chameleoneel
Supreme [H]ardness
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That's too much liquid metal, if the pics are legit.You might be killing your PlayStation 5 by using it vertically, due to a design flaw by Sony
According to a PlayStation scene member who owns a hardware repair shop in France, using your PS5 vertically can damage it permanently, and he's seen the result first hand with his clients' consoles...the problem, he says, is that the liquid metal used to cool the APU can sometimes spill, and become uneven, which impacts (at least) the cooling...Ben Montana, owner of specialized repair shop ILoveMyConsole in France, has also been trying to bring attention to this issue for months
he says these are not isolated cases.,,according to him, the risk is high for PS5s that have been standing vertically for a long time, and he says all models are impacted...this includes Digital edition consoles...some people theorize that the vibrations of the Blu Ray drive could make the issue more severe on Physical Edition PS5's...
https://wololo.net/2023/01/05/youre...n-flaw-by-sony-according-to-hardware-experts/