Just wanna say thank you so much man with your help I fully repaired two ps 4 consoles this morning from disk drive to board , your tutorial covered literally everything I need to know and needed to do , thank you so much for all the input .
Got an ebay PS4 for £70 including postage with a broken disk drive opened it up and found a coin jammed in the mechanism and that was all that was wrong with it :)
Same here, I bought one for $90 with broken disc drive as well. I found a nickel in it and the rollers just needed a quick wipe down with IPA, and works just fine now.
I’m incredibly surprised to hear one of the most common problems isn’t with the touch sensitive buttons on the original PS4 that cause it to turn itself on/off and eject the disc sporadically, considering how many people experience this
Hi i have a ps4 white light problem and need advice. So i traded a faulty xbox one original for a supposed faulty ps4 original from a person that fixes consoles that wanted the Xbox for spares. So on the day i got home with the ps4 i used my ps3 cables to power it on and it miraculously powered on which surprised me as the controller was connected properly using the usb cable. But i saw the screen flash black then back to the home screen which i didn't know what is was then it did it once more and was displaying perfectly. After about 5 mins of waiting for it too show some errors or switching off because i did not expect it to work i plugged in my usb speakers to the other usb port on the front while the controller was plugged in. That was when the screen went black instantly. I didn't know what happened and pressed the eject button and a copy of GTA 5 came out which means the console was still powered on. When i plug the controller and speakers in on my ps3 super slim at the same time is says too many devices drawing power something like that. So i think it drew too much power on the ps4 and caused a wlod on the ps4. Im trying to do a home repair with minimal tools and if you could give me some idea of what the usb ports could have shorted eg a transistor or fuses or something. It still powers on and everything but that was the defining factor i think that contributed to the white light of death. Any recommendations would help as ive watched a lot of TH-cam videos and most are the ic chip or some transistor . Its a original ps4 with wlod
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Hey, this is a very informative video! I appreciate having this compilation of common problems with these consoles so that in case anything does happen I can be sure to be prepared, or in the very least informed. I’m familiar with most of these problems, but the fixes are very useful to keep in mind! However, I do have a question that may or may not be completely unrelated to any of the issues mentioned here: I have a FAT model PS4 (it’s a limited edition though so I believe it does have some slight improvements like power use in comparison to the launch models). Sometimes when I’m playing it, I may hear this quiet little “beep” coming from within the system. It’s not nearly as loud as the powering off or overheating beep, but it can be heard if you’re paying attention. I am not sure if it occurs in random increments or not, but it is somewhat concerning to me whenever I do hear it. I can’t recall if this was always something that happened, as the first couple of years I’ve had it have been a little blurry, but I do in fact believe this has been occurring for the past 2 years or so. Is this a sign of some unknown issue or is it the machinery within the console just doing it’s normal stuff whilst running? Thanks.
Nice video. My PS4 has been the most reliable Playstation I’ve ever owned since my OG Playstation, not PSOne, but just plain old Playstation ala 1996. PS2 had disc read problems, so I bought a slim, and PS3 I had repaired four times, and bought another. PS4 has been rock solid so far. I use it everyday, between 2-10 hours a day as its our entertainment center basically. Plays blurays, youtube, Hulu, HBOgo, Netflix, Amazon, etc.
The solder balls cracking problem is common to all flip chips / BGA mountings (i.e. Xbox/PS2 onwards, strikingly prominent in the seventh generation with Xbox 360 and PS3) due to the redistribution of metals in the solder alloy and even on the copper pads themselves, that get sort of "eaten away" by solder to an extent. This thing is well known since the 90s in scientific articles, before even the PS2 came to be. Flip chips are basically time bombs likely to fail sooner or later IF serious heat sinking countermeasures are not taken. Redistribution of metal is faster at high temperatures. Board warping and solder ball cracking kick in earlier if the console isn't cooled down properly; this sort of design flaws contribute to the overall behaviour of the solder. Reballing isn't guaranteed to fix the problem; flip chips have tiny solder balls between the chip itself (that shiny rectangle on the smaller organic board) and the organic board, which is soldered directly on the motherboard. If those tiny solder balls fail, there ain't any "reballing" that can fix it, only a complete CPU/GPU/APU replacement with a brand new one.
The real problem is crappy lead-free solder. Replacing the crappy fake lead-free solder with real leaded solder balls makes for proper reballing repairs as long as the chip itself as well as the actual pads on the board and the chip are not damaged. Some of the chips on the older consoles had RAM chips BGA-mounted on the processor chip base itself, and more often than not those would get bad as well; the fix was to de-lid the chip and attempt to reball those, but at that point the effort and time spent was only barely worth it to save the one chip - and all because of inferior solder, and the environmentalist crazies who made it happen.
TronicsFix I have 4 ps4's. One for me and one for each kid. Mine is the one with physical buttons, the other three have capacitive buttons and one has the eject whenever the hell it feels like problem. I have removed the rubber foot and constantly clean it are there any other ways to fix that?
+adonian Open your ps4 and place a piece of sticky tape over the eject sensor, I also had this issue with the first ps4 I bought. Then to eject a disk you have to use your controller through the menu.
Should have bought a Wii U like any sane gamer! Good luck legally playing all of Nintendo's greats, suckers! Power is always trumped by FEATURES! Suck it, Sony!
Yes, I bought a few ps4s that were broken and every one had a bad hdmi port, even had one that look like it had been repaired but the soldering was really bad. I never had a problem with my own personal day1 ps4 though and the hdmi has been plugged in/out 1000s of times
My Ps4 has always been plugged into a power strip and I've been having the blue light problem as well. Glad there is still a possibility for me to fix my ps4 without getting a hardware fix/ps4 replacement.
It's amazing this is 5years ago. My slim shuts of after 1-2 seconds. Took it apart 2-3 years ago due to the disk drive dust cover fell off into the drive. Used your videos to help me take it apart etc. Worked for about 6-9 months and then the blue light of death. I'll attempt the washer trick, thanks for the great informative videos!
