A fix that worked for me and for a lot of other people apparently is once you insert the disc start tapping on the top of your ps4 repeatedly until you hear it reading the disc. It'll sound smooth, not clunky like when it doesn't read it. I did everything on this video except for the last one and none of them worked. Decided to try the tapping method and IT WORKS. Now I'm off to play the Last of Us for the 100th time on my new monitor.
For everyone saying it didn't work, try turning it vertically. I literally thought it didn't work and then tried it again on the other side and bam! It worked.
ty so much bro. pretty sure mine got curropted from bf unplugging power cord in mornings. had to rebuild database but thankfully it works now. May still need to have the rollers on disk reader checked cause oh lawd that boi is loud. your my hero today
Best video ever m8. I’ve been struggling a whole week to fix it and was considering to buy a new one. You saved me a lot of money bro. Legend. You have my subscription. 👍🏿👍🏿
awesome advice, took me up to the reinstall firmware to get it working, made some weird sounds for a while but came back to life after immediately! thanks for helping!
Update on my post of 2 days ago... This fella’s advice DID work.. once. Just for the immediate issue, it did work. However, once a disk was removed or the power turned off.. the system went right back to, “Unrecognized Disk”. Now I was looking at performing this routine every time I wanted to play. So, I thought, “Why not just try this propping the console on it’s side deal that folks are talking about?”, and... PRESTO! Unbelievably, and most likely for some strange technical quirk that I don’t grasp, it works! I hadn’t tried it before due to how my entertainment system is set up - it’s a project. But, frustrated, I finally tried it. So for me, at least, standing the console on it’s side has solved the issue of “Unrecognized Disk”. Go figure. Still, this vid did provide relief for a problem that was driving me scooters.. at the time. Thanks for that.
Yo, you save my life, ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 I just did all the updates but nothing worked, en I did what you said turned on the side en Yessss ik worked!!! 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂 😆 thanks 😊 🙏 👍
If this doesn't work for you (it didn't for me) just stand your PS4 on its side and re-insert disc. That worked immediately. What I did to fix it permanently so I didn't have to turn my PS4 on its side or upside down was I bought a can of compressed air with the small straw and stuck the straw inside the disc reader and blew for like 20 seconds. Try to spread it around as much as possible. After that the discs started working again.
@@21Dazzler Vertically yes. Also what works for me is when I place the disc in you start tapping on the top of the PS4 and it should kick in. It's a dirty laser I believe.
Thank you man been having this issue for a long time but you’ve saved me with the safe mode and update everything it really worked, thanks man appreciate it
i watched 3 or 4 videos explaining all the different ways to fix the PS4 not reading the disc. then i watched this video and it didn't help. i read Chase Clarks comment. flipped my ps4 on its side and it worked. thanks Chase!
I insert the disc and you just hear it trying to spin the disc over and over but it ends up giving up and it said game not read (the disc is brand new)
call me synical but I think sony are deliberately doing this in there system updates to force users to purchase digital content and stop them buying cheap second hand copies of games which they make no money on. If you look back at pre launch of ps4 there was talk of making games assigning themselves to a specific console thus doing away with the second hand market. My ps4 pro has had this issue only after being 2 years old I mean come on surely a laser should last longer than that. I take good care of all my stuff and cant understand why this would happen. I still have my original Sega Saturn still boxed and its 25 years old and the laser on it is fine still loads games with no problem. So yeh in my opinion sony are at it big style. Im damn sure laser technology is now way more advanced than the unit that's in my Sega Saturn. 2 fingers up at u sony. And yeh I have tried all the so called fixes to no avail.
Man this All started after an update , and even before i havent changed him of place, very strange, after an single update these strange noises started begining, for me its just like you said , this was made by sony him self with a purpose $
OMFG! Flipping the PS4 on the side worked. It must be dust build up or something. I shook my PS4 while on its side while powered off to jiggle the dust off. It fixed the problem.
