Dusting and re-pasting a PS4 Slim - LFC
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2022
- Simple video on taking apart a PS4 to clear out the dust and replace the thermal paste
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For the many many people who are commenting it... No, I didn't forget the antennas. 22:15 and 22:45.
17:56 - "the body of the *laptop*. That's brain autopilot right there 😊
Nice informative video!
Something I've heard about direct die thermal paste application (like the one in the video, as opposed to heatspreader on desktop CPUs) is that it's very important to spread the thermal paste around using a spreader such that the entire die is covered, no matter what pattern you used, as there are pretty much transistors in every mm^2 of area in the chip, and if a few of those areas don't have thermal paste, those areas will be hotter than the others, which is probably worse than evenly applied crappy thermal paste as there is big temperature deltas in the chip rather than it being _consistently_ hot, so this can possibly cause damage, well that's what I've heard on the internet from a comment somewhere else about thermal paste application. How much of a fine art you paint on desktop CPUs isn't as big of an issue in comparison, as the 'heatspreader' spreads the heat around anyway.
Great video. It's a very small thing but I'm glad you tested the new CMOS battery after putting it in. I'm sure I'm not the only person who's accidentally installed a dead battery (in a PC in my case, not a console).
Just to point out something about these coin cells, whenever you test it still on the board it is under load and it is expected that voltage will be a tad low. Removing the cell and testing it out of circuit will most likely yield a higher voltage.
Yes you are right, but surely measuring under load was exactly what Graham wanted to do. Bearing in mind what he mentioned about instability below three volts.
well yeah when its that close to 3v and you are already that deep into the guts of it you may as well replace it for the customer when he is buying bulk packs of 3.3v batteries for this kind of thing
I repair mainly PS4 and a lot of this Slim model. I don't use tweezers like you for the hard connector at @10:18 but with long nose pliers is way far easier. In this particular model you can also unscrew only the screws that keep the motherboard + 2 metal plates to the black plastic chassis, nice to get access to the bluray drive without unscrew all of the mainboard. Great content as always! thanks
Great video - when de-dusting and refurbishing PS4's it is always worth giving the optical drive disc intake rollers a quick clean too. This will stop potential "disc slip" when inserting and ejecting games discs. To clean the PS4 properly you need to disassemble like in this video, so it is only a few more screws to remove the optical drive and clean the rollers.
that intro always gets me hype
I recently did my PS4 Pro with some Thermal Grizzly paste and pads. Satisfying job.
Thank you! Seems to be working fine now!
Great instructional video, I still have a PS3 with a 'dead' CD reader. Might get around to fixing that one day.
At 18:40 you didn't plug the antenna back in that you unplugged at 11:30.
I think that was the one attached to the power supply that he fitted later.
"metal plate toward the bottom of the laptop" LOL can tell Graham usually works on laptops :)
When I disassembled and cleaned out and replaced the thermal paste on my PS4 slim with some Arctic's silver 5, I took a close look at the VRM thermal pads and somehow I only happen to have 2/3 thermal pads.
Same mine too
Very interesting. Thanks.
Keeping your quantum physics formulas handy I see :)
I had a PS4 Pro which also came with HDD. I swapped it to a generic Samsung 1TB SSD because of Fallout 4: too many loading areas, and with the HDD, it took ages to go in a house, nothing to loot, come back to the open area.
ooooooh a console! Exciting :D
Thank u
I had to hit that like button immediately because this is a console.
I'm not a big fan of doing console stuff, but it's worth doing occasionally, especially as folks like me who primarily work on PCs and Laptops often have very little console experience.
I don't plan to specialise, but it's good to have a rough idea of what's inside and how it comes apart.
'take care with these big capacitors' I'll use a pair of metal tweezers to point them out .... arrrggg 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😣😣😣😣😣 Great video as always.
