Hello everyone, today I am going to disassemble the playstation 4 of first generation.
And I left link to the ps4 assembly guide in the description of this video.
To disassemble the PS4 you will need two types of screwdrivers:
Torx T8 / T9 Phillips PH0 / PH1
Also Tweezer - will be useful On the backside of the PS4, where the connection
ports are located, remove stickers, and below them screws that we need to unscrew.
Now unscrew the 4 screws, and for this we will use the T8 Torx screwdriver.
Next, remove the cover of the PS4 case.
Start to open the case from the same side.
On the backside of cover, you can see dust.
Use a brush or napkin for cleaning the case from dust.
Let's remove the power supply of PS4 game console.
First, unscrew three screws T8 Torx.
Then unscrew two screws using PH0 screwdriver.
Disconnect four-wire connector from the power supply.
The connector is fixed quite tightly, and if you cannot get it as easily as in my case
to disconnect the cable use tweezers.
Next, using a plastic tool, pull up on the right side, then on the left side.
The right side of the power supply will be harder to pull up.
If there is a lot of dust inside the power supply, it is better to remove this dust.
To do this, unscrew the two screws on the power supply and open it for cleaning.
Disconnect the blue-ray drive cable from the PS4 motherboard.
To do this, press the tweezers onto the iron plate and pull the cable to the side.
Next, unplug the optical drive power connector by lifting it up.
And disconnect the WiFi antenna from the motherboard.
Turn over the game console and remove the top panel of the PS4 case.
It is easy to remove, just pull up until the clamps open.
Remove one screw that fixes hard drive basket.
And remove the hard drive.
Remove the two screws securing the top cover to the PS4.
Grab underneath of the top cover near the power button.
Pull up...you will hear it click as you pull up.
Move to opposite side of the top cover PS4 and pull up here as well.
After, just lift up cover.
Remove 12 T8 Torx screws.
Now take the PH0 screwdriver and unscrew the last two screws.
Disconnect the fan cable from the motherboard.
The cable is turned off by lifting up.
Next, remove the top metal panel.
Now pay attention to the thermal pads, it is very important not to lose them when removing
the panel.
Gently lift up PS4 motherboard.
Also, pay attention to the thermal pads and be careful, do not lose them if they fall.
Remove the old thermal paste from metal panel and from the CPU on the PS4 motherboard.
Apply a small amount of thermal paste to the surface of CPU.
Next, distribute the thermal
paste on entire surface of CPU.
Use plastic or wooden object, not metal.
Now move on to cleaning the cooling system from dust.
Remove 3 screws on the metal panel.
After lift up the metal panel.
With the brush, remove dust from the radiator.
The next step is to clean the fan.
To do this, you need to unscrew the 2 screws, and now the fan can be removed and cleaned
of dust.
Disassembly is finished, now we need to assembly everything back.
Watch the video guide on PS4 assembly.