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daredevil.shark on 15 October 2013

Suhei Yoshida says its false.



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Dgc1808 on 15 October 2013
iceboy151 said:
Chris Hu said:
The case for the PS4 seems a bit too small considering its pretty much the same hardware as the X1 which is a lot bigger.


Are you trying to say that the reason it was overheating was due to the size of the console?


Know, he's talking about the glass case the console was placed in. The article says that once the case was opened the warning was gone and the light went back to normal in seconds. 

This is awesome news. The PS360 would just sit there and cook. 



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landguy1 on 15 October 2013

It would seem by the description that whoever was running this event had had this happen before and knew what to do to fix it. You would think that common sense would have told them to put plenty of holes in the case... I don't know what's worse, the people writing the statements for the M$ employees or the tech employee at this event that was probably there to make sure the consoles ran fine. Both should be fired.



JEMC on 15 October 2013
kowenicki said:
Dark_Feanor said:


I wasn´t able to find the GAF thread.

Any way, it seems to be a Red Light of Serius Warning. No big deal if the console can recover by its own or if its a very rare occurence.

I totally agree. See my earlier post...

Now,  imagine a world where the ONE did this yesterday (not the Ps4).... imagine a gaf thread (or even a VGC thread ) on said incident.

I would hope that people would react the same way... only to be proven wrong.



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Frequency on 15 October 2013

Wonderful irony, I have just been informed that the console strip light is only capable of displaying in varying intensities of blue, from unlit to bright white.
There is physically no way for it to display red.

Take that news however you want.



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Machiavellian on 15 October 2013
Carl2291 said:
This is actually a good thing, if its true that it warns you.

The PC tech both the PS4 and X1 are using measure the temputure and when those devices become to hot it shuts down.  This is probably why we wil not see a YLOD or RROD from either new console.



Porcupine_I on 15 October 2013
kowenicki said:
Dark_Feanor said:
kowenicki said:
Gotta laugh at how GAF have the thread headed up for this and how they are discussing it. Soooo transparent.


I wasn´t able to find the GAF thread.

Any way, it seems to be a Red Light of Serius Warning. No big deal if the console can recover by its own or if its a very rare occurence.

I totally agree. See my earlier post...

Now,  imagine a world where the ONE did this yesterday (not the Ps4).... imagine a gaf thread (or even a VGC thread ) on said incident.

We heard you the first time you said that in this thread, but i suppose people are taking Selnor's advice



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Bajablo on 15 October 2013
tiffac said:
Bajablo said:
Seriously, this is pretty braindead, look at the size of that protective case thing. it is an issue with the console not getting enough cool air to cool the system off, it uses the same air to cool the system several times over.

try enclosing your computer / console in a small acrylic sealed box and see how long it takes for it to over-heat.

this is a 'no shit sherlock' moment


I guess people don't expect their consoles to overheat with such an enclosed space and without any ventilation. lol!

Guess they never owned a computer :P :D



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ethomaz on 15 October 2013

Put a notebook inside a box and see how much the temperatures goes high. The issue is this plastic case that didn't left the air get into console.

I'm sure the PS4 will be cooler than PS3 Fat for example.... and it have a lot of air ducts.



ethomaz on 15 October 2013

About the DDR3 vs. GDDR5.

The GDDR5 used by Sony uses less power than the DDR3 used by MS... Sony choose a Green GDDR5 with the lowest clock possible... it uses less voltage and power than DDR3 at high clocks like the Xbone.

The APU is smaller so it is easy to cooler then the MS APU too... I guess the MS one uses more power too because it have to maintain the eSRAM part (40% of the chip) on too.