How to Clean a PS4 Slim
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- I show you how to simply clean and take apart your PS4 slim in 7 minutes.
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If anyone is struggling with the Black Pins where the fan is located, please see this video and it should help :) - th-cam.com/video/dXH-c8hkueM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TronicsFix
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You have to wedge it off or get a box cutter razor and cut around it until you can pull it up
@MrBeast01yes because that’s one of the main reasons your ps over heats
Thank you so much!!! My ps4 is much quieter and it was very dusty!! Runs great! 👍
PLEASE HELP,THE POWER SUPPLY CABLE WONT GO OUT AND IM SCARED IF I PULL TOO HARD THE WIRES WILL BREAK
I love how everything pops up so easily and smoothly in these videos, while I was almost breaking my ps4 to get things out, specially the power supply.
Help me please
Facts i thought I was going to break it a few times
Lol ya i just stopped at the part where u unplug the power supply felt like something I wasn’t supposed to be doing as i was pulling wuite hard and it didn’t come out.feels slightly unnecessary feel like it’s already open enough at that point.
xbox consoles are so much easier to open.
@@DaManicTannicHow did you do it? Im struggling and don't wanna break it 😢
Finally cleaned my ps4 for the first time in 6 years
Same 💀
7 years here 😂
@@heisenberg64722 minutes is insane
six yrs, another seven, well I think it's ok if I'm not cleaning it after 2 or 3
Need to get the right tools and I'm procrastinating, so I would say, I can do it just like you 😅
Same
FYI. Just so you know, Sony has agreed to not void your warranty simply because of your "sticker" is gone or has been removed, torn, etc... Due to the fact that allot of folks have had their "sticker" damaged or completely removed simply by placing their console into a tv cabinet or shelf, and all the cabling getting folded into the rear of the console possibly causing a tare or completely removing the "sticker".
Microsoft is not as "understanding" as Sony is.
Thanks Joe! Had no idea this was the case. Thankyou :)
That's why the plastic rivets exist on newer models
I had a different slim model but for the most part, this video helped with 60-70% of the job. Took me 2-3 hours to completely dismantle all parts to expose the fan. Just had I got it done. Super quiet once again. 🙏
6/5/24
Just did this to mine and it’s NEVER been cleaned. Super easy and to the point. Awesome video. This thing is super quiet now. Ran great on a 4 hour gaming session, never sounded like a jet engine lol. Thanks for the easy tutorial, mate.
after your ps4 cools down it might be a good idea to cover the vents of the console with a shirt or something. that way dust won't build up right away.
i do that with my xbox 360 slim.
Oh so it’s called a slim
Man I just had the same realization 2 years later I’m about to clean my step dads for him lol
I've never cleaned it because I didn't know how to because I never found the model
I was so confused I thought I had a ps4.5
Since the PlayStation 2 there have been "Fat" (original) and "Slim" models. @@LILLI594
I was today years old when I found out
in my model , there is lots of sealed screws with black spots over it.
dude same, i literally just cannot open it
@@weirded1948just break them nothing bad will happen, Sony just wanted the new ps4 to be “unrepairable” so u buy a new one instead of repairing
Yeah, i broke those spots with a knife, its just a film, the 3 remaining screws would do the Job
My heatsink literally had a carpet of dust on it, thank you so much for this guide my ps4 no longer sounds like a jet engine, it’s almost dead silent!
Warranty? Mine ended in 2015
My PS4 went from reminding me about my time in the air cadets, to silence.
Thank you so much man!
A nice way to easy clean your PS4 Slim as it seems. I don't own a PS4 Slim, nor another PS4. But I would do it like this.
You just earned yourself a subscribe like man.
Fully explained so that nothing is left out and also the steps are told very well. You just helped me clean my ps4
Thanks man
The quality of this video is incredible! This deserves so many more views 🙌
Thankyou E :)
@@JoeyDoesTech No problem! Keep it up 🙌👍
Aye thanks man I was cleaning this in the morning and it got to complicated and your video really help I couldn’t get the whole fan off because somehow they melted my screws to where I couldn’t unscrew them but still this was a great video thanks
No worries man! Glad the video was useful, thanks for watching :)
You upped the production!!!
Thanks man :) Tried to make it as simple as possible.
@@JoeyDoesTech looked more scripted! 😉
Thank you, i have had mine for almost 5 years and had never cleaned it before, thanks again very easy tutorial👌🏽
there's always that one screw......
