Sony's quiet PS5 Slim revision shows how consoles keep changing long after launch
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First look: Sony appears to have quietly updated the PlayStation 5 Slim with a revised motherboard that changes how the console handles cooling, certain components and basic repairs. A repair technician identified the new board after opening a PS5 Slim from the Wolverine Limited Edition bundle. The internal revisions point to a routine but meaningful effort by Sony to refine the system's reliability, manufacturing costs and serviceability, with no apparent change to performance.
The board, labeled EDM-051, was identified by technician @Modyfikator89 inside a PS5 Slim from the Marvel's Wolverine Limited Edition Bundle. Sony has not announced the change, and it is unclear how widely the revised board has been released. But the teardown reveals several differences from earlier Slim models, including changes to the liquid-metal cooling system, the heatsink, the HDMI...
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