PS4 Power Supply Repair - ADP-240AR Transformer Failure - Blue Light of Death (BLOD) 

at 26:10 - 26:19 thank you. I am learning from you at all with my 48 years. I started reparing ps4 three years ago like a hobby. 3 are gone. the rest 40+ are working due to your help. Thank you from Germany !

Your videos are still helping people out 9 years later :D and they're not just informative but enjoyable too. Top work

Thank you so much Andrew, my ps4 fat gave the brod today. i watched your video, took apart the power supply. cleaned all the contacts with IPA and used a hair dryer on all the solders. PS4 came back to life afterwards. You are the champ!

those PSU's can be dangerous, the caps hold enough energy to seriously burn or blow a chunk off the tip of your finger, ask me how i know lmao. i had the pattern of the pins burned into my finger for a couple weeks, and that was AFTER i (thought) i discharged them fully with a screw driver, cant imagine how bad it would have been at full power...

Excellent video. The side by side comparison of symptoms is brilliant since they behave fairly similarly. That part of your video told me I had a PS issue so I kept watching to see how to pull it out and troubleshoot it. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the transformer and found it in the exact same state as the one in your video... slightly raised from the board, both wires pulled off the pins. I'm an electronics tech so I'll be taking these parts to work tomorrow to use our soldering bench to try to make the same repair you did. I'll report back with the results.

Right on thats exactly what I figured out on a power supply I just worked on!! Love repairs and getting stuff fixed 😁 you rock dude

Thanks. You helped me identify the problem. Replaced the power module and it works fine... Thanks a lot...

When the visual inspection turned out good and there's nothing bad-looking, the first thing to do is to check the fuse for continuity. Easy to replace and quite often the reason why you have a completely dead system. Oh, and on the Slim it's also probably a good choice to check if the power button board is actually connected. I had a Slim where it wasn't. And I was the first one to open it up. System acts completely dead (I didn't check if I could start it with a controller), I opened it up, took the PSU apart, checked everything I could think of with my multimeter, swapped over another PSU, still nothing. Was annoyed that I had to take it apart (the PS4 slim has way too many screws), turned it around and saw that somehow that stupid ribbon cable from the power button board had come lose. Plugged it back in, PS4 works perfectly.

Guys, if you cleaned your PS4 and have a problem getting the PS4 to turn on or it turns on then off, you may have put the power supply back in wrong. Make sure the two long metal pieces are straight and not bent to where it reaches the power brick. Not placing it back in correctly also may make it hard to put the other plastic back on and difficult to put the screws back in the PS4. Went through this myself. Hopes that's the case and you too can save your money.

you my sir are a beast, fair play too you, give up the good work.

Lol. Nearly a thousand channel views? I think you smashed that record. Keep up the good work.

had this issue a centipede climbed into the back of my ps4 into power supply....removed it cleaned ps4 and its working perfectly up to today :)

Thanks sir, you help me identify my problem, you're the man!

Very helpful. Now I know my PS4 has a PSU problem. Will try and replace it now. Thanks!

Champion, i had the same issue on a ADP-240CR but it was the marginally smaller transformer next to the 2 big main caps. my guess the console took a tumble? as it actually broke the transformer in half on the bottom on one side of the 3 poles that attach to the board. 1 single core wire broke away from one of the poles, shorted out and took out the Q5 mosfet and the fuse together. replaced those and all working sweet again.

Mine is no doubt a sibling of the gal on the right. I have a 1215a, and have sent it in twice. This will be the third. I keep getting the same system back,even after explaing that i build computers for a living, and know that the repair is not your everyday hard drive or software swap. What has me completely stumped is that mine will 80% of the time repeat the blue flick to dead, and depending on the amount of time from last unsuccessful attempt to full boot the system will operate longer. Overheating somewhere initially was the suspect, but was ruled out when the blue flick evolved and can shutdown the system within 2 minutes even after days of sitting disconnected. But the damn thing decided to totally mindf..K me yesterday.I got the blue flick,dead,but got a full boot after 4 to 5 back to back replug attempts! Now the strange part is that its still running now! Matter of fact, im using it to post this message. Im totally stumped, and starting to think my system has become aware!!!! Just joking, what would you do with this strain of the blue flick?

Very interesting .Thanks a lot .Happy Xmas

Nicely done sir,I am learning big lessons from u,thank u for this video

This was an excellent video mate. Very helpful

Nice one Andrew. It would be nice if they were all that direct.

thanks a million! same thing happened to my ps4 yesterday! I know the problem! thanks!