Bro fr I'm struggling for hours with this one 😭😭😭
I physically can't get the antenna plate flush with the plastic, any ideas?
Ngl that screw has me contemplating on melting it’s ass😭
There's always that one screw that SCREWS you over
i didnt even know i had the slim, thanks so much for helping me!
My grandsons sounded like a jet engine , followed you're easy steps now it's silent , thanks for this....
I don't have one screw driver that fits but my friend did it and it workef
I was scared taking this apart I really appreciate this video
THANK YOU SO MUCH I FINALLY GOT MY PS4 TO ACTUALLY WORK THANK I AM GOING TO PLAY SPIDERMAN FOR HOURS NOW
You’re welcome :) enjoy!
This took me about a whole hour to pull apart, clean and put back together. You made it so easy to follow!
Im having an issue 3:15 most of the timy screws are black things that arent screws
Same, did you ever find an answer??
@@Blake1yty no.
@@GreyAngel09ttvhe posted a vid in the comments to fix
I know this is an old vid, but I recommend changing the thermal paste and pads while in the process. After doing my Slim and Pro model they're both quiet now. Basically silent. IMO doing the Slim and launch models are more tedious to do. On the Pro it seems easier. If you plan on doing it I suggest marking the screws using colored sharpies. It definitely helps keep track of your screws. Also if you have trouble removing the security torque screws you can use a mini flathead screwdriver(2mm). Just be careful when doing that. Another thing I recommend is Grizzly Kryonaut Exteme thermal paste and good quality thermal pads. 🤙🏽
I was about to clean my today but sadly I dont have some of the tools.
You can get the tools fairly cheap :) I got most of mine off Amazon and Ebay :D
Same
Walmart 20 bucks, hart brand works fine for me
Watched the video one time , and tried to get in for 1 hour 😂 , the black plastic pin removal took 45 mins with a knife and a lot of scratches for me, very good tutorial , thank you!
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but thank you for this video! It was incredible and really helped me out when I was struggling to figure everything out. Your instructions made it simple, and now that I have them, I can take a breather. Great job! P.S. You have a new subscriber!
Thanks, it was scary but it was easy and clear.I cleaned it successfully but i got 2 extra screws when i finished 😅
😂😂😂 This happens to me pretty much every time. As long as it works, dont stress and you did a great job 😊 glad you enjoyed.
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Just took all the accessible dust out of my playstation. It was a tedious process but im hoping when my system turns on its worth it
Edit: omg it worked, my system was sounding like a jet engine before, now its completely silent
Since I cleaned it the fans haven't made a bit of noise, I even thought they weren't working anymore haha. Thank you so much for the explanation. Now my friends won't complain about the noise anymore and I can go back to using my microphone normally
Thank you so much. I just cleaned my ps4, I've had it for over 2 years. This was her first clean 😅 so thank you so much
Those black screws tho? How you take it out?
Bro you just saved me $100! That’s how much I was gonna be charged just to clean it. Less than an hour later and I got a clean ps4 and my $100
After 4 years oh this video I decided to do it too now I can enjoy quietness
This was super helpful! Finally cleaned my PS4 slim for the first time ever.
Appreciate you. Very well explained. Very easy to understand. No fluff talk, just to the point. Thank you.
I needed to clean mine so badly and i did thanks to your tutorial :D
Thank you! I saw the video and due to your easy explanation (for me, for a dummy hahaha) I went to the store, got a AirDuster can and used the screw set I got for Xtmas. I got the PS4 in 2016 and I have to say I expected a lot worse... but not that bad. I cleaned everything and was able to put everything back together! 100% working and no sound from the fan. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
You're welcome! :)
I got my PS4 slim nearly seven years ago and it's been never been clean. I'm sure it has a lot of dust and I'm gonna need to clean it to avoid the console overheating. Thanks for the tips.
“Hope it still works” no thank you brotha 😂😂😂
Is this risky like is it common for it to break? I need to clean my family ps4 it can’t run that many games because it hasn’t ever been clean but I’m worried about the success rate
How did it end?
I still plan to do that in the next few days.
@@Luke.Skywodka I’m a bit late. If you’ve already done it I hope it went well. I just did mine for the first time in 6 years. I have no experience with this sort of thing and didn’t even know mine was the slim until I started looking for this video. But once I found and followed this video it was simple. I had to pause and take it slow but still less then an hour. I can now hear my games rather then an airport in my room.
