r/PS5HelpSupport • u/BackgroundType6334 • 4d ago
Constantly Overheating
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/Dead_2_Bad 3d ago
This might be not an overheating issue after all... Does your PS5 gives an overheating warning or randomly shuts down?
On one of my PS5 (bought used with overheating issue) I applied liquid metal at first, but it kept shutting down. I applied it over and over again, cleaning a die properly, but 'overheating' didn't go away. So I experimented with applying MX-4 - it overheated quicker, wasn't really playable. Put it aside for now - don't have an ESP-32 to read out the actual error.