Thank you for the video. I followed the steps, but after step 3 - I cleared the cache and the disc worked after that. I'll try initialization if the problem becomes more stubborn, though, and it's great to know that's an option.
The “Update System Software“ (to V9.00 in my case) fixed the “Unrecognised Disc” (it was working for movie discs but not game discs, and instead drive was doing the clicking noise)
I'm currently experiencing the game disc problem. Makes no sense I don't even really play games on my PS4 but the one time I buy a hardcopy it wanna act stupid
@@Sharonoath777 if you've already tried flipping it on the side and no luck then I'd say just wait like i did lol. Mines stopped playing the game disc and i literally tried everything then i finally gave up and started to download my games then almost a week or 2 later it starts playing the disc again.
@Chase Clark When a comment is more useful than the video content! You're a legend! Thank you for saving us repair bucks and huge time. You deserve a subscribe!
@@shadowswest9612 I luckily have access to a 2nd ps4 and the disc works great in that one so I'm thinking the disc reader is going out maybe in the problematic one
because its more primitive. its like saying, “why should i have a gun to protect my home when i could just have a sharp rock” the rock will always work but the gun works much better and can do things much better
The issue actually continued to reoccur. I eventually took my PS4 SLIM apart and when I loosened some of the screws around the disk drive it’s worked fine ever since.
Hey man I thank you for your post updating the software definitely did the trick for me I'm back in action you're a good dude I'm subscribing and locking you in
I want to know if tapping method only works when you have the "unrecognized disc" problem to your un-opened PS4. Coz tapping doesnt work on me and also putting it vertically. I got my "unrecognized disc" problem after disassembling and cleaning my PS4 Pro. But i dont think i broke something because im careful as fck. I want to know what might be causing it. My PS4 pro is almost 2 yrs old. Please help me, i never opened my disc drive.
I bought a PS4 that was extremely dusty, and it was a smoker's PS4, so the whole thing was gunked up. I started with spraying the dust out of everything. Then I tried the disc drive and it wasn't even taking, so I did the Qtip to the rollers thing and it worked like a charm like it usually does. But the disc wasn't reading afterwards. I tried your software methods, but I ended up having to take the disc drive apart and clean the laser. And luckily for me it did work right after. Very happy I don't have to replace the drive.
Just wanted to reiterate JellO’s comment from a year ago. If these tips from the video don’t work, and if the tip about turning the ps4 on it’s side doesn’t work either, try tapping the top of the ps4 when you put the disc in. As the video talks about at the end it might be an issue with the rollers inside, I think tapping the console gets them moving or something. Can’t say for sure, but it’s the only thing that consistently worked for me so far.
Buddy, I didnt mention the word "money" like you just said and your comment is saying that you can't believe most of the people are here when the ps5 is out.
Do yourself a favor and turn it upside down first before trying any of the other steps... I lost ALL of my gaming info and games following his steps. Not a happy gamer rn... Turn it upside down like i have seen in the comments and boom... It likes the game.
Before you do anything, flip the ps4 on it’s side and re insert disc. It worked for me, maybe it will work for you.
Chase Clark LMFAO IT ACTUALLY WORKED 🤣🤣🤯🤯😳
bro your a legend
all these videos didn’t work but that worked im so confused haha
Bro how did u know
Chase Clark OMG I SAID I WAS GONNA TRY THIS LATER, I DID IT NOW AND TURNS OUT MY SIBLINGS PUT SOMETHING INSIDE... IT CAME OUT WHEN I FLIPPED IT
A fix that worked for me and for a lot of other people apparently is once you insert the disc start tapping on the top of your ps4 repeatedly until you hear it reading the disc. It'll sound smooth, not clunky like when it doesn't read it. I did everything on this video except for the last one and none of them worked. Decided to try the tapping method and IT WORKS.
Now I'm off to play the Last of Us for the 100th time on my new monitor.