An interesting fact about the PS4 is that it has a "coprocessor" in it, based on ARM architecture, which is what you called the "system-on-chip" at 18:33 is. The coprocessor runs OS functions that aren't essential for games when the system is running, and runs background tasks such as updating games when the PS4 is in its sleep ("Rest Mode") state. It does a little more than that but you get the idea. Offloading small, mundane tasks that would normally be run on main CPU, on a separate less powerful processor.
So basically a phone processor?
Was just thinking about dusting out and repasting my PS3. PS3 Jet engines intensify in the summer.
Nothing quite like a good electronic cleaning video, does the heart good.
I've just bought a PS4 (original) from my nephew, and it looks as dirty as this one. Plus the BD mechanism barely works. So a strip down and re-grease is a must here.
Hey I forgot some thermal pads will it be okay ??
I did find it interesting!
26:19 Ohh Lordy , have you fallen out with Mr Sheen? :)
I think my PS4 Pro needs this doing it sounds like plain under load
Just to let you know you failed to connect a wireless cable. When you removed the motherboard, you had a fight with a connector, then as you lifted the motherboard, top left was a small black cable which you pulled out of the motherboard, you forgot to replace it on reassemble.
Did you remember the antenna on the front of the board before you laid it down? Didn’t look like you did.
I think it was the antenna that he reconnected when installing back the power supply.
If you mean the one on the underside at the top left of the board when he took it apart, he reconnected it at the end.
Where did you get the bio battery at
14:40 You slipped up there , called it a "laptop" instead of "ps4" 😅👍
25:11 also :D
I heard this during editing and was like URRRRRGH. But also I edited this at like, midnight last night and couldn't be bothered to start doing on-screen captions 😅
@@Adamant_IT It IS a laptop, dont worry! ;)
How do you know?
Any risk in not testing it was working before you took it apart?
Just cleaned and installed yesterday Slim to EVO 1tb. Everything went fine except I have 17 USB cables and only 1 worked to connect DS controller when needed to install OS! F sake. All cables Works with PC and charges. The cable that worked is like 12 years old. I hate cables spiritual world. Thanks for video I Will change paste some day.
I've currently taken my PlayStation apart to clean it and the one inch screws for the power core isn't catching at all. What do I do ?
1) Make sure everything's reassembled correctly (in the correct order)
2) Double check that you haven't used the wrong screws in the wrong areas ( one might be still unseated though tight which means it's too long for that hole)
What. No SSD upgrade?
Thank you for the nice content. I have a question. I have a gaming laptop. I hear a strange sound from inside the laptop and the fans are turned off, but I hear a strange sound is this normal
What kind of sound?
If it's a whining or screeching type of noise then it's very likely coil whine, which is perfectly normal (coil whine does not indicate or mean something is wrong or faulty).
If it's a clicking noise with some sort of pattern to it then it is very likely the hard drive (not SSD). Hard drives will normally make a slight audible 'crunching' noise when it's being used, if the clicking sounds louder and abnormal in comparison then that could indicate a failing hard drive, in that case I recommend you check the hard drive's health with CrystalDiskInfo (look for a "Warning" status and pay attention to relocated/error sector counts), and back up the data to another drive such as external HDD.
@@bestage9429 Thank you
Ok then. How do you know about getting shocked by the power supply?
hello Graham 😀😀
I noticed you didn't cover putting the antenna wire back before you put the mother board back in. But great job.
yes he missed that
22:15 and 22:45
Graham, will you tell us the story of the electric jump in the air this Saturday???
It's not that interesting tbh... I was replacing the PSU in a PS4 fat a few years ago and got a belt off of the side of it, as I described in the video. Not exactly dangerous, just enough to make me swear loudly and drop the PSU. Can only imagine that the input caps were exposed on one side like they are in this video.
@@Adamant_IT I'm not surprised you got a Zap from the original PS4's PSU because the caps can be rated up to around 450 to 600 volts and sometimes they can remain charged for months.
