Did Sony change the launch PS4 fan curve?

[Renton577]

So recently my buddy gave me his launch PS4 for Christmas which is pretty awesome honestly but I could tell the thermal paste was bad because the fans went crazy whenever you did anything. So after opening the system and applying new thermal paste I’m noticing behavior. When I start a game the fans will ramp up really high for a good 3-5 min before they normalize back to acceptable noise level. Is this a new fan curve Sony patched in or is this how it’s always been? Because I’m pretty sure I don’t remember it acting like this.

[wolfxtr3m]

On 12/28/2019 at 10:58 PM, Renton577 said:

So recently my buddy gave me his launch PS4 for Christmas which is pretty awesome honestly but I could tell the thermal paste was bad because the fans went crazy whenever you did anything. So after opening the system and applying new thermal paste I’m noticing behavior. When I start a game the fans will ramp up really high for a good 3-5 min before they normalize back to acceptable noise level. Is this a new fan curve Sony patched in or is this how it’s always been? Because I’m pretty sure I don’t remember it acting like this.

I think It's normal, the ps4 get's noise whenever it requires a bit more processing, well atleast that what my friend ps4 does and he also has a day 1 launch Ps4

[Mark Kaine]

Did Sony  change the fan curve or did you tinker with the PS4 and as such it has now different temp readings than before and therefore acts differently? 

 

Tough one!

[kaiju_wars]

Hmm, you cleaned it out and applied new thermal paste... hmmmm, wonder why the fan curve changed.

 

My PS4 did that.  I ordered it from GameStop and it came dirty (first bad luck I ever had with a pre-owned/refurbished console from them).  I took it apart, dusted it out, applied new thermal paste, and it doesn't sound like a jet engine anymore.