I can‘t thank you enough for this tutorial. I never worked with any tech like this and was pretty intimidated to do so, but my PS4 sounded like an airplane taking of, it was so loud I started avoiding using it. So seeing this super easy to follow tutorial helped ease my fear of cleaning it myself. And man am I glad I did, it‘s so quiet now!!! I can finally enjoy playing games on it again.
I rarely leave comments under videos but you really deserve it man! The tutorial was really easy to follow even for someone like me and I was able to tear apart my ps4 top to bottom. It kept overheating because of thick layer of dust but now it’s like new! I can’t even hear the thing when it’s on. Once again, thank you very much for the tutorial. You deserve more recognition. Cheers :)
I came looking for a different tutorial after finding ifixit's instructions to "just pull real hard bro" on removing the bottom shell. This is a very nicely done and easily answered the couple of disassembly questions I had. Watching it during re-assembly to remember where some of the screws went, very nice job with the sped up footage while still showing every screw. This is pro.
This video has been an absolute diamond could not for the life of me find a video for my ps4 and I was fully going in blind until your video my ps4 is not scarily quite I bought it second hand and its been sounding like a fighter jet for the past year Thank you so so so much for this!!!
absolutely amazing walkthrough on how to clean that specific old ps4. i’m only halfway through but this has been the easiest tutorial to follow. thank you so much!!!🙌🙌🙌
The best PS4 FAT cleaning process video on RU-vid! Coincidentally, my PS4 series type is exactly the same as the one in the video. For now I still don't need to disassemble my PS4, because 6 months ago I took it to a service place to clean and add thermal paste, in the future I will try to disassemble it myself with the help of your video, thank you!
How much did it cost you? I want to do the same with my original ps4 from 2013. Never open to do anything for 10 years but still working. For sure got a lot of dust in it because it’s loud. Cleaning with new thermal paste should help
Dude thank you so much! Best PS4 cleaning tutorial on RU-vid! Was super easy to follow along. Sincerely appreciate you! I can't even hear it running now when it's on. 🙂
U think that will fix my problem haven't been cleaned since I got it 3 4 years ago now I'm going thru the white light safe mode problem where the ps4 won't start
Excellent video for what can be a very intimidating process. No narration & verbal mash mash introduction, clarity. Excellent camera work, it felt like I was standing beside you learning in person. Thank you for your detail & clarity. You just got my mental Academy Award for tutorials!! I'm wondering if you'd ever publish one on the controller and troubleshooting, stick drift, button springs....as the price of an authentic PS4 controller goes higher. Think about it?
Thanks for the award. Haha. I've been working on controllers. Only I often break parts when I take the controller apart. I don't have enough experience myself yet to teach other people.
Thank you so much for this! I have never worked on any electronics and when my ps4 was starting to act up and overheat, I figured I'd give it a chance before selling it for parts or getting it fixed. Luckily, I found this video, ordered the stuff I needed and now my PS4 is as good as new! Thank you!
Brilliant, thank you! I was going nuts because I couldn't open mine as it was different to other models shown on youtube. Found your video which is my model (didn't know there were different models) and now it's clean, quiet and cooler. Thank you very much for teaching me.
@@SpareTimeWorkshop You're welcome, but youtube isn't doing you any favours imho. Your video didn't show up until I ran several different searches, all the videos were for the other models in slim, pro and 5. They're selling you short. Thank you again.
@@Sly_Wolf_1 It is indeed being pushed away by much larger youtube channels. This one is still pretty well viewed (compared to my other videos) my other ps4 cleaning tutorial is almost not found at all. But I'm glad you found it haha.
Brilliant video with clear and easy to follow instructions! I’ve just done my first ever complete disasemble and cleaning + replacement of the thermal paste and upgrading to an SSD In my old ps4. And my god a difference it made 😍🤩 Its completely silient comparing to before 🙌🏻 Thank you so much for this video, it really made the job 1000 times easier 👌🏻 greetings from Denmark 😊
@@SpareTimeWorkshop Cant say for sure. Aa Family guy with 2 small children and a full time job, i dont use the ps4 as much as i used to 😅😆 I havent recorded loadingtime on games before replacing it to compare, but with Cyberpunk 2077, it does feel like the loadingscreens are snappier to load through. I am certain it is an improvement 😊 I Got the Samsung 870 EVO 👌🏻
The cooling paste is not optional. If you put it together without it your PlayStation will overheat very quickly. But judging from your next post you have already tried it. Haha
I bought a second-hand Ps4 some days ago... the fan noise was like an aeroplane, shutting down the console after a while. Thanks to your video all problems seem to be fixed, thanks a lot!
