Rant: the difference 3 years makes in used PS4 repairs

I saw a console come in yesterday that looked clean on the outside but was full of dust bunnies and dead roaches inside. Back in 2019 I could fix most issues with just a basic clean and new thermal paste. Now I'm seeing HDMI ports ripped off, cracked solder joints, and swollen batteries in almost every unit from 2018-2020. The worst part is these owners bring them in saying 'it just stopped working one day' when really they never opened it up once. Anybody else notice the abuse on these older consoles is way worse than it used to be?

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hannah40026d ago

Honestly that lizard story has me feeling better about the time I found a fossilized french fry stuck to my PS4's motherboard. At least I can say mine died from junk food not a reptile.

jade_jenkins26d ago

My buddy brought his PS4 in last year acting like he took GOOD care of it. I pulled the cover off and a GODDAMN dried up lizard fell out. The fan was completely caked with this weird sticky dust and the thermal paste looked like old gum. He swore up and down he never opened it or dropped it but the HDMI port was loose as a goose from the board being flexed. Three hundred bucks later and he finally admits his kid was yanking on the cable for months.

jamie94026d ago

And it's always the same pattern with people and their stuff. They treat it like a magic box that just works until it doesn't. I see it all the time with furniture too. Someone buys a cheap desk and piles so much junk on top that the legs start bowing outwards, then they act surprised when the whole thing collapses. Or the car owner who never checks their oil or tire pressure and wonders why the engine blows up at 80,000 miles. It's like people think appliances and electronics are immortal unless you throw them down the stairs. Nobody wants to admit their own habits are slowly killing their stuff until it's way too late.