@@Tronicsfix my ps4 turns of by its self after a few min. It does not turn on and off like you explained but just simply shuts off. Ive changed the power chord too, clean the fan and took it apart to tight every bolt now and then. What could it be?
I really enjoy watching your repair and educational videos! Your delicate work doesn't go unnoticed.. If I ever need work on mine I would love for you to help me out with the repair.
honestly give it a go yourself, follow a tutorial, be delicate and organise the parts you won't go wrong. done a ps3, ps4 and ps4 pro myself upgrading and replacing parts and installing new thermal paste.
@@andrewmccroy3267 Mine eventually was a power supply problem. it's hard to diagnose, i rigged up an old PC power supply to test it (not the safest thing to do but there are some guides out there)
Thank you. I'm gonna swapp the dvd board back on to my new dvd drive. If I would have known this I would not have ordered a new blue ray player/ drive but just the laser. So everyone else knows. Just replace the laser.
@@amyhoard1222 they do not make a great bug hotel they make an expensive nightmare after cocky's take out the power supply and the power supply's pcb is rarely fit for repair when they are done
Actually that's where that term originated. Computers used to be mechanical. A bug in your program would literally be a bug in your program. When computers became electrical and more complex the term stuck with it.
Could be crap stopping the laser move to read the disc, tapping it probably helps the laser dislodge itself so it can move to read the disc. so try cleaning inside the drive mate.
As most support specialists know, doing a complete format and repartition of a drive will most likely fix any kind of curroption on a disk drive. But the problem is how do you recover the lost data during this procedure when the PS4 drive is not recognizable to windows. How do you salvage the drive from a GPT protected partition that does not allow you to use any disk checking tools or any sort of diagnostics. That is the big 1 million dollar question that needs to be answered and I been searching and searching for hrs trying to find a damn resolution to this problem. Recovering the data > Reformated the hardrive > reinstalling the drive with the new firmware update > and finally, restoring all your data to the new formatted drive. Anyone have any solutations at all with how to perform these tasks.
Agreed, but it's probably going to take some serious reverse engineering workarounds to figure that out. If people could do it easily, Sony would lose out on all the money they make because people tragically lost a year worth of save data, leading them to buy PS+ for the save data cloud backups for the future. Make it easy enough for the average person to just pop it into their computer and recover the data, they lose out on all but the laziest of offline gamers' money.
Someone gave me a PS4 that was broken and by what they told me I figured it was the fan I took it apart after watching a TH-cam video on how to do it and it was full I'm dead cockroaches and dander I cleaned it out I changed the fan and I now have a working PS4. Thanks to all the info you have put out there I am grateful.
Oh I also got rid of the Cockroach infestation in his house ask me how. No I will tell you it was the syringes of poison don't buy the little bits just go get a bunch of those syringes and empty them out all over the place it will kill them all but you also have to keep doing it for a couple of months till you get every last egg that hatches just keep putting that stuff out
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i got mine a week after release and i forget to turn it off all the time, leaving it on for days sometimes even, and i have yet to have any problems with my PS4 at all. i probably got well past 10,000 hours myself. lol
When I turn my ps4 on everything goes fine for just like 8-10 minutes and suddenly some glitched dots come on the screen (on any monitor) and it suddenly turns off. I went to a repairing shop and i got to know that the ps4 processor needs to be fixed others said that the motherboard has a problem. Now I dont know whats true and dont know wat to do
Heeduz mine turns on put first it says checking storage status then it loads up the ps4 dashboard and then it has the white light and ive done factory reset my ps4 and it didnt help so im trying to download my game and it wont download and then when i try to delete it it goes black screen then turns back on like its just turning back on
Damn roaches. Always knocking out the power supply AND thinking it's funny. Nice T-shirt. I also own a space shuttle and the damn roaches knocked the power supply out of that too. Can I borrow your Haynes manual so I can get it up and running again?
Was it using a ps4 power supply I say stick with em mate don't switch to xbox I pulled one down and found out microsoft don't stick fuses in their power supply's whereas sony does
Steve is the best person to go to when it comes to electrical devices i'd trust him 100% if i left any of mine with him for a repair or maybe a good clean and i'd pay him whatever he wants for the job.
lol I cant believe becoming infested with actual bugs is a legit problem xD Hats off to whom ever edited the video footage tho Question, I took apart my ps4 control to replace the x-axis switch on one of the thumb sticks, now instead of flashing blue when it (the controller) turns on it flashes red and half the time the light doesn't stay on even tho the controller is in fact on... what did I do -.- and is it fixable
Old video but still gonna comment. The powerstrip issue could be due to a voltage drop. The longer the power line to the device is, the less voltage remains due to the resistance in the extended line. Now if it is a really cheap powerstrip, it could have really thin lines, which have a higher resistance. Or if you are far from the house / power net connection you also might have a voltage drop which adds to the power strip voltage drop. One could try to run the console on a regulated power supply and drop the voltage a bit. The US usually has 110V right? Maybe check how much you can lower it till you get that error.
Thank you from a fellow pdx resident. I tore apart my ps4 to clean it out. I plugged everything back in and it gave the white light. I was already looking to buy a new one and tried a different HDMI cord and boom it worked.
@@hottyboyrepo911 I've had it for too long, they only fix it within the first year, and they pretty much just send you another one. I ended up just buying another one.
I still have my old PS4 when it first came out still working fine for now. Might think about getting a PS4 pro later this year or maybe next year. Because I have decided that this is my last console ever getting it does not mean I'll go PC no not really. It's just that games in this generation have less great story telling less great gameplay and I grow up with the First Playstation 1 console I played the first playstation 1 and 2 and I can tell you for some reason they have more games that have great stories ok graphics and ok gameplay I didn't play Playstation 3 but I look at it and it was ok had great graphics and games but I noticed that there were less stories but more multiplayer like ever before. I started to think that maybe companies are more focused on online multiplayer at that time on oh boy was I right DLC, season pass,microtransaction I was like wow unfinished games more excuses just bad we need usernames and passwords all this garbage all I what'd was a console that play games without having usernames or passwords to go online and and pay to play online for $60 subscription fees I was like wow how much more do you companies need this is my last console ever sad so sad.
