How to Respread PS5 Liquid Metal - Prevent Overheating

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[jerryjb]

Next thing you know you'll be changing the oil on your ps6

[dom_the]

A completely predictable flaw that Sony should have never built into their product.

[microgamingrepairs]

In the last month I've had at least 6 overheating PS5s come in for this exact problem. Starting to show it's issues more and more now.

[frns]

I wish there was a full step by step dummy proof version of this short. Thank you Steve.

[NS-pyky]

People shouldn't have to deal with this to begin with

[workinprogress]

Should never have to do this for such an expensive system

[abovegroundgarage]

T1000 been real quiet since this video dropped

[mikeycage]

You pulled and respread... THE PERFECT AMOUNT!!!! Love your repairs, shorts or long format

[headhunter_]

in England, you get six years electronics protection, which is why every time my PS5 starts overheating I send it back to PlayStation and they send me a new one love the the consumer electronics protection act

[KarlRock]

Don’t tell me haha! Now I’m wondering if mine is spread properly 😅

[Vatharian]

I replaced LM in two friends' consoles with TG Aeronaut. Fan is usually a little more on, as it is objectively worse performance wise than LM, but peace of mind is worth it. :(

Yep... GeSn alloy oxidizes and also amalgamates slowly with nickel and copper. Not as fast as aluminium or magnesium but still... and the amalgam is highly prone to oxidation.
I get more and more devices with this kind of rot and cleaning the silicon gets harder and harder. I use fibreglass to scrub it from the silicon and from the heat sink.

[GamingAligator]

The reason you buy a console is so you can plug and play and not worry about optimizing the settings, hardware maintenance etc. It was supposed to be just, Ok the game is available for my device I can download it/put the disc in and I should be able to play as soon as it loads, But thats slowly going away, Day one patches were still fine but hardware maintenance, Not providing enough storage for more than 4 games all while making people pay for online service is making me feel that waiting 2 years to play an exclusive game isn't that long.

[NissanVK]

Ive kept my ps5 horizontal since day one haven't had any overheating issues at all hope I did jinx myself by saying that

[Maradnus]

I remember the days of the Dreamcast, we used to sit in a room with four guys smoking like chimneys. that thing was on 24 seven in a room, completely hot boxed, and that thing outlived a couple of my friends!

[sleepwalker]

The fact it gets a dry spot by moving, and you have to redo it means it is flawed, and don't last.

[MrJord]

I still can’t believe that Sony would think it was a good idea to put Liquid Metal in a consumer product.. just make a bigger heatsink..

[XxAILASxX]

Its crazy to me to see how many quality issues and repairs are being made on new consoles. I have original untouched systems from the early systems that power on and work with 0 issues.

[JamesLDurney]

You should never need to take your console apart.

[the_stuart]

Personally I clean the ps5 fan monthly. But if there is a dust buildup at the heat sink then I strip it down, but I do not remove the apu clamp, cause there is no need.