@thety3900 No problem mate.
My Ps4 (never opened before) was surprisingly clean inside.
Great you managed it! 👍🏻
@thety3900 how didi you remove the torx or the t8 screws i mena is there a way to unscew them without the special screwdrivers
@marko_____ No, you need the security bits. Theyre cheap and in most hardware stores
Youre so helpfull my siblings were very gratefull
You’re more than welcome :)
My ps4 slim was a little different but i figured out the few steps i had to. Took me 6 hours and 2 tries to get it right but i did it
Why is there need for five different screwdrivers bits i watched other videos on this and you only need a t8 and Phillips screwdriver so plz tell me if im wrong
An H9 and a philips is the only real bits you need. H9 is a torque bit but it has a small hole in the center. It can be used for h9 screws or torque screws. So other tutorials were actually using an H8 bit (often times H bits are labeled as torques cause its easier) but 8 is a size too small - and you Can get away with that but if you accidentally strip a screw then you've just created a difficult and annoying problem
This was definitely helpful for me! Good god… following these steps led me to see that I reeeaaaally should clean it from time to time, perhaps in less timespans that I had previously.
I also had a different set up on my PS4 slim. Different locations of things and screw types.
pretty good walk through , i appreciate it and now my ps4 slim is running smoothly because before i cleaned it tha fan was running high i could hear it over the game and the heat sink was clogged bad , i guess ill clean it every 6 months or so
I don't think we have the same slime, I cant get the screw that's in the back that's for the hard drive and now I cant get one of the screws out where the fan is and ontop off that I don't know how to get the black things that are replacing some of the screws out, this is so hard.. and I'm very frustrated
Hey Royce, I should of displayed the model number at the start. Did you manage to get it sorted?
@@JoeyDoesTech SADLY i didnt and I think I damaged the screw and now I cant get it out at all
Bro thanks u so much. This helps me out alot .
No worries, glad I can help 😁👍
First 2 min of the video and I don't have the tool to take apart the first screw great ❤❤❤👍👍👍💯
What do I do if a black thing feel from the back of the PlayStation when I took it apart and tilted it forward and a silver screw holder from the middle left feel out? I’m worried I may have messed mine u
I'm not too sure to be honest with you Guy. Just take it apart again and look for a teardown video with your specific PS4 model number, and hopefully you find what fell out!
Did you find the spot I did the same mistake
I did everything like in the video. But when i put in the power cabel do the ps4 i heard (click*) and its not working now. :/ lol
😂
Does anybody know a way to open the metal sheet without a t8 screw?
Finally cleaned my ps4 after 8 years and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be, still pretty bad though
This is like surgery. Sheesh.
Thanks a lot man that was super clear
One small problem though…. I am now scared to turn my ps on
I did this and now the hdmi isn’t working..? It turn on and everyrhing but nothing comes up on the tv.
Sorry Hayz I have no idea why that would happen :S Is it fixed now?
Somthing happed but it wasn’t ur fault great this was a great video
Thanks :) Hopefully your fault isn't too bad :(
Tutorial no.1! 👍🏻
Can u use something else than t9 cause noone has one
This helped a ton. Thank you.
I learned something but when I cleaned it it was really dirty, my ps would over heat and turn off but now it ain’t working
take it back apart again and check for things you might have missed :)
Thanks for this 🙏🏾
My PS4 has black plastic pins. How do I remove them with out damage??
Im a bit late but anything that doesnt look electronic is fine to break. You can run the thing without the case and most of the parts if you reallt wanted to,
do you know how to remove a stripped screw? I have never done anything to my ps4 but somehow 3 of the screws were stripped and I can’t get the ps4 open
You’re gonna have to break them
Theres a tool for that
How unfortunate that my PS4 Slim has near flush no hole plastic screws for 90% of the screws for the metal plate covering the gan, heat sink, etc. preventing me from direct access......
Can I use my air dryer (with the cool setting) instead of that can of air?? 😬
rip my ps4 2017 to 2024
Thxxxxx dude the under cover was full of dust and the hard disk I didn’t know that i can clean it without hard work
Interesting! In the other videos I've seen they've never removed the hard drive but it's good to clean to I suppose. One thing NOBODY mentions is how to get those damn black buttons off on the metal plate cause I can't seem to take it off to get to the fan no matter what I do
Same here, ive looked at 5 videos at this point and none tell me!
