Gamerguy84
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Happy to be one of the "Got lucky the first time crowd"
My room is dead silent and can't hear it.
My room is dead silent and can't hear it.
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Replacement PS5 has coil whine worse than the first
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cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Yep....just got finished updating about an hour ago. Console is whisper quiet. Tried Immortals on performance mode and heard no coil whine with TV on mute from 8 ft on my couch. I can actually hear the fan a tiny bit for the first time lol. As far as crashes turning off the console go. I am testing a game that did it twice in about an hour on my old console, have played about 40 minutes with no crashes. Fingers crossed so far so good. Oh, this one was manufactured in December whereas my old one was September.Well all the exchanged units are new, there are no refurbs yet. But I can totally understand not wanting to go through all that. Demon Souls is also quiet as expected
cash_longfellow
DarkMage619 any updates?
Hostile_18
Banned
FrankWza
Member
You got lucky with your Xbox. As you can see here, the fault rate is at 7% and climbing. Especially when the console gets pushed with next gen exclusives. The problem then will be that you’ll be outside your warranty.
Is your day one Xbox Series X/S faulty
Below is shamelessly stolen and adjusted from hostile_18's PS5 OP. Thought this would be a good topic as the fact we are hardcore gamers has nothing to do with whether we have received faulty units or not so we should get a fairly accurate idea of the chances of getting a within spec Xbox...
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Is yours good too?Oh wow that's brilliant news! 2 down one to go!
Hostile_18
Banned
Yep the mildest whine on Spiderman, spot on on everything else so far. Definitely the best of my four! No manufacturing date on mine, unless its elsewhere than normal.
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Master53654
Neo Member
cash_longfellow
Is your ps5 purchaed in the UK or US and which store did you purchase it from?Is your ps5 a replacement unit?Have you played games like spider man miles morals or Assassins creed valhalla?Master53654
Neo Member
Have you checked next to the serial number to see if there is any manufacturing date and also do you have the teardown fan as we seen from the teardown video?
Master53654
Neo Member
Does your ps5 have a teardown fan?I'm really curious of how many teardown fans are out there.
Sir Vilhelm
Member
A sample size of 300? Come on brahYou got lucky with your Xbox. As you can see here, the fault rate is at 7% and climbing. Especially when the console gets pushed with next gen exclusives. The problem then will be that you’ll be outside your warranty.
Is your day one Xbox Series X/S faulty
Below is shamelessly stolen and adjusted from hostile_18's PS5 OP. Thought this would be a good topic as the fact we are hardcore gamers has nothing to do with whether we have received faulty units or not so we should get a fairly accurate idea of the chances of getting a within spec Xbox...www.neogaf.com
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Are you referring to the consoles that have the little bit of sticker noise?
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
I got mine from Playstation Direct initially. I just received a replacement today and am testing it out. So far so good. I played Immortals for a bit. I have Valhalla, but not going to get into it until after some of the bugs are worked out.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Awesome! I'm happy for you, enjoy!
Master53654
Neo Member
No,I'm referring to the fan.There are 3 different fans out there for the ps5.Teardown fan is the best than the rest.
Master53654
Neo Member
You are very lucky to have a ps5 with no coil whine.
FrankWza
Member
This one has under 700 but apparently the issues are cemented. Come on thong
Does your day 1 PS5 have hardware issues?
Thought this would be a good topic as the fact we are hardcore gamers has nothing to do with whether we have received faulty units or not so we should get a fairly accurate idea of the chances of getting a within spec PS5 anytime soon. Also we will get an idea if the failure rate is higher than...
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Gotcha...I'm not sure. With it being new I'm not going to pop the top off to check yet.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Thanks! A little coil whine would have been okay, I just wanted the system crashes to go away. It's scary when it green screens and shuts the console down completely. Very happy with the replacement so far. Also, I am in the US. If anyone was wondering, the turnaround was exactly one week from the time the repair box arrived to the time I received the replacement. Thursday to Thursday. Really happy about the speed of that too.
Master53654
Neo Member
You can try to reinstall the system software by using a usb stick or you could factory reset your ps5 to see if the system crashes goes away.Other than that,your ps5 is perfect.
phat_crazy
Member
My PS5 became like this over timeWell i've played a few hours of Demon's souls and didn't hear anything at all even with the sound off.
