my mom. thanks for the tip!
You can do this with the slim and super slim by holding eject and plugging the power cable in.
I remember doing this years ago all my friends like how did you do that good times. ❤️❤️. I’ve had my PS3 since 2010
I am definitely going to use this when I go back.
cool find bro. hit us with some more !!
Cool I remember this game system when it came out back in high school.
Wow, i'll have to try this on my PS3.
It was nice of them to have this feature working most of the time the console is on, on the PS4 😏
I've had my PS3 since 2013 and I had no clue about this til now, I'm genuinely surprised
Nice! I never knew this was possible, I'm going to do this today om my launch fat model. Thanks...
Doesn't work on the launch models
@@Ginger42069 ah! Do you know why it doesn’t work? Thank you for this comment by the way, because I was trying it on mine just because of this video and wondering why it was not working
@@kirka110 I have a 60 gb and it didn't work on mine. I'm assuming it's the same for the 20 gb, also, I'm not sure why it doesn't work
Oh, that explains the extremely loud cooling fans somtimes
It's still a brilliant console use as a media center, got loads of movies and music on there , plus had a Blu-ray drive ,
As a little side project I'm looking to get it chipped so I can download and store games
you can softmod it nowadays, no chipping required. it's a really simple process
Wow! I can't believe I never knew that!
Very nice trick, does this work on any of the other PlayStations?? On the very first PS3 you could also play PS2 games
This scared the hell out of me when I discovered this as a kid by accident.
I think it only works on the chunky version of the ps3 as far as I'm aware
Finally!! A feature that justifies the initial $600 price tag.
My gaming rig needs something like this! it legit collects mounds of dust in over a day because of the cooling fans' effeciency and speeds from how much wind it draws in
Surprisingly I already knew this. :)
Damn! I never thought this feature was added. I usually just take the console apart to clean the fan.
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Its a interesting way to clear the dust, just not the best... I really preffer the easy PS5 fan disassembly, but for the PS3 it were better than dont have it at all
my ps3 has a modded switch in it to manually control the fan speed. got sick and tired of it overheating, so manually controlling the speed helped out alot
i have no idea about that and its cool to know stuff like this im going to half to get it a try
No, this was just a test feature. This runs the fan backwards so essentially all you do is push hot air through the entire system. You’ll just slow cook your console
is there a way to do this on the super slim PS3 model? Since it does the toggle switch in the back
give it a shot and let us know.
Never knew this until now. 👍
Wow I really didn't know that at all. Well now I know if I decide if I want to track down a fat PS3
That's actually good trick!
i was lucky enough to already know this trick back in the days when ps3 was actually a thing
you can also use this to get into LED diag mode. helps with diagnosing YLoD.