we've all seen how essential a fan is to
your game consoles example yellow light
of death so it's important to keep that
guy in working condition whether your
fan is not working or it just needs a
good cleaning today I'm going to show
you how to remove the fan in your ps4
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need a
Philips number one screwdriver a tr9
Torx security screwdriver and if you
feel like you need the help of tweezers
to disconnect cables grab a pair of
those I'm also using the help of my
magnetic mat it's not listed as one of
the tools for this repair but I never do
a repair with that one when you do your
repair be sure to follow the step by
step guide on ifixit.com not only does
it walk you through the complete repair
but you can also see comments and notes
from other users that have followed it
which is really cool and very helpful
before we begin make sure your ps4 is
off and unplugged from any power source
now you can start by flipping your
PlayStation over onto its top and remove
the four stickers that conceal the first
screws that need to be removed to get
inside just FYI removing these stickers
does void your warranty but let's be
real when has that ever stopped you with
the stickers out of the way now we can
remove the 49 torque security screws on
the back of the game system after those
are out we can just lift the front piece
and slide the panel towards the back
pretty easy I know
now we can see the next few screws we
need to take care of starting with the
three t9 Torx security screws and the
two Phillips screws next we're going to
lift straight up on the power supply but
don't go pulling it off yet it's still
connected to the motherboard via a wire
plug that we need to disconnect off the
motherboards once this is disconnected
you can pull the power supply right out
with the power supply out of the way we
can now remove a couple of cables from
the motherboard be sure to also deer out
the optical drive cable while you're
there
just like that we now move on to the
screws holding the optical drive in
place there are four Torx security
screws attaching the Wi-Fi antenna and
the optical drive remove those and we
can move on finally we can lift and
remove the Wi-Fi antenna to get to the
optical drive
now the optical drive is free and ready
for liftoff with the optical drive out
flip the system over and remove the top
panel by pressing back and lifting up
with that out of the way we can get to
work on the Phillips screw and the two
torque security screws holding the hard
drive in place and now you can remove
the hard drive by sliding it out of its
cage
now that the hard drive is out we just
need to lift the front of the top cover
and slide it backwards to get it off the
metal covering and support bracket our
next two get those off we just need to
remove the 12 torque security screws and
two Phillips screws holding them in
place
there's a small free wire plug that
needs to be disconnected before removing
the motherboard it's on the bottom right
hand of the board and I'm just going to
use my tweezers to remove it now we can
remove the motherboard and the metal
tray beneath it the fan is now exposed
and you can see it's held in place by
two Phillips screws once they're removed
you can lift the fan up for cleaning or
replacement for reassembly we recommend
you follow the step by step guide on I
fix it calm in Reverse or you can watch
the PlayStation 4 reassembly video on
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