Placing PS5 Vertically will DESTROY IT! Is it all a lie, or should you be worried? | Gears and Tech

My PS5 been standing up from day one and it gonna stay that way everybody nowadays on the internet seems to turn professional overnight

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My PS5 has been standing up on a vertical cooling station for 2 years and it works PERFECT! Never had any problems, and the stations fan isn't loud & does it's job.

I think most cases could stem from people not having enough open space. You want to make sure that nothing is blocking the back of the PS5. You want to have heat moving away much as possible so that cool air can intake. If you live in a hot room, maybe move your system into a living room with better room temps overall.

Most people probably don't have enough available space to lay this behemoth flat, even if they wanted to. I certainly don't.

Thing is so huge that standing it vertically and hiding it behind my TV was the only logical placement. Been working well for a while now.

the news i heard was if someone, either a repair tech or DIY owner, disassembled the system, took off that seal and didn't apply it correctly as you said, then they were at risk. the initial headline made it sound like it was risk regardless, but later evidence went with the amateurish disassembly. i haven't even touched my system in any way toward taking it apart, but the first article did spook me into putting it on the side

I'm not worried about the liquid metal leaking, I'm worried about what you said about the system repair shops repairing a lot of PS5s lol

Had my standing since launch, no problems. I recently just took the fan out to clean it and heat sinks for upkeep reasons. Working beautifully and quiet!

I saw a video with someone testing what happens when you disable the fan in the ps5 and run it. Apparently when it gets hot there will be an announcement on your screen saying the console is getting too hot and will eventually shut off if it cannot cool down after a while.

Given that all of Sony's marketing material for the PS5 has the console standing vertically (even the image on the front of the box has it vertical) it would be a really bad look for them if it turned out that having the PS5 vertical for a long period of time caused major issues. They couldn't just turn around and say "the console ideally should be placed horizontally" as in no way have they ever specified that. Just imagine the amount of class action lawsuits that would be thrown at them! 😁

Thanks Gears!!!! Maaaaan, U the Man!!! I got my 5 Horizontally…… I’m not takin any chances either………

My PS5 running for 18 months to today in vertical position and most of the time running for 15-20 hours of day(because i played and then my son), and working just fine! May be..... some bigger noise when read discs for short time when put on in!!!! Great video btw!!!

Great video. I've been using my PS5 in a shelf for 1+years now. I am very much aware of the PS5 generating too much heat on the back specially in a shelf, so I took it upon myself and put exhaust fans at the back of the shelf, which turns on when the PS5 turns on. So far so good

Thanks for this video man ! I was able to show this to my brother and it helped him too .

I've had my PS5 for 2 years now and I had it in both Vertical and Horizontal positions, right now I have it in a Vertical position and I've had no problems whatsoever in any position I place my PS5 in, whether Vertical or Horizontal.

My ps5 was standing vertical for over 2 years and it's doing great. Only kept it in a well ventilated space to keep it from potential overheating

I love how consistent and yet so different every episode is:

I’ve had my 💿 Version since the first ones came out & I’ve had it vertical since day one & I use it often, but I do clean it with CO2 every couple of months

Thanks for the video. I'm not super worried, I think it's very wise to get stuff like extended warranty for products that has moving components in them, of any kind which is what I did just in case.