I assumed this was a thermal event considering it shut off for him after 5 seconds, but had stayed on for longer with me, and decided to order some new Liquid Metal. I removed the old Liquid Metal, fully cleaned the APU and the heatsink and reapplied a drop to the APU and another slightly smaller drop to the heatsink. I was successful in fully spreading the Liquid Metal across the APU and heatsink, and reassembled it again. The ps5 powered up, stayed on for about 15-20 seconds, then shut off again. I turned it on again, this time it stayed on for about 5-10 seconds and shut off.

This is the issue that was happening before reapplying Liquid Metal, which leads me to believe it’s not related to Liquid Metal, but I have no idea what it could be related to and what else I should look into. Any help is appreciated.

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My suspicion is the power supply went out because I used it A LOT since 11/2020 and never cleaned it out (I'm lazy 🤷‍♂️)... Bad move, I know.

I feel very comfortable opening it and want to try replacing the power supply. However, if a functioning power supply doesn't actually fix this and I end up not needing it, are their power supplies returnable? How would that go? Can I pay them the return shipping and they just send me a label? I'm paralyzed and in a wheelchair so that would make it much more convenient for me. I don't mind paying a few bucks to try this way but really don't want to lose the full $100. Especially since if it doesn't fix it I'll end up having to drop $500 on a new console.

So any help / opinions about...

1) my console not booting up and if the odds are it IS the power supply AND

2) my questions about returning it if it ends up not fixing my power issue

... would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! 🙂

⟐ Answered 7월 30, 2025 at 12:49 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 6월 18, 2025 at 0:38 GMT-7

Thank you.

⟐ Answered 3월 31, 2025 at 13:28 GMT-7

Thank you!

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Is the playstation 5 disc drive paired to the motherboard?

Some say yes and some say no. Who knows for sure?

I ask this because I don't have a problem swapping out a motherboard and a disc drive, but I find it hard to believe that Sony would go down this path. With playstation 3 and 4, you left the daughter board in and took out the disc drive if it broke which I have done on both systems.

So with every disc version playstation 5 sold to consumers, we all will have to get motherboards and disc drives which will cost almost as much as a playstation 5 console if the disc drive breaks?

There is no daughter board with the playstation 5. Or can you switch disk drives and everything still works?

So if you have a playstation 5 console with a disc drive, does it make more sense to just get another console of the same type and do a data transfer or do you spend the money and get a paired playstation 5 console and disc drive.

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⟐ Answered 12월 11, 2022 at 19:33 GMT-7

I have a custom PS5 controller that I'm trying to tear down and clean out, and it appears they used 4 different security screws for the shell. The 2 IFixIt kits that I have had bits for 3 out of the 4. This last one appears to be a pentagon shape with a pin in the middle.

Ordered what I hoped would help from Amazon, but they appear to be too big. As far as a size example, a Torx TR6 security bit seems to be close to a perfect match

If anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated!

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⟐ Answered 2월 16, 2022 at 14:56 GMT-7

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Bought a PS5 someone had kinda misled me on but anyways, disc version non-slim, wouldn't update or accept discs, looked up the error code, all connections to the disc drive looked okay so that led me to the conclusion the drive had failed/needed to replace it

I replaced the drive, made sure to transfer the board from the old drive to it, put everything back together, and there was no response from the eject button, reseated the ribbon a couple times and now the eject button is back to functioning but... it still doesn't accept discs on new drive

no sounds, no whirring, no response from the button, is it as simple as getting a new ribbon cable or like what does my problem sound like? someone please help

⟐ Commented 5월 22, 2026 at 6:36 GMT-7

I’m currently performing a deep thermal maintenance on my launch-day PS5 (2020).

For a long time, I've dealt with fast heat-up times and the "LAN Cable Disconnected" error that triggers specifically when the console gets hot.

(note: I am not an expert and before I started I did some research (YouTube, Reddit, iFixit, Gemini) and I want to share what I found.)

Upon teardown, I confirmed "dry spots" on the APU (Liquid Metal oxidation/shifting). I have already reapplied the Liquid Metal, and now moving on to the thermal putty phase.

I want to go beyond the factory application of thermal putty (by adding it to more areas) to achieve better heat dissipation to the shield/heatsink.

I’m planning to use the Upsiren UTP-8 thermal putty.

To solve the LAN disconnects, I intend to bridge the gap between the Ethernet port housing and the main metal shielding with the thermal putty to help sink heat away from the controller chip.

Q:

1. Looking at the marked images, are there any risks of "over-padding" specific areas that might prevent the plates from seating flush?

2. Has anyone had success specifically using thermal putty to stop the Ethernet port from overheating?

3. Are there any "hidden" hotspots on the 2020 model I should hit while I have it open?

Hoping this helps anyone else and I will be sharing my results after a few months from now. Thanks in advance 🙏

⟐ Commented 5월 05, 2026 at 2:20 GMT-7