Hardware What's the riskiest game to play on a CECHA01/B01?

[SolidSonicTH]

Which game would you say poses the biggest risk to killing early model PS3s?

The Last of Us? Gran Turismo 6?

 

[Mayo1990]

Any game. A proper untreated BC PS3 is prone to failure.

 

[peter8]

I have killed old 40gb fat ps3 cfw with Hitman. And Need For Speed is always mem eater.

 

[ShantaeFan123]

Which game would you say poses the biggest risk to killing early model PS3s?

The Last of Us? Gran Turismo 6?

I Wouldn’t really say it would kill the system but Family Guy video game for ps2 might be a risky one, the game randomly crashes (doesn’t freeze the system) the game has brightness issues which means the screen is really bright mostly in cutscenes but also in gameplay and there is some graphical glitches too. Unsurprisingly for a model that plays the games with real ps2 hardware and yes it was on a CECHA01and it was only this game that had the issues, no other games i have tried did any of this although Billy and Mandy might have the same issues due to a huge amount of similarities and literally being by the same developer, but I didn’t test that one

 

[eggcorp]

IIRC, the issue with those old consoles was the solder being faulty as was often found on 2000s computers. Therefore any game that would cause a newer PS3's fans to kick up would add more stress to the faulty solder, as well as more mundane activities such as:

• Leaving the PS3 on for an extended period of time
• Operating the PS3 in a poorly ventilated environment
• Hell, even running the PS3 at all puts extra stress on the faulty solder

Overall if you're AT ALL worried I'd get it fixed before using it. It's already an epic quest to fix them BEFORE they break, let alone after

 

[NiQ1]

Which game would you say poses the biggest risk to killing early model PS3s?

The Last of Us? Gran Turismo 6?

Properly maintained? (i.e., all dust cleaned and thermal paste replaced in the last year) - All games should be fine
Not properly maintained? Even leaving it at XMB could kill it

 

[SolidSonicTH]

IIRC, the issue with those old consoles was the solder being faulty as was often found on 2000s computers. Therefore any game that would cause a newer PS3's fans to kick up would add more stress to the faulty solder, as well as more mundane activities such as:

• Leaving the PS3 on for an extended period of time
• Operating the PS3 in a poorly ventilated environment
• Hell, even running the PS3 at all puts extra stress on the faulty solder

Overall if you're AT ALL worried I'd get it fixed before using it. It's already an epic quest to fix them BEFORE they break, let alone after

One of my full BC PS3s (the A model) is apparently an OEM "frankie" so that one is probably fine.

The other 3 have just been cleaned and delidded so far (two Bs and an E). They still have their stock computational components. My non-full BC PS3s (an L01 and a 2101A, which are my "regular" PS3s anyway) haven't had any work done on them at all but I think they're fine as-is (or at least no hurry since their risk of frying themselves is considerably lower).