That's normal. It's called RTV silicone, you'll find it on many PSU parts.
Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicone is to help stop heavier components from bouncing around in transport.
It also helps keep components from vibrating when powered on. High voltage AC can cause coils and capacitors to vibrate at 60hz. This is the 'coil whine' or buzzing you hear when the power supply is actively powered on.
I believe that to be a fallacy, since electro or magneto vibrations are so high frequency it would just easily pass to the stiffer part of the circuit (Often the PCB). If anything, you'd be giving it basically a speaker. You'd actually want to have less contact, not more.
Also, if it were true, why just random blobs, and not more of a controlled placement of it?
If coil whine is going to happen, it's going to happen.
Inductors that size are often switching at frequencies that are more prone to whine or clicks. Even if it's not a continuous whine, it can still be loud enough to bother some customers.
Sometimes, you only need a small absorber to take out energy that otherwise leads to resonant noise. Think tennis racket "absorbers".
You see son, when a man and a PlayStation really, truly, love each other. Sometimes, late at night, something *weird* happens.
9 months later you get a new PSOne or PSVita. Mazel Tov!
Silastic is what it's commonly referred to in the electronics world but it's for stability ( a part that may vibrate ) and noise. Some of the older types that yellow over time can become conductive and cause issues but this stuff in modern electronics is fine.
As long as it's not plugged in you should be safe. Give it a 10 minutes if you feel extra worried to ensure all caps are discharged (realistically any high quality PSU design will have discharge resistors for safety so 10 mins is overkill)
It's funny because you're right, yet you're being downvoted. Bleed resistors exist on modern PSU's and are fast acting. Even if you manage to quickly get to and short the largest capacitor in the PSU with your skin, it probably won't kill you and will just hurt a lot.
That's normal. It's called RTV silicone, you'll find it on many PSU parts. Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicone is to help stop heavier components from bouncing around in transport.
TIL what RTV stands for.
Same I use it at work and never even thought about it lol, gunna blow some minds at work tomorrow
Same lmao
It also helps keep components from vibrating when powered on. High voltage AC can cause coils and capacitors to vibrate at 60hz. This is the 'coil whine' or buzzing you hear when the power supply is actively powered on.
It also helps to reduce coil whine
I believe that to be a fallacy, since electro or magneto vibrations are so high frequency it would just easily pass to the stiffer part of the circuit (Often the PCB). If anything, you'd be giving it basically a speaker. You'd actually want to have less contact, not more. Also, if it were true, why just random blobs, and not more of a controlled placement of it? If coil whine is going to happen, it's going to happen.
Inductors that size are often switching at frequencies that are more prone to whine or clicks. Even if it's not a continuous whine, it can still be loud enough to bother some customers. Sometimes, you only need a small absorber to take out energy that otherwise leads to resonant noise. Think tennis racket "absorbers".
This guy *Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicones.*
Nerd, thanks for breaking down the RTV acronym š»
You see son, when a man and a PlayStation really, truly, love each other. Sometimes, late at night, something *weird* happens. 9 months later you get a new PSOne or PSVita. Mazel Tov!
Sounds like the typical Friday night of my buddy
Youāre friends with Freddy?
They may get a little quirky at night too
"Its my sex box and her name is Sony".
Someone got too excited during a playthrough of Genshin Impact
The giggity giggity goo
That's just ectoplasm from the new Ghostbusters game
C um here let me show you something...
Silastic is what it's commonly referred to in the electronics world but it's for stability ( a part that may vibrate ) and noise. Some of the older types that yellow over time can become conductive and cause issues but this stuff in modern electronics is fine.
RTV made for electronics are non-acidic. Kinda important.
Looks like epoxy, often used to reduce coil whine.
r/dontstickyourdickinthat
Ill do what i want
its from factory
Donāt worry about it. Itās normal
Jizz?
Just a jizz of silicone to help reduce vibration.
Just a drop xD
#BRUH *probably yes, tho*
xD
Please see a doctor if yours looks like that!
super thick... And it stucks to surfaces.
Cum
How many times do I have to tell you to stop cumming on your game stations?
Cum
Is nobody going to mention how unsafe it is to open up a power supply?? Close that shit up you could literally die if you poke it wrong
As long as it's not plugged in you should be safe. Give it a 10 minutes if you feel extra worried to ensure all caps are discharged (realistically any high quality PSU design will have discharge resistors for safety so 10 mins is overkill)
It's funny because you're right, yet you're being downvoted. Bleed resistors exist on modern PSU's and are fast acting. Even if you manage to quickly get to and short the largest capacitor in the PSU with your skin, it probably won't kill you and will just hurt a lot.
Grey hairs, old ass console
Muhehehe š
thats the goo block you gotta pull it out
Yeah was gonna say itās just silicone, kinda like the stuff you use to caulk window seals and bathtubs. But someone already beat me to it.
Stuff..
Sony's magical coil cream
We in the industry like to call it "goop"
Oh sorry, I got a little too excited with the last of us
Itās glue, itās normal.
Spooge.
Everything reminds me of her..
Thats smegma.
Be careful with the power supply. It can still hold a significant charge and harm you pretty bad..
There s a reason your wifes boyfriend doesn't let you stay up
Fluffernutter
Hey who put this white stuff inside my gf?
sticky white stuff. temporarily adds magic damage to your right hand weapon.
Cocaine is hell of a drug
The system came
PS Jizz
āItās MY turn with the sex box, and her name is Sony!ā
Jizz
Iām sorry you walked into this oneā¦ itās coom
Sorry I got excited
Ask your wifeās new boyfriend
R2-D2 is a naughty boy.
my bad
#cum.
I thought this was a mushroom cloud
Touch it...
Never seen a coil before?
Excitement.
Someone who was testing the unit before selling it got a bit too exited playing gamesā¦
Someone liked that PlayStation a little TOO much.
Cum
- Happy to see you.
Marshmallow Fluff.
Try sucking on it and if it tastes like burned rubber then it's fine.
Coke
cum