You spent a lot of money on your PS5 Game console so you would not want to shorten its useful lifespan. Sony has designed the PS5 with a flaw that shortens its life if you use your PS5 in a very regular way. Vertical.

Game Console repair has been a consistent service over the years with problems like HDMI port replacements, Power supply replacements, disk drive replacements, maintenance like cleaning and CPU Re-paste. There has also been some more common failures like the Xbox 360 red ring of death. The new big issue is with the PS5 Console.

While the PS5 is intended to be able to stand vertically, this has been shortening the life of the console. Those who have used a vertical ps5 have found themselves repairing their game console far sooner than those who lay their game console flat. This is because of the choice of Sony to use liquid metal, the design to have the vertical board, and gravity. When you spray your car with water, the liquid quickly beads off due to gravity. The same principal applies to you PS5. The CPU is positioned so that when the console is vertical so is the CPU. then the liquid metal over time droops and sags down to the bottom. This leaves less liquid metal to facilitate cooling on the upper portion of the PS5 CPU and results in oxidation and eventually overheating issues and random console shut offs.

Is your Ps5 turning off randomly during games? if it is this could be the culprit. Don’t worry at Phone Doctor we have the solution to this problem. Our Game console maintenance service will include disassembly of your broken PS5 a full thorough maintenance cleaning for dust accumulation and a simple solution to the problem. We will clean off the CPU and heat sink and then scrub away oxidation before applying fresh liquid metal to the CPU. This ensures a brand new distribution and therefore proper effective cooling to ultimately fix your game console. Then we will advise that going forward, you choose to lay the PS5 flat to avoid this issue from reoccurring.

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The PS5 is a great console and it will last forever if its treated correctly, if you have your console vertical and have had zero issues consider yourself lucky. Take it from a very experienced electronics repair shop that sees broken game consoles every day, its only a matter of time. If you want to avoid a broken PS5 follow our advice.

Still not convinced? you’re welcome to test the theory, but at your own risk! if you decide to test the theory and end up with this notorious issue please don’t hesitate to reach our to us for your game console repair needs. If you arent local to Abbotsford Phone Doctor for your game console repair you’re welcome to mail us your ps5, xbox or any other electronic for repair. get in touch with us through our website and setup your repair today and we will have you back to gaming as soon as possible.

You can expect an affordable game console repair experience with a convenient turnaround and professional repair execution. We have over a decade of electronics repair experience so you can sleep easy knowing we are here to fix your game console.

If you are tech savy and would like to tackle this job yourself then you can find many repair tutorials  online to walk you through the process. Just be cautions of a few things. Common issues from DIY attempts are broken fan connectors, missing screws, screws in the wrong places (which can be catastrophic), and much more. so if you attempt it yourself and run into any of the issues you can reach out for us to get it all fixed up.

Got a PS5? Lay it down. Happy Gaming!