Originally Posted By: ClubNeon
Mine took about a year, but I didn't use it much then. There's a white, waxy stuff which goes between the CPU/GPU and the heatsink. You can get some ArctiClean, which makes removal of the old very easy (and leaves your PS3 smelling of oranges for a couple weeks). Then I used Arctic Silver 5 to replace it. You can find step-by-step instructions on how to open the PS3, and replace the thermal paste.


Interesting:
I would never have thought to consider changing the thermal paste in my PS3 but yet I'd never attach a CPU and its fan in a PC without it. It's so easy to forget that almost everything we own these days is just another gloried computer.

With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.