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[keraj37]

Weird, first time experiencing anything like that.
My first thought is this caused by temperature difference since it almost always happens after 1h or so of play time.
But I keep my room at 21-23C (69.8 - 73.4F) so it seems normal.
It lasts just a second or two, and gives the impression of the plastic case being in process of braking.

Does your PS5 do the same?

I will record this after next playtime, I am almost sure I can catch it one more time.

 

[cash_longfellow]

These guys live in every ps5 sold.

 

[Spaceman292]

Your PS5 is full of spiders.

 

[EekTheKat]

In my case it had to do with HDMI issues. Stripping down my setup to just the bare basics sort of pinpointed the issue., as just a basic HDMI cable from console straight to the display had no audio issues.

I'm using a lot of old HDMI cables and adapter boxes/splitters/switches to get some absurd setup working, some of these cheap boxes/adapters just couldn't handle high bandwidth requirements from my guess.

 

[Three]

You got that special failing HDD PS5 that doesn't include an SSD.

On a serious note, the crackling is probably just the plastic plates expanding due to heat but the screeching I have no idea.

 

[emivita]

PS5 plastic is shit, so no worries, crackles are normal. I remember PS3 slim plastic was so loud that sometimes it would scare my shit out when playing.

Hopefully the incoming revision is better in this sense, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[skit_data]

Do you have the Standard or the Digital edition?
I remember hearing something about the disc drive spinning up to read the disc with regular intervals, but I think they fixed it in an update.

 

[Badlucktroll]

i think my ps5 “coughed” and took a little longer to load Resident Evil 4 yesterday

 

[Pantz]

Yeah it reminds me of when you park an old car after a drive.

 

[phil_t98]

mines silent all times even after hours of playing. get it checked out

 

[TheZink]

Probably heat expanding the plastic or the cooling down of it. Almost every system I’ve has done this. My ps4 pro was the worst of all.

 

[RoboFu]

Seems like you have witches..

 

[SJRB]

Its Gellar Field is broken.

Destroy immediately.

 

[lh032]

happen to me quite common, just internal plastic expand or some shit

 

[Drizzlehell]

"Crackling and screeching" might as well be a description of a console that's on fire but I'm guessing that's not what's actually happening, lol.

Does it hapen immediately after you turn on the console, or after you've played it for a bit? How long does it last? Maybe it's just the sound of plastic creaking from the heat generated by the console? It's pretty normal for electronic devices made of plastic.

 

[keraj37]

Do you have the Standard or the Digital edition?
I remember hearing something about the disc drive spinning up to read the disc with regular intervals, but I think they fixed it in an update.

Disc, but I am sure it is not that

happen to me quite common, just internal plastic expand or some shit

I see, then it is normal, I wasn't sure since I never had it before - my XSX doesn't do that.

"Crackling and screeching" might as well be a description of a console that's on fire but I'm guessing that's not what's actually happening, lol.

Does it hapen immediately after you turn on the console, or after you've played it for a bit? How long does it last? Maybe it's just the sound of plastic creaking from the heat generated by the console? It's pretty normal for electronic devices made of plastic.

Yeah, immediately after I turn off the console when it is still hot and cooling down - like people said, it must be the temerature.

 

[skit_data]

Do you have a launch model or one of the later models?
I could see the first revision (CFI-1100A) possibly having slightly higher temps close to the plastic parts due to the smaller heatsink, but it’s probably nothing to worry about.

 

[keraj37]

Do you have a launch model or one of the later models?
I could see the first revision (CFI-1100A) possibly having slightly higher temps close to the plastic parts due to the smaller heatsink, but it’s probably nothing to worry about.

I see, good to know - but I don't know the age of my PS5 since I bought it second hand and without original receipt.

 

[Drew1440]

My Playstation consoles have done that since the PS3 slim, its the cheap plastic they use.

 

[Mephisto40]

I've heard mine make a cracking sound a couple of times half hour after I switched it off, I put it down to the plastic cooling down in the case

 

[Northeastmonk]

Flat or standing up? My first thought is if it’s flat, that it might be the clips of the base sliding or hooked into the console at a skewed angle.

