My ps4 was struggling to eject and accept discs. Used this video guide, pulled it apart, cleaned the rollers. Put it back together. Works as new now. Cheers. 👍
This video was great - not because it fixed my exact problem (not exactly) - but because it gave me confidence to open up my PS4 to diagnose the actual problem (the out of place rollers was in fact one of them - super thanks for that overview) - there were two other issues I was able to troubleshoot because I could get under the disc drive plate and inspect the roller and gearing assembly. Thank you so much!
This will probably be the only vid i will ever have to use from this channel but im gonna sub and like anyways because brother, you came through.!! I thank you so much. Very clear instructions helped us take it apart and put it back together while also fixing the problem.! I can play my GTA 5 again whoo hoo
I’m probably too late to the praise party, but thanks so much for your insight!! My drive was bowed in, and with your help, I was able to get at it no problem!
My man, i stepped on my ps4 by accident and i couldnt insert my discs anymore and whenever i pressed eject it make some scraping sound, followed this video step by step and now it works perfectly fine 😃 thanks man
I couldn’t insert a disc. Followed the instructions on here and found two action man cards in the drive courtesy of my son. You had it look easy and it was. Thanks
My ps4 slim fell and was making a rattling sound every time I started it. It also would not receive or eject any disc. Thanks to this video I was able to fix it for myself. Thanks
really helpful, thank you. My issue was the rattle from the drive. After cleaning everything it didn't go away. Eventually I realized my problem was the shielding cover was a little bit bent inwards, I gently bent it the other way so that it wouldn't interfere with any moving parts of the drive. Solved.
This video helped me greatly. The only issue I had was that instead of the 10 screws holding the plate on, I had 2 screws and the rest of the spots were plastic thermal welded. I had to chisel them off, but it still worked out just fine.
Thanks so much for this video, it saved me at least $150 in repair costs. My wife accidentally got a mini disc stuck in the drive (don't ask) and I tried everything to get it out to no avail. I was worried about doing this myself but this video made it easy! I was able to work the disc out with tweezers after removing the metal plate. Some notes/tips: Place the screws on a surface where they'll stay in place and keep them in the order that you removed them, this will help when you reassemble. As many others have mentioned, my PS4 had the 'black dots' instead of the additional screws, I used needle nose pliers to pinch them off and then tweezers to gently make sure they would release. I don't know if this is the best way but it worked for me!
my son knocked my system down and when I tried to eject a disc, I heard rattling. finding your video has helped me fix that problem, as it was the connector and the metal tab that came off. thanks for this video!
Amazing. Played game just fine. Shut system off, and came back 2 days later, and my disc came out, and new one wouldn't go in. You walked me through the fix with such easy. Thank you. Here, have a sub! Don't stop making videos, brother.
7 years later and this video saved my PS4. If anyone else got stuck 3:25 like me because theres is different then there is another video that explains how to remove the plastic welds!
When I took the top off of my slim and go to unscrew the screws it's just this black cap type screw that doesn't even take any tools what should I do??
Thank you! I couldn't figure out why my drive kept trying to eject discs even though it was already empty until I saw the tension spring on the black arms in your video and realized mine had fallen off. Subscribed.
Just a housewife here. With his guidance I was able to clean 4year old dusts and plus able to take out 2CDs (...) by opening up the cd drive. Actually I watched 'how to eject CD manually' first but I don't have small and long cross shaped driver. So this video helped me out. Thanks alot. It was my first time opening up PS4 slim. Ppl dun worry. If you know how to choose right size driver then there are nothing to worry abt.
Thank you for this video!! My disc drive was shot for months and was super loud when I turned it on. Perfect instructions in this video, and got a tag out of my disc drive 🤣
The SuperbMarioBros use a q-tip lightly dipped in some isopropyl alcohol, wipe it down gently with q-tip for maybe 5 seconds. Then dip other side of q-tip and
Great video! I’m going to just suck it up, say good by for it for two weeks to send it in since it’s under warranty, and only a few months old. I’ll definitely come back to this videos once I have no other choice but to do it myself! Gotta love the curiously of toddlers! 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your video saved my PS4 and save me the cost of Sony repairs. My son was devastated and couldn't talk about it without crying (he knocked it down) and now he feels much better knowing I don't have to buy a new one. Thanks again for taking the time to make this video.... It has helped in many ways!!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
I'm a bit stuck at the metal plate. 8 of the 9 screws aren't screws. They're plastic bits that look to have been heated and formed into caps to prevent the plate from being removed.
