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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 5870476" data-attributes="member: 7808">Heat issues are a strong possibility.  If you're into electronics, you could try opening the thing up and looking for issues.  Could be a heat sink came off, a temp sensor moved, a vent got blocked, or something along those lines.  It could also be a component overheating, which would be harder to fix.  But if you could at least identify where the failure is it might be helpful.I've never taken apart my PS3, but my PS2 is... slightly deviated from the factory standard.  One of the mods I made to my PS2 was to bypass the fan control system so it always runs at max speed (better cooling, but more power and more noise).  I would imagine the same thing is possible on a PS3, but cracking one open and poking around is the only way I could figure out how.</blockquote>