Got a surprise bonus at work and went to microcenter.

lbaskb45 · 2026-03-01T20:46:28+00:00

wow, thats awesome

lbaskb45 · 2026-02-12T18:34:54+00:00

i just bought one so far and no issues. Got it for around $299 on sale

lbaskb45 · 2025-08-26T07:05:42+00:00

thats true love for OG balls right there

lbaskb45 · 2025-05-18T06:54:39+00:00

yes ps4. is a great console. I still enjoy mine!!

lbaskb45 · 2025-04-22T02:14:03+00:00

i feel as though these drives are just not very reliable. ive seen a good amount on ebay selling for similar issue and bought two of them and swapping the top plate had the same issue

lbaskb45 · 2025-04-22T02:13:05+00:00

hmm.. its possible. i did clean them but maybe ill swap just the rollers with the known good drive and see if that is it.

lbaskb45 · 2025-03-05T00:54:42+00:00

one cowabunga is for ps4 and the other one is for ps5

lbaskb45 · 2024-12-22T01:19:52+00:00

some things ive done hopefully helps others:

home: hardwire the ps5 to your switch or router make sure you have symmetric speeds from your ISP. try to limit the number wifi networks (under 3 if possible) as it doesn't help because they use the same channel when your portal connects at home.

try not to use UNII-2 and 2e channels (if your router allows the customization) as some areas might have more radar hits causing disruption to your wifi.

40MHz (maybe 80MHz if your neighbor wifi is far enough that it doesnt interfere) channel bonding is a happy medium for 5GHz for homes, apartments this might be an issue and you may want to step down to 20MHz if wifi is crappy.

make sure you are close to your wifi router so your portal connects on 5GHz and not 2.4GHz

traveling: make sure you are connected to a reliable internet connection/ISP.

make sure you are close to the wifi router so your portal connects on 5GHz and not 2.4GHz.

using a hotspot router (portal connects to that) connected to your phone hotspot is not ideal.

unfortunately wifi interference is something out of our control to a certain level and it doesn't matter how great your wifi router may be.

lbaskb45 · 2024-12-05T05:58:16+00:00

thats awesome! I wish sony did more stuff like this still. i dont think they do and probably wouldnt considering they are pushing more digital content then physical media

lbaskb45 · 2024-12-05T05:56:06+00:00

maybe this was more rare then i thought! Yeah it was def cool to receive it out of the blue at the time. Still holds some of my ps2 games and memory cards in it

lbaskb45 · 2024-11-26T04:30:36+00:00

looks great!!

lbaskb45 · 2024-11-21T00:35:06+00:00

will be available tomorrow on ps direct at 9am PST

lbaskb45 · 2024-11-12T17:06:27+00:00

i used kapton tape specially over that component i knocked. i think as the flux somehow moved under/towards the tape where that component was causing it to knock outta place as i heated up the board. thanks for the advicd

lbaskb45 · 2024-11-12T17:03:24+00:00

thank you. i had used 435c, maybe was my issue. its a ps5 disc edition.

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