Why does my PS4 overheat & turn off after opening any game?

Why does my PS4 overheat & turn off after opening any game?

My PS4 is turning off immediately after I open up any game, disc-based or not. The PS4 first gives an on-screen warning that the PS4 is overheating, shortly followed by the light bar on the PS4 flashing a red color, 3 beeps, then a black screen. It does not, however, immediately turn off when I am on the main screen, only when I open up a game. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? (Additional information: it's the optical drive/HDD area which is overheating, and every time I turn the PS4 back on, it searches the HDD in the same fashion as though I installed a new one, and comes up with the error message that the PS4 what not shut down properly.)

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bert [Entry]

"There are several things to check...first of all check to make sure that there is air being blown out of the PS4. If you don't feel any air being blown out then you may have a bad fan. This problem is getting more common as PS4's age. This is by far the most common cause of the type of problem you are having.

There are several other things that could be causing it as well. It's possible (especially if your console is getting older) that you need to replace the thermal paste and give the heat sink a good cleaning. This is a fairly common cause of PS4's overheating as well.

Lastly, I've seen some PS4's that actually overheat because of faulty solder joints between the APU and motherboard.

I hope this helps and just let me know if you have any further questions."

bert [Entry]

Someone help me my ps4 is fully cold to the touch but when I start up a game it says it’s too hot and overheating and shuts down I NEED HELP BADLY I stream a lot and I have 20k put into streams and my computer and ps4 and it collapses please help

bert [Entry]

Because the fan has stopped working or its so full of dust and dirt the heatsink fins are not getting air across them ....check your wall voltage make sure its not low .....junk heat sync compound is common as well

bert [Entry]

fan is not working ...leave it off in till repaired .....common problem easy fix your self for 5 bucks , youtube how to do it ...then put a ssd and new diamond heat sync compound and it will out preform any stock ps4 made

bert [Entry]

I have the problem where seconds after loading into any games it shows the overheating screen and turns off what should I do?

bert [Entry]

My ps4 overheats when I turn on any game downloaded or disk but when I am on YouTube Netflix or the home screen it’s fine I’m trying to factory reset now I don’t understand why it only does it when a game is being played