A recently discovered batch of defective PS3's has been discovered by the members of the Official Playstation.com forums. The defects consist of noisier than normal systems, and may be linked to the Folding@Home application in some cases.
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Participants of the forum thread eventually narrowed the "whining" PlayStation 3 consoles down to a specific batch by serial number, mostly sold by EB Games in Canada. Those who have had noisy machines report serial numbers in the CE133190xxx and CE133212xxx series manufactured in January 2007.
PS3 owners who have been able to exchange consoles report that the high-pitched noise does not exist outside the identified serial ranges. "After a day of use, it appears to be running fine," said OptimusRhyme, after purchasing a new PS3 from Future Shop. "I'm going to say that yes, I have a fully working system finally."
Calls to Sony PlayStation tech support found no one aware of the problem, though through the collaboration of PlayStation forum users, the issue appears to be isolated only to a small batch from a recent production run.
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You say "yet" as if it's even possible anymore. United Front Games is gone, along with anyone that made this game what it is
That’s what happens when games sell poorly. And I’ve seen people wonder why people cry when a game sells badly… this is your answer.
Sleeping Dogs was a sleeper hit back then. It was fantastic. It actually still is. Would love a sequel to this, or at least a revive of True Crime series.
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My lesson from the past- NEVER buy the first SKU's. PS1 bought the first big one, after that the small one comes out(not so important, but still), PS2 also bought the big one, who's fan noise is near to my PC's and with a little glichy dvd drive.
a noisy, defective console where have i heard that before
wouldent it be defective because its noisy
not noisy and defective
atleast PS3`s got no chance of catching 360 in the defect department.
Looks like the ps3 is also a lil buggy. :)
Later studies show that the consoles are white and only play 360 games