I just want to say thank you so much for making this video. I was looking for a video for a good minute and none of them matched mine. Also the video was very informative and easy to follow along. Thank you so much ❤
Glad I found this video, my stepdad has a Star Wars themed PS4 that has been screaming like a banshee for the last couple years, and finally stopped responding when trying to open streaming apps. The other PS4 cleaning video appears to be for a standard PS4, which has different screw layouts than this, while this model has the exact same component blueprint so I could follow it step by step. It took me a couple rewinds to figure out why I had an extra black phillips head screw until I saw that one went on the security shield, lol.
My son and I just got done disassembling, cleaning and reassembling our PS4 thanks to this tutorial. Many thanks friend. Everything was exactly as it was described except for one minor difference. We couldn't remove the power button until after we removed an additional plastic that serves as the separation between the two top covers. i assume yours attaches to the cover, but ours is screwed along with the casing for the motherboard. No big deal tho, just a matter of getting out two extra security torx screws.
This is The best video On how to clean Ps4 ever. So details and crystal clear. And i was wondering on how you put the thermal paste that quick and easy without spreading it all over the apu. And voila let their be light. Your ps4 works as good as new. Amazing job man. Appreciated so much. Thank you very very much.
thank you for this one. my first time cleaning my ps4, and first time changing thermal paste on any of my devices including pc. and i have had it for years. lol so it was really nasty with dust. this tutorial worked perfectly. only thing i would recommend doing differently is when disconnecting the power"box" thing. dont try to disconnect it from the card but from the power supply unit instead. easyer by pulling by the cables CAREFULLY. I broke two of those cables in the "card end" by trying even doing it as carefully i could. but hopefully i managed to fix it. if not i will have to search for a new cable. but i guess its possible to find one of those(the one with 4 wires side by side) Thank you for the otherwise great video!
Thank you for sharing your experience. Sorry that your cable is damaged. That's a great tip, I also think it's safer to disconnect the cable at the power supply instead of the motherboard. I would use the pliers myself so that I don't have to pull on the cables. Fortunately, new cables can be bought online. I don't think they are that expensive. Good luck with the repair.
thank you so much for this tutorial. it gave me a good idea about which equipment to acquire and the precautions to take when attempting such a repair. not to mention it guided me through the whole process! tysm!!
Damn thank you so much sadly I'm not a pro surgeon like u so I decided to clean the fan by the part that sticks out and only cleaned all the dust from the top and bottom panel hopefully one day I will be brave enough to be like u 😇 you truly are so useful bro with out you I would had broken my ps4 10/10 video bro keep it up
Haha thank you very much. You've had the trickiest part. That's removing the bottom cover. The rest is not so tricky. You just have to be a little careful with the ribbon cables.
Your tutorial is by far the best PS4 tutorial I could hope to watch. It covers exactly what is required to do a full internal clean on this unit while making it look simple which actualy made it simple to follow along. Well I'm almost finished. Research shows that on a ps4 try and use MX-4 thermal paste or compound. I believe it has to do with heat transfer issues around running a unit like this for long duration game play, which of course makes sense. Big thank you and well done for this!
I think I have watched this video more than ten times. But with your video's help, I successfully fixed my PS4, with the fan replaced. Thanks so much for your detailed steps. I did not skip any commercials or advertisements when I watched your video!
Thanks i ve two ps4 fat models and both of them are loud as hell. :D I changed the thermal paste in one of them, looks like it works. Thank you master. You re a life saver ;)
Dude, thank you so much. This vidsaved my ps4, and it's the only one I could find that's not using the see-through top one, which is set up differently. Thank you
I got the same model except few screwdrivers.,and after 7 years you won't believe what I found inside.,how the f...did he managed to work all those years...thx for the video it helped me a big time
step by step~~~this is such a great resource! a friend gave me their old ps4 they replaced because it closes down after a while. following this and there were whole dust rats falling out when I flipped it haha. hoping to give it another chance with this
Amazing tutorial! I just bought a second hand ps4 and it sounded like a jet engine (no wonder with the amount of dust that came out). Now its amazingly quite! 😃
@@SpareTimeWorkshop Welp I meant to write 'jet engine' which makes my comment a whole lot better to understand. But again, thank you so much for your tutorial! I don't think I would have succeeded without it 😄😄
I did it bro...but I was too hard on the power suply cable so now I bought one on AliExpres to replace. One question; is it a big problem if I put a just bit more thermal paste. Guide is best on whole YT and no screw left behind. Thanx again.
