PS4 overheats at Sony event

[daze23]

http://www.geek.com/games/red-line-ps4-overheats-at-sony-event-1573962/

According to Microsoft, the Xbox One won’t overheat, it will just get louder and slower as the fans spin up to compensate and performance is throttled back. So that suggests there won’t be any more incidents of the Red Ring of Death (RRoD) so common with the earlier generations of the Xbox 360. However, it’s a different story for the PS4, and we could be talking about a Red Line of Overheating on Sony’s console.

The image above was snapped at a Sony event being held in Spain recently. The red line you see is an LED that is typically blue to signal the console is turned on and working normally. But in this instance it has turned red. Apparently it was accompanied by a message on the attached display stating that the PS4′s internal temperature was very high.

The person who snapped the image said that a Sony representative unlocked the security case and a couple of seconds later the red light had reverted to blue and the message had disappeared. That’s good news, and just suggests locking the console in a box with no ventilation is a very bad idea, just like it’s a bad idea to do that with any console, or a PC for that matter.

What this does prove is the PS4 knows when it is getting too hot, warns the user, and can recover to normal working temperatures very quickly if action is taken. They all seem like positive steps to me. However, I am left wondering what happens if you don’t react to the red light and message. I’d guess the PS4 will eventually shut down to save itself.

What we can also take away from this incident is that if the PS4 does have a catastrophic failure it’s likely the LED is going to be used to inform the user. So the red light is a warning, but maybe a flashing red light will be used to convey a much more serious issue?

 

[thaKEAF]

 

[Liquid]

No ventilation

 

[Lord Beasley]

locking the console in a box with no ventilation would cause this. (like the article says) the fans would be circulating hot air......

the one will shut off if the brick gets too hot, just like a 360

 

[DPresidential]

Funny... It happens, so it is no big deal...

But it is funny to speculate if it were an X1 that this article about... The calamity that would ensue.

 

[Numpsay]

Deceptive thread title. From the article it appears they may have been showing off the mechanisms they have in place to prevent the system from overheating.

 

[Smooth3d]

Both consoles do have systems in place, But he's point is if this was a X1, the thread would 2 pages by now.

 

[daze23]

they still fuct up demoing their electronics in a closed box

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Ps4 having a lot of stability issues at these shows

 

[daze23]

Both consoles do have systems in place, But he's point is if this was a X1, the thread would 2 pages by now.

exactly. if it were the xbox, no one would care why it happened

 

[Teal.]

RLOD....this what PS4 stans have to deal with...

 

[Lord Beasley]

exactly. if it were the xbox, no one would care why it happened

replace ps4 with xbone and this thread would read the same way. obviously, you can't lock either c0onsole in a plexiglass box with no ventilation.....

 

[Good Guy Guevara]

exactly. if it were the xbox, no one would care why it happened

If the Xbone was locked in a box with no ventilation it would also be a non story. The only people who would reject that reality would be pure fanboys.

 

[daze23]

replace ps4 with xbone and this thread would read the same way.

do you really believe that?

 

[daze23]

The only people who would reject that reality would be pure fanboys.

are you saying there's no "pure fanboys" here?

from a thread titled "Outdated technology you still use":

Every xbox user still using dvd's and constantly replacing the AA batteries in their fav toy like it was a remote control racecar from Radio Shack in the 90's