if your optical drive is giving you
trouble it might be time for a new one
today is that day get your tools
together and meet me at the workbench
because today I'm going to show you how
to switch out the optical drive in your
ps4 hi I'm Gwen Dillon 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 map it's not listed as one of
the tools for this repair but I never do
a repair without one when you do your
repair be sure to follow the step by
step guide on a fix-it comm 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 torque 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 deeper
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 torque 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 for reassembly we recommend
you follow the step by step guide on
ifixit.com
in Reverse or you can watch the
PlayStation 4 reassembly video on our
channel you can find all the parts and
tools for this and many other repairs at
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