I’m from thailand thanks so much For VDO i like it

You are doing great keep up with the video and good work

always helpful, another great video

Thanks for sharing bro very well rounded video thanks

Mine was more like on the right.Now it's completely done.No light & no sound at all.Went to the game shop earlier dude was saying it could be the motherboard & quoted $150 to repair.Ridiculous.Without even bother dismantling & checking.Any idea what's wrong with my ps4?

Hi Andrew, Thanks so much for your videos! I'm blown away by the way you can fix hardware issues as good as in factories. I currently have a BLOD issue which first seems to be a motherboard issue (2sc blue light, hard drive noise, fan start working, then I can "switch off" the console (i know it thanks to the beep) and switch it on again). However, I tested the power supply with a multimeter and the main output (where the two long spikes plug), deliver 2V instead of 12V. Did you get the same voltage during your tests? Many thanks again!

I have a PS4 doing the thing on the left, weird part is that I've replaced the motherboard with a working one, and it's still the same issue.

Hello, excellent video. I am trying to repair the ADP-240CR source for ps4, I don't know the differences between the one you repair in the video and the one I am trying to repair. It would have the schematic of the ADP-240CR. They are very similar but I need the schematic. In my case, the source does not turn on or bridge pins 1 and 3 of the connector. Thank you

When are you going to get a remote microphone my friend ?? I am Fascinated by your videos as I am learning how to repair game machines, but to hear you is real tough.

You are the best man

Hi great video, I'm going to subscribe. My Ps4 clicks twice as well with 2 of the LEDs lit of the board. I took out the power supply and the heat shield is discolored as if the power supply got very hot at some point. It also smells like it had been hot. So I'll by a new one, hope I don't waist my cash!

My ps4 is 7 years old and had the same symptoms of the right ps4, and yes, a new psu fixed it

Hi, mate! First of all, you are brilliant! Definitely you know how to repair. I'm from Serbia and I really need some advice from you. What can this be: I need to press couple of times power button to turn my ps4 on. When it's turned on, the blue light blinks (BLOD), no image on tv. What can this be? Is this the PSU or something else? Thank you!

Great videos.last night I picked up a faulty ps4 that has been dropped. It powers up for about 5 seconds, no fan but shuts off with a click noise. I'm going to take a look inside the psu later but a y thoughts for now?

Yep my ps4 is having psu issues. So easy to repair. Got china on the phone and got a brand new psu on the way for $17

Great episode. Could you tell me what the value of C24 and the one diagonally above it is?

God damn dude great video. Followed you along with a model cuh 1215a. Gave it a look and saw that a bug had caused a short between a wire and a Zener diode labeled ZD102. Pretty much where I stopped since I'm not tech savvy enough to go about replacing those.

Great video!!!

Bro, excelente video. Can tour tel me the voltages of the transformator. I tino mine its broken and i can't find a replacement

Very good man

woow that was great..Have also got aprob with my power supply and i think this was caused by burgs my ps4 does not turn on and no lights at all. have tried watching videos on youtube but it seems my prob is different coz i got no light at all.. I guess am gonna try to open it and see whether i can spot any prob in the power supply.

Awesome video Paul. I thought my problem was BLOD but it's not. We had a electrical household power surge the TV went and the PS4. I thought it was the power supply and bought one on Amazon a ADP-240CR 4 pin. Replaced the old with the new no light a slight beep and nothing after. So I'm not sure what else it could be. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

This is a nice video. My Ps4 also have this problem. Where can I buy the Transformer? Can you give me a model name? Thank you!

My 1206 would turn on will check hard drive and shut off. I ran it on ATX supply and it was working. I have bad power supply right?

Hi Andrew, Your video is excellent! Thank you very much for this. My PS4 is behaving like the one on right but it's completely my from a series of wired behaviour. First it didn't reboot after updates, but I could turn it on and off manually. Then it didn't turn on at all but if unplug the main and wait 30 seconds it did and now it's behaving like the one on the right. I tried to give it a little shake and few bumps it worked for a bit and then nothing. This let me think something mechanical was faulty I.e some wire that when off or something. I hope Ned the psu but from a visual inspection all seems fine. What are your thought? How can I properly test the PSU. I have some electronics experience so I know my way around multimeters and soldering iron. Can it be the DNP015 ic in this case too? Many thanks

What's caused the PS failure at the first place? Did the user do something wrong that caused it? Or is this an existing problem with the power supply! My son's PS4 just 2 weeks (brand new), had the same problem (BLOD). So disappointed!!!!!