TronicsFix can u pls put a list of all the screw drivers u need to remove the screws because the one I have don't do the job.Pls list them all and save my ps4
Thanks so much from the UK! You guided me calmly to fix my PS4 as the material fringing on the outside of the disc drive entrance had got caught in the rollers. I even then got stumped as I have the PS4 with the plastic welds so I found your other tutorial and managed to remove those safely too! Thanks again for giving me the confidence to do this and saving me money sending to a shop!
@@luplewis9837 I had those. He has another video showing how to unpick these slightly so you can lift the casing. If you are careful you can do without too much damage and then replace the cover later
This video helped take the fear out of cracking my PS4 Slim up to operate. Although my lot run didn't have as many screws holding the internal metal plate, I could still follow along and get the job done. Thanks!
Mine kept trying to insert the disc, opened it up and turned out the spring on the top of the disc drive was lose! Now it works like a charm again. Thnx for the tutorial!
Worked thanks. Also FYI if you have plastic instead of screws on the inside, there is another video that will show how to remove plastic welds with pliers
Dude, Thank you so much! I found a post for a fat a slim a PRO playstations and 7 controllers. Of course all of it had little defects, but the worst was the slim, the tray was not taking in any discs, I opened it following your video and BAM! the spring that holds the two black arms together had fallen off the loop. Put it back on and now the console is working. The rest was just general cleanup, console initialization and thumbstick replacement. Hurt my back at work and haven't been working so I've been doing a lot of flipping of game consoles for an extra buck. Your videos are always helpful.
Thank you so much! I was at my wits end trying to figure out what was going on with my PS4. I followed the steps and now it's so quiet and actually reading disks again. Thank you so so much!
korgpa4x korg It doesn't run Native 4K.The Games Don't Run at solid 60 FPS... only some frame rate increase, let's hope scorpio doesn't make such mistake
Thanks steve. An old video I know but I’ve just got a ps4 slim for my daughter and the drive makes a horrendous noise when running so at least I know how to get to it to see.
Cod-Purger welches Problem hattest du? Konnte er deine Disc nicht mehr lesen bzw. hat sie beim starten der Konsole rausgeworfen und komische Geräusche gemacht? Wäre dir dankbar auf eine Antwort 🙏🏽
Just repaired my first ps4 using this video. I've watched a bunch of your stuff and it's super cool to watch but nice to actually be able to implement your knowledge.
Thanks, I came here after my son shoved cards into the dvd slot, while I had it all open gave the lens a clean too, your video was very helpful...only thing was those damn t8 t9 screws were a bit of a pain some of them wouldn't budge
I did everything exactly and made sure everything was exactly in the right place when putting it back together and it still won't take disks. I don't know what else to do. 🙁
@@GassyHippo ye, but most of them are ps4 slim users. Sony's software is that when one thing is broken, it thinks it's corrupt so it will shut down, everything has to cooperate otherwise this will happen. The update to 7.02 is a harddrive killer to the most user. That's why sony apolagized on their forum and told us there will be another system update very soon to deal with this.
@@lucasos2507 That's what mine is, I was freaking out thinking I'd have to send it in an not get it back until maybe January. Then I found this video, thank god I still have a ps3 super slim to play blue Ray's and dvds.
Luca SOS nice glad I came across this video everybody was saying I had done something wrong when I was just playing games last night and my ps4 is in perfect condition thank you for this information my man do you happen to have a link to the forum I want to save as many people as possible from sending there ps4 in for repair when there is nothing wrong with it
I've been able to follow through with your straight foward instructions accordingly but some of the screws are just completely sealed tight and I'm ready to give up :(
You sir are a life saver ! I was able to fix my PlayStation 4 !!!! The little plastic stick between the rollers was out of whack , it wasn’t even attached. Not all HEROES 🦸♂️ wear capes
Man thank you for the walk through!!! Definitely didn't realize how much dust was in my PS4. Used an Air Duster can an then cleaned the rollers up an the eye. Now the disk drive works perfectly.
Tutorial worked, but I don't think my disk drive had that problem. Did everything and nothing worked, however i feel like it's broken anyway. I needed to know how to dismantle one apart anyway. thank you
@@juhiss912 if I remember correctly it should be one of the springs that is connected to a white piece that moves when a disc is inserted, I don’t really know how to explain it
@@juhiss912 i just rewatched the video it goes on the first thing he took out first it connects to one of the black pieces, it should have one spring on each black piece
OMG THANK YOU! I just bought a slim off of Facebook marketplace. The lady I bought it from was super nice and promised it worked (and I fully Believe she thought that) I was short on time but she offered me every bit of demonstration (online, disc and dl'd games, HDMI and audio check etc). I decided it was already midnight and chose to not demo it. Get it home.. can't read games. Just made a faint grunting from the optical drive and no sound when shaken. Putting it on it's side didn't help either. Found your video, followed step by step ( except I used a micro screwdriver instead of a t8 sec torx) and low and behold! An old school bubble gum wrapper attached to a yellow checkered sticker balled up in the optical drive!
