The Ice bag could've been the culprit of the rusting/oxidation.
OG ps4s have a reputation of overheating simply because people don't know where to properly place their console where it wont be struggling to breathe and coughing dust from lack of cleaning.
The lifetime of a console depends...
Webman mod's stats plugin (temps) seems to cause issues on ps3s (especially fats), when playing certain games and apps.
It varies from ps3 to ps3, but it happens.
UPDATE- Tried out the same game for an hour using the dynamic Auto #2 in WebMan Mod. this time- CPU- ~60C, RSX- ~66C.
I had a little issue when playing games while the fps counter is enabled- the audio will randomly turn off and refuses to come back unless you unplug and plugg back the HDMI...
I decided to re-apply thermal paste on my PS3 slim (2501A), so I could run an overclock without worrying about overheating issues. After cleaning the old crusty paste off, I put an even spread of MX-6 on both chips. I put a little extra paste in the shape of an X on both heatsink contacts as...
I came to this thread because I wanted to get cfw on my ps3 slim. I tried to be of some encouragement to the devs because I cannot contribute in any other way. Then, the fiddler method became available, but I could never get it working. Not a day later, DinoNuggy came into the threads and posted...
I can confirm that DinoNuggy's VPS works! I have a cfw ps3 thanks to their help!
I hope bguerville allows him to share it here!
My now cfw ps3 is a CECH-2501A model btw.