PS5 PS5 in vertical stand position (last warning)

John1971

John1971

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This message is for PS5 owners
apparently having the PS5 console sit VERTICALLY make the metal liquid going toward the bottom its "cage" and somes repair technician have started to see the metal liquid going THROUGH the cage and touching motherboard crucial componants ...

Google : PS5 Metal Liquid Leak
This could permanently damage the motherboard, as liquid metal could easily short-circuit the various components. Several PS5 users and console repair experts have shared similar incidents on social media regarding the leakage of liquid metal on the PS5 gaming console.Jan 18, 2023
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a polish youtuber started to replace the metal liquid with HONEYWELL PTM7950 Thermic Pad
start the video at exactly : 01:02:00
@Berion Could you contact him and let us know a little more about theses pads ??
 
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I don't have YT account but if someone will want contact him, for sure can use English (he have also his own service).

I'm a bit skeptic that thermal pad can provide good enough "warm drain", especially in long term. However, not always physics follow by human intuition, so who know? I will wait for one/few year/s tester/s experience. ^^
 
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Lenovo uses PTM7950 (or similar) for their Legion Laptops.
Nothing new here.

Both my PS5 and PS3 sit horizontal, they're safe from any LM "damage" ;)

(I think this is BS misinformation being spread btw)
 
Alonso240 said:
Lenovo uses PTM7950 (or similar) for their Legion Laptops.
Nothing new here.

Both my PS5 and PS3 sit horizontal, they're safe from any LM "damage" ;)

(I think this is BS misinformation being spread btw)
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You "think" but you oviously didnt made your research (like so many that write the same kind of comment)
about the issue that is very real!
In fact somes techs even showed that gamers that use their console horizontally playing PS5 AAA (demanding) games 4-6 hours per day the CPU heat so much the metal liquid tend to go on the border , leaving the center of the CPU corroding itself...
I have SEEN the pictures (both consoles standing vertically and other that was horizontally.
the damage occur more quickly on vertical standing ones but i have seen corroded CPU of gamers that state their console was sitting horizontally since day one.

Seriously , this new tech is absolutelly a mess
I think we reached the limit for non-water cooled system...

Not mentionning the damn HDMI ports issues (thousands and thousands)
if you dont believe me ask : Find It Fix It Philip It on twitter he will actualize you !
he have repaired over 77 console to this date (and its ONLY him)
the issue is spreading WORLWIDE.
Canadien talk about it , Americans talk about it , UK , Germany , Japaneses , Mexicans ...etc etc

Sony programed obsolescence to its BEST !
 
Alonso240 said:
Lenovo uses PTM7950 (or similar) for their Legion Laptops.
Nothing new here.

Both my PS5 and PS3 sit horizontal, they're safe from any LM "damage" ;)

(I think this is BS misinformation being spread btw)
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(1) PS3 dont use LM....but thermal paste. I never changed mine on a day one slim edition and i play Gran Turismo 5 all days without a single freeze.

(2) did you know the PS5 dont shut down due to overheating like the PS4 ?
it will overheat steady having the CPU corrode itself to the point of no return.
 
Where I live the word on the street is that the big L shaped thermalpad sitting between the motherboard and the heatshield is causing a difference in clamp pressure and so the liquid metal is going to the bottom/right side, not because of gravity but a bad connection.
I dont know if that is actually right but if anyone want to take a look (is in portuguese thou)
 
bigbossu said:
Where I live the word on the street is that the big L shaped thermalpad sitting between the motherboard and the heatshield is causing a difference in clamp pressure and so the liquid metal is going to the bottom/right side, not because of gravity but a bad connection.
I dont know if that is actually right but if anyone want to take a look (is in portuguese thou)
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All the model are impacted
the clamping issue + the CPU NOT well made (incredible)
 
John1971 said:
All the model are impacted
the clamping issue + the CPU NOT well made (incredible)
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This is hilarious, i seen his videos with ps3s, but not with ps5. Looks like with ps5 is even worse.

Maybe it suppose to level at certain temperature - JOKE. :D
 
John1971 said:
(1) PS3 dont use LM....but thermal paste. I never changed mine on a day one slim edition and i play Gran Turismo 5 all days without a single freeze.

(2) did you know the PS5 dont shut down due to overheating like the PS4 ?
it will overheat steady having the CPU corrode itself to the point of no return.
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Ah ha but MY phat CECHE01 does have liquid metal. I personally delid the system and LM was applied to Cell/RSX/SB dies. Max Fan speeds never go above 31% as it is not needed.

And I have had my PS5 shutdown from overheating. Someone placed a sack right next to it, blocking one side of the area it sits in. Not long into GoWR the system shutdown. I had to wait a bit until it finally would turn back on.
So your second point is BS too :)
 
Alonso240 said:
Ah ha but MY phat CECHE01 does have liquid metal. I personally delid the system and LM was applied to Cell/RSX/SB dies. Max Fan speeds never go above 31% as it is not needed.

And I have had my PS5 shutdown from overheating. Someone placed a sack right next to it, blocking one side of the area it sits in. Not long into GoWR the system shutdown. I had to wait a bit until it finally would turn back on.
So your second point is BS too :)
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PLEASE take 10min of your time to contact https://twitter.com/finditfixitphil and ask him.
the console can shutdown if the ventilation is blocked but NOT from CPU overheat ! thats a fact
Go ask him and get back to us please
 
Alonso240 said:
Ah ha but MY phat CECHE01 does have liquid metal. I personally delid the system and LM was applied to Cell/RSX/SB dies. Max Fan speeds never go above 31% as it is not needed.