Thank you so much, just bought riders republic and it wasnt reading until I did what u said lmao
I read this just after reinstalling my ps4 and it worked haha
That worked for me as well thank you so much
Bruuuuh you’re a savior I love u I hope u get the baddest girl in the world and have a beautiful family
Why in the hell does this work? That being said, thank you!
Not gonna lie, when step one was "clean the disc" I thought to myself "Oh, this video is intended for kids".
So I did this and it actually worked. What do you think it could be?
@@vicksingh1568 It Could Be The Faxt U Dont Know How To Take Care Of Your CDs
@@dakakarot I got 2 BRAND NEW discs still nothing
@@megantheestallion9490 😂😂 you gotta take it apart and yeah
@@megantheestallion9490 well flip over the ps4 and then insert the cd it will work it did for me
Anyone else just feel depressed asf when your PS4 breaks and has problems or just me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I be wanting to cry
It’s just my cod disc
I get frustrated
And sucidal😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@tadiwamandiwona998 fam is everything ok for you? Like in real life?
I threw my ps4 over the window and it worked
I used the hammer much more fun and work great
Thank you it worked
I’m having problems with this method. Do you think it could be because it hit my little brother on the way down?
I used Jumping cables and mine worked just fine
Let me try
The second step, going into safe mode and updating worked for me. Thank you very much
How do I update if my ps5 is already updated?
For everyone saying it didn't work, try turning it vertically. I literally thought it didn't work and then tried it again on the other side and bam! It worked.
Thank you so much bro, I did all the steps all the way up to rebuild database and my ps4 start reading my docs again, thanks for the help
Thank you man. I couldn’t go on my games and you helped a lot!
ty so much bro. pretty sure mine got curropted from bf unplugging power cord in mornings. had to rebuild database but thankfully it works now. May still need to have the rollers on disk reader checked cause oh lawd that boi is loud. your my hero today
You are a legend because I completed the game so if I lost all my progress, I would’ve been so sad
Your chill attitude actually calmed my annoyance with this problem.
I knew it was going to Work, my guy is wearing a PlayStation Cap
Thank you so much I'm followed your last instruction and it's work for me ! u safe my money and time
Best video ever m8. I’ve been struggling a whole week to fix it and was considering to buy a new one. You saved me a lot of money bro. Legend. You have my subscription. 👍🏿👍🏿
Have to use this video every so often to fix. Thank you!
Cheers fella had to go as far as database rebuild and it now works perfectly, appreciate your help
When you do the database rebuild, do you need to back up your games and saved data first? Or will it be fine?
That didn’t even work for me😢
Thank you for this. Reinstalled the system software and that worked perfectly!
From where
@@lallawmzualihmar4811 hold the power button until you hear 2 beeps
@@no-ol6xg thnks
Do you leave the video game in the console while the system software is updating, or do you eject it first???
Thank you bro,it helped so much ❤
Thanks bud, step 2 worked for me.... great info
awesome advice, took me up to the reinstall firmware to get it working, made some weird sounds for a while but came back to life after immediately! thanks for helping!
Did it make like a double noise?
@@E_jones17 yes
Update on my post of 2 days ago...
This fella’s advice DID work.. once. Just for the immediate issue, it did work. However, once a disk was removed or the power turned off.. the system went right back to, “Unrecognized Disk”. Now I was looking at performing this routine every time I wanted to play. So, I thought, “Why not just try this propping the console on it’s side deal that folks are talking about?”, and... PRESTO! Unbelievably, and most likely for some strange technical quirk that I don’t grasp, it works! I hadn’t tried it before due to how my entertainment system is set up - it’s a project. But, frustrated, I finally tried it. So for me, at least, standing the console on it’s side has solved the issue of “Unrecognized Disk”. Go figure. Still, this vid did provide relief for a problem that was driving me scooters.. at the time. Thanks for that.
Yo, you save my life, ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 I just did all the updates but nothing worked, en I did what you said turned on the side en Yessss ik worked!!! 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂 😆 thanks 😊 🙏 👍
When you put it on its side you mean the side with the power button in the air right?
