# PS3 40g owners......

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**Created:** [August 10, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037 "2009-08-10T22:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/13 "2009-08-11T12:41:10Z")

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> [@The need for speed.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-need-for-speed/21501/4):
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> I was semi-joking about the submerge in oil thing, it works for cooling but your problem sounds like a bad temp sensor or software glitch. Backup your data and get the unit fixed or another one. just my $0.10 \<- had to raise it from 2 cents, freaking Obama taxes are killing me

Oh I know you were joking, but I was seriously not when I said I might run this thing over.

I want to backup the HD but I can’t do that as I cannot keep the system operating long enough for me to even get the main screen up and loaded. All of ~10-15 seconds and the shit beeps and shuts down. Hence why I’m probably going to have to swap the drive into someones ps3 so I can do the data backup. I’'m going to just buy a 60gig unit like I should have in the first place.

Wayne, I did go buy some AS5 from a PC store right here in saratoga. worked good for a few days then progressively started gettign worse and worse.

I’d like to know if there is a remote thermal sensor in the PS3 and if so, where the fucker is.

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