This hollyday an old friend of mine came to my house with his 15 years old son. While the two of us casually chat over a drink and play a card game in the living room, the son played Destiny 2 (60fps) beside us for more than 2 hours straight with sound off. No one hear any sound from the PS5 2 meters away. I mean not even a faint buzz, nothing at all. The only sound was the button smashing on the dualsense and some grunt in the hardest times
So i don't know if i'm just the lucky one, but unless i put my ear like 30 cm from the console in total silence (then i do hear a faint noise) it's totally inaudible... In fact, only the white lights of the console tell me it's on.
I just wish you get the same model as mine ^^
At first there was random coil whine noise sounded like a jackhammer
System ran hot too
Now it is suddenly cool and quiet as hell
My TV is muted, and I can 't hear my PS5 at all
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Master53654
Neo Member
Is your ps5 purchased in the UK or US?What is the manufacture date for your ps5?
phat_crazy
Member
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
No, that was the one I replaced that was doing that. The replacement I got today is golden so far
phat_crazy
Member
Asking just in case my PS5 starts making loud coil whine noises againNo, that was the one I replaced that was doing that. The replacement I got today is golden so far
During the replacement process, did Sony ask you to send your faulty unit in?
All I want is a guaranteed completely silent never coil whine PS5
My PS5 is silent enough but the random loud coil whine is annoying
I also don't want to part with my PS5 as I'm addicted
Master53654
Neo Member
I'm thinking that the ps5 that are manufactured in December don't have coil whine.No, that was the one I replaced that was doing that. The replacement I got today is golden so far
MasterCornholio
Member
It's ok you have the right to own a silent PS5. Hopefully everyone that gets one has a unit that's just as silent.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
I also had a hard time calling to support knowing I would be without mine for a bit lol. Yea, I had to send mine in. They sent an empty box with a shipping label. I packed it up and shipped it to them. Once they received it, they shipped my replacement to me.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
That is what I am thinking too. When they realized the complaints they were getting throughout November, they probably modified the manufacturing process to fix it.
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Master53654
Neo Member
I hope this is the case because I don't want to be dealing with this again because my first ps5 has coil whine and I had to return it.
FrankWza
Member
I would say this is highly unlikely unless they modified the process at one factory. Not the entire process. Not everywhere.Not this quick. It’s probably lower standards and or components coming from one place. I was trying to figure that out when all of these coil whine threads started but there isn’t any interest in that. Just complaining. The easiest thing to do is check manufacturing date and fan type. Other than one or two confirmations we’ve had nothing shared. If you can pretty much confirm that you’re good with the teardown fan, which seems to be the case, then at least you can have an idea if your system will be good going forward if the others have the majority of the issues. There may be a correlation with lesser components used beyond just the fan when they are coming from that factory or factories. You would still need to open the PS5 packaging to check but it’s a start. I have a teardown fan in mine and it’s quiet.
Sir Vilhelm
Member
This one has under 700 but apparently the issues are cemented. Come on thong
Does your day 1 PS5 have hardware issues?
Thought this would be a good topic as the fact we are hardcore gamers has nothing to do with whether we have received faulty units or not so we should get a fairly accurate idea of the chances of getting a within spec PS5 anytime soon. Also we will get an idea if the failure rate is higher than...
You don't see the irony in your post do you?
FrankWza
Member
No. They both have high fault rates according to both polls. He was comparing his PS5 build quality to his x. Shit happens. Good luck bad luck
DarkMage619
$MSFT
I'm glad you guys got consoles that are quieter. Mine is considerably louder. It has a melodic hum when it is downloading something in rest mode and the fan is much louder. It's almost loud enough to drown out the coil whine but that is just about as bad as my original system hard to tell for sure over the fan. I am wondering if it is worth the trouble to send this one back too but it's almost comical how much louder it is. You and even hear the fans loudly spin down when you turn the system off. It's amazing. It's clear that Sony wasn't nearly as concerned with a silent system as MS.Well all the exchanged units are new, there are no refurbs yet. But I can totally understand not wanting to go through all that. Demon Souls is also quiet as expected
Hostile_18
Banned
Don't accept that for a second mate! There us clearly huge variances between units if people who are sensitive to coil whine like myself are noticing different results. No way you want that for seven years.