I am not sure why either, but this worked! Thank you!
Bro all you tubers think about themselves but you think about us love you bro i subscribed thanks
Thank you for this! The rebuild database worked on my ps4 pro
Thank you for making this video.
I had to restore my data and this video made it super easy to do.
you earned a new sub🙋🏽♂️
Legend has it that he's still on here setting the new world record for repeatedly saying Play Station Four
Thanks for the help man, was able to keep my 100% soulsbrone games thanks to this vid
Thanks buddy for these wonderful tips!
Thanks so much for this video, I almost thought my ps4 was broken -.-
thanks alot bro it worked perfectly on the first step which i had to updated the system software again
Dude thanks so much one of your ideas actually fixed my ps4 so massive thanks
Which one
Thanks man, I needed to clean the disk and it worked!
That's like basic common sense bro
Lol
@@emilyscott1372i know😭😭😭
F yeah ! Thanks so much. I had to do the rebuild database step 3. Saved me $500 . I’ll drink a beer for you tonight .
Got any more beers? It hasnt worked for me so its basically like £60 down the drain
@@ryleybrown4421 Hella sad man.
I didnt think it will work but the second Tip worked!!! You saved no mans sky and my day!
Thank you for your help! 😀
If this doesn't work for you (it didn't for me) just stand your PS4 on its side and re-insert disc. That worked immediately.
What I did to fix it permanently so I didn't have to turn my PS4 on its side or upside down was I bought a can of compressed air with the small straw and stuck the straw inside the disc reader and blew for like 20 seconds. Try to spread it around as much as possible. After that the discs started working again.
When you say on it's side, do you mean vertically?
Neither flat or vertical has worked for me as yet.
Haven't tried upside down yet.
@@21Dazzler Vertically yes. Also what works for me is when I place the disc in you start tapping on the top of the PS4 and it should kick in. It's a dirty laser I believe.
Thank you it worked for me
Thank you, have a heart 💙
MonsterSteve can u make a video on how to do it please i sub and liked
Just subbed you rock
Aye best video ever 💯🔥🔥 much appreciated
Dude you're a life saver I tried the second method and everything worked fine after! Thank you so much bro! 🤟
Thank you man been having this issue for a long time but you’ve saved me with the safe mode and update everything it really worked, thanks man appreciate it
I have done everything you're suggested and it still has worked.
i watched 3 or 4 videos explaining all the different ways to fix the PS4 not reading the disc. then i watched this video and it didn't help. i read Chase Clarks comment. flipped my ps4 on its side and it worked. thanks Chase!
Thanks man, this video helped out a lot
You are amazing you helped me fix the problem. Yay. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. You are the best. :)
Thank you so much!!! you reassured me so much I thought I had lost everything ❤️❤️😭
which one helped you
Step two worked. Thanks!! Now back to my Yellowstone marathon.
Step 2 worked great my man ty
Thank you the game was my life i tried cleaning it and it made weird noises but went through
I insert the disc and you just hear it trying to spin the disc over and over but it ends up giving up and it said game not read (the disc is brand new)
thank you sir i got so worried i wouldn't be able to play fifa defo subscribing and liking
Thank you so much my PS4 now works again
I had that problem after i turned on my ps4 after long grinding in cyberpunk 2077 after a few hours break i reset it and it worked fine lol
I just shaked my ps4 side to side and heard something I try the disk and It work
Modern problems require modern solutions
@@ahsanzafar6497 modern solution is always simple thing
You are pretty useful legend you probably deserve 1mil subscribers that's why I subscribed and liked
Thank you so much, rebuilding database worked for me. Love from India
call me synical but I think sony are deliberately doing this in there system updates to force users to purchase digital content and stop them buying cheap second hand copies of games which they make no money on. If you look back at pre launch of ps4 there was talk of making games assigning themselves to a specific console thus doing away with the second hand market. My ps4 pro has had this issue only after being 2 years old I mean come on surely a laser should last longer than that. I take good care of all my stuff and cant understand why this would happen. I still have my original Sega Saturn still boxed and its 25 years old and the laser on it is fine still loads games with no problem. So yeh in my opinion sony are at it big style. Im damn sure laser technology is now way more advanced than the unit that's in my Sega Saturn. 2 fingers up at u sony. And yeh I have tried all the so called fixes to no avail.
