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Some PlayStation 3s reported with mystery "whine" noise

Posted Apr 10, 2007 at 3:39PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Canada, EB Games, playstation 3 updates, Sony

Some members of the PlayStation.com forums (US) have reported that they are experiencing a mysterious high-pitched "whine" coming from their PlayStation 3 consoles. OptimusRhyme over at their threads was the original poster of this news, who further reported that the noise still persisted even after his third console replacement.

According to further comments from the boards, the "whine" was reported only when they attempted to run Folding@Home on their units. Other owners reported that the noise persisted even when their PS3s were running idle, with one commenter (Batmaniac) further adding that his unit also rapidly heated up aside from creating the noise.

Now, in case the guys are worried that this may happen to their PS3s, the forum members managed to narrow down the serial number of the malfunctioning consoles. According to them, only PS3 consoles within the CE133190xxx and CE133212xxx range of serial numbers appear to affected. These two serial numbers are from a production stock dating to January 2007, and are heavily distributed in EB Games store branches in Canada.

We advice the readers to take note of the serial numbers posted, and try to check with Sony's tech support - they might have updates regarding this problem. Keep alert in case we also pick up more info on this matter.

Via Official PlayStation forums

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i'm hearing a lot of complaints about the 360 breaking down but my Xbox which I bought on launch day (it's a Launch Box) haven't caused me any problems whatsoever... and now the PS3 is having breakdowns??? whining and heating up??? same as with the 360 I can't relate to this cause my PS3 is as quiet as it can get, although I still have to really find out since I just got it midnight launch last 23rd of March and i'm also running Folding.

# dont think its a fault — Guest 2007-04-10 17:20

a sound clip could help

# lol — Guest 2007-04-10 17:25

the fan maybe? wow

# its prob just a fan — hush404 2007-04-10 17:52

It's most likely the fans cooling down the CPU and the reason you don't hear it all the time is because of Variable fan speeds. When the CPU is cool the fan is very faint as it spins slowly, but when you heat up the fan picks up speed (like when a program... oh... lets say Folding @ Home is running) and thus you hear a louder noise coming from the machine. Folding @ home uses as much processor power as it can.

# Thats Just The Screams Of... — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-04-10 18:21

..knowing their brothers and sisters coming into the world "Emotion" less! God damn those lonely tortured souls!

# . — Guest 2007-04-10 18:30

i'm in the UK and i also noticed that whining noice only yesterday(befor e i read this article)... but that was only when i'm folding... and when i exit F@H, it goes away... it's not big deal one way or the other

unless you enjoy sitting in front of your monitor/TV for an average of 8 hours, folding, seeing those numbers go from 1 to 500k/400k and counting all the yellow dots you can find on the screen... then i guess you really have a serious problem :)

# it's the fan. — Guest 2007-04-10 18:54

it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan. it's the fan.

# . — Guest 2007-04-11 00:22

HAHA

is that funny, no so STFU

# . — Guest 2007-04-11 00:23

What about the guy who said it rapidly heated up?

# ... — Oner001 2007-04-11 01:50

One guy? One do you understand that 1! Has it been confirmed? Maybe he/they where just trying to trade in 1.6 PS3's for 1.31's or lower FW? Either way this is UNCONFIRMED until a proper video from a trusted source is released.

# SO FUNNY — Guest 2007-04-11 02:36

HA HA the WHINE of DEATH, obliviously overheating, looks like people should not criticize other console launch problems now eh..

# There is a problem — Guest 2007-04-11 02:40

Im hearing a lot of PS3s are having to be replaced, if this was just the fan Sony would not be replacing the machines now would they..

# Its NOT ONE GUY READ THE NEWS PROPERLY — Guest 2007-04-11 02:44

Its not One guy read the news properly -

The forum MEMBERS consoles within the CE133190xxx and CE133212xxx range of serial numbers appear to affected.-

There is something wrong and to say its only One guy when these same faults are being reported by others withing that serial range is wrong.

# Easy Fix — Guest 2007-04-11 02:50

Too much dust in the air. Run a vacuum hose to the intake and voila! whine is gone.

I think it's buildup of dust on the fans due to being on for so long for F@H.

# it took me a minute — Guest 2007-04-11 05:24

but thats kinda funny XD

# joke — Guest 2007-04-11 05:37

To say there is a "huge" problem when only 2 serial numbers, limited to Canada, may be having problems is stupid. This is nowhere near the problems of the xbox360. If all people have to complain about is a whine while F@H is going, well *****... grow up

# lol — Guest 2007-04-11 08:31

Now where is mister common a$$? he would jump on this in a heart beat.. bashing the ps3 again lol...

# Oh ffs — Guest 2007-04-11 09:01

The 'whine' is the sound effect made by folding@home. Turn off the speakers and it goes away.

# . — Guest 2007-04-11 09:54

dude... this has absolutely nothing to do with the speaker... it's the FAN

as said above... "According to further comments from the boards, the "whine" was reported only when they attempted to run Folding@Home on their units".

in my case, i only hear it while folding and thats because my PS3 is right infront of me(only 50cm away) and my monitor is just behind it

# not a fault — Guest 2007-04-11 12:14

OMG the fan makes noise, so does the 360

at least the ps3 doesn't freeze forever like the xbox 3 lights of doom 60

# hhmmm — Quixand 2007-04-11 12:52

excuse me comedy but are you whining??

# so what — Guest 2007-04-11 12:53

i got mine at eb games, and it starts with 3456, so im guessing im ok

# Just looking for any excuse..... — Guest 2007-04-11 16:39

Xbots are just waiting to hear something like this, to make up for their massive failures of xblows 270.

A few reports though do not come any where close to the huge amount of failed launch consoles, overheating consoles, bricked consoles from fall update, multiple failed consoles returned again, and again, and again.

Wait until that extended warranty runs out on your xblows 270. Cha Ching! "$140.00, please" in a slight indian accent.

# ... — Guest 2007-04-11 18:15

'Dust clogged fans make high pitched noise while spinning fast'

Great news there dude...

# I dont have problems — Guest 2007-04-13 08:25

I dont really have any problems but I think its not a bad thing

# ... — Oner001 2007-04-14 04:37

So you believe this is something HUGE because of even a few "forum" posters.....that is a *****ing joke.

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