**•How To Keep Your PS3 Slim In Pristine Condition!•**

1# "NEVER Let Your System Overheat!"
You'll know when it is overheating if it burns to touch it. The 3 main causes of PS3 heating are:
1) Leaving it on for a long period of time. (Especially on hot days)
2) Keeping it on carpet या an inclosed area.
3) Dust build-up in vents.

Ways to prevent these problems are:

*Keeping the PS3 on either a polished wood, solid plastic या metal surface to allow decent heat conducting. आप can also have four, equally high objects placed under each corner of your प्लेस्टेशन so it has room to allow air-flow. Some of my favourite things to use are Glen 20 disinfectant can lids & children's building blocks. आप can use ANY materials except:
•Styrofoam/foam
•Regular Plastic
•Paper
•Splintered Wood
#NOTE#
Even though आप can't use "regular plastic," आप can still use "solid plastic" as it conducts heat a lot better. (Glen 20 can lids)

*Now for the dust. To make sure there is no dust build up in your system, unplug it and carefully turn it upside-down and you'll see small vent holes all the way around the edges of the Slim. आप will also see one big strip of vents on the back near where the cables go.

If आप look closely, आप may see dust clogging them. To effectively remove it, get a dry cloth and gently wipe the surface of the dust to loosen it. After that आप can either use a vacuum (on low suction) या just blow gently towards the vents to get rid of the dust. (Make sure आप DO NOT have the vacuum on HIGH suction. It may DAMAGE COMPONENTS inside the system!) Also be careful if your going to "blow into the vents" because saliva may get inside and/or dust.

2# "Backup Your System Regularly!"
If your system unexpectedly fails, crashes and corrupts, all of your precious save files will be gone from games that आप may have spent HUNDREDS of hours playing! (*cough* Skyrim *cough*) However, if आप backup your PS3 regularly, this shouldn't be a problem!

There a three methods of backing up/copying content.
1) Copy "non-copy-protected" save files to USB.
2) Copy ALL save files to प्लेस्टेशन Plus. #NOTE# आप will need to pay at least $10-20 for a three महीना subscription. It is, however cheaper than buying a larger USB या External HDD.
3) Performing a "Full Backup" of the system to either a large enough USB या External HDD.
#NOTE# If you're using an External-HDD, it MUST be formatted to FAT32 या the PS3 will not recongnise it.

3# "Saving Hard-Drive अंतरिक्ष On Your Console."
If you've noticed things slowing down, आप may not have a lot of अंतरिक्ष on your system HDD for your console to work and function properly. #NOTE# This may be और of an issue on a प्लेस्टेशन with a "smaller hard-drive." If आप follow the steps below, आप should be fine!

To Check how many GBs आप have left on your console. Go to "Settings," "System Setting" & then open "System Information." It will दिखाना आप how many GBs आप have used and how much अंतरिक्ष आप have left. e.g: 233/320GB. The number on the left will दिखाना how many GBs आप have left. If आप don't have much, scroll across the XMB to "Game Data Utility" and मिटाइए any game's data that आप aren't playing anymore/lately. Don't worry, Game data is only "install data," when आप decide to play the game again आप will just have to install again and your saves will not be affected. If आप also want to copy & मिटाइए game saves, scroll down from "Game Data Utility" and select "Save Data Utility." If आप have important saves, don't worry about them. Saves take up hardly any अंतरिक्ष compared to "Game Data." If आप want to free-up as much अंतरिक्ष as possible, आप can plug a USB into the PS3 and copy "non-copy-protected" saves to your thumb drive. That way आप can मिटाइए them off of आप system and just copy them back from the USB when आप want to play them again. #NOTE# आप can copy some "Game Data Utility" as well as "Save Data Utility" if आप want to do both. If आप send/receive a lot of messages from other players, scroll over to "Mesages," "Recieved Messages," press त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज and "delete messages." Do the same for "Sent Messages." This should free-up some KBs या even MBs if आप use Messages often.

आप should have enough hard-drive अंतरिक्ष for आप PS3 to work smoothly again!

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