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PS4 is pretty loud when disc is in.
- Thread starter schwabdizzle
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The fact that I'm playing games is usually the only indication I have that the system is even turned on.. it's dead silent otherwise.
So it's not that "the PS4 is noisy", it's "YOUR PS4 is noisy", and I'd maybe talk to someone about that. Because it's not that those of us with quiet systems have it better ventilated, it's probably more like we have the ones that work correctly. The system isn't supposed to be noisy any more than it's supposed to have a BLOD. Call Sony and complain, because that level of noise (hell, any level of noise) is not normal.
So it's not that "the PS4 is noisy", it's "YOUR PS4 is noisy", and I'd maybe talk to someone about that. Because it's not that those of us with quiet systems have it better ventilated, it's probably more like we have the ones that work correctly. The system isn't supposed to be noisy any more than it's supposed to have a BLOD. Call Sony and complain, because that level of noise (hell, any level of noise) is not normal.
I have been looking into this issue a little and have noticed that some of the PS4 systems sold in Europe were made in Japan but that, at least right now in time, the majority of them are made in China.
Are both your consoles made in the same country or have you possibly purchased one made in China and the other made in Japan?
I'd be very appreciative if you would not mind checking and reporting back for us.
shouamabane
Member
Mine is quieter than my PS3 slim was.
Hint: It's not winter in every country, I suspect in about a month a lot of Aussies will be complaining bitterly about PS4 noise.
My PS3 slim is like 2 different consoles from winter to summer.
Ovek
7Member7
Both made in China.
Barkley's Justice
Member
blow into the cartridge
not really mines pretty silent
Succinct Verbosity
Member
I only hear my disc drive when a game first boots up.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Seems like build quality is kind of all over the place on the PS4s. When can we start seeing small unannounced changes that will have everybody picking through lot codes?
Yes, same here. it makes a bit of noise for a few seconds and then quiets down. The only time its out is when its copying stuff to the HDD and that should be when you first insert the game.
I thought it was the apartment temp making my ps4 loud, but i woke up this morning to test it on a chilly winter day and just after 15 min of playing nba 2k14 it's starting to make that "revving" sound like it wants to be louder yet just gets annoying instead. I still don't consider it loud loud though, not close to my ps3 launch or xbox 360 launch, be definitely louder than my ps3 slim, but thankfully without that buzzing sound.
RedAssedApe
Banned
disk drive is pretty loud. why does the disk drive need to spin up when you boot? or does it only do that if you have a disk in the drive?
Cyborg
Member
This.
The disc drive spins to see what disc is in there.
schwabdizzle
Banned
**Quick update guys and gals**
So I noticed it was loud because the fan was turning on. Not from the actual disc. They way my entertainment system is set up is it has 4 compartments for various shit. All which are pretty closed and confined. So I stuck my hand around the PS4 and it it was pretty warm around it so I figured it was sucking in warm air. To solve this issue I drilled in 4 additional holes on the back on my entertainment center about an inch and a half in diameter behind the PS4 and it runs a lot quieter. I am assuming it sucks in air from the back and blows it out the sides but I could be wrong.
So I noticed it was loud because the fan was turning on. Not from the actual disc. They way my entertainment system is set up is it has 4 compartments for various shit. All which are pretty closed and confined. So I stuck my hand around the PS4 and it it was pretty warm around it so I figured it was sucking in warm air. To solve this issue I drilled in 4 additional holes on the back on my entertainment center about an inch and a half in diameter behind the PS4 and it runs a lot quieter. I am assuming it sucks in air from the back and blows it out the sides but I could be wrong.
RedAssedApe
Banned
seems to go on for a long time though :\
Happens with mine too. Can get pretty loud, and I was surprised at first. It is clearly the fan, the disc is not spinning as the install is finished.
Others have reported the same with Killzone only, digital or disc. I think it is the most visually intensive game so far and it shows as the system has to get rid of the heat generated.
It is interesting but it has very directly to do with what is on screen. I think a lot of smoke/lighting combined tax the system. So even if I sit there and turn the character around to face a wall with less visual demand, the fan slows down almost immediately. Then turn again to face the smoke/light and the fan ramps up almost immediately. Easy to see in the prologue mission.
I am not sure if it is normal for it to generate so much heat, or if I should consider getting the system swapped. Perhaps a heatsink is not seated properly, who knows. But this happens with KZ only, no other game does this for me.
Wait now...... are you saying that more complex graphics cause higher gpu utilization, increasing the temperature of the gpu, subsequently causing the fan to run at a higher rpm to try and lower that temperature?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, the disc spins for a damn long time when the console boots, and at a few different speeds. It starts out spinning at top speed it sounds like, then goes down to a lower speed after a while (there's a really obvious speed change), and finally to another even lower speed (which kind of sounds like the disc is just "idling") before it eventually stops completely. Not sure what's going on, shouldn't take that long to perform a simple disc check. Then in spins up again when you actually start the game, but that doesn't last as long.