Makes sense.
My ps4 pro started getting all wonky too. I think you're right, especially when the ps5 is going to be a thing.
Man this All started after an update , and even before i havent changed him of place, very strange, after an single update these strange noises started begining, for me its just like you said , this was made by sony him self with a purpose $
I've seen this exact same text on videos from different accounts
Adam Allardyce two of my discs don’t work but my third works and all three are first hand. Bought them directly from the store
OMFG! Flipping the PS4 on the side worked. It must be dust build up or something. I shook my PS4 while on its side while powered off to jiggle the dust off. It fixed the problem.
An actual lifehack
I can confirm this trick works
Clean it ! That way it will be completely fixed.. !
Thank you for the video. I followed the steps, but after step 3 - I cleared the cache and the disc worked after that. I'll try initialization if the problem becomes more stubborn, though, and it's great to know that's an option.
Helped a lot cheers boss
The “Update System Software“ (to V9.00 in my case) fixed the “Unrecognised Disc” (it was working for movie discs but not game discs, and instead drive was doing the clicking noise)
I'm currently experiencing the game disc problem. Makes no sense I don't even really play games on my PS4 but the one time I buy a hardcopy it wanna act stupid
Bruh same here! Mines also making the clicking noise.
Mine is working for the data disc to download the application, but not for the game disc. Any tips?
@@Sharonoath777 if you've already tried flipping it on the side and no luck then I'd say just wait like i did lol. Mines stopped playing the game disc and i literally tried everything then i finally gave up and started to download my games then almost a week or 2 later it starts playing the disc again.
@Chase Clark
When a comment is more useful than the video content!
You're a legend!
Thank you for saving us repair bucks and huge time.
You deserve a subscribe!
Thanks I tried everything but it works now
Updating the software worked for me thanks man!
For some reason my ps4 won’t play certain games I don’t know why. But others it has no problem
SAME my dirty discs sometimes read but my perfectly clean watchdogs 1 disc won’t read
Same bro
@@polpnorbit same only with my rdr2
Same with red dead 2 my disc doesn’t have one scratch but still doesn’t work. But my smudge scratched dbz fighters works perfectly
@@shadowswest9612 I luckily have access to a 2nd ps4 and the disc works great in that one so I'm thinking the disc reader is going out maybe in the problematic one
He looks like some weird game advertizer. But nothing but respect for him. I love it.
Btw It worked
Thanks for your help bro lifesaver
Turned it sideway. Driveside down. Worked like a charm.
How has my nes (Nintendo) lasted longer than all my other “better consoles Xbox 360 one , ps1, 2 and 3 and vita and even my PCs
because its more primitive. its like saying, “why should i have a gun to protect my home when i could just have a sharp rock” the rock will always work but the gun works much better and can do things much better
It’s bullshit, but I guess the same goes why I’ve bought four new cars since 2000 while I see some people still driving their 1970’s models
Yea wtf my wii still going strong
Ok
less moving parts less problems
Thank you for making sense. I’m waiting for the results of the reinstall update in safe mode. Fingers crossed!
It was as simple as restarting in safe mode. My update timed out for some reason so I just tried reset. Thanks for all the tips bro!
The issue actually continued to reoccur. I eventually took my PS4 SLIM apart and when I loosened some of the screws around the disk drive it’s worked fine ever since.
@@willmeyer2745 all u did was loosen screws?
@@highrein9979 yes.
Thanks man. Option 2 worked!
I did the software update and rebuild database. Fixed the issue 👍
Do I do this with the disc in or not?
Just installed a replacement laser for the disc drive, still dont work. Hopefully this will
did it work cuh?
