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[RoboFu]

But what if…. what if I …. what if I pee on it?

 

[TintoConCasera]

But what if…. what if I …. what if I pee on it?

It becomes the Piss Station 5.

 

[gothmog]

is rest mode dangerous? lol

I like to live dangerously

 

[//DEVIL//]

I honestly knew it. thats why my PS5 when I had was not vertical. I always Thought It would drip at one point once the sealing around it starts to age.

its the same reason why I ALWAYS put a GPU sag for my video card. whatever horizontal or vertical. because even if its sturdy when you look at it, the weight, by time, will slowly start to bend it.

 

[hinch7]

Not to judge a book by its cover but that guy doesn't look too trustworthy. And if there is a problem with the seal and TIM, there would be widespread reports. But thus far there hasn't been any. Which leads to believe that he damaged the unit when he opened it up and tried to get views from it or he got a dud unit.

In any case there's bound to be hardware defects in with the huge amount of units sold.

 

[TLZ]

I've never kept any console vertically. Always horizontal. Vertical never felt right.

 

[The Stig]

I like to live dangerously

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Schwarzenegger accent: "Liquid metal!"

 

[Kilau]

It's liquid, it doesn't matter if it's vertical or horizontal. Gravity will still cause it to leak out of the broken part of the seal when hot, and conduct on the mobo.

People either broke the seal messing with it themselves, dropped the 2 they discovered out of 30+ million consoles out there, or a super rare manufacturing defect.

You just have to rotate it periodically to keep the liquid from pooling. It's why Herman Hulst had his upside down. Simple logic.

Bro just put it upside down for a few days. Problem solved.

See, bro knows.

 

[JaksGhost]

With the 360 red ring you could do nothing. You were either lucky or you weren't. In this case this seems like a pretty straightforward way to protect one self, horizontal. I know I'm not risking my PS5. So I guess people can choose to do what they feel is best.

Who is telling me this to protect myself? Some french guy with a YouTube channel?!

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Sony had already said that it can be used that way.

It would have been very serious if it was like the case of xbox 360.

But many have not had the situation.

 

[lh032]

anybody willing to sacrifice and open up their vertical ps5 : D

and I can foresee some people would say Sony sells alot of PS5 because of this vertical issue lmao

 

[NomenNescio]

anybody willing to sacrifice and open up their vertical ps5 : D

and I can foresee some people would say Sony sells alot of PS5 because of this vertical issue lmao

 

[Lone Wolf]

I don‘t have room for the PS5 unless it’s horizontal. Haven’t had any issues.

 

[lh032]

err i dont understand the language.

Nonetheless this vertical issue only mentioned after 2 years of ps5 launch? sus.

 

[reinking]

I have had one horizontal (on a shelf with lots of ventilation) and one vertical (hidden behind the tv) since launch. I will continue to leave them both this way for science.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

err i dont understand the language.

Nonetheless this vertical issue only mentioned after 2 years of ps5 launch? sus.

summary: no issues.

 

[Woggleman]

I have always kept my consoles horizontal whenever there is a choice and maybe that is why all of them are still in good condition and working.

 

[ZehDon]

err i dont understand the language.

Nonetheless this vertical issue only mentioned after 2 years of ps5 launch? sus.

Not really. Xbox's Red Ring of Death actually took about two years to manifest. Hardware can develop issues over time. In the case of this thread, though, reads like it's a 1 in a million issue, so not really much to be concerned about.

 

[lh032]

Not really. Xbox's Red Ring of Death actually took about two years to manifest. Hardware can develop issues over time. In the case of this thread, though, reads like it's a 1 in a million issue, so not really much to be concerned about.

fairpoint.
I think ill put my ps5 on horizontal for now >_____> and see how it goes, im wondering will Sony provide any statement on this

 

[Danjin44]

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

I might be having an issue. GoW ragnarok looks exactly the same as GoW 2018 on mine.

 

[Danjin44]

I might be having an issue. GoW ragnarok looks exactly the same as GoW 2018 on mine.

 

[ZehDon]

I might be having an issue. GoW ragnarok looks exactly the same as GoW 2018 on mine.

 

[ManaByte]

Nonetheless this vertical issue only mentioned after 2 years of ps5 launch? sus.

Ya know, things break.

 

[lh032]

Ya know, things break.

doesnt mean it will be coming from this vertical issue. I guess we'll need actual proof.

 

[Kagero]

I actually had this concern from the get-go. Makes sense to me. Liquid will pool if you let it.

 

[Hoppa]

I don't usually judge people by their looks but this guy doesn't look believable to me.

You Wouldn’t Believe WHY He Looks Like That!

 

[Gobjuduck]

99% of users won’t have problems.

1 out of 100 people is an issue.

If this was an issue on the series x, neogaf would call for Phil’s head.

