S0ULZB0URNE
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That is one ugly patient!
There it is. The patient has recovered spendidly.
Good job though
That is one ugly patient!
There it is. The patient has recovered spendidly.
It has most certainly aided in reducing the noise in my case. But seriously, even though you may think the fan has little dust in its fins/wings/whatever, try cleaning them with an air spray.I've been meaning to research if removing the top cover would quiet it.
Feels like yesterday - and yet it's been a year since I did this.That is one ugly patient!
Good job though
It has most certainly aided in reducing the noise in my case. But seriously, even though you may think the fan has little dust in its fins/wings/whatever, try cleaning them with an air spray.
Right now my Pro (with just 2 minutes work) is now 80% quieter.
It was turned off while I did the cleaning.Protip: Block the fan while you give it the compressed air treatment. Overspeeding the fans can screw them up.
Just reporting.. It has been a very hot summer and my PS4 Pro is still whisper quiet in action. I hope it survives till PS5 launch. *fingers crossed*For the jet engine noise problem I unassembled my about 4 years old PS4 Pro for proper cleaning. Then I just re-molded the old thermal paste with a knife blade, reassembled the machine without the front lid leaving the fan exposed.
My PS4 Pro has been literally whisper quiet for about two months now.
p.s. No Man's Sky was the game that used to ignite the console back then. Not anymore.
It got a full blown cleaning when I replaced the fan about a month ago. It has no dust anywhere. I am a little nervous that maybe I didn't tighten the screws strong enough to the heatsink. That is very unlikely since it would have most certainly overheated with all the gaming I did on it.It has most certainly aided in reducing the noise in my case. But seriously, even though you may think the fan has little dust in its fins/wings/whatever, try cleaning them with an air spray.
Right now my Pro (with just 2 minutes work) is now 80% quieter.
I also didn't tighten the screws enough because I didn't want to risk the thermal paste getting spewed out.It got a full blown cleaning when I replaced the fan about a month ago. It has no dust anywhere. I am a little nervous that maybe I didn't tighten the screws strong enough to the heatsink. That is very unlikely since it would have most certainly overheated with all the gaming I did on it.
I had posted the videos I used in this thread as well, a few pages back.Having a launch Pro myself, I decided to change the thermal pads and paste. System was overall not bad but it was starting to get loud in games to the point of headphones being mandatory. God of War was bad but Wolfenstein 2 is the only game where I thought my system was going to overheat.
I found this picture of where to put the replacement pads (in yellow) which was very helpful. A lot of the videos I watched of taking the system apart skimmed over this section really fast. On the side with the APU, I just put a long strip of a thermal pad over the 6 individual spots rather than 6 individual squares. Was a real pain in the ass to try to cut small square.
The back side with the ram was easy to cut into squares.
Link to the picture of you want to read more : Here
The ifixit video of disassembling was a very good video but they appear to have a newer pro as mine had a few more screws and stamped sheets to remove.
Haha...holy shit I missed that video! Damn...would've saved some time digging around the net for that stuff.I had posted the videos I used in this thread as well, a few pages back.
I also didn't tighten the screws enough because I didn't want to risk the thermal paste getting spewed out.
My Pro is also gathering little dust compared to other cases I've seen. Yet apparently, that very thin layer of dust in the fins was all it needed to make the fan go apeshit.
Truly a sensitive piece of hardware. I hope the PS5 will be made of sterner stuff (and yeah, that was a Transformers reference).
Was thinking about that as well.I just put a small fan in-front off mines.
Was thinking about that as well.
Also: my fan would spin up if I paused an app like Neftlix or Hulu. So far it hasn't done that again.
I think I'm insane but I had to do it..
I bought model 7215 PS4 Pro because I just couldn't take my launch PS4 Pro's fan noise. Cleaning and thermal paste change didn't do jack shit.
The new model cost me "only" 200€ so not that bad, but still.. PS5 is just around the corner
I have to say that CUH 7215 is almost whisper quiet and I'm quite shocked how big the difference is between the models. Makes me hopeful for PS5's fan volume.
That model has got to be a response to knowing there was an issue previously. I honest to god, never checked what model my pro is but its never been loud
so when I see people complain I am like "WHAT fan noise... it doesnt seem louder than my One X...." but then... I probably have the quiet one and Im laughing off
the fan noise meme because Im just not in that boat.
That said my launch PS4 , I changed the thermal paste not long after launch and I kept it high up in the room on a glass media shelf like literally 6 feet up, it never got dusty and just stayed quiet the whole time.... was still whisper quiet when I sold it off after getting the pro (which was mostly on a whim for VR)
Been planning on doing it for a while. Been enjoying my SILENT Pro for 4 weeks. Its been bliss. Finally able to play RDR2.