Soap got spilled down the disk port on mine when i moved because my sister decided to pack soap in the same box as my electronics last minute 😤, everything else works so i figured some soap was on the laser lense. Took it apart and i forgot to eject the disk before taking it apart 🤦🏻♂️. Cleaned the laser and then put the disk back in before assembly since i figured it would save a step and now the ps4 doesn’t seem to know a disk is in and wont eject the old one. Did i mess something up? Or should i take it back apart and remove the disk? Please help! And thanks 🙏🏼
I knew you'd know the answer. I mainly needed to see how the arms on the disk drive top went back in my stupid self took my PlayStation apart to clean it with a disc in it and didn't pay attention to the plastic gears
Fixed a PS4 Slim, Rollers we’re definitely the issue bought it second hand and it was filled with Vape Gunk! Only recommendation is slowing down on the screws part and maybe do a freeze frame for clarity. Thanks again for you’re amazing help!
I followed all the steps and looked at loads of other videos I've done everything like clean them with alcohol and a few other methods sadly my disc still won't go in can somebody please help me
Hey my Ps4 has a problem. when we turn it on and there is no disc in there when we try to put a game in it won't take the disc. we have to turn it off then turn it back on. then it starts to make a sound that it wants to get a disc in there thats when we put are game in. so we click the eject button to get the game out. then we have put it in rest mode then turn it back on to put another game inside to play . its getting annoying. Reply
XxJayTechxX go and see fast tech he is also a best technician in repairing ps4 slim you r telling your disk drive make a ginder sound then you can see that video okk
I followed your tutorial. Mine. I did not have to open the bottom. It's a slim too.and it has plastic screws that are permanent. I made a decision to just snap them out. You have helped a lot. I had to open mine twice though. When I put back the disc thing, it was not well aligned inside. So it did not swallow in any disc. So I opened again and I watched your video like three times over, paused and saw how yours was aligned. It now worked. By the way I found two discs inside, toy knife, coins, DSTV card... My son is the culprit.
@tronicfix llc have you come across an error coded (SU-42118-6) before? I've read in forums that it seems to be a disk malfunction (even though the disk drive works and is functioning normally). I'm considering replacing the disk drive since this thing is way past any warranties. Will this eliminate the error or will I just be wasting money. I refuse to spend much more money on a system that was working just fine until Sony did their 5.5 update. I think this error is horse crap implemented by Sony to either get people to send in their Playstations for repair or upgrade to their 4k Pro version. Neither of those are an option for me so I'm looking for some feedback. Thanks!
i have this problem with my spare ps4 slim, tried nearly everything apart from replacing the disc drive, i had a similiar problem with my old ps3, spent months looking for fixes on google/youtube, then i saw video about the disc drive, turns out i couldnt update cause the ribbon cable connecting to my discdrive was loose,
I am having same problem have you found any solutions if so please reply back it is total BS that it won't even update to where I can download games my Dynasty Warriors has a line with an X in it because that s*** won't update so it won't finish the download. if you got yours fixed somehow let me know how
Followed this video to get my stuck cd out because the manual eject method didnt work for me. Got the dvd out but now it can't take in any disc after assembling it back... Gonna have to open it again to check it.. Practice makes perfect I guess? Rly hoping it will work again 😭😭😭 Super thankful to see such a detailed step by step guide!
the disk goes in but it sounds like a chainsaw when it's in it's rlly annoying bc i'm tryna play mw and it makes that loud sound edit: so it's kinda fixed but now my fans broken 😭 like it still would make the sound for about 2 minutes when i have the disk in then it's perfectly fine i think i might jus get it fixed
This tutorial saved my PS4!!! I had a disc stuck inside of it for 3-4 months and I was so unsure whether I should send it for repairs or do the thing myself! Turns out, my disc drive just needed to be readjusted because the rollers weren't working properly!!
Thx tronics fix it worked I fixed my disc drive so thank you soo much btw I also watched how to fix overheating issue a few months ago and it worked to thx tronics keep doing videos like this cuz they really help now I can play GTA5 again and play my racing games
