i got used ps4 fat few days ago and boy oh boy was it a ride to get it to work. kinda.
now the problem: every game i tried to play (4 so far. games are big and my internet is not that fast) worked for nearly 7 minutes (i had stopwatch running). then screen would go black, controller disconnects, but console seems to work like usual. i mean, i can't see or hear if it really works but its fan sounds the same. even white light stays on.
console works just fine when in main menu, installing games, or anything else. as long as i don't start the game.
fan works but it's mostly on slowest speed. i thought it's because of freshly applied thermal paste and was pleasantly surprised of how quiet the console is.
out of 4 games i tried, only god of war made fan spin faster. but i still lost the picture and sound, and had to restart ps4.
as i was on jailbreakable firmware, i installed fan threshold mod which enabled me to lower the temperature at which fan needs to start spinning faster. default temperature is 79°C, i set it on 65°C and got my games working without a problem.
can anyone help me figure out what happened here? is it bad thermal sensor? bad fan? any ICs gone bad?
asked around on reddit and was told that hdmi chip or southbridge might be the reason for it. and before i go and ask for refund i'd like at least one more opinion.
now the problem: every game i tried to play (4 so far. games are big and my internet is not that fast) worked for nearly 7 minutes (i had stopwatch running). then screen would go black, controller disconnects, but console seems to work like usual. i mean, i can't see or hear if it really works but its fan sounds the same. even white light stays on.
console works just fine when in main menu, installing games, or anything else. as long as i don't start the game.
fan works but it's mostly on slowest speed. i thought it's because of freshly applied thermal paste and was pleasantly surprised of how quiet the console is.
out of 4 games i tried, only god of war made fan spin faster. but i still lost the picture and sound, and had to restart ps4.
as i was on jailbreakable firmware, i installed fan threshold mod which enabled me to lower the temperature at which fan needs to start spinning faster. default temperature is 79°C, i set it on 65°C and got my games working without a problem.
can anyone help me figure out what happened here? is it bad thermal sensor? bad fan? any ICs gone bad?
asked around on reddit and was told that hdmi chip or southbridge might be the reason for it. and before i go and ask for refund i'd like at least one more opinion.
