How To Fix A PlayStation 4 That Powers On And Then Powers Off / CUH-1001A / How To Guide / DIY 

To get that top cover off, turn the PlayStation away from you, pull up the top right corner by the power button (the only side that comes up easily) then without putting pressure anywhere else, pull the top left up (PS4 still facing away from you) by getting your fingers in the gap. He has the perfect technique on his very first attempt 7:40 but it's the wrong side. And yes, I figured this out after like 15 mins of getting frustrated with it lol, but it's easy once you get it right...good luck!!

I'm sure that many first- timers have broken their right side of the top cover because of this video 😂😂 other than that, good video ✌🏽

What I just cannot stand about these companies Sony/Microsoft is their lack of robust console engineering. After many years and successive generations here we all are still having to look this up because of a well documented flaw, just like the rest. They have just refused to improve on what they know to be open to faults. I hardly played my PS4 it’s 4 years old and the power has now tripped meaning it goes off after 5 seconds. Built in redundancies are a very real aspect of these companies revenue streams and their path to getting max numbers over to next gen. I am so sick and tired of them charging exorbitant prices for low time yield consoles. They should be forced to reveal the actual life expectancy and extend their warranties. Greed is not good when you are manipulating your markets and taking advantage of all of us.

Thank u. I have 8 yrs old PS4 yesterday started acting up. Found your video and tryied it. AND IT WORKED. Thank u so much u saved me a lot of money.

My PS4 doesn't have that removable metal plate. Started turning on then off last week, but now it's won't even start, just the blue light comes on for 1 second. Any suggestions?

Ive got one refurbished from gamestop and apparently they just threw little foam pads underneath the heat sink bracket, which will increase pressure on the heat sink, which now serves no purpose because the heat can't dissipate into the metal housing. Im sure thats why it no longer works. Thanx gamestop.

Thanks so much for sharing, tried everything else since most others pointed at power supply, but your method is the only one that got my PS4 up and running again

Idk if you will see this but can you help me because my PlayStation will turn on then I will hear 3 beeps after it turns on and the system will shut off

Thanks for the tutorial! so this worked for me, but my PS4 overheats shortly into playing a game. Any tip? Already cleaned all the dust out, so not sure what the issue is now.

My bracket is under all of that..... Under the whole metal case. Not on top like yours

My device will turn on and display blue llight and that all when i try the safe mode or soft rest mode it will off

Mines does the same thing it wont turn on and the white light doesn't come on it just blinks blue I wish I had the tools to open it tho and it overheats alot

How bout if the ps4 turns on with blue light then white then red and then shuts off is it the same thing?

This method will work on the ps4 slim I’m having the same problem blue light is on for 1 second than is off

My ps4 does the same thing but onnce i press the power button once the light wont come on at all untill i unplug the ps4 and then plug it back on but then even like that it only turns on for like a second

I ounched my pissstation like 4 times back to back full strength, i have no regrets, f console

Please what causes this Apu, GPU problem

Thanks from Brazil, working well here... This video will never get old depending on me

Bro I just put 4 washers and it worked like a charm bro Thanx man big help !!!

My brother please help me I'm trying this and it is not working PS4 CUH-1006A 😭

Hello my friend I have a question So I was playing on my ps4 late night so my dad wake up and took it . But I turned down the ps4 and my dad hide it but I heard a hard punch as my dad hit it on the desk but by accident. Yesterday I wanted to play mmm the ps4 pieps and don’t open aslo it doesn’t show the blue light or any kind of lights do you know what kind of problem is this ( thank you for reading and sorry if is have wasted your time and my English) 🙏🏼

Thank you so much. Can't believe it was just tightening those things made my ps4 not overheat on startup. Thanks!! ❤️❤️

I can also hear the buzz sound when it plugged in before I press the power then when I try to turn it off the sound is gone and there's no more beeps

Hello mate, I got given a PS4 yesterday for spares or repairs, it wouldn’t turn on, so I put another power pack in it and it turns on for like a second then turns off, I have tried 2 washers either side, how easy are the chips to repair?

My ps4 turns on and after a min it turns off automatically and it won't turn on and the fan is running slow what to do

another tip that worked for me is unplug the ac cord for a bit and wait I got my ps4 working

Thanks it worked

Hello man , if u can help me whats goin on , thanks so much I got my ps4 like 1 year ago , but didnt play much on it , yesterday i wanted to play sum , I put the hdmi on , the cable that turns it on , but when i touched the line , it stayed Blue for 3 seconds , and then it turned off . Idk how to fix it , is possible to be any problem inside it ? ( sorry for my bad english )

It's rarely the power supply. I work on electronics myself. Could not have done it by better.

What if the blue light only come once and then it doesnt turn on whenever i touch the power button.. But when i off and on the ps4 switch the blue light still off and never pop out again unless i turn off and on the switch

Bro. I have this issue. But my fan won't turn at all. Tried the washers. Do you think it might be my power supply?

I have stripped my sons ps4 down and its not got that brackett on and hes had the ps4 from new so its not been removed is there away i can fix the problem still what your showing thanks

Mine is not working I don’t have the foam under my bracket thing what do I do

Ok thanks sir it was the power supply, I found out when I was lightly filing the solder balls and its almost powered on but didn't and thats as far as I got

It worked for me in 2024 .. thank u

Does this problem cause all your data to be lost. I have a slim version and incur the exact same issue so how do I fix that model. And can you tell me the reasons as to why this issue happens in the first place. It would be a miracle if you reply to all these questions.