 

[cash_longfellow]

On a more serious note. My launch ps5 and my present ps5 have both done it. It’s the plastic expanding due to the heat and the type of plastic material they use. No cause for concern, unless it’s accompanied by sparking or fire or something lol

 

[keraj37]

Flat or standing up? My first thought is if it’s flat, that it might be the clips of the base sliding or hooked into the console at a skewed angle.

It is standing

 

[keraj37]

On a more serious note. My launch ps5 and my present ps5 have both done it. It’s the plastic expanding due to the heat and the type of plastic material they use. No cause for concern, unless it’s accompanied by sparking or fire or something lol

Yeah it must be it, thanks

 

[skit_data]

I see, good to know - but I don't know the age of my PS5 since I bought it second hand and without original receipt.

You can check the model number on the bottom of the console, but I think you might have to unscrew the stand. It can be useful if you’re like me and tend to disassemble your consoles every now and then for some deep cleaning xD

I haven’t done it with my PS5 yet though, I’ve only removed and cleaned the fan and that’s still within warranty (which is a huge improvement from previous PS consoles, in order to clean the fan of PS3 and PS4 you had to more or less strip it down completely).

 

[DinoD]

Weird, first time experiencing anything like that.
My first thought is this caused by temperature difference since it almost always happens after 1h or so of play time.
But I keep my room at 21-23C (69.8 - 73.4F) so it seems normal.
It lasts just a second or two, and gives the impression of the plastic case being in process of braking.

Does your PS5 do the same?

I will record this after next playtime, I am almost sure I can catch it one more time.

It's the sound of PS5 applying break pads to downclock back to 8 TF.

 

[rofif]

Mine only creeks a tiny bit with heat expansion and cooldown

 

[ParaSeoul]

These guys live in every ps5 sold.

Came here to say this

 

[nightmare-slain]

the only noises your console should make is fans spinning, expanding plastic due to temperatures, coil whine, or PSU issues.

my PS4 used to make cracking noses but it was because it was getting so hot that the plastic was expanding. my TV does the same. coil whine is completely normal in any electrical product but it can get loud enough for you to hear and people find it annoying. a PSU might make a loud clicking nose when it turns on or off which is generally completely normal but if it's faulty it might make a crackling/buzzing noise. if you have a faulty PSU you need to get it replaced.

if your PS5 is running too warm the console should give a warning or shut down. if your PSU is faulty then at some point the console was start crashing or your house will go up in flames. if it's coil whine there is nothing you can do except try replace it but like i said it's normal. best just turn your volume up a bit, wear headphones, or move your PS5 further away.

tl;dr as long as you're not getting warnings or crashes/shutdowns then it's likely nothing to worry about.

EDIT: i forgot consoles still have discs so that's another explaination for noise. could possible be a faulty disc drive but unless you're having issues playing games then it's probably not.

 

[keraj37]

EDIT: i forgot consoles still have discs so that's another explaination for noise. could possible be a faulty disc drive but unless you're having issues playing games then it's probably not.

What do you mean, you "forgot consoles still have discs" - it is the only way cultural people should accept them? Physical rules!

 

[RagnarokIV]

Crack sounds have been around since PS3 slim, it's the heating up and cooling down of plastic moving. The screech is probably coil whine, does it change pitch depending on what's on screen? If so, coil whine.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I got lucky, My PS5 is dead silent. I don't even hear that coil whine that used to get posted about early on.

PS4 Pro was a noise machine. Loud cooling fan, and the case would creak and groan and POP while it was heating up and then it would creak and groan and POP while cooling off.

 

[Holammer]

Have you tried appeasing the machine spirit with incense and prayer?

 

[Aenima]

Weird, first time experiencing anything like that.
My first thought is this caused by temperature difference since it almost always happens after 1h or so of play time.
But I keep my room at 21-23C (69.8 - 73.4F) so it seems normal.
It lasts just a second or two, and gives the impression of the plastic case being in process of braking.