MyName AeV why is that I always thought that the PS4 pro would last way longer then my old PS4 maybe there's a problem in the system or the factory mistakes I really dont know why or maybe it just happens.
PS1 and PS2 have a huge game library and I still didn't touched some titles and I do play a lot sometimes so considering all that I wont be bothered for the next 20 years. For now PS4 is ok but this is the point where I have to stop buying new systems so I can actually play everything I wanted to play.
After watching so many videos and experience that you have, I am writing to you With all due respect and love from India🙏. My PS4 just broke down 2 days back..it all started with a freeze in the screen while playing battlefield 4 campaign mode. Then wen I switched on the PS4, it said " checking system storage" and then it switched off again. After that they asked to reinstall the 7.55 update in USB and reboot.i also did that...since then I have been keeping on doing the same. Sometimes after initialization, system does turn on and wen I try loading games from cd or downloading apps, I have noticed that it takes alot of time to load a game from the CD which is very unusual. In a while it lags, system freezes or turns black automatically. Finally system asks for the 7.55 update in a USB again. With all hope I am writing to you and praying you to provide a solution for my above issue..Thanks bhaiya( Back in India it means elder brother)🙏
I have just refurbished my first PS4 slim this evening. Bought it super cheap off eBay and fixed it for my own use and I never transferred the circuit board off the blueray drive to the new drive and its working fine. No errors or issues. Replaced the HDD with an SSD, replaced the blueray drive and the fan and put new thermal paste on the cpu. The amount of dust inside it was unreal, it wasn't dust bunnies so much as dust walls. And it stank of cigarette smoke. Had a thorough cleansing with isopropyl alcohol .
I've had my PS4 for over 6 years I clean it once a month. Never had any problems. Only thing I hate with this old model its very loud whatever game I choose to play.
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TronicsFix hello there, sir 😀 sorry to bother you. how much do you fixed PS3 slim as it seems to be slowing down, frozen, crashes and non response time after time. I'm from Toledo Ohio and how much would it be for shipping and handling
Martell Tha Cool I just gotta tell you that it should be $15 to $20 for shipping and I'm not sure if @tronicsfix would repair a PS3 slim but you never know :/
LotsaLOUD it's the dodgey touch buttons try first cleaning it and keep it constantly clean. Remove the rubber leg under the button and if it still continues you need to open it up and disable it and eject thru the in game menu
Another common issue for random disc ejecting is the ps screw loosening, easy fix, remove the left top side of the ps4 (It slides off) and you'll see a very specific screw with the ps controller symbols, tighten that up a bit. Hopefully problem solved.
I guess that shows ps4's should be taken care of carefully,my mom would be thinking the ps4 is overheating because it feels hot,and I just sold a ps4 that didnt display on screen,very informative video👍
Hi, I have a problem with my PS4. I searched my issue but never found anything similar. I bought my PS4 2 months after it launched. It was running smoothly until very recently. It started it kick me out of my games, not any game, games with high computing powers (that's what I noticed) such as MGSV, Mass Effect, The last of us, and Bllodborne. some other games, I play them for hours and it never kicked me out once. I cleaned it many times, and opened it and cleaned the heat sink without any improvements. any advice on this?
I got the 1st gen destiny white ps4 and only problem i had was it spitting the game out while playing it in result you have to remove the bottom rubber bumper
This guy knows he's stuff im English and I sometimes can't understand fully what he talking about not saying a about the guy he's work is top class im just trying to find out what i can do thanks for your help.
when my ps4 is off it beep constantly like someone is pressing the eject button and when i turn it on the disc drive starts up like it's trying to eject a disk i have to unplug the the AC cord from the wall when i sleep or it wakes me up its so annoying .
I need help I changed my thermal paste to artic 5 I blew out everything in the PlayStation and even the fan is spotless but it always overheats and the fan gets very loud
Three questions: How hot is the area where the console is? Also, how much thermal paste did you put? Lastly, did you tighten the processor clamp evenly?
What about your controller randomly cutting out and requiring a restart to get it to connect again? Usual scenario: I pause and have to go do something. Controller cuts out, I come back and press ps4 button but controller doesn't cut back on. The only way I can get it to reconnect is by powering off the console all the way. Controller reset doesn't work, connecting with usb wire doesn't work and using two other working controllers (one just purchased two weeks ago) doesn't work. The only info I can find online is it may be the Bluetooth antenna. Could you help a brotha out?
I have the blinking blue light... I've taken it apart multiple times checked everything including the power supply. I'm honestly quite done, I'm not going to pay 100 bucks for parts when I can buy a new ps4 for 200. 😂😂😂 I'm still crying inside... crying so bad.
@@blues05 Actually I got it working. I thought I had the problem as it was on the white light with no video output but it ended up being the adapter I use for my monitor needed extra power from a micro USB for some reason. I was confused because the way I had it works for my Xbox but not the PS
I had the first problem and luckily it wasn't anything too complicated, i just had to switch my ps4 HDMI cable with my Xbox 360 HDMI cable, both still work
TronicsFix thanks for the response. But a lot of people got the same issue at the same time like a month ago . I’m just gonna find a store where they can fix it i will probably make it worse
darrell jamison put your PS4 on safe mode, then select option #5 which should be to "rebuild the database". That options fixes lag/freezing issues, corrupted data etc.
Manny Salazar ps4 issues are rarer than Xbox if you have ps4 the wrong way or another console on it if u don’t take care of it it will mess up my Xbox broke 3 years after I took good care I went to play skate 3 it just died
If you've got cockroaches in your ps4 you just need to find a new place to live...
Legit, I have *_never_* had any bugs in a console before.
Dude I found a dead ant in my ps4
Basically
William Collins I found a dead fly
@@NoseyBonk5599 a fly is one thing. Seeing Cockroaches is usually a sign there are many more where you cant see them.
I think SONY engineers need to watch this video.
exactly
Sony ps4 problems are dirty production lines, micro dust in the air will create poor solder joints.
