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Keeping your PS5 vertical might cause some issues, as reported by some users, with specific faults. Sometimes.

ShadyAcshuns

Gold Member
Just to be safe, I changed my PS5 to horizontal, and oddly enough it looks much better this way. It looked like a high collar Yakuza pimp before, now it blends in better.
 

xion4360

Member
weird, I thought of this exact issue when I heard about the liquid metal. Had mine horizontal since I got it.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
retro games lemmings GIF
 

angrod14

Member
Yes but when it's horizontal, all the liquid is sitting on the lower side of the sealing. Which is more pressure on the sealing than if it was vertical where the liquid is distributed evenly.
Just like any sealing, with time, it might crack. Which is what happened in this case due to the extra pressure of all the liquid on that side till it cracked.
I think you wrote it backwards.
 

Heimdall_Xtreme

Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
If that were true, why did the Nintendo Wii never break?

Question, those who have had them in a vertical position, have they had scratched ps5 discs?
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
If that were true, why did the Nintendo Wii never break?

Question, those who have had them in a vertical position, have they had scratched ps5 discs?
No.

Bluray discs have a very hardened coating and are not as easy to scratch as a DVD. Also, the game initially installs then does a disc check. It's not pulling data constantly like it used to back in the day.

They sorted out those issues a long time ago.
 

angrod14

Member
Another thing to consider with the vertical position is the partial obstruction of the vents "under" the console; those get greatly covered by the stand, reducing ventilation (which also happened with the PS4). In horizontal position that part is completely uncovered and free to expell the heat.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone does a Vertical vs Horizontal heat test and finds out the cooling is much more efficient in horizontal position. The amount of heat the console pushes out of that part is pretty substantial, specially during high FPS games.
 
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Sojiro

Member
Seems like a whole lot of nothing here. I really doubt that being horizontal in those units in the videos would have made much of a difference with what happened if the seals were damaged. However, I personally would never stand the unit up, and never did with my PS2 just because I don't trust it that way, especially because of my cats and kids.
 

solidus12

Member
French gaming news outlets are starting to cover the story.

Hope Sony offers us a response.
But it’s like clockwork, whenever there’s a positive PlayStation news, there’s a negative news that comes afterwards.
 
Supposedly the seal failing is what causes this to happen - what I don't understand is if the seal is compromised, what difference does it make if the console is vertical or horizontal at that point - wouldn't the liquid spill out either way?
 

coffinbirth

Member
This guy actually knows his shit, got through an HDMI chip wire jumping nightmare with his help. I didn't watch the video, but that title does seem clickbaity. Here's the thing, over time the flexing of that board will eventually cause that seal to lose it's rigidity and ability to contain the liquid metal. Having the console vertically would only compound this issue by causing it to pool due to uneven pressure if the board has flexed beyond the tolerances it was engineered for. This isn't an issue with thermal paste, and hardware failure would typically only occur once solder joints started to crack. With liquid metal, once that shit gets out of it's cage, it's game over for the surrounding components.

This is not an issue I thought I'd be seeing so soon in the PS5's lifespan, however, and if it is indeed actually already starting to happen to well used machines, this is going to be a massive problem in the next few years. I'm curious if this is limited to unit's with the much heavier heatsink/pipe array. Dammit, I guess I'll watch the video....mainly to see if these consoles had already been apart or not.
 
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3 from Sony + 3 from retailer (after the first 3 years) . Controller replacement is only on the Sony warranty. So, sadly, I need to buy a white second controller, as much as I wanted the cosmic red.
I was looking into warranty options from Sony, I didnt see them.

Anyways I think this issue happened to me.
 

phil_t98

#SonyToo
This guy actually knows his shit, got through an HDMI chip wire jumping nightmare with his help. I didn't watch the video, but that title does seem clickbaity. Here's the thing, over time the flexing of that board will eventually cause that seal to lose it's rigidity and ability to contain the liquid metal. Having the console vertically would only compound this issue by causing it to pool due to uneven pressure if the board has flexed beyond the tolerances it was engineered for. This isn't an issue with thermal paste, and hardware failure would typically only occur once solder joints started to crack. With liquid metal, once that shit gets out of it's cage, it's game over for the surrounding components.

This is not an issue I thought I'd be seeing so soon in the PS5's lifespan, however, and if it is indeed actually already starting to happen to well used machines, this is going to be a massive problem in the next few years. I'm curious if this is limited to unit's with the much heavier heatsink/pipe array. Dammit, I guess I'll watch the video....mainly to see if these consoles had already been apart or not.

I think some people could do with watching his videos. it surprises me the amount of PS5's he has to repair as well. same with the other guy Techtronics I think he's called, its always PS5's to repair. not saying there is any fault with PS5's just maybe their owners not treating them well
 

coffinbirth

Member
This guy actually knows his shit, got through an HDMI chip wire jumping nightmare with his help. I didn't watch the video, but that title does seem clickbaity. Here's the thing, over time the flexing of that board will eventually cause that seal to lose it's rigidity and ability to contain the liquid metal. Having the console vertically would only compound this issue by causing it to pool due to uneven pressure if the board has flexed beyond the tolerances it was engineered for. This isn't an issue with thermal paste, and hardware failure would typically only occur once solder joints started to crack. With liquid metal, once that shit gets out of it's cage, it's game over for the surrounding components.

This is not an issue I thought I'd be seeing so soon in the PS5's lifespan, however, and if it is indeed actually already starting to happen to well used machines, this is going to be a massive problem in the next few years. I'm curious if this is limited to unit's with the much heavier heatsink/pipe array. Dammit, I guess I'll watch the video....mainly to see if these consoles had already been apart or not.
Well, shit. It had never been opened up AND it was a V2 board. This is mildly concerning. Considering this could've all been avoided with some conformal coating, I'd say that middle finger to Sony was warranted. What a shitshow this is likely to become.
This guy works on TONS of PS5's, and even more are never cracked open bc an unopened BLOD is an automatic refusal, bc they can't reasonably be fixed. This means it is likely happening a lot more than is being reported as that has been the general consensus, BLOD =blown PSU/power rails...not a shorted APU from the liquid metal. Time will tell, I guess.
 

Ronin_7

Banned
Well, shit. It had never been opened up AND it was a V2 board. This is mildly concerning. Considering this could've all been avoided with some conformal coating, I'd say that middle finger to Sony was warranted. What a shitshow this is likely to become.
This guy works on TONS of PS5's, and even more are never cracked open bc an unopened BLOD is an automatic refusal, bc they can't reasonably be fixed. This means it is likely happening a lot more than is being reported as that has been the general consensus, BLOD =blown PSU/power rails...not a shorted APU from the liquid metal. Time will tell, I guess.
No it isn't.
 

Thebonehead

Banned
I think some people could do with watching his videos. it surprises me the amount of PS5's he has to repair as well. same with the other guy Techtronics I think he's called, its always PS5's to repair. not saying there is any fault with PS5's just maybe their owners not treating them well
Tronicsfix is who you are referencing I'd guess.
 

NinjaBoiX

Gold Member
Chances are someone just took their console apart, put it back together improperly, and now they've killed their own unit. So they blame Sony lol. I trust the Sony engineers

yawn
Yeah, there’s no way they didn’t consider this.

Properly obvious fault that would’ve manifested almost immediately, if you’ve had your PS5 running for longer than an hour I wouldn’t be remotely concerned.
 
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