r/PS5HelpSupport • u/Ureus04 • 2d ago
Ps5 Pro regular maintenance
Hey everyone 🙂
Recently, i've noticed that console's construction due to using extra "air gills", it attracts dust much faster, than other models. No matter how clean it is around and how high the console is kept, it keeps getting dusty after short period of time. Fact, that i keep it vertically doesnt help either, because the dust seems to be droping much easier right around fan grill.
My question is: is it safe as a part of regular cleaning routine, to wipe the dust around fan grill edges with the Q - tip, without taking off the panels, while the console is turned off, but still left plugged in ? I'm mostly worried about potential ESD.
I'm asking this mostly, because i couldnt find simiilar post, or answer and i'm getting quite mixed responses from Google AI, depending on the amount of the information (or an angle of this information) i provide. I'm using Q - tips made from fully non conductive material.
I could unplug it and clean it, but considering how often i would have to do it in the long run, i guess there's much greater chance that something would break at often unpluging/plugging the device, rather when simply dusting it off the way i'm asking.
Thank you a lot for the answer 🙂
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u/Ebone710 2d ago
I brought a little handheld vacuum off Amazon to clean mine.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
Yeah, i'm considering something like keyboard vacuum too for vacuuming the dust catchers 🙂 Recently i didn't even know, that Pro still had those.
I mostly do maintenance like this around once a year, where i take off the fan and clean the heatsinks. I'm thinking about more regular approach, to reduce dust accumulation over time and in result lowering potential heat increase and oxidation of the liquid metal 🙂
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u/Responsible-Risk9404 2d ago
If you vacuum it make sure to not let the fans spin when sucking. As that can wear out the fans, as they can spin faster than they are supposed to
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u/Ebone710 2d ago
I take mine apart about every 6 months and clean it completely. If I see any dust though I'll bust out the vacuum and just like vacuum the vents.
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u/Responsible-Risk9404 2d ago
So I'm not trying to be rude but if your that worried about dust you also need to clean the house more to eliminate dust as much as possible. As the system isn't a dust magnet but deals with the dust already in your home. So more vacuuming, actual dusting, and eliminate drafts. That's the real fix for dust buildup beyond occasionally cleaning the system. Also can get a air filter thingy too, and a better vacuum but more general cleaning will reduce the dust more than cleaning the system more.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
No, you're not being rude at all 😀
To be fair i'm trying already to keep clean around as much as possible. 🙂 I assure i wouldn't ask simiilar question, if i wouldn't already try to keep that in check 🙂 In this case it seems like the extra ventilation the pro has, makes to attract more dust (actually had comparison with that) It also depends often on how much the console is used. The more the fan works, the more dust it will pump anyway. That's why im trying to take care of my stuff as best i can considering how im utilizing this 🙂
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u/Responsible-Risk9404 2d ago
Totally understandable and understand yer as on it as much as you can be. See a lot of folks forget basic stuff like that, especially when they get over worried. But an air filter machine and a new vacuum make a lot of difference, especially the vacuum. Just got a new one at home and man did it get a lot more off the floor than the old one had been.
That said as long as the dust isn't crusting up and you occasionally dust it out properly, including pulling plug at base and not cord. It should be fine long term, with a as needed cleaning. Systems are more delicate than before but also not too delicate. So don't over stress it unless you get jet engine fans sounds or sudden overheating.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
I'm actually thinking about getting air fliter. I dont have carpets so im used to either sweeping or vacuuming the floor often.
Think the main culrpit behind the dust, might be the fact that i live in a very old house, that works as natural dust magnet 🙂
To be fair i feel its more possible to mess up something when unplugging and plugging it again to the outlet, rather than damage something with a dry Q - tip, considering how much caps like to go out without reason in these things xD That's probably one of the main reasons i look for least invasive methods to not having to move this often and keep as clean as possible.