They speak Chinese
I am not a fan boy, like x box and Sony but it is always funny to see Sony has issues as well
@@frankwiddifield7520 i have had my ps4 for 6 years and i had no problems at all
6th common problem: Dad threw the console out of the window
Why because I play fortnite to much 😂
@@scropioyt4155 my mom wrecked my ps4 because I'm not smart enough to get strait A's ☹️
@@jaydenbautista1762 Straight*
@@yeetmaster9558 see wut I mean
Not thru it out the windows how’s that a problem solve 😂😂😂😂
Just wanna say thank you so much man with your help I fully repaired two ps 4 consoles this morning from disk drive to board , your tutorial covered literally everything I need to know and needed to do , thank you so much for all the input .
Got an ebay PS4 for £70 including postage with a broken disk drive opened it up and found a coin jammed in the mechanism and that was all that was wrong with it :)
The Rubbish Old Gamer lucky you
Same here, I bought one for $90 with broken disc drive as well. I found a nickel in it and the rollers just needed a quick wipe down with IPA, and works just fine now.
Soul Blaster lol who knows
🤣🤣
@@Sorvyn it's like an arcade game, you have to put coins into the slot to play
Problem 6: trying to run Cyberpunk 2077.
Solution: None.
But cyberpunk on ps5 and xbox series x runs smoothly!
@@Old_Skool4Life cool!
@@Old_Skool4Life still a garbage game lmfao
@@sabagegelashvili916 still no one asked ur opinion lmfao
@@aceofspades8792 and no one asked for your comment,Lmfao!
I’m incredibly surprised to hear one of the most common problems isn’t with the touch sensitive buttons on the original PS4 that cause it to turn itself on/off and eject the disc sporadically, considering how many people experience this
Had a PC that would reboot itself randomly, spent months trying to isolate the problem, unplugged the touch reset button, problem solved.
Probably because you can’t really fix those issues. You just have to be careful with them…
Hi i have a ps4 white light problem and need advice.
So i traded a faulty xbox one original for a supposed faulty ps4 original from a person that fixes consoles that wanted the Xbox for spares.
So on the day i got home with the ps4 i used my ps3 cables to power it on and it miraculously powered on which surprised me as the controller was connected properly using the usb cable.
But i saw the screen flash black then back to the home screen which i didn't know what is was then it did it once more and was displaying perfectly.
After about 5 mins of waiting for it too show some errors or switching off because i did not expect it to work i plugged in my usb speakers to the other usb port on the front while the controller was plugged in.
That was when the screen went black instantly. I didn't know what happened and pressed the eject button and a copy of GTA 5 came out which means the console was still powered on.
When i plug the controller and speakers in on my ps3 super slim at the same time is says too many devices drawing power something like that.
So i think it drew too much power on the ps4 and caused a wlod on the ps4.
Im trying to do a home repair with minimal tools and if you could give me some idea of what the usb ports could have shorted eg a transistor or fuses or something.
It still powers on and everything but that was the defining factor i think that contributed to the white light of death.
Any recommendations would help as ive watched a lot of TH-cam videos and most are the ic chip or some transistor .
Its a original ps4 with wlod
nobody:
Sony: “send us your ps4 so we can replace the hard drive for you, then we will clean the parts and that will be an extra 75-125$”
Cowboy beboop ❤️
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@@ogungbemioluwadamilola3925 you needed helpt getting your ps4 out of safe mode?
Its 155 dollars to set it to the repair shop.
@@sabagegelashvili916hey do you have any idea of what I can do to fix it? Mine is showing safe mode and Turing of
Hey, this is a very informative video! I appreciate having this compilation of common problems with these consoles so that in case anything does happen I can be sure to be prepared, or in the very least informed. I’m familiar with most of these problems, but the fixes are very useful to keep in mind! However, I do have a question that may or may not be completely unrelated to any of the issues mentioned here:
I have a FAT model PS4 (it’s a limited edition though so I believe it does have some slight improvements like power use in comparison to the launch models). Sometimes when I’m playing it, I may hear this quiet little “beep” coming from within the system. It’s not nearly as loud as the powering off or overheating beep, but it can be heard if you’re paying attention. I am not sure if it occurs in random increments or not, but it is somewhat concerning to me whenever I do hear it. I can’t recall if this was always something that happened, as the first couple of years I’ve had it have been a little blurry, but I do in fact believe this has been occurring for the past 2 years or so. Is this a sign of some unknown issue or is it the machinery within the console just doing it’s normal stuff whilst running? Thanks.
you are in everything 100% right. I don’t know why people are stupied and dislike, sorry
Erika Luna thats because they own a xbox
Fanboys
Nice video. My PS4 has been the most reliable Playstation I’ve ever owned since my OG Playstation, not PSOne, but just plain old Playstation ala 1996. PS2 had disc read problems, so I bought a slim, and PS3 I had repaired four times, and bought another.
PS4 has been rock solid so far. I use it everyday, between 2-10 hours a day as its our entertainment center basically. Plays blurays, youtube, Hulu, HBOgo, Netflix, Amazon, etc.
10:39 "being hot is not a problem"
Now I am relieved 😌
Abbas Alkhafaji This is something I’ve known since puberty.
Yeah baby lol 😂
Hahahahahahaha I thought the same thing 😂😂😂 to funny 🤣😭
@@joshuabuilds3051 tried to clean it and the controller doesn’t work now 😔
What about EXTRA HOT? :))
Wow! Thanks so much for taking time to share this information with us! Much appreciated! ✌🏾
You're welcome!
@@Tronicsfix I know I’m late but thank you and my ps4 still makes this rattling sound
@@Tronicsfixneed a quick tip with my ps4 to save all my videos on my hard drive please bud im desperate
Thank you for an informative and useful video. Your advice resurrected a non working PS4.
The solder balls cracking problem is common to all flip chips / BGA mountings (i.e. Xbox/PS2 onwards, strikingly prominent in the seventh generation with Xbox 360 and PS3) due to the redistribution of metals in the solder alloy and even on the copper pads themselves, that get sort of "eaten away" by solder to an extent. This thing is well known since the 90s in scientific articles, before even the PS2 came to be. Flip chips are basically time bombs likely to fail sooner or later IF serious heat sinking countermeasures are not taken. Redistribution of metal is faster at high temperatures. Board warping and solder ball cracking kick in earlier if the console isn't cooled down properly; this sort of design flaws contribute to the overall behaviour of the solder.
