Overheating shutdowns during summer play
Why it happens here
Cypress summers push past 95 degrees for weeks, and consoles in media rooms or enclosed cabinets cannot shed heat fast enough. Dried thermal paste and dust-clogged heatsinks make it worse, and the console shuts down to protect itself.
Our approach
We strip the console, clear the heatsink and fan with compressed air, replace the thermal paste, and run a one-hour load test. If the fan bearing is worn, we replace the fan instead of cleaning it, because a noisy fan is a failing fan.