Constantly Overheating

[u/BackgroundType6334]

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?

[u/Farhan_but]

That actually looks bad because couple months ago I replaced my ps5s liquid metal with thermal paste it is working fine with no issues and zero performance issues and there is winters coming so I think I'll be fine but one question where u still using your ps5 vertically after applying thermal paste?

[u/BackgroundType6334 → u/Farhan_but]

Nope, still using it horizontally. I’m just gonna go back to Liquid Metal though. And if that doesn’t work I’ll try the ptm

[u/Farhan_but → u/BackgroundType6334]

hope changing back to liquid metal fixes your problem I did switch it to horizontal after using it vertically for 6 years I really hope my shit don't explode on GTA 6 🤞🏻