Nymphae
Banned
It doesn't, if there's no disc in there. I'm not sure why it needs to spin up on boot when there is a disc though, it should only start spinning when I go to start that game.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Well, if it didn't check the disc at boot it wouldn't know what was in there, and couldn't show you that information on the home screen. What I don't understand is why the spinning lasts so long. Surely a simple disc check shouldn't take more than a few seconds?
Steve McQueen
Member
Mine also is very loud...louder than my PS3 slim, that's for sure. I have both consoles ( Xbone and PS4 ) sitting next to my tv set ( they are on top of a sideboard, so the consoles can 'breathe' enough air ) but the difference between Xbone and PS4 is huge. The Xbone is very silent compared to my PS4. Although I really love my PS4 and would prefer it over Xbone, the Xbone definitely is more quiet.
This is when my PS4 gets loud. Any other game is fine including AC4 and even BF4, but Killzone heats it up really quick.
schwabdizzle
Banned
I typically just wear headphones so really the noise does not bother me. I am surprised that more people do not talk about sound output through the controller. IMHO that is one of the best new features of the PS4.
KnockOneOff
Banned
I will be honest and this thread is the reason I don't own a PS4 right now
My Phat PS3 gives me nightmares it's been gathering dust since I tried The Last Of Us on release and thought my PS3 was going to start flying
No way I'm going down that route again, if the PS4 is loud now, in 2 years when all the games are more demanding it's going to be constant
My Phat PS3 gives me nightmares it's been gathering dust since I tried The Last Of Us on release and thought my PS3 was going to start flying
No way I'm going down that route again, if the PS4 is loud now, in 2 years when all the games are more demanding it's going to be constant
Especially because they don't support the Wireless Sony headsets at launch. What a debacle but at least the Pulse Edition works with the headphone jack.
Sony really dropped the ball with that but managed to save it with the headphone jack on the controller.
My PS4 is extremely quiet. As a matter of fact, it's the quietest console I've ever owned. I can barely hear it even when it's copying a disc to the drive. (For the record, I've had a Dreamcast, PSX, PS2, Xbox, 360 launch, 360 slim and a PS3)
Seeing all these reports of loud fan noise actually makes me nervous. Maybe my fans aren't working right?
Seeing all these reports of loud fan noise actually makes me nervous. Maybe my fans aren't working right?
Sandy Nipples
Banned
Hope someone can answer this, I have done the BF4 upgrade thing where you have to put in the PS3 disk, how much Reading will the machine be doing with the disk? Only for authentication right?
Prince Vultan
Banned
Yup. Double this for me.
Nymphae
Banned
Does it matter if that info is on the home screen? The only indicator is the disc icon goes from greyed out to coloured, I would think it could skip the initial disc read until I actually go to launch the game, I tend to remember what disc I left in my system so I don't really need the heads up from the icon.
And yeah it spins for like 10 seconds, it really shouldn't need to go that long you would think.
My 2 cents. I couldn't stand the launch PS3 it was way too loud. But the PS4 is pretty quiet. I've only played AC4 but the disc only spins at the start for a few seconds and then the drive is silent. PS4 just checking the disc is in the drive. I've only heard the system when the temperature is really hot outside. On average or cool days the thing is silent. Much quieter than my 2 later model phat PS3's.
My Wii U sucks. As soon as I put a disc in the drive it ramps up to turbo speeds and doesn't stop until I eject it. I'm trying to play Super Mario 3D world but it's driving me crazy.
My Wii U sucks. As soon as I put a disc in the drive it ramps up to turbo speeds and doesn't stop until I eject it. I'm trying to play Super Mario 3D world but it's driving me crazy.
BRocknRolla
Member
Ha! Funny you should mention that. Just the other night I was noticing while playing Super Mario 3D World that the Wii U is way louder than my PS4. The disk drive obviously makes a big difference. For me, my PS4 is basically silent. I have to listen intently to see if I'm actually hearing the fan, and most of the time I realize I'm actually just hearing a fan in the other room.
DirtyLarry
Member
Yet another person chiming in to say my ps4 is not loud at all, and I only hear the disk for a few seconds when first starting a game, and I do not hear it again.
BRocknRolla
Member
All your games will install automatically when you put them in the disk drive. Likewise, games become playable at some point during the installation (Almost Immediately in some cases), but the game will keep installing in the background or as specific assets are needed. Sometimes you'll see an bar pop up, and sometimes it will be so fast you won't even see that. Either way, you're still getting full installs on PS4, you just don't go to a menu option to make it happen.
Every PS4 game starts to background install as soon as you insert the disc. No "option" for it. It just happens.