Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@Th3solution And what I found so annoying about the Torx screwdriver thing is that I couldn’t find somewhere selling just the one needed so I am now the proud owner of a whole set of them which I’ll never use!

It was so worth doing though (eventually)

I’m sure the newer models don’t need the security Torx ones either which really runs it in too.

@Thrillho Is that what you wish the PS5 has the most, some Torx screws so that you can use your tools?

@JohnnyShoulder And all of different sizes too. Then we’ll see who’s laughing!

@Thrillho

So I got my security Torx set, cracked open my PS4, pulled out the power supply, used the canned air to blow out all the dust from it and the heat sink vent and fan, used a q-tip to wipe off each individual blade of the fan, gave the whole inner unit a good gust of canned air, and put in back together again. Thankfully, the unit started up again and appears to be functioning normally after all that so apparently I didn’t break anything 😅

Hard to really tell if it runs quieter really. My fan and vents actually weren’t that dusty, compared to the videos I watched online. For never having done this before and the unit being 6 years old with thousands of hours of use, I’m surprised how clean it was inside. Nevertheless it’s cleaner now.

I’ve yet to give it a good 6 hour play session (will need to wait until after work for that) to see if it stays cooler, but I used it for like an hour and it still felt plenty warm at the end, although the fan sounded like it was just running at a normal clip. How do I know if I need to replace the thermal paste? That’s another level of breakdown of the console that I’m not comfortable with yet. I’ve read lots of places online about people replacing the thermal paste and the unit never works right again. Anyone have advice on that? It seems like something to wait until the unit shuts itself down due to overheating before attempting that.

@Th3solution That wasn’t something I felt the need to do to mine and would be dubious doing. I opened mine up to block the eject sensor and clean it out.

The latter certainly helped make it quieter but it still gets warm.

Argos UK is having another clearance.
Borderlands 3 £14.99.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1180352

That’s an incredible price for a really fun & solid game.

Noice.

@Thrillho Wow, that’s an awesome montage.

Junji Ito said at Comic Con that Kohima approached him to work on a horror game together. He didn’t divulge any more details as discussions are ongoing but it definitely proves that Kojima’s set on horror as his next project. If it pans out, I’m definitely hyped as Ito’s an absolute god in the horror genre and it could end up being a really exciting collaboration.

@Arugula Oh its gone baby gone hasn't it!

@get2sammyb Any idea where the Ghost of Tsushima thread has disappeared to?

@JohnnyShoulder @Arugula I think it’s Push Square’s hint to me to back off on the long tangential posts. 😂 I think I broke the thread.

You want the man @antdickens on the case.

Seems like game club thread is missing too, I think along with my notifications for it. Glad that it's happened to other threads too and I didn't just imagine the last 3 months. I mean I'm not glad the threads are gone, just glad I'm not crazy lol

@Arugula Good work Clouseau! That would explain things, if he deleted his account.

Just looked at one of the topics he posted in, and they are gone. In the X Box topic it looks like @nessisonett is having a discussion with himself!

Same with the Weekend Quiz thread as well

I had no idea deleting a user would delete them from history itself

Is anyone in touch with KratosMD over PSN or XBL, do you know if they're alright?

@Thrillho yeah, as picked up here: https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/ps_general_discussion/goodb... when someone requests we delete their account it means all their threads get removed too, which is our legal requirement. There are some potential work arounds mentioned there which I may look into.

@JohnnyShoulder Oh dear, never a good sign if I look like a raving lunatic. Wonder what happened to Kratos?