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Why does my PS5 overheat after disassembling

After disassembling my PS5 I put everything back together. When I plug it back in and open up a game the fan starts going insanely fast and it says the PS5 is overheating and then shuts off; the PS5 isn’t hot either. What could be causing this

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There are 3 temp sensors on the motherboard, and another on the APU. Sounds like something happened to one or more of these. They control the fan. Since the fan runs full tilt and it thinks it is overheating you might want to start by checking them.

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Would you happen to have an image of where these three temp sensors are?

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Apologies, I have not been able to locate any material with exact locations.

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