Awesome video, going to try this out tomorrow when I get the Thermal paste. For that part, did you just do the one bead of paste down the middle? Or do you smooth it out across the surface prior to re-installing? Thanks!
@@SpareTimeWorkshop Thanks! The tutorial worked great, really well detailed. I did however have a question, sent you a message on instagram if you dont mind! Thanks again!
@@Tigery760 I know I’m replying 2 months later, but there’s a very easy way to take off the cover. I did it multiple times, always worked, and no force needed. Look closely at 1:15 the which part of he is opening up from. It’s that exact spot, and the same thing on the other **opposite** side
I bought my 1200 series glacier white back in 2015 or 2016 i never clean it till now and it is so quit while gaming i almost play games 2 to 4 hours no jet sound no issue❤️
Haha you're welcome. Unfortunately, I do not yet own a PlayStation 5. Let alone a dusty Playstation 5. But as soon as I have 1 I will make a video of it.
Greetings sir. First of all thanks for this amazing video. Thanks to you i have enough courage to take care of my ps4 now. I am wondering, is there anything you can recommend instead of isopropyl alcohol for the cleaning process ?
Greetings, thank you. No I wouldn't dare recommend anything else. The reason I use isopropanol alcohol (99.9%). Is that there is no water in it and it is non-conductive. Therefore, you can safely use it on electronics without risk of short circuits or corrosion. Residues left on the circuit board evaporate. If your ps4 has been in a non-smoking environment, you can also get it pretty clean with just a clean brush and dry cotton swabs.
I slid my smaller top off to the left. Everyone seems to bend it out. Although I have the MGS 5 PS4 so not sure if that is different. It also only had 2 screws on the back Ah, you were on the underside for that. Thanks, I was about to slide the larger top plate off but saw that you unscrewed screws there 😅
Hi! Great tutorial but im stuck at basically the start. Im up to disconnecting the power supply connector with a needle but its really tight in there and dont want to damage it. Can i leave it in or would i have to remove it?
It does need to be disconnected. on this model, you can also use a flathead screwdriver from the right side to pry it up. Or you disconnect the cable on the power supply side.
@@SpareTimeWorkshop Managed to get it off carefully, Thank you for replying too! Its cool to see this video made awhile ago yet you still reply really quick! Earned a sub bro thank you!
Coming back to this video to point out one major key point: the thermal paste. OP mentions he used Arctic MX-4, which after a while of researching turns out it's the best one. But the importance of this is massively glossed over, because the wrong paste will NOT solve your overheating problem, and according to research, some can even destroy your system! THIS IS IMPORTANT! If you use a thermal paste that has liquid metals or any kind of electrical conductivity then you have to be super careful not to spill it over. I bought a very cheap silicone based thermal grease and while it is easy to apply and doesn't damage your components, it is absolutely terrible for the PS4! It won't conduct enough heat properly and the PS4 will warn of overheating, if at all, otherwise it will just shut down immediately after a few beeps. So keep this in mind! If you're going to replace the thermal paste, make it a good one!
Huge thanks for sharing this information. I must admit that I did not know that the brand of thermal paste makes so much difference. Of course, I understand that using conductive thermalpast like liquid metal is a big risk. I myself have always used Arctic mx4. And never saw reason to experiment with other brands.
@@SpareTimeWorkshop Glad I could give some knowledge back! Today I got my hands on a ceramic based thermal paste with solid metals (grey color) very similar to the Mx-4 and the difference is night and day; not only did I apply significantly less paste as opposed to the silicone based one, but now the console is as quiet as it was when it was brand new as well! Ngl, it feels amazing seeing the console in the best shape it's been in years.
@@nikhamilton6594 It was a generic brand named Thermal Cote 400. The one used by OP is reportedly one of the better ones, but regardless of brand the most important thing is that the thermal paste you get is ceramic and solid metal based, NOT liquid metals. You could try a liquid metal one but you have to prepare it and then apply it, which, if you mess up, could potentially fry your system (liquid metal conducts electricity anywhere it drips into), so be careful! Better be safe and get a ceramic solid metal base which you can identify by its opaque solid grey color. Hope this helps!
