The Front Loading Panasonic 3do

[attilathehun]

Does this have internal fans or is it like ngcd and psx?

[pookninja]

no fans.but i have played it for hours at a time with no problems,and i have had that system for over 10 years,and it still works great.

[omnedon]

Some have a small fan, some do not. They all have a fan header, and a spot and grill for a small fan, but some units don't have one.

[mailman187666]

I have never had a problem with the panasonic 3DO so I think heating fans should not be a problem. Sega CD and Saturn never had fans I believe.

[Poofta!]

I have never had a problem with the panasonic 3DO so I think heating fans should not be a problem. Sega CD and Saturn never had fans I believe.

nope, no fans in 1st gen SCD.


kinda of odd that some panasonic 3dO have fans and some dont. is it possible to distinguish them without opening them up?

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Had my 3DO since day one of release (and the Sega CD for that matter) and never had any problems with them overheating or anything...

[mailman187666]

I don't think that the older CD based systems had a lot of the technology in them that the new systems have that requires them to use fans. I'm not very technologically proficient, thats just a guess of mine.

[attilathehun]

I have never had a problem with the panasonic 3DO so I think heating fans should not be a problem. Sega CD and Saturn never had fans I believe.

10 years back I had my saturn and model 1 genny/front loading sega cd/32x on a shag carpet. They must of had fans, cause I bought a brand new psx and it over heated on the shag carpet after a 1/2 hour. I'm starting to think the 3do model doesn't have internal fans, but I'll have to open it up and check to see if there is one by next week.

[Mobius]

Mine definitely has a fan. This is the first I've heard of ones that don't.