With all those reports about Xbox 360 hardware failures and RROD related to overheating, it was just a matter of time before somebody would Playstation 3 through the hardware reliability test.
The guys at PS3Vault have tested 3 Playstation 3 consoles for 108 hours (each) under normal, too hot and too cold conditions and the results were simply impressive.
Here is what PS3Vault found, in their own words :
The following conditions were applied to each testing environment
- Continuous usuage of 108hours with no interruption to power supply
- Game of choice was Resistance Fall of Man & Motor Storm, Enchanted Arms
- Blu Ray movies - Several - around 10 different titles , Casino Royale, The Departed, Pirates of the Caribbean, Terminator 2, Superman Returns…
- Console was positioned on standalone timber unit with approximate 10cms of airflow under neath.
- Same 10 players were used over this period each playing or using the unit for a maximum of 1.5hours in any given session.
- Same controllers were used throughout the testing period
The following cycle was copied and used in each testing environment.
Start time Monday 9am -
2 hours blue ray dvd titles
4 hours continuous play on Resistance FOM
2 hours continuous play on Motor Storm
2 x blue ray dvd movies
1 x blue ray dvd movie
1 x blue ray dvd movie
2 hours continuous play on Motor Storm
6 hours of Motor Storm
6 hours of Resistance Fom
10 hours of Blue Ray Dvd 7 titles
1 hour of Motor Storm
3 hours of Resistance
5 hours of Enchanted Arms
2 hours blue ray dvd title
2 hours blue ray dvd title
5 hours Resistance FOM
5 hours Motor Storm
1 hour enchanted Arms
3 hours blue ray dvd titles
Repeated from the top until 108hours
Environment 1 Typical Family Room:
Temperature 73 F (22.7 C)
Console Ran continuous for the 108hours with only once incident happening at 12 hours in - a slight vibration coming from the tray area which lasted approximately 20 seconds. For the remaining time allocated no incidents were reported
Environment 2 Back of a Freezer Van
Unit was placed inside the closed van with controllers and screen mounted outside, - no one was willing to sit in side the van for any extended period of time
Temperature Started at 50F(10C) and was progressively scaled down over the next 4 days to reach 0F (-17.77C).
Incidents We noticed a slight sluggishness in playback once the temperature reached 0 degrees , this was maintained for the last 24hours, with 12 hours to go we thought we were going to crash with a sudden , blackout to the screen, this was tracked down to condensation on the cord for the screen.
108hours in and still working fine
Environment 3 Heat Sauna
Again console inside and controllers and screen outside.
Starting temperature was 100F (37.77C) and Gradually increased to 120F (48.88C) over the last 24hours.
Incidents Strangley enough we thought this would prove to be the ultimate area to kill the console, and to our surprise the only incident we noticed was a slight burning smell that came in around 64hours at 110F (43.33C) , the console was extremely hot when we finished the overall test but had come thru all environments with flying colours.
This console is now back in a normal environment and working fine.