Does your PS5 do the same?

I will record this after next playtime, I am almost sure I can catch it one more time.

Seems just like the plastic expanding and contracting due to temperature changes. I havent noticed my PS5 doing this yet, but my PS4 did this all the time i turned the console off after playing for some time. Even my TV does this.

 

[Malachai]

Sometimes I think my PS5 has developed coil whine but then I realise I can hear the sound of the fridge from the kitchen and I breathe a sigh of relief.

 

[[Sigma]]

It's normal OP. Mine does this at some point pretty much every time I turn it on for more than an hour. My room temperature can vary from 69-75.

 

[jaysius]

Do you have proper clearances around it? Or is it stuffed into a murderbox? It's supposed to have 1 inch ALL AROUND, so that it's not rebreathing all the same warm air it's releasing, not just from the fans, but from the APU some of the heat gets released upward and downward.

 

[[Sigma]]

Sometimes I think my PS5 has developed coil whine but then I realise I can hear the sound of the fridge from the kitchen and I breathe a sigh of relief.

Mine also started doing this now after I cleaned it out a couple of months ago. I say I "cleaned it out" but it really still clean lol. Only the fan had slight dust on it. I know now not to take it completely apart next time. It only becomes noticeable when a game starts and plays. But the sound from the game mostly drowns it out even if I set the volume low because luckily it my coil whine is not that loud. I play my game like 90% of the time with headphones(all audio in) on so I don't even hear it.

 

[keraj37]

Do you have proper clearances around it? Or is it stuffed into a murderbox? It's supposed to have 1 inch ALL AROUND, so that it's not rebreathing all the same warm air it's releasing, not just from the fans, but from the APU some of the heat gets released upward and downward.

It is totally free space around it (maybe only the XSX is blocking it from the right side):

 

[jaysius]

It is totally free space around it (maybe only the XSX is blocking it from the right side):

The XSX does generate heat from that side too you know, right?

I'm not saying it's the cause, but there is heat going into the PS5 there.

 

[keraj37]

The XSX does generate heat from that side too you know, right?

I'm not saying it's the cause, but there is heat going into the PS5 there.

I haven't played XSX since 2020

 

[jaysius]

I haven't played XSX since 2020

Do you turn that fan on while gaming? You realize that will blow the hot air the PS5 is trying to dispel BACK into the machine right?

Also it might be really dusty if you're running a fan behind it.

 

[Malachai]

Mine also started doing this now after I cleaned it out a couple of months ago. I say I "cleaned it out" but it really still clean lol. Only the fan had slight dust on it. I know now not to take it completely apart next time. It only becomes noticeable when a game starts and plays. But the sound from the game mostly drowns it out even if I set the volume low because luckily it my coil whine is not that loud. I play my game like 90% of the time with headphones(all audio in) on so I don't even hear it.

It would probably drive me mad if it had a constant whine coming from it

 

[SkyHighTrees]

i have a launch one which is Silento, never had any trouble with noises, apart from the initial launch disc noise that happened every 30min or so

 

[Spyxos]

Weird, first time experiencing anything like that.
My first thought is this caused by temperature difference since it almost always happens after 1h or so of play time.
But I keep my room at 21-23C (69.8 - 73.4F) so it seems normal.
It lasts just a second or two, and gives the impression of the plastic case being in process of braking.

Does your PS5 do the same?

I will record this after next playtime, I am almost sure I can catch it one more time.

Yes lately whenever I turn them off mine also makes similar noises. I think it's because of the weather? It is a little colder here.

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

She's trying to tell you something

 

[keraj37]

Do you turn that fan on while gaming? You realize that will blow the hot air the PS5 is trying to dispel BACK into the machine right?

Also it might be really dusty if you're running a fan behind it.

 

[jaysius]

Umm, yea, you're asking for help and now you're being an asshole... this is smart.

 

[TheGodfather07]

I think I know what your talking about. My ps5 makes like a tapping click or two after turning it off. I think itsvtoralky normal.

 

[Varteras]

Are you sure you have a PS5 and not a opossum?