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After cleaning PS4, PS4 still does produce loud sound and turns off

After cleaning PS4, PS4 still does produce loud sound and turns off

Hi i would got a problem. After cleaning my ps4, it still produce loud sounds and turns off by itself. I just open the backcover and remove the power supply. Using air duster to clean. Can anyone help me?

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bert [Entry]

"Overheating on PS4's is pretty much never caused by bad thermal paste. You need to remove the motherboard and the bottom metal plate. That's where the heat sink is located. With it removed from the console you can clean both sides of it (you can only get to one side of it with the power supply removed). You'll probably find the side of the heat sink near the fan is covered with dust & debris. Give it a good cleaning and clean the fan while you're in there. When you put it back together apply new thermal paste to the APU. (Any time you remove the motherboard you should apply new thermal paste).

Hope this helps."
bert [Entry]

"Does it go loud fan noise straight away when the PS4 turns on then shuts off?

Or does this happen after a while when playing games then fan ramps up then shuts off?

Usually what needs to be done is the PS4 needs to be cleaned of dust like you said and the thermal paste reapplied because it's common for PS4s to have bad thermal paste application from factory.

We've seen it many times when customers bring their PS4 in for the same issue at our repair shop."
bert [Entry]

I had the same overheating problem,I changed the paste, but the real problem was the dust between the heat sink and the fan….After 5 years of daily usage,there was literally a wall of dust there,no wonder why my PS sounded like a fighter jet ready to roll out…After putting it back together, it's smooth and silent again,better than new…
bert [Entry]

I have looked all over the internet for answers for months now, yes cleaning can help a bit, but the actual reason ps4 consoles are ramping up the fans on games like apex and fortnight is because of unlimited fps, it makes the cpu go nuts causing the fan to ramp up, until game developers change this, you u can clean dust change thermal paste buy thermal pads and you will just be disappointed that you have wasted money because this will not fix the issue, the problem is not the console, its the game and how its been set up by developers.
bert [Entry]

"Yes me to cleaned everything inside.

Also with new thermal paste .

I get the message too hot on

*Fortnite

*Conan Exiles

Call of Duty but the strange thing is ****
GTA 5 is the only game where my ps4 is so quiet and relaxed ?? People who have this horrible problem with your PS4 PRO , try to play this game and see if we have the same issue. ( i have GTA 5 on disc ) .

My PS4 PRO is even LOUDER then before . Its not to do , and no fun playing anymore on the console.

For everybody in this forum , your Playstation is a part of your day, your life, we love all to spend hours on it.

And now we have a serious big problem with our console.

Lets hope we can find a solution for this.

Or hope somebody from SONY can help us to have fun and enjoy their Master piece they created.

SONY can also read on these forums where we try to repair our Playstation that is broken .

But nobody ever place a reaction what the problem is or can be.

For my opinion, I’m very disappointed they don’t help us, We are also people they earn money from every day.

I hope it’s gonna change, and that SONY step up for the people they lost their warranty.

Or they recommend you to buy a new console in the worst case. Then we know the mentality from SONY

I think they still want us to stay with Playstation! ;)"
bert [Entry]

Cleaned my ps4 and it's still overheating