Has anyone tried to clean or service their PS5, or just pry off thy cover and check it the dust traps.
Are they working as designed?
Are they working as designed?
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The PS5 dust traps
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I don't think it's ever recommended to use a vacuum to clean dust off electronics as it can leave behind a static charge.
They do to an extent but you still need to remove the fan to clean it as the fan itself has no dust guard but it's a simple 4 screws.
I took the covers off because my disc drive got loud as shit (buzzsaw style). I did the manual disc eject thing to try to remedy it - it helped somewhat. Peaked inside those dust openings with a light and didn't see much. Too soon, probably. I'm sure it'll need proper cleaning by this time next year.
I'm curious about that as well, I want to clean it at some point but people have told me to NEVER EVER use a vacuum on an electronic… but Sony said it was to be vacuumed. I also have no idea what type of vacuum I should use, if there's one that is too strong or too weak or just right.
The only reason I haven't touched mine is because that stand is a pain in the ass to adjust in the spot I have the console
I've pulled it off to check the dust traps and have scuffed the inner plastic every single time, but no dust has actually accumulated inside of the dust traps yet.
I thought about it this week and am thinking about waiting until my ps5 completes a year (bought it on launch) so I will have a yearly ritual of cleaning the dust traps each year around mid-november.
Maybe I will make a thread here so we can compare the amount of dust we gathered in one year of use lol
Maybe I will make a thread here so we can compare the amount of dust we gathered in one year of use lol
Last month I bought one of those Data Vac anti static vacuums specifically for this exercise. I have yet to try it though.
Yeah, it's really weird coming from a PS4 Pro, that thing used to suck up dust like a beast.
So would you say your PS5 is... gathering dust?
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Anyone else’s switch gathering dust?
Have not used mine in months. Really stinks because the switch is quite fun when there are games. Just feel like another Nintendo system that has major droughts in between games. Anyone else?
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I opened mine and the only place dust had collected was on the removable vents. The dust traps were empty. And the fan had no dust. I merely washed the vents and put them back on. Taking the covers off is just a matter of lifting one edge and pushing in the right direction.
Look into MetroVac. They have some specifically for electronics, and they also have the bonus feature of blowing air as well.
I cleaned mine in April because I was trying some custom balck plates. I was surprised at how much dust it had gathered in the fan's blades in just six months. Vacuumed one of the traps and, just out of curiosity, managed to pull quite a bit of dust from the other with a pair of tweezers from a iFixIt kit. After that, just some more vacuum cleaning.
I can see myself doing the same in November to gauge if it keeps dirtying itself at the same rate.
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They literally say that the holes are meant for users to be able to vacuum out the dust though.
Every month I take it out and reverse the vacuum over all sides without opening it and it clears out the dust. Been doing this since the PS3 days and never had issues with static, but there are also electronics vacuums you can use if that is a concern.
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I wish in general they would make something accessible. Probably worried about a kid putting strawberry jelly on a fan thinking it would lube things up.
Presumably with an electronics/anti-static vacuum specifically though?
Im super careful because I'm absolutely one of those idiots that's killed my PC by vacuuming it before. Static kills electronics.
Sure, once I can buy one I'll give it a try, but it's probably not going to result in much of anything happening.
It's not like you're going to be sitting there with the vacuum running for more than a few seconds on each of the dust ports.
Yeah, but how much static are you expecting the vacuum to build up by just running the vacuum over the hole for a few seconds? Besides, the hole is probably quite far from the electrical components.
Vacuuming a PS5 (and other consoles) is probably safer that vacuuming most PCs, because the big flat sheets of metal inside act as ground plates. So static charge is not as likely to be concentrated in one specific spot by sensitive electronics.
Hope so! Id just be pretty scared personally. When I fried my PSU it only cost me £80 to replace it. Frying my PS5 would be a different story!
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When we got the new tv my husband saw how sony designed the stand. Being an engineer he was incredibly astounded at how lazy/bad a design it was. He eventually 3d printed me a stand and just attached it to the new faceplates (black) we bought since we are never going to have it verticle anyways so why not make it a more permanent solution.
It's so much nicer.
When installing an ssd I only saw a faint bit of dust on the fan, that's it.
And yes, in horizontal mode you need to watch the stand because the console can separate from it quite easily with the tiniest nudge.
And yes, in horizontal mode you need to watch the stand because the console can separate from it quite easily with the tiniest nudge.