GHG
Member
i_like_games2021
Neo Member
Does anyone remember how Sony has handled warranty replacements with minor console revisions in the past? From my understanding, the consoles that people send in with issues are repaired/refurbished and then later sent out to other customers as replacements. If this is true, and we could reasonably expect a very minor revision of the console by the summer like the PS4, wouldn't they be sending out the consoles that everyone is sending back right now as replacements until they use them up? At this point, all of the replacement consoles Sony is sending out are supposedly brand new PS5s that were set aside specifically for the purpose of replacing faulty units, but at some point should we expect them to start sending refurbs? I can't see how Sony will be able to replace a launch-ish unit with a revised model within a year if this is the case. That is assuming a revision would even address this issue, they may very well just leave it as the vast majority of people don't seem to be talking about it, whether it's present on their consoles or not.
Hostile_18
Banned
Good for you, but for others it is an issue. Imagine paying £450 for a machine that buzzes every time you use it.. oh wait you did
Don't put the blame on the end user put it on Sony's shitty manufacturing process.
Zoro7
Banned
Imagine being so anal that a slight buzz annoys you. You must be the joy of all parties!Good for you, but for others it is an issue. Imagine paying £450 for a machine that buzzes every time you use it.. oh wait you did
Don't put the blame on the end user put it on Sony's shitty manufacturing process.
Hostile_18
Banned
How do you know it's a "slight buzz"?
Imagine been so into games but not caring about audio "It's all about the graphics brooo".
Zoro7
Banned
Lol that’s exactly the point of immersion. Thanks for winning the argument on my behalf.How do you know it's a "slight buzz"?
Imagine been so into games but not caring about audio "It's all about the graphics brooo".
Hostile_18
Banned
Zoro7
Banned
You are trolling at this point. If you have an amazing sound system then there is no way this coil whine will ruin that. Enjoy my ignore list!I haven't paid so much for an amazing sound system to have quiet scenes ruined.
DonJorginho
Banned
I can't believe that in 2021 people don't understand that some people's ears are more vulnerable to certain frequencies than most others would be.
Of course coil whine is not a massive issue for the majority of people, but those who do find it annoying will find it extremely so, as an audiophile who can pick up frequencies, coil whine is something I can hear through people speaking and a TV being on with stuff playing on it with a high volume, thankfully my PS5's coil whine has seemed to improve somewhat with myself not picking it up as much as before, I plan to get a replacement down the line once revisions come but it is not something I am in desperate need of right now, I am just happy to have the console itself, without any issues other than the whining.
I don't think anyone has the right to throw abuse at someone for their decision, at the end of the day we have all paid a large amount of cash for these consoles, if you're not happy with the quality of the product you have received it is your right to raise it with the supplier. Just because you wouldn't be unhappy with a certain issue doesn't mean everyone else has to suck it up, and what people do with their own purchases shouldn't be something that concerns you anyway.
Of course coil whine is not a massive issue for the majority of people, but those who do find it annoying will find it extremely so, as an audiophile who can pick up frequencies, coil whine is something I can hear through people speaking and a TV being on with stuff playing on it with a high volume, thankfully my PS5's coil whine has seemed to improve somewhat with myself not picking it up as much as before, I plan to get a replacement down the line once revisions come but it is not something I am in desperate need of right now, I am just happy to have the console itself, without any issues other than the whining.
I don't think anyone has the right to throw abuse at someone for their decision, at the end of the day we have all paid a large amount of cash for these consoles, if you're not happy with the quality of the product you have received it is your right to raise it with the supplier. Just because you wouldn't be unhappy with a certain issue doesn't mean everyone else has to suck it up, and what people do with their own purchases shouldn't be something that concerns you anyway.
Hostile_18
Banned
He probably won't see this but its pretty obvious you can have the best sound system in the world but you still have to play silent/quiet scenes regardless.
Oh well, I had to defend myself
Hostile_18
Banned
If your sensitive to coul whine and can't be arsed luck of the draw/swapping definitely.
It's weird but it feels strange now just playing with no external noise. Like I've never been so grateful for a feature I'd just assumed the PS5 would have
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3liteDragon
Member
This is why I haven't gotten either console yet, is it safe to get one now if the coil whine issue's fixed?
What's the latest manufactured date you guys have?
What's the latest manufactured date you guys have?
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D.Final
Banned
Not much.If your sensitive to coul whine and can't be arsed luck of the draw/swapping definitely.
It's weird but it feels strange now just playing with no external noise. Like I've never been so grateful for a feature I'd just assumed the PS5 would have
But since I don't have the impulse to having a PS5 for now, (because I always wait some year before buy a new console), this is just another extra reason, I suppose
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