I just bought a 250gb PS3 Slim last week. But during both offline and online play, and also during loading it makes a sound (like an inkjet printer printing) when reading the disks. I have Madden 11 and Modern Warfare 2 and it makes the sound continuously with both games. There is no sound when theres no game. And also the sound only happens when for example the play starts in Madden, but not when I'm filtering through the playbook.
pretty sure it's just the disc drive making that noise, mine does the same thing. play a game that's on the hdd and 5 will get you 10 that the noise will go away. --- "But don't talk back to Darth Vader cause he'll get cha" http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1804047 Little Girl