Reballing isn't guaranteed to fix the problem; flip chips have tiny solder balls between the chip itself (that shiny rectangle on the smaller organic board) and the organic board, which is soldered directly on the motherboard. If those tiny solder balls fail, there ain't any "reballing" that can fix it, only a complete CPU/GPU/APU replacement with a brand new one.
The real problem is crappy lead-free solder.
Replacing the crappy fake lead-free solder with real leaded solder balls makes for proper reballing repairs as long as the chip itself as well as the actual pads on the board and the chip are not damaged.
Some of the chips on the older consoles had RAM chips BGA-mounted on the processor chip base itself, and more often than not those would get bad as well; the fix was to de-lid the chip and attempt to reball those, but at that point the effort and time spent was only barely worth it to save the one chip - and all because of inferior solder, and the environmentalist crazies who made it happen.
And now i'm really paranoid that my ps4 will break any moment ! Thanks i guess
Ha, ha...you're welcome! Lots and lots of PS4's never have problems. These are just the most common repairs I see at my repair shop.
TronicsFix I have 4 ps4's. One for me and one for each kid. Mine is the one with physical buttons, the other three have capacitive buttons and one has the eject whenever the hell it feels like problem. I have removed the rubber foot and constantly clean it are there any other ways to fix that?
+adonian Open your ps4 and place a piece of sticky tape over the eject sensor, I also had this issue with the first ps4 I bought. Then to eject a disk you have to use your controller through the menu.
Should have bought a Wii U like any sane gamer! Good luck legally playing all of Nintendo's greats, suckers! Power is always trumped by FEATURES! Suck it, Sony!
I would love to have a rear USB port on my PS4. I have the launch edition I don't know if the pro or any of the other ones have a rear USB?
I love your video because you explained everything so well and easy too understand
Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Jinxzork Say screw it and buy a Wii U or Switch!
Yes, I bought a few ps4s that were broken and every one had a bad hdmi port, even had one that look like it had been repaired but the soldering was really bad. I never had a problem with my own personal day1 ps4 though and the hdmi has been plugged in/out 1000s of times
I love that T-Shirt lol. Can you imagine how huge that repair manual would be
Ha, ha..that would be cool to see!
My Ps4 has always been plugged into a power strip and I've been having the blue light problem as well. Glad there is still a possibility for me to fix my ps4 without getting a hardware fix/ps4 replacement.
It's amazing this is 5years ago. My slim shuts of after 1-2 seconds. Took it apart 2-3 years ago due to the disk drive dust cover fell off into the drive. Used your videos to help me take it apart etc. Worked for about 6-9 months and then the blue light of death.
I'll attempt the washer trick, thanks for the great informative videos!
"there's a bug in the system" lol XD
God is the mighty developer
1000 years in to the future. cockroaches dominate the planet beacuse of ps4.
Ha, ha...plausible!
For real, though! 😡🤬😡 cockroaches.
@@Tronicsfix my ps4 turns of by its self after a few min. It does not turn on and off like you explained but just simply shuts off. Ive changed the power chord too, clean the fan and took it apart to tight every bolt now and then. What could it be?
@@frantaskachanka You need a replacement it sounds like, don't waist your time trying to fix it.
@@Tronicsfix where is tronicsfix located
I really enjoy watching your repair and educational videos! Your delicate work doesn't go unnoticed.. If I ever need work on mine I would love for you to help me out with the repair.
honestly give it a go yourself, follow a tutorial, be delicate and organise the parts you won't go wrong. done a ps3, ps4 and ps4 pro myself upgrading and replacing parts and installing new thermal paste.
"There's bugs in the system..." Keep in mind, a new patch release doesn't resolve the problem... LMFAO
Mário Palma failure is not an option, it comes bundled with the software...
small dab of silicone adhesive or more perm contact cement and trimmed pieces of window screen over the vents .. ez fix
A new update just slows down the original ps4 and slim just so you make your mind and buy a ps4 pro :v
Apples favourite game
@@TommyTom21 which launch model there's been three versions launched
I laughed when he said "Your console is full of bugs"
He has videos with ps4 full of bugs :))
Thanks!
Thanks for the support! Glad this video helped you out.
I thought I had the CPU ball problem and had almost given up hope, but all it needed was some thermal paste! Boom!
how old is your ps4 ?
It's dead now 😂
I hope that's the only problem with my PS4
@@hernanisilva10 still goin strong! but I had to replace the power supply
@@andrewmccroy3267 Mine eventually was a power supply problem. it's hard to diagnose, i rigged up an old PC power supply to test it (not the safest thing to do but there are some guides out there)
PERFECT EXPLANATION,THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
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Thx for the overheating concept. I actually thought that my ps4 slim has fault and now I'm relieved. Thank you sir🙏
Thank you. I'm gonna swapp the dvd board back on to my new dvd drive. If I would have known this I would not have ordered a new blue ray player/ drive but just the laser. So everyone else knows. Just replace the laser.
Yep, just replace the laser unless there's more wrong with the drive.
It's working now!!! Thank you.
How much does it cost for a replacement laser and where do you go to buy one
@@kspade8751 amazon and less than 20$
"there's bugs in the system" lol, and I thought bugs in software were bad.
So that means we have both buggy games due to unfinished games being released and bugs in the ps4 itself cause they make a great bug hotel >
@Irfan Spirtovic they get up to all sorts of antics they do :D
@@amyhoard1222 they do not make a great bug hotel they make an expensive nightmare after cocky's take out the power supply and the power supply's pcb is rarely fit for repair when they are done
Actually that's where that term originated. Computers used to be mechanical. A bug in your program would literally be a bug in your program. When computers became electrical and more complex the term stuck with it.
🤣😂
Just fixed my PlayStation4 with the help of this video. All I needed was a new HDMI cable. Whew
I have this „unknown disk“ error, i just have to tap three times on the top while PS4 starts reading disc.
