PS3 slim heat sink problem

[<3linustech]

Ok so I went to radio shack and got 2 tubes of thermal paste for $4. And I thought about replacing the thermal paste on my PS3 and the first time I spread the TIM, and the cup barley touched the heat sink, and the GPU's corners only made contact. So I redid the job using the pea method, and bending the clamps twice, so I bend then screw press and unscrew, and the third time I checked the motherboard and tried taking it off, and it is stuck on there so, I think the pea method worked, better. But the heat sink is not convex, why did the spread method not work, can anyone pls answer this. I also think why the pea method worked, cuz the two clamps are putting pressure down, and the middle has paste so it will push down. So I don't want to open the PS3 up again cuz my parents will get mad at me.also when I start it up the air is cold, then the air becomes warm, is it just the PSU that's hot or is the PS3 heat sink working right?

[Liam-McShane]

It will be fine. Warm air out the exhaust is normal. If it was overheating it would shut down. Just leave it alone for now.

[Prastupok]

Ok so I went to radio shack and got 2 tubes of thermal paste for $4. And I thought about replacing the thermal paste on my PS3 and the first time I spread the TIM, and the cup barley touched the heat sink, and the GPU's corners only made contact. So I redid the job using the pea method, and bending the clamps twice, so I bend then screw press and unscrew, and the third time I checked the motherboard and tried taking it off, and it is stuck on there so, I think the pea method worked, better. But the heat sink is not convex, why did the spread method not work, can anyone pls answer this. I also think why the pea method worked, cuz the two clamps are putting pressure down, and the middle has paste so it will push down. So I don't want to open the PS3 up again cuz my parents will get mad at me.also when I start it up the air is cold, then the air becomes warm, is it just the PSU that's hot or is the PS3 heat sink working right?

 

As Liam-McShane said... you're fine. I'd worry if there wasn't hot air coming out.