Some PlayStation 3s reported with mystery “whine” noise

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

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