PS4 Pro Teardown - Detailed Disassembly

We teardown our brand new PS4 PRO. After unboxing, testing the heat output, power consumption and noise level we take apart the entire console to see what powers this thing.
The PS4 PRO is definitely a true powerhouse. It consumes more power, has much more computing power and has a seriously beefed up cooling system.
We find some serious upgrades like an X-clamp that clamps down all four corners of the APU. The APU has over twice as much computing power as the PS4 slim.
Overall the look is great and the hardware looks awesome.

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[guitarded]

Thanks a bunch! Now I can finally hear my games over what used to sound like a military grade hair dryer!!!

[tonyk]

Thank you! My PS4 was shutting down due to overheating and I had to do multiple factory resets. I used this video as a guide to take apart my PS4, clean it out, and apply new thermal paste. I found dust bunnies forming rudimentary societies and demanding sentient rights in there. Now the unit is whisper quite, even when my kids play the latest, most graphically intensive games.

[Xratos]

You really do have to admit that they did some good work with fitting everything in there and making it work/look quite well.

[gavindwyer]

Hey Steve, just want to say thanks for your videos. My ps4 Pro was over heating and from watching your videos I got the confidence to do the full teardown, replace thermal pads and paste and clean the heat sink.... The ps4 Pro looked clean right up until the heat sink came out... Then, wow... Like a curtain of dust across the fan side... Now it runs like its not even on. So thanks! And to everyone not sure they can do this job you can!, just follow it step by step and have right tools... Mainly torx 8 security screwdriver.

[BarcodeGamez]

Here's a tip to remember what screws go where.... Take a picture before for reference.

[MatrixAlphaCWX]

Removing the power supply/hard drive and a few screws/disconnect wires on the other side.
The "Entire" motherboard with both metal panels wiggle out at an angle without needing to take it all apart.
You won't have to repaste or anything. : )
Just found this out.

[michaelberg]

The initial two screws you remove, the ones behind the warranty sticker, are torx security screws. They can't be removed without special tools that I'm guessing most people don't have lying around. Might be worth mentioning that little piece of info in the video.

[Akusura]

This video was my introduction to TronicsFix and a lot of repairs and maintenance of PS4s. Love this channel! I came back here in 2024 😁

[growlow]

@1:40 "if its anything like the pro"

Me - looks at title of video, listens again

@1:40 "if its anything like the pro"

Me - 🤔🧐😣

[a]

Your teardowns are top notch. One suggestion though, you should label your videos with the model number because each revision is usually a little different. Keep up the good work.

[Thanatos]

As an early adopter of this tech I gotta say, thanks for putting this out on the day of release. It's a huge help to anyone that may experience issues with the unit.

[xrawdriguez]

You said you got the top off and the hard drive was upside down... You have the ps4 pro upside down so its actually the bottom youre starting from and the hard drive was correct side up..

[TheTommeke]

games on disc can also do 4k, you just can't play 4k blu-ray movies

[hammiechavez]

If theres a tip id give for u guys is BE CAREFUL ON THE POWER SUPPLY PART WHEN DISCONNECTING THE CONNECTER CABBLE you literally need to grab it hard and slowly (really slow wiggle it out). It wont look like its coming out but it is.

[N-e.o]

im glad they used pure copper this time, bigger heatsink. Mine Pro really runs very very quit even after hours of heavy gaming

[cooperchildress]

Sony purposely made my screws to tight on the big metal thing so that I would strip them and not be able to clean it

[karensbadapples]

7:25 What he doesn’t tell you is that sometimes the plug-in connected to the motherboard is glued to the battery’s connector. And you MUST disconnect from the battery itself and not the motherboard. I Ended up breaking the connector off my motherboard because he failed to be thorough here.
11:45 also failed to mention that once disassembling the disk Drive. The spinning magnetic part could possibly slide out. And he didn’t bother showing how exactly that piece could be put back. Seriously, one too many issues

[glenrisk]

So you can't actually clean it without completely dismantling it?

[vulgarkiwi]

I just love fixing stuff and cleaning them. Just did a ps4 pro today with this video and it was perfect! Thanks so much

[rickmelto]

just spilled hot sauce on mine .thank you man