The Sony PlayStation 5 and the Microsoft Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are the latest generation of gaming consoles and are capable of being placed vertically or horizontally. However, it seems that one of these methods could possibly lead to your PS5 failing entirely.
According to a recent tweet, the Japanese tech giant’s PlayStation 5 console could be prone to permanent internal damage when placed upright. Apparently, when you place the PlayStation 5 vertically the liquid metal interface used on the custom AMD APU can leak out. In other words, this basically means that the cooling mechanism has failed and the liquid metal will spill out on the motherboard.
The tweet was shared by @68logic, who owns his own hardware repair shop. This incident isn’t isolated since another owner of specialized repair shop, Ben Montana, also corroborated this issue with the PS5. The issue likely happens due to the seal between the APU and the heatsink not being tight enough. This leads to the liquid metal leaking out, which can be quite harmful to the gaming console. Another party that confirmed this issue was YouTuber TheCod3r, who confirmed the liquid metal spillage in one of his videos.
Do not put your Ps5 upright, here is the result the liquid moves and the freezes are there pic.twitter.com/A4Do3TkcXk
— Consoles System (@68Logic) January 4, 2023
As of right now, there are million of gamers that place their PS5 vertically. So while this issue might not be as common across the board. There is still a chance of the problem affecting many other PS5 owners. Although, one console repairer and YouTuber Spawn Wave Plus stated that Sony has gone “above and beyond” to offer a capable barrier around the liquid metal. Regardless, it is unclear if this issue only affects some PS5 models at the moment.
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