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PS5 Has Serious Problem With Displaying SDR Image

PS5 Has Serious Problem With Displaying SDR Image

According to Digital Foundry experts, SDR content on PlayStation 5 is not displayed properly. Dark colors blend together and details present in a scene are lost.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

March 29, 2021

PS5 Has Serious Problem With Displaying SDR Image
PS4 Won't Launch Games if Internal Battery Dies

PS4 Won't Launch Games if Internal Battery Dies

A clock error can render the PS4 nearly useless. All it takes for this to occur is for the console's internal battery to die, effectively rendering it incapable of running games.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

March 25, 2021

PS4 Won't Launch Games if Internal Battery Dies
PS5 Overheating With Second SSD? Sony Wants to Improve Cooling

PS5 Overheating With Second SSD? Sony Wants to Improve Cooling

Sony may soon make it possible to install an additional SSD into the PlayStation 5. According to Bloomberg, the new firmware will speed up fan operation due to the possibility of console overheating when a second drive is installed.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

February 26, 2021

PS5 Overheating With Second SSD? Sony Wants to Improve Cooling
PS5's DualSense Can Fail After Just 417 Hours

PS5's DualSense Can Fail After Just 417 Hours

iFixit investigated the problem of drift in Sony's DualSense controller for the PS5. The conclusions are not optimistic. The device can stop working after just 417 hours of use.

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

February 22, 2021

PS5's DualSense Can Fail After Just 417 Hours
February's Windows 10 Update May Disable Your Webcam

February's Windows 10 Update May Disable Your Webcam

February's Windows 10 update, which already caused numerous blue screens of death or gaming issues, among other things, may also disable your webcam.

hardware & software

Adrian Piotrowski

February 18, 2021

February's Windows 10 Update May Disable Your Webcam
PS5's DualSense Has a Problem With Stick Drift [UPDATED]

PS5's DualSense Has a Problem With Stick Drift [UPDATED]

PlayStation 5 users are crowding in to report another issues with the DualSense. This time, the problem is the analogs, which quite quickly began to drift, messing up control precison in games.

hardware & software

February 16, 2021

PS5's DualSense Has a Problem With Stick Drift [UPDATED]
PowerGPU: AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Highly Unreliable

PowerGPU: AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Highly Unreliable

PC building company PowerGPU tweeted stat figures showing that the failure rate of AMD's latest CPUs can reach almost 20 percent. The tweet has now been deleted, but not before it made big waves on the web.

hardware & software

Adrian Piotrowski

February 15, 2021

PowerGPU: AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Highly Unreliable
One of Xbox Series X/S Features is Harmful to Environment

One of Xbox Series X/S Features is Harmful to Environment

It turns out Microsoft's next-gen console may be harming the environment with its instant-on feature. So says a study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

hardware & software

January 17, 2021

One of Xbox Series X/S Features is Harmful to Environment
Dirty Spots Are Definitely Not The Black PS5 Users Hoped For

Dirty Spots Are Definitely Not The Black PS5 Users Hoped For

Some owners of Sony's next-gen platform report strange, dirty spots on their console. Worse still, the dirt cannot always be removed.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

December 1, 2020

Dirty Spots Are Definitely Not The Black PS5 Users Hoped For
iPhone Not So Waterproof After All? $12M Fine for Apple in Italy

iPhone Not So Waterproof After All? $12M Fine for Apple in Italy

The Italian consumer protection authority, AGCM, found that Apple was misleading customers about the waterproofness of its smartphones and imposed a fine of $12 million on the company.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

December 1, 2020

iPhone Not So Waterproof After All? $12M Fine for Apple in Italy
PS5s Differ in Noise Volume Depending on Installed Fan

PS5s Differ in Noise Volume Depending on Installed Fan

The editors of French website Les Numeriques have put several PlayStation 5 consoles together and discovered that some PS5 sub-models are equipped with a different, slightly louder fan.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

December 1, 2020

PS5s Differ in Noise Volume Depending on Installed Fan
PS5 Update Removes Spontaneous Game Uninstallation and Controller Issues

PS5 Update Removes Spontaneous Game Uninstallation and Controller Issues

PlayStation 5 received update 20.02-02.26.00. Thanks to it, the console will no longer remove games from the drive without our knowledge. Also problems with charging the controller will disappear.

hardware & software

Adrian Werner

November 27, 2020

PS5 Update Removes Spontaneous Game Uninstallation and Controller Issues
Coil Whine in Your PS5? You Might Look for A Displaced Sticker

Coil Whine in Your PS5? You Might Look for A Displaced Sticker

Are you having problems with the volume of PlayStation 5? There's a chance that the discovery of Frank Keienburg from Supercell might help. After dismantling the console the developer found a rather unexpected cause of coil whine.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

November 22, 2020

Coil Whine in Your PS5? You Might Look for A Displaced Sticker
Downloading Bug on PS5 Requires Console Data Wipe

Downloading Bug on PS5 Requires Console Data Wipe

Players who already have a copy of their PS5 report a serious mistake that can permanently block the ability to download games and applications in some situations. One solution seems to be to restore the console to its factory settings.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

November 17, 2020

Downloading Bug on PS5 Requires Console Data Wipe
iPhone 12 Launches; Users Report Problems

iPhone 12 Launches; Users Report Problems

Another great hardware launch did not go according to plan. Users of the iPhone 12 family of devices report a couple of problems afflicting the new smartphones.

hardware & software

Bartlomiej Sagan

November 16, 2020

iPhone 12 Launches; Users Report Problems
Smoking Xbox Series X and Other Issues; Microsoft Investigates [Update #2]

Smoking Xbox Series X and Other Issues; Microsoft Investigates [Update #2]

With the release of Xbox Series X, the first information about mechanical failures appeared. The hottest (literally) thing right now is the case of smoking console. Microsoft is investigating the subject, and we've checked what other problems the users are facing.

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

November 13, 2020

Smoking Xbox Series X and Other Issues; Microsoft Investigates [Update #2]
First (Few) Dead PS5s Reported

First (Few) Dead PS5s Reported

Shortly after the release of the PS5 in the USA and Japan, the first reports about the falling consoles appeared on the web. However, there are not too many of them, which gives hope that Sony has made sure the quality of its device is top notch.

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

November 13, 2020

First (Few) Dead PS5s Reported
PS4 Firmware Version 8.0 Update Breaks PSN

PS4 Firmware Version 8.0 Update Breaks PSN

Sony released PS4 firmware update version 8.0, which integrates group and event tabs. Instead, communities and events were removed, and what's worse, access to PSN was broken.

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

October 14, 2020

PS4 Firmware Version 8.0 Update Breaks PSN
Xbox Series X Has Heat Issues? True or Not, Rumors Persist

Xbox Series X Has Heat Issues? True or Not, Rumors Persist

Information that has appeared in the impressions of some of the influencers testing Xbox Series X suggests that Microsoft's platform has a problem with the amount of heat it generates.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

October 7, 2020

Xbox Series X Has Heat Issues? True or Not, Rumors Persist
RTX 3080 Taking Flak for Significant Issues Reported by Users

RTX 3080 Taking Flak for Significant Issues Reported by Users

Selected RTX 3080 models face serious problems. Owners report games crashing when the card reaches high clock. Manufacturers have aknowledged the issue and are trying to find a solution.

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

September 24, 2020

RTX 3080 Taking Flak for Significant Issues Reported by Users