Hey Andrew! Thanks for that video. It helped me get top where I'm now : stuck on another issue. I just changed a 2.7ohms resistor that was dead, but something else seems to be too... Do you have the tech manual, by any chance?

Hello! My power supply is the same model, but it sometimes works, and sometimes not. I measured diode D21 with a multimeter and it did not show a closed circuit. Is it normal?

good job bro

Sometimes my PS4 behaves like the one on the left, but other times I am able to power on normally. All menu functions/internet browsing/downloads work at this point. However, when loading games, the ps4 display immediately turns off. The PS4 is still powered on with a white light, just no display. I am thinking this is also a PSU issue, as the increased power demand to the graphics card crashes it. Thoughts?

I've had PS4 and Ps4 Slims come in lately that are completely dead. APU reflow, new PSU or anything else I have tried has worked. Wondering what you're thoughts are on this problem? Have you seen it? Fixed it? Know what causes it? Cheers

Thanks so your video im modding visual and repair Ps3 and Ps4 maybe i cant looking photos my work and modification

My PS4 slim was off, just a beep when trying to connect, no video, no cooler spinning, no going into safe mode, I did not accept disks. Nothing worked. So I put the motherboard of ps4 in the heated oven at 200 degrees for 15 minutes, and now it responds, accepts and ejects the disk, synchronizes the control via bluetooth but does not give video and blue light pulsates. I have read in some places that may have relation with the PSU ... Have you ever picked up a case where the console pulsates blue, but does not give video and does not enter safe mode?

Thank you

Hi Andrew, I have a ps4 CUH-1001a and turns on and off in a second. I did hear two clicks on the power supply unit ans turns off and no DC, power and eject button doesnt work and I hve to unplug it 2-3 times and works back again. What should it be?

I have the same power supply. Ps4 starts normal, but if i turn it off and try to start again, it shows the blue light, cklicks and goes off. After that i cant start the ps4 until i unplug the power cable, wait a time and put it back in. After that the ps4 starts normal. Do you have an idea? Psu looks good, no faulty places on first look

After I changed thermal pads and paste, my ps4 won't turn on. Also I sprayed power supply and big bunny dust came out. First I press power button beep no lights and nothing, then I press power button beep and blue light for sec. Fan won't start up so I guess it might be power supply!

Hello Andrew Paul, I am from Argentina and I have a problem with a PS4 ADP-240AR source where I turn on the console, it is raising the system for a few seconds, it automatically turns off by clicking on the source. With my multimeter check the arrival of 220v, 5v. The capacitors, the smallest gives 300v and the largest 307v, the fuse has continuity, the resistors too. However I do not have 12v, will it be because of the DNP012A chip? Thank you for your videos and training us, I await your response and can help you in whatever you need.

Ps4 slim power supply got smoked while im playing but i opened it i dont see any burn marks or explode components?? Hope for ur reply thanks..

Good day Andrew Paul :) I know what you said in the beginning of the video, but i just wanted to ask anyway > My ps4 has that clicking sound and then it switches off, Should i replace the power supply? Thanks *)

Know the value of the zener diode ZD32 component, thank you very much!

Hi. Need some info please. A mosfet 24n60m2 is there an alternative to it and where would I find one and in what. Thank you. Stay safe

Your videos are a great help. Can you send me a link to where you bought that soldering iron? I need one like that. Thanks man.

Good job thank Man

nice video

Hey my ps4 turns on for a sec and turns off I don’t hear a click and I can’t turn it back on until I unplug it and plug it back up then I can power it back up but then turns back off

Can't you do a video for ADP-160CR? :)

i have a PS4 that first Runned, but if i Put in my HDD then i had only Blackscreen now the Console has Half Minute COnstand Blue light, not Blinking and Shuts down

thank You ! ihave my PS4 dont run at all , I m testing the power supply module and find 12v output is not present, also find this transformer You worked seems overheated. tell me something, the four thick pins of my transformer all have continuity, and the three of the other side have continuity only the 1st and 3rd, but not the center, is this normal or need to take out this transformer to test it? also ask you how much voltaje should be present at this transformer?

i really can not imagine how this could happen, nice tut, i was just about to ask regarding the soldering iron, but got my answer. but i need the tip of the screw driver, can you get me a link, thanx

ps4 PSU works for hours but if you just turn it off it wont start, we need to unplug it 2-3 times and it will work again for hours....

Any idea where I can get this specific part, mines busted needs replaced.