Could be crap stopping the laser move to read the disc, tapping it probably helps the laser dislodge itself so it can move to read the disc. so try cleaning inside the drive mate.
As most support specialists know, doing a complete format and repartition of a drive will most likely fix any kind of curroption on a disk drive. But the problem is how do you recover the lost data during this procedure when the PS4 drive is not recognizable to windows. How do you salvage the drive from a GPT protected partition that does not allow you to use any disk checking tools or any sort of diagnostics. That is the big 1 million dollar question that needs to be answered and I been searching and searching for hrs trying to find a damn resolution to this problem. Recovering the data > Reformated the hardrive > reinstalling the drive with the new firmware update > and finally, restoring all your data to the new formatted drive. Anyone have any solutations at all with how to perform these tasks.
Agreed, but it's probably going to take some serious reverse engineering workarounds to figure that out.
If people could do it easily, Sony would lose out on all the money they make because people tragically lost a year worth of save data, leading them to buy PS+ for the save data cloud backups for the future. Make it easy enough for the average person to just pop it into their computer and recover the data, they lose out on all but the laziest of offline gamers' money.
Someone gave me a PS4 that was broken and by what they told me I figured it was the fan I took it apart after watching a TH-cam video on how to do it and it was full I'm dead cockroaches and dander I cleaned it out I changed the fan and I now have a working PS4. Thanks to all the info you have put out there I am grateful.
Oh I also got rid of the Cockroach infestation in his house ask me how. No I will tell you it was the syringes of poison don't buy the little bits just go get a bunch of those syringes and empty them out all over the place it will kill them all but you also have to keep doing it for a couple of months till you get every last egg that hatches just keep putting that stuff out
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I have over 10,000 hours on my ps4 I got it within a month of release, never had a single issue.
Most Ps4's don't have any issues.
I've heard that if you have the ps4 running in stand mode, the solder will slip. unless you have a stand with a base fan cooling the system.
Bryan Smith I've had my ps4 like that for 3 weeks now and no problem.
i got mine a week after release and i forget to turn it off all the time, leaving it on for days sometimes even, and i have yet to have any problems with my PS4 at all. i probably got well past 10,000 hours myself. lol
I have a ps4 slim. I hope its more reliable than ps3 fat
When I turn my ps4 on everything goes fine for just like 8-10 minutes and suddenly some glitched dots come on the screen (on any monitor) and it suddenly turns off.
I went to a repairing shop and i got to know that the ps4 processor needs to be fixed others said that the motherboard has a problem.
Now I dont know whats true and dont know wat to do
Buy a new ps4
Heeduz mine turns on put first it says checking storage status then it loads up the ps4 dashboard and then it has the white light and ive done factory reset my ps4 and it didnt help so im trying to download my game and it wont download and then when i try to delete it it goes black screen then turns back on like its just turning back on
Thats overheating my guy clean the APU heatsink reapply thermal paste
Mines doing the same thing. It will stay on for 10 minutes then shut down on it's own. Not to mention its lagging to
@@justin-fb8qn sounds like hard drive failure on urs
I watched your video for one minute and subscribed very professional educational and well put!!!! Keep up the good work
Very useful information. Thanks.
You're welcome!
One thing you didn’t mention is the PS4 ejection discs, it’s a huge problem. Can you do a video on a fix, or how to fix this please, or suggestions
I do know the fix :)
Nice T-Shirt 👍😁
Very informative video as always, no idea how I haven't watched it until now. I must say your videos have come a long way since 👍
I placed my Ps4 inside a pantyhose, because positive results from my pc. No dust, no bugs, no overheat.
Interesting idea.
Kiryu Mekagojira I wanna see a picture of that I’m interested
That's actually a really good idea!!! Thank you.
What's a pantyhose
Lmao
Damn roaches. Always knocking out the power supply AND thinking it's funny. Nice T-shirt. I also own a space shuttle and the damn roaches knocked the power supply out of that too. Can I borrow your Haynes manual so I can get it up and running again?
Have you also checked the thrusters heat sinks ? They might be lurking in there too,waiting for the next move on the portal gun PSU.
Tony Terrasi a
Tony Terrasi 😂😂😂😂
Was it using a ps4 power supply I say stick with em mate don't switch to xbox I pulled one down and found out microsoft don't stick fuses in their power supply's whereas sony does
Steve is the best person to go to when it comes to electrical devices i'd trust him 100% if i left any of mine with him for a repair or maybe a good clean and i'd pay him whatever he wants for the job.
this ain’t my type of job, my phobia of cockroaches said no.
??? bruh I said this ain’t my type of job
Same I hate cockroaches 🤢 why they look like that
lol I cant believe becoming infested with actual bugs is a legit problem xD Hats off to whom ever edited the video footage tho
Question, I took apart my ps4 control to replace the x-axis switch on one of the thumb sticks, now instead of flashing blue when it (the controller) turns on it flashes red and half the time the light doesn't stay on even tho the controller is in fact on... what did I do -.- and is it fixable
Great video! I've already had the 1) Hdmi and 4) Dvd drive problems, now I should clean my 2015 ps4 to avoid the 3) Overheat problem
Seems to me most common problem is the constant disc eject tones.
Old video but still gonna comment.
The powerstrip issue could be due to a voltage drop.
The longer the power line to the device is, the less voltage remains due to the resistance in the extended line.
Now if it is a really cheap powerstrip, it could have really thin lines, which have a higher resistance.
Or if you are far from the house / power net connection you also might have a voltage drop which adds to the power strip voltage drop.
One could try to run the console on a regulated power supply and drop the voltage a bit.
The US usually has 110V right? Maybe check how much you can lower it till you get that error.
I watch you and I think you are amazing at what you do fixing all these gadgets expires me to do it myself
I’ve always wondered if ps4 has had more overheating issues than xbox one because more people bought ps4 or because of design 🤔
True asf my experience with over heat only is you just need to clean the fan and heat sink
11:10 I misheard it as "there are some real kamikazes of overheating"...
Thank you from a fellow pdx resident. I tore apart my ps4 to clean it out. I plugged everything back in and it gave the white light. I was already looking to buy a new one and tried a different HDMI cord and boom it worked.
