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My PS4 is turning off immediately after I open up any game, disc-based or not. The PS4 first gives an on-screen warning that the PS4 is overheating, shortly followed by the light bar on the PS4 flashing a red color, 3 beeps, then a black screen. It does not, however, immediately turn off when I am on the main screen, only when I open up a game. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? (Additional information: it’s the optical drive/HDD area which is overheating, and every time I turn the PS4 back on, it searches the HDD in the same fashion as though I installed a new one, and comes up with the error message that the PS4 what not shut down properly.) Thanks in advance! EDIT (2020.04.22): First off, wow I did not realize people even looked at this thread. Second, I want everyone to know I ended up sending my console to Sony, who kindly repaired it even after the warranty had expired (IIRC I only paid for shipping, it’s been so long IDEK). Thank you to Tronics as well as the many people who I have neglected these past (wow) 4 years for your wonderful tips, and best of luck to those who may have this problem in future. Stay savvy.
There are several things to check…first of all check to make sure that there is air being blown out of the PS4. If you don’t feel any air being blown out then you may have a bad fan. This problem is getting more common as PS4’s age. This is by far the most common cause of the type of problem you are having. There are several other things that could be causing it as well. It’s possible (especially if your console is getting older) that you need to replace the thermal paste and give the heat sink a good cleaning. This is a fairly common cause of PS4’s overheating as well. Lastly, I’ve seen some PS4’s that actually overheat because of faulty solder joints between the APU and motherboard. I hope this helps and just let me know if you have any further questions.
Someone help me my ps4 is fully cold to the touch but when I start up a game it says it’s too hot and overheating and shuts down I NEED HELP BADLY I stream a lot and I have 20k put into streams and my computer and ps4 and it collapses please help
Because the fan has stopped working or its so full of dust and dirt the heatsink fins are not getting air across them ….check your wall voltage make sure its not low …..junk heat sync compound is common as well
fan is not working …leave it off in till repaired …..common problem easy fix your self for 5 bucks , youtube how to do it …then put a ssd and new diamond heat sync compound and it will out preform any stock ps4 made
I have the problem where seconds after loading into any games it shows the overheating screen and turns off what should I do?
My ps4 overheats when I turn on any game downloaded or disk but when I am on YouTube Netflix or the home screen it’s fine I’m trying to factory reset now I don’t understand why it only does it when a game is being played
My PlayStation did the same on the change the HDMI cable and hdmi output
Every time i turn my ps4 on it over heats really fast I cleand the dust out of if and everything pls help
The Connection at the end of the fan wire Is prone to damage if not removed by a skilled person every system that I have worked on it was either disconnected or broken which was causing it to shut down To prevent overheating If it is notconnected it will not even power on Consistently you will get a blue light when you press the power button it will never change to The white light That indicates it is functioning properly blow dust and crap out after fan fix
I have cleans the inside and the outside of my PS4 and also invested in a cooling fan yet it keeps overheating what should I do
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My ps4 overheats if I play dead by daylight, but not games like minecraft, fortnite or siege I dont understand it, I have cleaned it moved it from other objects made my room an ice box and it STILL overheats
My ps4 is telling me that it’s too hot as soon as the blue title screen appears. It has never done this before. I’ve had it at least 6 years. What should I do? I can’t even watch Netflix or YouTube on it
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