Practical advice from a 20-year repair veteran. No SEO fluff — only patterns we keep seeing across thousands of consoles, MacBooks and gaming PCs.
A no-compromise machine: a 14900K, an RTX 4090, 96 GB of RAM, a screen on the cooler, colour-matched throughout. The customer paid about €6,000 for the parts at build time — the identical list is €7,500 today, all of it the 2026 memory shortage. The build itself, at €60/h, ran about €450. Here is the full bill, and where every hour went.
A PS5 has no replaceable APU: the chip is soldered to the motherboard permanently. When it dies from heat, the whole motherboard gets replaced — that starts at €380. An annual clean costs about a fifth of that. Here is the honest math, and the places where it breaks down.
A PS5 that suddenly shuts down during a game isn't 'broken'. It is the firmware doing exactly what Sony designed it to do — protect the APU from heat damage. Here is what the temperature sensor is reading, why the console reached that point, and the actual sequence of warnings before the next thermal cycle starts costing real money.
A PS4 in 2026 is a machine that is at minimum seven and often ten years old. Dust and dried thermal paste are the two reasons it sounds like a vacuum cleaner and shuts down mid-game. When to clean it, and why 'once a year' is no longer enough.
Five real fixes for DualSense stick drift — from the recalibration menu Sony added in 2024, to a Hall Effect module swap. What works, in what order, and what each one costs.
Dust is the single biggest reason healthy PS5s end up on our bench. Here is what builds up inside, what it costs you, and how often a console actually needs to come apart.
Sony didn't put thermal paste inside the PS5. They used liquid metal — a gallium-based alloy that transfers heat three to five times better than any conventional paste. Here's what that means for cleaning, why replacing it wrong destroys consoles, and what a correct liquid metal service actually involves.
A PS5 that keeps booting into safe mode isn't necessarily broken. The most common cause is overheating, not a software fault. Here's how to tell the difference, what each safe mode option actually does, and when you need a bench rather than a factory reset.
A DualSense that won't charge is usually a cable or port problem, not a dead battery. Here's the diagnostic sequence, the most common failure points, and when you actually need a battery replacement.
Black screen, flickering, or no signal on your PS5? Before you assume it's the TV, the cable, or the display settings, check these six signs that point specifically to the HDMI port on the console — and why getting the diagnosis right saves you money.
How much does a PS5 HDMI port repair cost in Finland, what is included, and is it worth it compared to buying a new console? Real numbers from the Finnish repair market in 2026.
A bent pin inside the PS5 HDMI port looks like a simple fix. Sometimes it is. More often, straightening it without the right tools makes things significantly worse. Here's what you're actually dealing with, what a careful attempt at home looks like, and when to stop.
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