You forgot the sixth most important Point . ' Girlfriends crashing/Damaging your consoles" :(
I have serious doubts that the person making this comment actually has a girlfriend.
@@sarahmcglauflin6134 stfu please
@@miinaemad749 Gladly, if you'll do the same.
My ps4 has been in two floods and still works so I've been pretty lucky!! My Xbox one barley works and it hasn't been in any floods 😂
Blake Turner dude you are a lucky legend 😂
ps4s are light so they float. not the pro though
Fyi xbox one's are more reliable.
Your xbox will float too
WiLl FlOaT tOo!.
WILL FLOAT TOOOO
@@leonneel xbox can break any second theyre uselless unlike ps4
Thanks for the post I was able to fix my ps4 pro by bending chip heat sink bracket just a little bit and thermal grease good as new !
Up voted just for the shirt... I want one.
I can't find a single company that will fix my PS4s.
How about you go to the sony website and pay $150 to have it fixed
@@hottyboyrepo911 I've had it for too long, they only fix it within the first year, and they pretty much just send you another one. I ended up just buying another one.
@@Sun-Tzu- I sent mine to have it fixed but it did cost $150.00 Cuz it was out of warranty but yeah mines a simple fix
BTW your channel is awesome I have learned a lot from all the consoles.
When trying to fix blue light of death does the safe mode "fix" actually work?
Not on my PS4. My PS4 restarts and restarts again in safe mode. Doesn’t exit safe mode while turn on.
I still have my old PS4 when it first came out still working fine for now. Might think about getting a PS4 pro later this year or maybe next year. Because I have decided that this is my last console ever getting it does not mean I'll go PC no not really. It's just that games in this generation have less great story telling less great gameplay and I grow up with the First Playstation 1 console I played the first playstation 1 and 2 and I can tell you for some reason they have more games that have great stories ok graphics and ok gameplay I didn't play Playstation 3 but I look at it and it was ok had great graphics and games but I noticed that there were less stories but more multiplayer like ever before. I started to think that maybe companies are more focused on online multiplayer at that time on oh boy was I right DLC, season pass,microtransaction I was like wow unfinished games more excuses just bad we need usernames and passwords all this garbage all I what'd was a console that play games without having usernames or passwords to go online and and pay to play online for $60 subscription fees I was like wow how much more do you companies need this is my last console ever sad so sad.
My ps4 pro has only been alive for 6 months and it has an issue where it opens then IMMEDIATELY turn off and cant be fixed
MyName AeV why is that I always thought that the PS4 pro would last way longer then my old PS4 maybe there's a problem in the system or the factory mistakes I really dont know why or maybe it just happens.
PS1 and PS2 have a huge game library and I still didn't touched some titles and I do play a lot sometimes so considering all that I wont be bothered for the next 20 years. For now PS4 is ok but this is the point where I have to stop buying new systems so I can actually play everything I wanted to play.
I 100% agree with you my man but damn how about some comas or punctuation, your paragraph was painful to read
@@madbonez6702
I came here to leave the same comment. Lol.
After watching so many videos and experience that you have, I am writing to you With all due respect and love from India🙏.
My PS4 just broke down 2 days back..it all started with a freeze in the screen while playing battlefield 4 campaign mode. Then wen I switched on the PS4, it said " checking system storage" and then it switched off again. After that they asked to reinstall the 7.55 update in USB and reboot.i also did that...since then I have been keeping on doing the same.
Sometimes after initialization, system does turn on and wen I try loading games from cd or downloading apps, I have noticed that it takes alot of time to load a game from the CD which is very unusual.
In a while it lags, system freezes or turns black automatically.
Finally system asks for the 7.55 update in a USB again.
With all hope I am writing to you and praying you to provide a solution for my above issue..Thanks bhaiya( Back in India it means elder brother)🙏
My ps4 turns on but it starts to fade out in the middle of me playing
Damn..
Overheating issue possibly, watch the video on how to clean dust out of your PS4 system.
U might need a new power supply
I don’t plug things directly into the wall, as it will short the whole house (apparently).
Eh?
Need a better panel
I have just refurbished my first PS4 slim this evening. Bought it super cheap off eBay and fixed it for my own use and I never transferred the circuit board off the blueray drive to the new drive and its working fine. No errors or issues. Replaced the HDD with an SSD, replaced the blueray drive and the fan and put new thermal paste on the cpu. The amount of dust inside it was unreal, it wasn't dust bunnies so much as dust walls. And it stank of cigarette smoke. Had a thorough cleansing with isopropyl alcohol .
I've had my PS4 for over 6 years I clean it once a month. Never had any problems.
Only thing I hate with this old model its very loud whatever game I choose to play.
Where are you from?
My ps4 act up every time I try to turn it on thank you
Great video! I always thought SONY promised bug free gaming in their consoles xD
Subscribed.
All the best,
Robin
I accidentally dropped my ps4 and now the cover pops up and I’m trying to push it back in but it’s not budging
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Hello, I'm about to send my PS4 in for hdmi repair and where can I get a discount code from?
Unfortunately, we don't have any discount codes...sorry about that.
TronicsFix hello there, sir 😀 sorry to bother you. how much do you fixed PS3 slim as it seems to be slowing down, frozen, crashes and non response time after time. I'm from Toledo Ohio and how much would it be for shipping and handling
Martell Tha Cool I just gotta tell you that it should be $15 to $20 for shipping and I'm not sure if @tronicsfix would repair a PS3 slim but you never know :/
Love your videos, full of great info!
when i plug the HDMI cable to the monitor and i touch the end side of the cable i get zapped from it why does it do that
Because there is voltage going through the cable.
TronicsFix 😂
ps4 random disc ejection
LotsaLOUD it's the dodgey touch buttons try first cleaning it and keep it constantly clean.
Remove the rubber leg under the button and if it still continues you need to open it up and disable it and eject thru the in game menu
LotsaLOUD look up David Rutledge. he has a video fix. pretty simple and works.