@@josemaxwell3395 yeah idk how to get that damn plate off. When you figure it out can you tell me please? I'd greatly appreciate it 🙏
This video will cover them :) - th-cam.com/video/dXH-c8hkueM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TronicsFix
@@JoeyDoesTech Thank you
Just a heads-up that the very first screw isn't always a Phillips, as well as all the other T8's and T9's can be different. On my black slim they're all security bits, I forget the proper name but it's basically just a torx with a hole in the center. I own a full set of different security bits anyways so it's not a problem for me but might be for someone else without them.
Edit: Most of the way through getting it apart and apparently with some versions that second metal plate that covers everything internal can't be removed from the side you did it from. There's only 4 screws on that side of my machine but there's 8 plastic rivets so I have to snap those off to open the machine on the same side as you. The other side looks removable but there's probably about 25 screws and I'll have to pull all the ribbon cables. Great video nonetheless, because if I hadn't watched it then I wouldn't have known my system was any different.
"Just click into place" meanwhile I'm about to throw this POS I can't get back together on the front lawn... 😂
i really appreciate doing such tutorial joey as it was my first time opening my ps4 console from such a while thanks a lot as i t has been so useful from the minium detail till the last thanks bynch :c
This was good right up 3:30 the 9 screws are rivits cant go further i guess any ideas ?
Thanks for help
Thank you (I had these black things over my screw slots so I had to brake them off so my thing that goes over the fan is loose but it didn’t matter but if it annoys you just try to get it down) you deserve a follow because my PS4 was a jet engine but it did overheat a lot but I don’t know if it still does
There is black plastic on the location where the screws are supposed to be 3:31
Hey is there a way to go around the screws. Mine is the days of play edition and there’s like plastic instead of screws
I don't actually know Jose :S I would suggest looking for a video that suited your Playstation more to be honest. Sorry I can't help.
Same dude did you find a way to fix it?
I just found videos where they destroy those plastic buttons, bit im not fine with it, so i dont know how to clean my fan perfectly
@@marcel_wendler I just got a sharp box cutter and carefully cut each of those dumbass screws
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Can u help me when i put the antenna back it dont go back
What do I do if my screw for the T9 screwdriver has a pin in it? Please help
I know this is 8 months after you asked but I had the same problem and all I did was use a small flathead and it worked
There’s are small black tabs were screws are supposed to be on my ps4. Anyone know why?
Some of mines were like that too
This video was helpful as! My playstation hasn’t been cleaned since I got it so there was heaps of built up dust, ALL GONE!!! Thank you
Some of the screws on my system have black plastic cover them, any idea how to get these out?
yea same
I've just had a look into this and it seems the newer versions of the PS4 slim have the black covers that you need to pinch to take out. Sorry I didn't include that in this video, I had no idea. I think TronicsFix has a video showing on how to dissemble a PS4 slim with these clips.
The fan plate on mine just has little stubs instead of screws
Same here, what did you do?
I know im super late but i just did my ps4 slim a noticed i don't have the second partial row for my heatsink. Is that just a difference between new and old ones or what?
Did you have to say "Congratulations you cleaned your PS4, now let's hope it still works"? 😭 My PS4 is definitely overheating and I've been scared to take it apart to clean it
cant even get the first warranty screw out, used pretty much all the drivers i got n nun fit
I don't really see why you would remove the power supply. You can spray air in there without removing it
Bro i don't have can of air can i use vacuum cleanet instead?
I cleaned mine before this time I did it like the video and took off the bottom power source . I am sure everything is connected right . Can my power source be bad?
I have black dots over the screws on the fan cover, how do I get rid of them
I really hope you’re going to help me put it back together at the end atp
That second screw dont unscrew for me. Mines is just destined to blow up from the build-up of dust and dirt and whatever else
Hey man i can't lift off the plastic at 3:52 because there are screws and some gum holding the plastic and i can't take it off because it will break any idea how to fix it?
Hopefully this video will help :) - th-cam.com/video/dXH-c8hkueM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TronicsFix
The first screw removal was taking the piss 😂 I literally had no screw bit sizeable to take it out
Now my ps4 don't sound like a airplane when I turn it on
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I cant take off the cover for the fan because theres some black plastic things that make it so I can’t take off the cover to clean my fan
Lt I'm really sorry for the late reply, but this video should have you covered :) - th-cam.com/video/dXH-c8hkueM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TronicsFix
I was cleaning it and i bent the metal plate when i took off the black pins or what ever still works tho