Hello, I tried his method, but it did not work for me. Is there a problem, or could it be in the internal system, or what? I hope you will help me

Mine still don’t work

sir, I click the Power Button then heard the beep noise with the blue light flashing but when I touch the Power Button again it wont start. I had to switch off and on the power supply again ? it the CPU or Power supply problem ?

Turn on Beep blue right and turn of 2 second

I just opened my ps4 and there are no screws on the ps4 its opened and now its not tighting what should i do?

Mine turns on for 2 seconds the fan spins up then turns off with 3 beeps I have the CHU-1115A model plz help

Mine stays on for about 5 secs then turns off what do i do ive spent all day trying to fix it but cant

Never worked 🙁

I tried this and it didn’t work at all

hey mine is also first generation but it doesnt have to put those washers so i dont know what to do every other ps4 has those screwed to put the washers on thank you

thank you

Hello Please my ps4 model dosent have that bracket What can i do ?

Can you send me links to where to buy all the tools to open the ps4 and fix it

I just cleaned my ps4 & now i cant turn it on it just beeps 3 times then shuts off?

Hello

to get it on just put a disk in and it will turn on

What can I do now..this didn't work for me...its still coming on and cutting off

ok, ready to buy some washers

My ps4 does have the bracket

I FUCKING LOVE YOU YOU FUCKING LEGENF

Sorry what the name of the screw driver please it's urgent

Okay so I opened up my ps4 . The original one i got when it came out . I’ve taken care of it but never cleaned it . So I opened everything up .did everything correct .took everything out . Air dusted most of it . When I put it back together . Just turns on for a second and then turns off . I tried the washer method but didn’t work . Can it be somryhing I didn’t put back together ? I’m frustrated

I cleaned my ps4 now i turns on beeps 3 times like its overheating and turns off but i already replaced the fan and applied new thermal paste

Pls help me how to open the right cover pls

Hi good day I did not and it worked for d day and it's out again wat can I do now

i just cleaned my ps4 and now this is happening? Anyone know why?

So mi ps4 turns on but when it gets to the white light in turns red

I did it it lasted for 2 minutes

does this method works on the ps4 pro

You might not answer but my PS4 slim like threw two sparks when I tried turning it on the I tried to turn it on and it turns on but after a second it turns right off any idea what the problem could be I tried the flat washer thing but it didn’t solve anything

Can that method also work on ps4 slim models

Worked🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽

Great mate it worked ! Thanks a lot

12:16 I have that same Samsung TV also I'm having that very same problem with my PS4 so I'm going to use your video to fix it

What type of screwdriver did you use?

So I tried it and it work turn it off to put the cover back on and it started doing the same thing again is there anything else I can try or is that it.😢

This fixed my ps4 thanks

My ps4 right now is very weird and very inconsistent. Ever since the problem started. The shortest time before it randomly shut off was literally 1 second. The longest time before it shut off randomly was 4 hours. And there was also a problem that I couldn't turn it on again but after 2 hours, I could already. What could be the problem? My power supply is also new

what is the size of washer i should use? thank you in advance sir.

Every person who took off the stickers before he told u your warranty will be voided

thank you

I know that your answer can not be a definitive one because I think that proper diagnostics have to be perform. But, at the beginning you said that the ps4 turning the light and the fan indicates that it is an APU problem. What happens if a ps4 used to that, sometimes stay on for a while and turn off and now simply wont turn on? Im just asking now because I’m curious and would like to know what are your thoughts, I’ll get a multimeter later to properly check the power supply and finally know if I have to replace it or fix the APU. Thanks in advance!

Everything is possible with MR Goody😂 Thank u it works 😁

I lost that

Well my ps4 slim turns on for 1 second then shuts off immediately

if all i hear is one beep and a single blue flash what does that mean ? system does not turn on at all.

Work 😘

What if the ps4 turns on, works perfectly for about 30 minutes, I hear a low sound for a second, and 10 seconds later it turns off (as if someone unplugged the power cable) then if I try turning it on again, it turns on then off just like in the video, if I leave it for some hours then try it again, the whole story repeats again starting from the 30 minutes thing. It was dusty but I have cleaned it well and put it in a ventilated place and even the fan doesn't make loud sounds at all so I am ruling out thermal problems. Since it turns on and works perfectly for some time, I am ruling out power supply unit problems as well. It is a base first model 500 gb ps4 I have had for about 5 years now and it didn't have any problems ever before. What should I do? P.S: we don't have amazon or ebay in Egypt so I can't get thermal paste or any stuff like this, I can only get screws maybe washers from local stores. Model: CUH-1116A

Let me try ur method on my console right away...hope it works!!!

Can we do a call session to fix this

Does it matter what kinda washers it is?

plz what is the name of the screw

What do i do if the light just came on and cut off no beep

My ps4 shows the ps logo then shuts off. Do you think this could be the issue or the HDD?

I tried this with two washers and 3 washers each but it’s still the same any suggestion

i swear to god i was about to buy an xbox this pissed me off so much

didn’t work for me :/ might be more problems considering i hear a slow scratching as it turns off. still same issue.

Awesome thanks man :) , I've got a problem, I stripped my pS4, cleaned it fully , replaced the fan etc all correctly , put it back together, it'll turn on for a second then turns straight off without the fan even having time to start, I know the fan is in correct, I had a guy look to make sure, ah man help 😭

Intro 🤣

I put a disc in my ps4 and then this happened like 10 minutes after can you help me

Mine does this but only once then I have to unplug it from the power outlet and put it back in then I press it again and it beeps once then I have to repeat . No light comes on. Would this work ?

This worked good but when I was about to play a game I waited a few seconds and then it started to get louder and louder, it was never that loud just playing rumbleverse

So this did work for me unfortunately it didn't last monger than 10 minutes.

I don't have that on my ps 4