The PS5 appears to have a design fault that may take months to look and solely appears to occur for those who use the console whereas it is in a vertical orientation. From a report: As Wololo reviews, {hardware} restore specialists engaged on PS5 consoles that fail besides are discovering the issue is brought on by the liquid steel thermal interface Sony used on the customized AMD Zen 2 CPU.
When the PS5 is oriented in a vertical place, over time the liquid steel is transferring and spilling out on to the parts surrounding the CPU. This additionally means the liquid steel is not evenly unfold throughout the chip it is meant to assist cool.
