Hello everyone today I gonna show you how to disassemble PS4 Pro for cleaning from dust
and replace thermal paste.
What tools will you need to disassemble the PS4 Pro.
Torx T8 screwdriver with hole inside.
Phillips Screwdriver Plastic opening tool (it is not necessary,
but in many cases helps) Thermal grease
Tweezers Brush, preferably antistatic
For everything, what you need, I left links in the description under the video.
In this guide I will disassembly PS4 model CUH-7216b and its analogue CUH-7215b, CUH-7200
models.
Other earlier models, such as CUH-7015B, CUH-7016B, CUH-7115B and CUH-7116B have slight differences
in disassembly, but these differences are not fundamentally different.
Let's start the disassembly by removing the hard drive.
Take a Phillips screwdriver, remove the screw and take out the hard drive.
Next, remove the warranty seal and the black film.
Under the warranty seal is a screw that will need to be remove.
The PS4 Pro models CUH-7216b and CUH-7215b have only a latch under the black film, on
earlier PS4 Pro models here and here there will be screws.
Now most difficult stage of disassembly, you will need to remove the game console cover.
Take the corners with your fingertips and pull up until it clicks.
On the new game console, which will be disassembled for the first time, this will not be easy
to do, because the latches are quite rigid.
Unscrew these 2 screws.
Turn the game console over and remove the second cover.
Take the case with your fingertips where the PS4 logo and pull up ...
Next, go to the second corner with the SONY logo ...
Now slide the cover down and remove it.
Yes, on the video it may seem simple, but in fact the cover is removed quite hard.
Take a Torx T8 screwdriver and remove the screws.
Now you can remove the power supply from the PS4 Pro.
Pull up the power supply, turn it over and disconnect the cable from the motherboard.
By the way, according to the model of the power supply, you can buy a compatible power
supply for your game console.
Turn over the PS4 Pro and disconnect all the cables from the motherboard.
Unscrew the marked screws with a Torx T8 screwdriver Unscrew these marked screws using Phillips
screwdriver On the back side of metal panel, check all
thermal pads, it is very important that one of them is not lost.
Remove the 2 screws and remove the metal panel.
Now you can remove the motherboard of the game console.
Turn the mainboard over and remove the old thermal grease from the CPU.
Pay attention to thermal pads.
Also remove the old thermal grease from the radiator.
Let's begin to cleaning the fan and radiator.
Remove 2 screws.
Now you have full access to the radiator, clean it from dust on both sides.
Unscrew the 2 screws on the fan ... remove it from the housing, turn it over and clean
the fan from dust.
By the way, if your fan is very noise and you suspect that is the fan that causes PS4
Pro to overheat, you can buy a replacement fan for your revision PS4 Pro from this part
number.
Now let's move on to reassembling the PS4.
Install the fan and fasten 2 screws.
Install the metal panel and check that all antennas should be on top of the panel.
Take thermal grease and apply to the surface of the CPU.
I use Noctua NT-H1 thermal grease, but I can also recommend Arctic MX4.
Spread thermal grease evenly over the entire surface of the CPU.
Before installing the motherboard, make sure that all thermal pads are in place.
Install the metal panel and fasten the 2 screws.
Note that the screws tighten evenly on each side.
When installing the second metal panel, also check each thermal pad, their number should
coincide with the amount of video memory chips on the PS4 Pro motherboard.
If one of the thermal pads is lost, the memory will overheat, which can seriously damage
the system.
Now connect all the cables
to the motherboard.
First, fasten the Torx T8 screws Now fasten the Phillips screws
Turn the console over and install the power supply.
Please note that the top cover not just installed and pushed, it first slides down and then
pressed.
Fasten the remaining 2 screws and put a plastic cover on the case of the game console.
The bottom cover also slides and snaps into place.
Fasten the screw and install the hard drive.
That's it, now your PS4 Pro is assembled and ready to work without overheating.
By the way, if you need to disassemble and clean the PS4 Pro gamepad, I leave a link
under the video