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I picked up this ps3 slim 2003a which I plan to open up and clean inside and out then do a CFW. My question is what are the best ways to clean
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Took apart the ps3 to clean out the heavy dust buildup and reapply thermal paste. The fan used to run pretty good on idle but now it behaves better with playing ps2
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