You called it a laptop: 14:40 :D
anyone know where to download schemematic for ps4
17:02 Arctic MX-5 has been discontinued because it doesn't keep its properties very long, the liquid and solid parts seperate quickly and it doesn't work very well after some months
Didn't Arctic recall certain batches of MX-5 due to production issues
@@GregM They recalled some batches, but then EOL'd MX-5 completely, maybe the production issues were more widespread than what was previously known.
Ah that's interesting to know... I have to admit I haven't been a fan of it due to the goopyness, but figured it was just what they were rolling with.
I'm sure it'll last the life time of the device. If it does another three years of service that'd be short, but good enough.
how much to charge for a preventive maintenance to the consoles?
I think I did this for like, £30 or £40 (it was like, a month ago now) and the console was actively overheating and shutting down during use. I was more interested in getting some experience with the PS4 slim, as I hadn't worked on one before.
I have no idea how much to charge for this job if I'm honest. Once you know how they come apart, you could do this in 15mins, and possibly charge less, or more if you're that way inclined.
Lots of factors based on country, area, and so on, for how much a job like this costs.
27:10 - What's the full rig specs? :)
its crazy these consoles doesnt have just a simple intake filter.
That's so true. Quite a simple fix really when you think about it. But that would add cost to the overall build. The bean counters couldn't be having any of that carry on. Next they'll be wanting something that lasts longer than the 12 months guarantee.
I think you need a new soft brush that thing your using is so worn out now, it’s tying to say “let me go to the trash bin!!!” 😂
also, I assume you don't have a package for anyone to telegram you over
Funny thing how Let's Fix Computers it's LFC but this time it's Let's Fix Console.
More like Let's Freaking Clean!
25:11 - Laptop? ;D
The right arm tattoo is some sort of geeky message of love for your partner?
Gotta love having left over screws. Only 3.....🙄
Everytime I open a PS4, I'm shiting myself because these bad boy are a really good nest for roaches. (Worked on a friend of a friend's ps4 and the thing was just full of roachs.. No joke I had to vaccum them up.)
Just a fyi, you shouldn't touch the thermal pads with your fingers
such a stupid cooling design heatsink should be larger.
Much larger, it reaches around 79c or 87c on almost every game.
@@will891410 probably why I'm having game freezing now.
@@chriss4365yeah ps4 is just a outdated console. I’m gonna save up for a ps5 or even a pc maybe. But my budget isn’t that high so it’ll be a shit pc
Question, you keep saying the LAPTOP, but I thought it is a PS 4??
17:48 a ps4 slim isnt a laptop.. xd
You forgot to plug antenna back to the socket under the board
22:15 and 22:45
@@Adamant_IT 11:33 ?
alot of work for a paste and dusting job not sure i'd bother doing it for a ps4.
18:40 Forgot Wi-Fi cable on top left of motherboard!... Wanna get this right first time...UMM FAIL! ...& you didn't go back n fix it either not a pro yet HA!
22:15 and 22:45
No he didnt. He plugs it in at 22:48 you egghead.
@@Adamant_IT How about you watch it again! @ 6:10 you remove the long outer Wi-Fi cable @ 11:30 you remove the inner short Wi-Fi cable but on reassembly you don't reconnect this cable @ 18:40 you only connect the long one @ 22:15, so therefore only one Wi-Fi cable is attached!... Like I said not a pro yet!
@@HeTake123 How about you watch it again! @ 6:10 he removes the long outer Wi-Fi cable @ 11:30 & he remove the inner short Wi-Fi cable but on reassembly he doesn't reconnect this cable @ 18:40, he only connects the long one @ 22:15, so therefore only one Wi-Fi cable is attached!... Like I said not a pro yet!... & I not an egghead but your a Richard Cranium for not being observant!!!
@@preston963 Are you blind? @22:23 you can see that long is connected, and at @22:45 you can see short is connected. Just stop being an idiot when being wrong.