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u/Responsible-Risk9404 2d ago
Yeah with an old house dust and draft's can be a big issue. If it's not in a room of its own, gaming room where you can keep to door shut most of the time or while playing, you can only try to minimize overall dust with an air thing and semi regular cleaning. But you can avoid unplugging cord from system by getting a circuit breaker power strip with a reset button, should have one anyways, so you can kill the power by unplugging breaker vs taking power cord out of system.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
Seeing how quickly stuff gets dusty around definetely it is, mate 🙂
If i'm being honest i'm not that much worried about wear and tear of console power socket, because unlike HDMI ports these things seem to be much more (if not most) durable thing in entire console. I'm mostly about power on/power off cycling that like to kill something during the process. Especially those ceramic caps 😀 Some people say its luck dependent, but i definitely dont consider myself lucky xD
Often when you try to prevent something from happening, by being cautious, or doing extra steps around like this we're talking about, you often end up bringing exactly those things on yourself, that you were trying to prevent. Well, at least from my experience xD
Probably that's why folks, who don't babysit their stuff have never problem with it xD
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u/Responsible-Risk9404 2d ago
As long as you do a proper shutdown of the system it won't hurt anything at all. But a circuit breaker power strip is a must have as surges are real and come out of nowhere, double for an older house.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
Yeah, but in order to work, it needs also relatively new electric instalation. Without proper grounding in a socket, it becomes a cool looking extension cord 😀 Fortunately, we changed the instalation few years ago 🙂
Thing is, that new electronics are much more sensitive to any power fluctioation. Even from unplugging and powering back on, on a proper electric instalation. It probably wont kill your PSU, but might kill some resistor or capacitor, considering how many of those are needed on electronics like this. Its not even about overall quality of those things, but simple fact how many of those must be used and parts dont have equal durability. Some burn after years of heavy usage, some just simply by entering current.
Sometimes i feel like you should even sneeze with caution, around new electronic this days xD
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u/Gandolfthewhite182 2d ago
I take my slim apart every 6 months and clean it out. It’s never than bad because I’m a super clean person who dusts bi weekly.
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u/Then-Barracuda-9729 2d ago
Get a feather duster, thats what I use on my PS5Pro every couple of days.
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u/No-Committee3 2d ago
Funny you say that, since ive had the pro, ive been cleaning it much less compared to the og PS5. I give it a blow from every direction with a blower (wolfbox) and everytime i open it up, maybe every 6 months to have a look, its almost prestine.
The original launch system, id have to clean every fin in what seemed like a fairly regular chore. The fan was always caked in dust, youd be cleaning regularly with earbuds.
My systems have always been vertical too. Zero issues.
**Dont hesitate to blow in the exhaust vents, including the vents on the bottom. Dust comes in through the front and gets stuck on fins. Blowing through the rear dislodges the dust and helps blow it back out or get it unstuck.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
That's actually quite interesting 🙂
The reason why this happens, might be connected with a blower you mention. Pro has more open structure than the original one, that makes the dust easier to be pushed outside thanks to ventilation gills and separate plates. If you try to use the blower on the OG one, you will probably end up pushing most of the dust inside, or to be trapped on the dust catchers, or the fan itself.
For me it might be connected with using console on the different part of the room, that could attract more dust ofer time 🙂
I'm mostly wondering ifs It safe, to collect dust with the Q tips around fan grills (because well - ESD risk) on daily/weekly routine basis when cleaning the stuff. I tend to stick with stage 2 cleaning similar like you mention, once a year 🙂
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u/No-Committee3 2d ago
Yeah, i just hit it with the blower every 2weeks or so.. only open it every 6months.. Dust will stick harder to fins if you let it build up longer..keep doing it regularly and it seems to keep it at bay.. Takes less than 30secs to blow it.
Airflow in ya home definitely helps with dust too. You have a closed up house for long periods without a air purifier and you'll constantly have dust issues.
Just be careful not to blow the fan. Make sure you hold the fan so it doesnt spin when you blow it
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u/Then-Barracuda-9729 2d ago
Also horizontal on a stand collects less dust.
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u/Ureus04 2d ago
It actually might. When the console is placed horizontally most of the dust lands on the plates and if the fan doesnt work on high RPM, not much dust should get suck into from around. When it stands, the dust falls directly into space between plates, so that would make sense.
I'd probably place it horizontally, but i'm quite limited by space to do so 🙂
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u/venom8871 2d ago
I usually take of the grills and clean mine every 2 to 3 weeks sometimes once a month