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Repair guide : Laser lens Playstation 4 Slim

Level : Very hard Time : 75 min Author : Alexandre

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Games and Blu-ray discs spin into the reader of your PS4 Slim but nothing happens? The lens no longer reads your games? The PS4 displays error messages linked with a reading issue? Luckily, you can count on SOSav's experts thanks to this repair guide which comes with pictures and comments to show you how to replace the problematic laser lens of your PlayStation 4 Slim. In a few minutes only, you'll get a brand new console and you'll be able to keep playing games in peace.

Symptoms:

Reading games takes a lot of time or nothing happens
Issues when inserting games or movies
Error codes linked with reading issues

Some advice before you start

Repair - Repair guide: Laser lens Playstation 4 Slim

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Step 1

Before replacing the laser lens of your Playstation 4 Slim, you have to turn it off and disconnect all its cables for safety reasons (especially the power supply cable and the HDMI).

Use the nylon spudger to unclip the hard disk plastic bracket.

Step 2

Then, use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the screw circled in red securing the hard disk tray.

Step 3

Grasp the plastic element and gently pull it to remove the hard disk tray.

Remove the whole tray.

The hard drive of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 4

Use the iSesamo to gently peel off the guarantee label stuck near the input/output connector of the console, on the back.

Step 5

After that, remove the screw circled in red with a Torx T8 screwdriver.

Step 6

Slide the iSesamo in the space on the left side and then on the right side. Pry up to unclip the lower case.

Step 7

Grasp the lower case and remove it.

Step 8

The lower case of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 9

Slide the iSesamo in the lower gap on the left and right side. Pry up to unclip the top cover.

Step 10

Grasp the top cover and remove it.

Step 11

The top cover of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 12

Use the Torx T8 screwdriver to remove the two long screws circled in red.

They secure the power supply.

Step 13

Grasp the aluminium sheet and remove it.

Step 14

After that, use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the screw circled in red securing the secondary WiFi/Bluetooth antenna.

Step 15

Grasp the antenna with tweezers and slightly shift it as shown on the pictures.

Step 16

Keep using the cruciform screwdriver to remove the screw circled in red located in front on the other side of the console.

It secures the power supply.

Step 17

After that, grasp the power supply and rotate it forward to 90° angle.

Don't remove it yet, it is still connected by a small cable!

Step 18

Gently pull on the power supply cable and disconnect it from the power supply.

Step 19

Your Playstation 4 Slim power supply is now removed.

Step 20

Use the nylon spudger to gently disconnect the secondary WiFi/Bluetooth antenna.

Step 21

After that, grasp the antenna by its cable and gently remove it.

Step 22

The secondary WiFi/Bluetooth antenna of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 23

Use the Torx T8 screwdriver to remove the screw circled in red securing the main metallic block.

Step 24

Take the nylon spudger to gently disconnect the main WiFi Bluetooth antenna.

Step 25

After that, grasp the antenna by its cable and gently remove it.

Step 26

Remove the screw circled in red securing the corner of the metallic block with the cruciform screwdriver.

Step 27

After that, grasp the blue part of the optical reader electrical engine cable to disconnect the lens engine cable.

Then, use the nylon spudger to unlock the laser lens.

Step 28

Grasp the blue part of the lens cable and disconnect the cable.

Then, disconnect the driving engine cable of the hard disk.

Step 29

Finally, grasp the blue part of the power/eject buttons card cable and disconnect it.

Grasp the fan cable and disconnect it.

Step 30

Use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the 28 screws circled in red securing the main metal block:

- Photo 1: 21 screws
- Photo 2: 5 screws
- Photo 3: 2 screws

Step 31

Grasp the metal block and remove it.

Step 32

Use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws circled in red securing the heat sink bracket.

Grasp it and remove it.

Step 33

After that, grasp the logic board and remove it.

Step 34

The logic board of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 35

Remove the 4 screws circled in red with the cruciform screwdriver:

- There is 1 screw on the lower left of the heat sink block

- There are 3 screws on the top of the heat sink block near the fan.

Step 36

Grasp the heat sink block and remove it.

Step 37

The heat sink of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 38

Then remove the screw circled in red securing the main WiFi/Bluetooth antenna with the cruciform screwdriver.

Step 39

Grasp the antenna and remove it.

Step 40

Grasp the power/eject card cable and disconnect it.

Remove it.

Step 41

Then, grasp the Blu-ray reader and remove it.

Step 42

The Blu-ray reader of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 43

Remove the 4 screws circled in red with the cruciform screwdriver.

They secure the lower bracket of the reader.

Step 44

Grasp the driving engine cable of the disk and peel it off from the lower bracket, but don't remove it completely.

Step 45

Grasp the white adhesive tape securing the lens cable and remove it.

Step 46

Grasp the cover of the reader and rotate it to a 90° angle.

Step 47

Then, use the nylon spudger to unlock the lens connector.

Grasp the cable and remove it.

Step 48

The Blu-ray reader lens cable of your Playstation 4 is now removed.

Step 49

After that, grasp the optical drive and remove it.

Step 50

The optical drive of your Playstation 4 Slim is now removed.

Step 51

Use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the lens on the optical drive.

Step 52

Use tweezers to grasp the lens supporting element on the block and remove it.

Step 53

Then, keep using the cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws circled in red securing the laser lens frame engine.

Step 54

Grasp the engine with tweezers and gently shift it toward the bottom.

Be careful not to tear off the orange engine cable.

Step 55

Grasp the plastic element securing the lens on its frame and remove it with tweezers.

Step 56

Use the nylon spudger to push the lens cylindric element/metal rail upward.

While pushing on this element, gently remove the optical drive from the rail.

Step 57

Grasp the laser lens and remove it.

Step 58

The laser lens of your Playstation 4 Slim is now disassembled.

You can replace it with a new one if needed.

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