 

[Crayon]

I actually had this concern from the get-go. Makes sense to me. Liquid will pool if you let it.

If there is no leak in the space it's in, the stuff can settle so far then it's not going anywhere. Maybe these ones leak or flex or just didn't have enough of that stuff in there in the first place. Just speculating.

Anyway, there's been a million of these stories all through console history. Some are worth worrying about and some not so much. I ain't worried about this. Examples: we just went through nvidia burning power cords and we're in the middle of radeons with faulty coolers. Both turn out to be a small number of cases and people get carried away.

 

[sendit]

Holy biohazard Batman

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

So only affects consoles with a damaged seal between the heatsink and the APU.... wonder how the seal got damaged?

Spoiler

Protip: stop taking your console apart and you won't damage the seal... idiots.

 

[duck_sauce]

Slow news, but we need the clicks.
Solution: Play with fear and uncertainty. Works like a charm.

 

[noise36]

Big brain Sony knows its to big too fit vertically anywhere, move along.

 

[squeakywheel]

Always kept my disc based consoles horizontal. After the scratching issues of yesteryear I just do it to be safe and seems to rattle a little bit less.

 

[//DEVIL//]

If the seal that encloses the liquid metal is broken or gets damaged then it's not going to make a difference whether the PS5 is horizontal or vertical, that shit is busted due to liquid metal being conductive.

It's the seal that can fail which is the issue here, not whether the console is horizontal or vertical. Honestly the gaming press are useless hacks.

Yes, but when it's vertical, all the liquid is sitting on the lower side of the sealing. Which is more pressure on the sealing than if it was horizontal where the liquid is distributed evenly.
Just like any sealing, with time, it might crack. This is what happened in this case due to the extra pressure of all the liquid on that side till it cracked.

 

[BreakOut]

manufacture defect, this would be covered anyway would it be? Outside of the paid warranty?

 

[ahtlas7]

Like fine Prosecco, I rotate my PS5 every few months.

 

[Thebonehead]

You Wouldn’t Believe WHY He Looks Like That!

Good clickbait title that.

He owns it though. Calls it ugly cam.

Watched a fair few of his streams repairing liquid damage switches and PS5's in the main.

Also owns his background. He's the guy that ended up in prison after being dumb enough to upload fast and furious 6 up to his own torrent site with a thumbnail of his tag on it. On plenty of streams he's admitted what an absolute weapons grade idiot he was.

Reddit Ama

 

[Thebonehead]

I don't usually judge people by their looks but this guy doesn't look believable to me.

What are you saying?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Been standing vertical for over 2 years now. No problems; just as new.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

You're living on the edge man. A total thrill-seeking rebel !!

Same here so thanks.

Anyways this sucks. Looks great vertical on a angle. Sigh. Aesthetics begone

 

[MALpractice311]

Not really. Xbox's Red Ring of Death actually took about two years to manifest. Hardware can develop issues over time. In the case of this thread, though, reads like it's a 1 in a million issue, so not really much to be concerned about.

That takes me back. Between the Red Ring and the E74 error, I think I went through four 360s. Good times.

 

[Lunarorbit]

You just have to rotate it periodically to keep the liquid from pooling. It's why Herman Hulst had his upside down. Simple logic.

See, bro knows.

I have no idea how to put discs into my Ps5!

I'm buying more and more digital games so in all seriousness, with the PS5 vertical, I keep trying to put them in upside down. What hulst did with his Ps5 looks more intuitive than it being right side up

 

[Putonahappyface]

I predicted this would be a problem from the very start with the liquid metal, so keeping my ps5 vertical was never an option.

 

[Kilau]

I have no idea how to put discs into my Ps5!

I'm buying more and more digital games so in all seriousness, with the PS5 vertical, I keep trying to put them in upside down. What hulst did with his Ps5 looks more intuitive than it being right side up

It’s Sony’s fault for changing the location of the disc drive. PS2/PS3 it was right side or top when vertical with PS4 it went left or bottom.

So confusing I just hurl games at it until it reads one and then play whatever.

 

[Lunarorbit]

It’s Sony’s fault for changing the location of the disc drive. PS2/PS3 it was right side or top when vertical with PS4 it went left or bottom.

So confusing I just hurl games at it until it reads one and then play whatever.

I moved recently and the first game I put in couldnt be read. I had a mini panic attack thinking it got damaged cross country but my dumb ass just put the disc in upside down.

 

[Kilau]

I moved recently and the first game I put in couldnt be read. I had a mini panic attack thinking it got damaged cross country but my dumb ass just put the disc in upside down.

Jokes aside, I had mine vertical at first and had to think about the disc direction the first time.

 

[skit_data]

Not saying this isn’t and never will be a problem but it’s gonna take a bit more for me to view this as a design flaw rather than a few cases of bad assembly.

 

[AtomicStarving]

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