The PS3 is amazing – I got it 16 years ago, and it’s still running, working as a Blu-Ray player, and for the occasional round of Little Big Planet with the kids. And Sony still sends updates! But I noticed the fan has been getting rather loud, so I guessed it was time to clean the cooling paths.
In the end, it took me about 30 minutes to take it apart and put it back together again, due to Sony’s service-friendly design. And it wasn’t quite as bady in need of some cleaning as I feared.