Hey man I thank you for your post updating the software definitely did the trick for me I'm back in action you're a good dude I'm subscribing and locking you in
Rebuilding the data base actually worked! This guy is a life saver
Does it delete any data ?
@@m7md_abushayeb no
I want to know if tapping method only works when you have the "unrecognized disc" problem to your un-opened PS4. Coz tapping doesnt work on me and also putting it vertically.
I got my "unrecognized disc" problem after disassembling and cleaning my PS4 Pro. But i dont think i broke something because im careful as fck. I want to know what might be causing it. My PS4 pro is almost 2 yrs old. Please help me, i never opened my disc drive.
Same problem here but with the slim
Same bro wth
The thing with mine none of my disc are dirty it’s just not reading literally any of my disc
Same
HAHA I had issues with the disk reader for months, finally remembered the power of youtube! Thank you!
You helped me today ty!
3:25 I swear it took me 30 seconds
ok ?
how tid he get that background and theme
In the playstation store, in a add-on section they have themes. Most likely from there
Thanks, bro! you are a lifesaver!!!!!!!!!!
Thx so much man
Why does my ps4 make weird noises when I put a disc inside of it???
Prolly something wrong w the disk if not that then yo junk messing up
If it’s a fan kind of sound that’s normal
Well when a ps4 and a disc love eachother very much...
@@Brotor_ the disc to be read
I’m pretty sure it’s suppose to do that
3:25
LMAO dude, mine internet speed told me 1 hour, straight up,
I'm in Africa, God bless.
Lol 40 seconds
@@vcloxnedjay-_-1627
Dude the way his loading icon,
Just fills up in a flash?
It's like magic dude.
Mine told me to seat down and have pop corn,while i wait
do not dis
Mine was 50 seconds XD (Australia)
I bought a PS4 that was extremely dusty, and it was a smoker's PS4, so the whole thing was gunked up. I started with spraying the dust out of everything. Then I tried the disc drive and it wasn't even taking, so I did the Qtip to the rollers thing and it worked like a charm like it usually does. But the disc wasn't reading afterwards. I tried your software methods, but I ended up having to take the disc drive apart and clean the laser. And luckily for me it did work right after. Very happy I don't have to replace the drive.
How do you clean the laser
Lens
Just wanted to reiterate JellO’s comment from a year ago. If these tips from the video don’t work, and if the tip about turning the ps4 on it’s side doesn’t work either, try tapping the top of the ps4 when you put the disc in. As the video talks about at the end it might be an issue with the rollers inside, I think tapping the console gets them moving or something. Can’t say for sure, but it’s the only thing that consistently worked for me so far.
woahhh you commented on my channel a year ago im glad you've blown up now well done :)
can you believe most people here have been here when the new ps5 released for their ps4
Ok dude some of us cant afford it
@@kiddluchi1622 I said nothing about money
I didnt mention money either.
@@kiddluchi1622 YOU LITERALLY SAID "SOME OF US CANT AFFORD IT" YOU LITERALLY DID MENTION MONEY
Buddy, I didnt mention the word "money" like you just said and your comment is saying that you can't believe most of the people are here when the ps5 is out.
Rebuild database did it for me. Thanks dude!
Really helped me
Thank You So Much new like and subscriber buddy❤️
The disc port is making noise how do i fix it
Turn your ps4 on its side then insert the disc
@@neroknight1234 whay if my ps4 is on its side already. should i set it how it supposed to be sitting
Thank you!
Thanks man at work
The last part just confirmed that the digital version is the way to go
What about your old CD games!
Do yourself a favor and turn it upside down first before trying any of the other steps... I lost ALL of my gaming info and games following his steps.
Not a happy gamer rn... Turn it upside down like i have seen in the comments and boom... It likes the game.
Thank you sm broo
Then you did something wrong. His steps are fine, ive rebuilt my database and reinstalled software multiple times without issue
I put mines on its side also and it immediately worked!
It worked. Thank you