Another common issue for random disc ejecting is the ps screw loosening, easy fix, remove the left top side of the ps4 (It slides off) and you'll see a very specific screw with the ps controller symbols, tighten that up a bit. Hopefully problem solved.
The gold plate scratch fix is the only way to 100% stop the auto eject issue.
this this is what i get
I guess that shows ps4's should be taken care of carefully,my mom would be thinking the ps4 is overheating because it feels hot,and I just sold a ps4 that didnt display on screen,very informative video👍
Me watching him say "blinking blue light" from start to the end. *in mind* I have no chance 😭 time to get a new playstation 😭😭
That part
My ps4 blinks White 😔😔😔
Cockroaches villa 4 bedrooms with jacuzzi 😂
Even today saving lives..the prongs on the hdmi port were folded up to the back many thx🙏🙏
What about a disc inserting slowly
Probably has dirty rollers.
@@Tronicsfix thank you very much now my disc insert into the ps4 perfectly fine after I cleaned the rollers thank you very much
What should i do if one of the hdmi port pins is bent
Unfortunately, the HDMI port will need to be replaced.
TronicsFix my hdmi ports keeps skippibg
thanks for the advice amzing work keep it up👌
Hi,
I have a problem with my PS4. I searched my issue but never found anything similar.
I bought my PS4 2 months after it launched.
It was running smoothly until very recently. It started it kick me out of my games, not any game, games with high computing powers (that's what I noticed) such as MGSV, Mass Effect, The last of us, and Bllodborne.
some other games, I play them for hours and it never kicked me out once.
I cleaned it many times, and opened it and cleaned the heat sink without any improvements.
any advice on this?
I got the 1st gen destiny white ps4 and only problem i had was it spitting the game out while playing it in result you have to remove the bottom rubber bumper
Or you start digitally downloading games so there are no discs to spit out in the 1st place...
This guy knows he's stuff im English and I sometimes can't understand fully what he talking about not saying a about the guy he's work is top class im just trying to find out what i can do thanks for your help.
when my ps4 is off it beep constantly like someone is pressing the eject button and when i turn it on the disc drive starts up like it's trying to eject a disk
i have to unplug the the AC cord from the wall when i sleep or it wakes me up its so annoying .
What version ps4 do you have? The one with the half glossy look or the matt?? The matt version has a mechanical button, could be this is stuck
@@ToldYouSo18 i have the 2014 model
I need help I changed my thermal paste to artic 5 I blew out everything in the PlayStation and even the fan is spotless but it always overheats and the fan gets very loud
Three questions: How hot is the area where the console is? Also, how much thermal paste did you put? Lastly, did you tighten the processor clamp evenly?
luchvk cold like a bit it’s a lil much tho I think I spread around but there was small extras around the place where we put the thermal paste and yes
Love your vids by the way
Guys can someone help. My ps4 pro was recently cleaned but when the fan get louder its starts to make this crackling sound. I'm scared
What about your controller randomly cutting out and requiring a restart to get it to connect again?
Usual scenario: I pause and have to go do something. Controller cuts out, I come back and press ps4 button but controller doesn't cut back on. The only way I can get it to reconnect is by powering off the console all the way. Controller reset doesn't work, connecting with usb wire doesn't work and using two other working controllers (one just purchased two weeks ago) doesn't work. The only info I can find online is it may be the Bluetooth antenna. Could you help a brotha out?
charge it and keep it plug in
Same problem, thought i was the only one. Tried with multiple controllers but doesen’t work
Thank you for informative video!I appreciate it!
Can you fix my PS4 if I ship it to you
I have the blinking blue light... I've taken it apart multiple times checked everything including the power supply. I'm honestly quite done, I'm not going to pay 100 bucks for parts when I can buy a new ps4 for 200. 😂😂😂 I'm still crying inside... crying so bad.
Thanks man. Very useful, and no nonsense.
Too bad there is no solution for the L3 sprint
Nathan Robinson I’ve fixed it before I just don’t remember how exactly
There is. It’s pretty simple, just open up controller and put something under the button. Just search on TH-cam for a video showing it.
All i did was take my controller and and sprayed wd40 in the joystick let it dry and haven't had a problem since
Take it apart and spray Electric dialect down there. Wd40 works but is hard on plastic.
I just bought a PS4 and I've got the HDMI issue. Not a good Impression.
Edit: sorted the problem, it was something else.
A brand new or a second hand? And check the version of your PS4 which will be located at the back just above the hdmi plugin.
@@blues05 Actually I got it working. I thought I had the problem as it was on the white light with no video output but it ended up being the adapter I use for my monitor needed extra power from a micro USB for some reason. I was confused because the way I had it works for my Xbox but not the PS
I had the first problem and luckily it wasn't anything too complicated, i just had to switch my ps4 HDMI cable with my Xbox 360 HDMI cable, both still work
Mine keeps saying system software error and try’s to fix database and that’s on loop 😭
Could be a hard drive issue
TronicsFix thanks for the response. But a lot of people got the same issue at the same time like a month ago . I’m just gonna find a store where they can fix it i will probably make it worse
@@Mert-nn7ib did u ever figure out the problem?
Eric Becerra yes my hard drive was damaged i had to change it and now it works fine 😂
@Mert does ur ps4 work now
My pro keeps freezing and lagging on screen transitions and all my downloaded games
same
Did u fixed it ?
@@spade3510 nope
@@Marxz.x i got a new problem now my ps4 beeps 3 times and turned off after 2mins
darrell jamison put your PS4 on safe mode, then select option #5 which should be to "rebuild the database". That options fixes lag/freezing issues, corrupted data etc.
Geez I never had this many issues with a console before. My PS3 worked flawlessly.
I've had a Xbox 360 for about 5 years and still works great. I've had a ps4 for 1 years and messes up on me all the time
o nebula I’ve had a ps3 from 2006 and I still have it to 2018
Hell nah I had 11 rrod. Luckily free replacement from Microsoft. No issues with ps4, yet.
Manny Salazar ps4 issues are rarer than Xbox if you have ps4 the wrong way or another console on it if u don’t take care of it it will mess up my Xbox broke 3 years after I took good care I went to play skate 3 it just died