A growing number of PS5 owners are discovering a hidden hardware flaw: leaking liquid metal. The issue seems to plague older models the most, and it could silently destroy your console over time if it ...

In a recent PlayStation Blog post, PS5 Pro Mechanical Design Lead Shinya Tsuchida and PS5 Pro Electrical Design Lead Shinya Hiromitsu did a teardown of the enhanced console. They explained the ...

Reports of PS5’s liquid metal cooling potentially harming systems when placed vertically first surfaced in 2023, but were largely dismissed until a teardown of the PS5 Pro revealed that the issue was ...

PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles use liquid metal to cool the console during extended use. The PS5's thermal interface material is a liquid metal composed of Galinstan, which is an alloy made from tin, ...

It seems PS5s are continuing to suffer from a liquid metal issue that kills the console after a few years. This is especially true of launch consoles and for consoles that are set up vertically. PS5 ...

New grooves may address complaints of liquid metal leaking in the standard PS5. New grooves may address complaints of liquid metal leaking in the standard PS5. is a former weekend editor who covered ...

The PS5 has been dealing with a liquid metal issue since the console launched, but it was thought to be limited to a smaller number of the older consoles. It’s now being claimed that even new consoles ...

The PS5 has been battling with a liquid metal problem since launch that PlayStation has never really acknowledged, at least not publicly. It's definitely aware of the issue, though, as the newest ...

To showcase some of the improvements implemented in the PlayStation 5 Pro, Sony has posted an official teardown of the upgraded console. Performed by engineers Shinya Tsuchida, PS5 Pro Mechanical ...

If you’ve been keeping your PlayStation 5 standing tall like a mini skyscraper, you might want to think twice. A debate that first sparked a couple of years ago, whether PS5 consoles should sit ...

TL;DR: Sony's use of liquid metal cooling in the PlayStation 5 causes liquid metal to drip inside vertically placed consoles, creating dry spots on the APU that lead to unexpected shutdowns during ...

Sony has revised its standard and slim PlayStation 5s with an updated cooling design to fix a longstanding liquid metal leak problem. As reported by VideoCardz, the new system reportedly borrows from ...