Topic: I want to put my PS4 Pro in a cabinet. Need suggestions!

It’s inevitable that restricting the amount of cooler air around the console will result in it pulling in more warm air. How much is difficult to calculate and will, literally, change day to day depending on ambient temperatures.

Will it ever get hot enough to cause real damage? Who knows. One thing for sure, it will get a lot hotter in the summer than the winter. I expect you can Google it’s operating tolerances.

It’s likely that if it does overheat it will start to bug out and crash instead of just exploding so you’re unlikely to ruin it by letting it overheat once. It may work fine but you may just be lowering the life of certain components, i.e the fan if it is on overdrive to keep it cooler.

If practical, you could consider moving it further away so you can hear it less and run it to the TV on a longer HDMI.

even if your console is making a noise you should NEVER put it in a confined space because that will just kill it

if the noise is that annoying to you all i can suggest is either turn up the TV so it covers it up or use headphones

@Th3solution I have done a great research yes but it was too late. Probably because Fan noise and Coil whine are totally separate things.

Vanilla PS4 does not have this issue (or at least the majority of the Vanilla and the Slim consoles).

It is purely Pro issue. Maybe there are some that are not suffering as much as others but there are so many complaints about this that it is disheartening. One guy went as much as returning 6 different PS4 Pros all bought from different places and have the same issue.

Headphones are removing the issue so I guess it is ok. But when the paranoia kicks in and I am on the TV sound and the game is in its quiet moment it is not nice

@kyleforrester87 @FullbringIchigo
I will just use the stand and put it behind the TV. I played God of War with headphones on purpose because the game really takes it on the console. The fans were working extra time to keep up with the best game of the generation!

@Zuljaras some people are probably more susceptible to hearing the noise than others, particularly if it’s high frequency.

Just listen to loads of really loud music until you’re half deaf, that’ll solve your problem

@kyleforrester87 That is actually really good idea.

Your Pro is load? Be louder!

Today I got The Last of Us remastered and Shadow of Mordor GotY.

The Last of Us both 30fps mode and 60 fps mode - NO coil whine (buzzing noise).
Shadow of Mordor GotY - Not loud coil whine but still it is there.

Damn I hope the next generation consoles isolate that issue.

If it is game dependant I guess they do not test the real hardware like they should.

My understanding is that a PS4 pro will shut down if it overheats rather than die. @Zuljaras
https://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PS4-Support/PS4-Pro-O...

@Ryall So people already tried it the difference is that my drawer is open at the back and the hot air blows outside.

Thanks for the link.

Consoles are not designed to go in 'enclosed' areas. They work best by drawing in cold air and if in an enclosed area - even if the back is open to blow the hot air out, the ambient temp inside the draw will warm up significantly because of the 'heat' of the console and the fact 'cool' air cannot get in.

You could end causing the equivalent of RROD, YLOD too as the thermal paste between the chip and heat exchanger will dry out and stop conducting the heat away, or even cause the some of the solder to melt a bit and loosen which will cause the console to permanently enter is 'protection' mode. The only way to fix this is by stripping the console down to its motherboard, removing all the old thermal paste and heat pads, checking if any of the soldered in pins are still connected properly and maybe even re-soldering some, reapplying new thermal paste etc and rebuilding the console.

Heat is a major issue and consoles are built as small as possible with little space (apart from the OG XB1) so have little air flow as it is. Its important to keep as much open space and as much air flow as possible to prolong the life of the hardware. Sony don't exactly use the best quality Thermal Paste either. Just by stripping a console down and replacing the thermal pads and paste, you can drop the overall running temp down by a few extra degrees.

That won't help the noise of the coils though which are likely to get louder when running a game like RDR2 because the console is drawing more current. It draws more current than a standard PS4 too. One thing that can reduce the overall noise though is to put the console on a mouse mat or something similar. The hard feet on the hard surface can cause the noise to be amplified - the reason that rubber feet are better. This may help a bit for you - although you won't remove it completely but could reduce the volume so its not cutting through over the TV's volume.

What ever you can do to keep the console cool and that includes keeping the vents as clean and free to access cold air, the better. The coldest area is usually closest to the ground too so think about the positioning, what surface its on and the air flow around it. Having it in an enclosed space, even if the back is open will affect the air flow - the cool air cannot enter in via the back if the 'exhaust' of the console is pushing hot air out that way. Some of that hot air is also being pulled in to the draw to replace the air being sucked into the console - not all will escape out the back - especially if the cupboard is up close to the wall.

I don't know if the latest 7200 console has changed the power pack - I hear that the 'frequency' isn't as high pitched but does run warmer than the older console which gives it a less annoying running sound. I don't know if you could try an exchange yours for a newer one to see if that helps - assuming you still have the issue after trying repositioning and/or putting it on a mouse mat type of thing to absorb any vibration noise from transferring to the hard surface its on - you can try blutack under each foot too.

I have a day 1 PS4 Pro and sit around 2m away from mine. Its situated in a solid wood (not some hard surface covering a chipboard type) TV unit with a padded mat to stop any vibration (inc noise) being amplified by the TV unit, approx 4" from the floor and I never hear any 'whine' - especially not over the noise of the Fan - which sounds extra loud after playing on my XB1X which sounds 'silent' at a similar distance with the TV on the same volume. My air flow isn't the best but hot air can escape out the back and the coolest air lowest to the ground gets sucked in.

@BAMozzy great answer mate.

I made an experiment and bought Fallout 4 GotY for the PS4.

Installed the game without the enhanced patch. No coil whine. Installed the patch and I have coil whine.

So poorly executed machinery.

Either way the console is fine in the drawer. I tested it with God of War in the map screen (high noise and fan speed + heat) no problems. I still hear the fan blowing out air but at least the coil whine is muffled.