PS5 Liquid Metal Fault Rectified By Sony, Results Speak For Themselves

Since the launch of the PlayStation 5, and its mid-generation update the PlayStation 5 Pro, many users have reported an issue with liquid metal spillage.

As reported, storing your PS5 vertically or moving it frequently could lead to liquid metal leaking from behind the heatsink and system on a chip (SoC).

This in turn could lead to your PlayStation 5 overheating and as a result, users reporting overheating, reduced performance and in some cases, the Sony console shutting down completely.

As you can imagine, this was a major issue for Sony with more and more users reporting the problem but according to a recent report, the liquid metal situation has been resolved.

According to VideoCardz, Sony has now borrowed technology from the PlayStation 5 Pro and used it to replace the heatsink layout in the PlayStation 5 and Slim models.

The updated liquid metal application pattern will no longer spill thanks to deeper ridges, even when the hardware is stored vertically or is occasionally moved which will lead to your PS5 having a much longer lifespan.

Now thanks to Twitter user modyfikatorcasper, we can see the new technology in practice thanks to a little experiment that they performed on both the PlayStation 5 Pro and Xbox Series X.

“The test ran for almost 36 HOURS of continuous, full-load activity (AAA + streaming) in a controlled environment 19.0C–20.4 C,” they shared, alongside images to show the process.

“We deliberately exceeded 20 hours of typical heavy use to showcase the extreme endurance and stability of this cooling system.”

According to their findings, the PS5 Pro’s temperature never exceeded 41.8C and this in turn is thanks to the “superior cooling system design of the PS5 Pro”.

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Check If Your Model Features the New Fix

However, it is worth noting that only particular PS5 models feature the new update.

This includes: the CFI-2100, CFI-2200, and 2025 Slim CFI-2116 B01Y.

If you do not own these models, you will have the older technology and could still see the liquid metal fault occur.

This is just one of many issues that have been reported about the PlayStation 5.

Over the years since its launch in 2020, players have reported stick drift issues on the DualSense controller but luckily, we recently reported a quick fix which could see you have a few years left with your beloved, and expensive, controller.

Hopefully all of this will inspire Sony to push hardware to its limit (with no subsequent issues) with the launch of the PlayStation 6 in the near future.

With the PS5 halfway through its reported lifespan, there's plenty of time to get it right.