And I have had my PS5 shutdown from overheating. Someone placed a sack right next to it, blocking one side of the area it sits in. Not long into GoWR the system shutdown. I had to wait a bit until it finally would turn back on.
So your second point is BS too :)
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il y a 6 mois
@Larry The lobster you will get a overheating message from built up dust blocking the vents ect but not from instant shut downs from liquid metal

il y a 5 mois (modifié)
@KP1985 sony do not care about you as a person or the console they make. Ad long as it lasts the warranty that's all they care for

@Ahsan Ansari another person who does not understand business. I have repaired 77 of these machines to date. All have no solder on the hdmi pins from factory they are just sat on top of the pads. And all of the ones which have been stood up from new all have oxidation on the part of the apu where the liquid metal is no longer present or able to stick. Sony make the machine to last warranty that is it. After warranty you send it back to them and they charge you alot of money to repair it. Please do not tell me I do not know what I am talking about when it comes to console repairs and the companies themselves. Microsoft are no different and I have had customers send consoles back after warranty ended and they were told its a board fault and they need to purchase a new one. When infact the issue was sorted by myself in 10 minutes. 7 of them minutes were opening the machine
 
@Alonso240 It doesn't mean it is BS if everything work in Your PC... It means that in Your PC and plenty other people, including PS5 users, cooling system was properly made and attached. But as You can see not all have such luck and for some, LM leaking causing serious damages...
 
EASY fast google search and you will find many many comment like that

Kipex

il y a 3 semaines (modifié)
Forget about Liquid Metal and start using something better: Honeywell PTM7950 Super Highly Thermally Conductive PCM Pad , and you're not going back to that crap that is Liquid Metal , Already most good services in Europe use it in PS5 and earlier models , Works very well on laptops too . Thermal Grizzly paste is not suitable for PS5, the best at the moment is Honeywell PTM7950, in our service it has already been tested on 323 PS5 units and 457 PS4 units and after more than 9 months they all work perfect. Thermal Grizzly paste is not even comparable to Honeywell PTM7950. it's a waste of your money to buy a Thermal Grizzly. Just remember to buy only the original Honeywell PTM7950.

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nadb
Dec '22
Yeah liquid metal has never held any fascination for me. I've done plenty of risky things in life, but this is not one of them. Now that Honeywell PTM 7950, is some good stuff…shaved 2-3C off of a perfect Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste job. My 12th gen now usually sits at about 42C on AC.
 
@dayday TheCod3r answer :

Well if the liquid metal was contained properly it would never seep to the left, and should never have to hit the foam in the first place. If you think about it this way: The foam is indeed there to help stop liquid metal spilling onto the board, granted. However, over time, the liquid metal gets soaked up into the foam and eventually there's not enough on the SoC to actually effectively cool the system. Either that or it soaks so much into the foam over time that it causes the foam to become full, to the point it will no longer effectively do its' job (meaning it'll no longer be able to actually soak up the liquid metal) so it would eventually run over and onto the board anyway. Now, if Sony actually designed a good system and didn't have to overclock the SoC, they would never have needed liquid metal. If they didn't want the system to look like something from the 2050s, they would be able to put a better heatsink in and effectively cool the system with thermal paste rather than with liquid metal. LM isn't designed for consumer electronics, it's designed for overclockers. Overclockers take precautions which includes a lot more than a little piece of foam. What Sony should be doing if they want to use liquid metal, is build a proper wall with a proper gasket around the edge, and have the heatsink sitting inside the wall rather than just on top.

Sorry but anyone with a brain cell can see that this is going to cause an issue.
Gravity will win hands down 100% of the time.
I don't care how smart the engineers at Sony are, they aren't as smart as nature.
 
This is my last warning / message regarding PS5 owners who stubbornly ignore / hear the warnings of several repairers worldwide.
I'm not going to spend my life trying to wake people up so it's up to you

its a very smart message from one of them :

TheCod3r answer :
Well if the liquid metal was contained properly it would never seep to the left, and should never have to hit the foam in the first place. If you think about it this way: The foam is indeed there to help stop liquid metal spilling onto the board, granted. However, over time, the liquid metal gets soaked up into the foam and eventually there's not enough on the SoC to actually effectively cool the system. Either that or it soaks so much into the foam over time that it causes the foam to become full, to the point it will no longer effectively do its' job (meaning it'll no longer be able to actually soak up the liquid metal) so it would eventually run over and onto the board anyway. Now, if Sony actually designed a good system and didn't have to overclock the SoC, they would never have needed liquid metal. If they didn't want the system to look like something from the 2050s, they would be able to put a better heatsink in and effectively cool the system with thermal paste rather than with liquid metal. LM isn't designed for consumer electronics, it's designed for overclockers. Overclockers take precautions which includes a lot more than a little piece of foam. What Sony should be doing if they want to use liquid metal, is build a proper wall with a proper gasket around the edge, and have the heatsink sitting inside the wall rather than just on top.

Sorry but anyone with a brain cell can see that this is going to cause an issue.
Gravity will win hands down 100% of the time.
I don't care how smart the engineers at Sony are, they aren't as smart as nature.
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Is not about the position the ps5 is used or gravity, a couple days ago a brazilian repair shop openned a ps5 still sealed which the owner claimed it was always used horizontaly and yet it still shows the same symptoms.
 
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