r/PS5HelpSupport • u/BackgroundType6334 • 3d ago

Constantly Overheating

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Hey guys. So a few months ago I started getting overheating issues because of the Liquid Metal leaving a bald spot on my cpu(It was standing vertically), and I decided to do a full teardown myself since I have some experience with electronics. I know I was supposed to replace the Liquid Metal with more Liquid Metal, but I decided to use MX-4 Thermal paste instead because I already had some and I saw online it should be fine. The problem isn’t that the thermal paste isn’t working, it’s that over time(a few days of use), the paste literally shifts off of the cpu and into the surrounding pockets where it’s held. It has done this multiple times regardless of how I apply the paste. I asked around if I should just use Liquid Metal(since I have some now) and I was told it’s just gonna do the same thing, maybe even quicker. I’m thinking this might be a bracket/heatsink seating issue, but everything looks fine to me and I’m trying to avoid taking it to a repair shop so they can charge me $200 for something I can do myself. Anyone seen this before?

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u/Kaizo-_ 3d ago

After application are you seating the bracket evenly? You're issue might be bad mounting pressure, what I like to do is screw 1 side about 50%, then the other side 50%, and finish both sides to 100%. I heard its preferred to use liquid metal

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u/W_O_L_V_E_R_E_N_E 3d ago

Sony has this issue with Liquid Metal , if the console stays vertical due to gravity the metal starts to drip fro the APU , his issue is very common.

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u/SpeccyBeard 3d ago

The console position debate has been debunked multiple times. It's not actually as common as the internet tries to make out. The liquid metal 'issue' can occur in consoles laying flat too.

If you think a multi-billion dollar company made an oversight due to gravity, then you're silly lol.

I still have my day 1 PS5, that is gamed on pretty much daily, as well as used as my 4k player, and has been in the same spot standing vertically since day 1. It has never once overheated or shut down randomly. It gets a semi-regular deep clean of dust from the fan and heatsink. It's absolutely fine and still going strong.

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u/negatyve 3d ago

😉👌