Hello! My ps4 has the same issue like the right ps4 in your video were when I turn it on, blue light comes on for a split second, heard two clicks then shuts off so I knew it was a power supply issue and bought a new power supply but I was wondering why my ps4 still does the two clicks and shuts off after replacing it with the new one? Can it be just the new power supply that I bought is also defective or maybe something's wrong with the motherboard?

Good evening I have the same problem as your left ps4, it turns on and then turns off 2 seconds after. I opened it but I am not the transformer wires that are desoldered. So do you think that it also comes from the trasformer too? The ADP-240CR power supply model

Good man

My console beeps 3 times and has the blod every time I turn it on and it will stay with pulsing blod until I hold the power for 8 secs or so. Any ideas on what can be causing this?

My ps4 has the same sympton, but it's not a transformer. Can it be the DNP015 IC? There was a roach right there! I've removed and tested the zener diodes and they're ok... I'm pretty sure is the PSU.

I have Ps4 CUH 1215A PSU is working But I had no power no beeping no light Pls any help

Hi my friend, good video, Ps4 does exactly what you show on the left side .. That's power supply?

Máster, inspiration.

andrew, i have problem with my ps4 cuh1000a. while playing game, it's shut down suddenly. can you give me diagnose with this issue?

Hi Andrew great video. I have followed your steps and one of my psu is broken. the other one works and what i have noticed is when apply weight on the console upside down it works but as soon as released the weight console switches off... does it mean reballing of apu or something different i need to look at?Thanks

7:55 that moment use your eyeballs :D

What is it on ps4 slim v4 if the blue light stays on but no picture

I have a ps4 model number cuh-1215a with a broken psu, I haven't been able to find a replacement model number adp-200er psu for my ps4, but from this video I found that I could possibly repair the psu in my console. I have found a burned spot on the board and was wondering if you could help me figure out how to fix it if it can be fixed.

This is what mine is doing except mine makes three clicks instead of two. I wonder if it's the same thing

Has he made a video on repairing the one to the left?

Aren't these consoles still under warranty? Why people bother reballing, repairing them?

My PS4 will not connect to the tv and will keep blinking blue and if II apply pressure to where the power supply is located it will turn on and i'll be able to play games and run other apps but it will only be on for like an hour or 2 what is wrong with mine is that a power supply issue? Please help I do not want to waste money and it still doesn't work thanks!

Just curious, since transformer lives upside down and just hangs off of pins which are friction fit only, why didn't you apply epoxy to pins to hold them in place, or put any adhesive or tape under transformer to hold it to pcb, and thus keep this problem from re-occuring?

i'll test in my power suply tksss

What is the code of the ic near to the transformer (top)

Hi Andrew, my ps4 for a couple of months now has been turning off after an hours use or so. Been advised by sony that its a psu issue, as my socket on the back of my console is damaged. The psu also gets very hot whilst im using it, so ive opened it up to have a look to see whats going on but i have no clue lol! Im going to get a new one online, just wondered if you had any advice? Also, do you fix consoles for a fee? Thanks!

Hello sir I need help.... I have ps4 pro power supply....not power on, I find out two components are defective, 1. STD3N62K3 N MOSFET 2. One of SMD Zener diode (zener diode location number on PCB (ZD39) Problem is I can not find any value of this zener diode, if you know something about that value of zener diode or if you recommend something equal please help, Appreciated. Thank you very much Cheers 🍻 from Denmark 🇩🇰

Hello every one ... i had a priblem with my ps4 slim ...they power in blu light flashing them white light and no video !! i try everithing bud noching helps ... please help me ... thanks in advace ❤❤

Mine stays blue forever and won't connect to tv. What type of problem is it?? Power supply?

hello andrew, thx for your videos. you can see that your doing it with love :D i got a question to you. i bought a ps4 with the excact same behavior. so i opend the psu and it was the same error as in the video. i fixed that to cables and the ps4 run again. obviously it was a drop damage, because the mechanic of the drive were also messed up. so i begann to fix the drive. i could start the ps4 5 times to test the drive and suddenly the transformer error came again. the ps4 shutdown with in 0,5 secound and you here the double click. i opend the transformer, but the previouse faulty part is still in place. could it be, that the part that i fixed is completly dead now?

You got really good videos. My problem is similar but it isn't the psu. When I turn the ps4 on the blue light shines one time, the fan starts and then the psu sounds like the psu in the video (klick) and the ps4 go off. When I now push the power button the ps4 shut really off. Do you now what the problem could be?

Mine will turn on, then turn of about a second after, no sounds, and it can't turn off after it. I have to unplug the power cord then plug it in. PLEASE HELP!!