A member on the blu-ray.com forums, BluManta said his friends PS3 broke out of no where. He went on the investigation and found out his friend used black duct tape on all air vents to prevent dust coming in.
Wow thats incredible.

"Yes, my friends ps3 broke.

He came round mine explaining that his PS3 just died for no reason.
I asked him if he used any buggerd games, dvds, or blu-ray. He said no. I asked him if he dropped it etc. No, no no.

So I went round his to have a look. He had put black duct tape over the air vents. All of them.

I said 'why have you put duct tape over the vents?'

He replys with this:

'I am really cautious about my ps3. I really look after it. I don't want dust getting inside it so I covered up the holes to stop dust from getting in.'


I was in tears."
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    Final Blade Jul 4, 07
    Wow simply stunning and here i thought no one could be any more stupider, oh wait he has lol.
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    JJBDude Jul 4, 07
    Sounds like something I would do haha.
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    Shadow of Death Jul 4, 07
    Bloody idiot ;; Guess it didn't occur to him that the holes were there for a reason ;;

    Yet another case of "It seemed like a good idea at the time" ;;
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    Sungod Okami Jul 4, 07
    Aww I feel sorry for him. He was just trying to take care of it.
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    Krunal Jul 4, 07
    A new low...for stupidity
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    Infinite Jul 4, 07
    Wow. Who puts duct tape around the vents on their PS3. I guess the guy didn't know his system would over heat if he covered the vents.
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    Tool_Fan_06 Jul 4, 07
    Thats like, the stupidest thing ever (major overstatement)
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    King X2 Jul 4, 07
    XD I actually started taping paper over my N64 when I got it in 1996. I almost lost it.

    That is hilarious for a person of that age to put duct tape over a PS23. Looks like he just wasted $600. XD
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    Final Blade Jul 4, 07
    if he wanted to waste his money he should have donated it to one of us But still i understand his motives and reasoning but it wasn't planned intelligently, that seems to be the new lack of term nowadays.
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    Bale Fire Jul 5, 07
    Dear god what a dumbass

    That PS3 could have gone to someone who actually deserved it
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    Theory of Chaos Jul 5, 07
    This isn't news. This is just stupid.
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    bbb7002004 Jul 5, 07
    I just love laughing at other people's expense.

    Actually, this guy probably did himself a favor. If he was dumb enough to duck tape his vents closed, there is no way he could actually get through any game that required a functioning brain. At least now he won't clog our forums with idiotic questions.
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    Evanster Jul 5, 07
    If your that stupid then your PS3 deserves to die. Maybe he will be next
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    Dio Jul 5, 07
    I kinda feel bad for the PS3.

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    FRoGBuster Jul 5, 07
    this is great. His care for the PS system is admirable. If only he had the right information to accompany his devotion
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    ZhaoYun88 Jul 5, 07
    A bit to over-protected for his PS3, then again becuase of others peoples PS3's breaking down due to over-heating and dust, he was worried about it so did this, fair do's to him, but unlucky at the same time!
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    black_wing79 Jul 5, 07
    that is just amazing.. one of the first things any computer literate person would know is that the first form of care concerning a circuit is ventilation and cooling...so if he was thinking of showing 'care' for his PS3, wow...
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    Deviant Jul 5, 07
    That idiot. What does he think the vents are there for, style? I hate idiots who say they have no idea why their game system broke, when it was because their own stupidity.... -_-
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    Daisy Jul 5, 07
    Sad to see that people don't even read the care information that comes with the product even though they are saying how much they are trying to care for their expensive new toy. Read the care and instructions booklet next time, dumb bell.
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    Final Blade Jul 5, 07
    Maybe this will shed light on the xbox failures lol.
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    tidus04 Jul 6, 07
    Why do people do things like this, fair enough he had some reason but honestly it is just mad

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