PlayStation 4 Teardown! (with iFixit)

[@zhv3062]

You know, I love these teardown videos, not for the actual teardown, but for the nifty tools iFixit brings on the journey! plan on buying most if not all of them introduced in this teardown, I can see all the usefulness in each.

[@atamiss3259]

For that flat ribbon cable they had an issue removing and ripped. JUST PUSH DOWN on the silver panel that they incorrectly pulled and bent backwards in the video. That silver panel over the flat ribbon works like a button. DO NOT PULL OR BEND IT! I repair these all the time.

[@tokyomobster3072]

Holy crap man your comment saved me! Thank you! What they were doing didn't look right to me! I pulled it up a little bit but I don't think it's anything to worry about?

[@KKden-vw7zy]

+Tokyo Mobster No, nothing to worry about

[@atamiss3259]

Nah not as long as you do not pull it up all the way. As it acts as an anchor for the cable to make it connect and stay put. As long as you do not rip it off you should be able to push/bend it back down to create pressure.

[@murdocaxk4471]

i have an ps4 the 1 TB version

[@murdocaxk4471]

i have an ps4 the 1 TB version. but when i play on it he is gettin hot is that normal

[@nirke_]

"We are here with the guy from iFixit" *"HIII"*

[@helldog3105]

Sony needs to make a transparent PS4 where you can see that drive mechanism work. Every time you load a disk it will look like a giant bug is eating the Blu-Ray disc. Very Cool.

[@kght222]

eevblog motto: don't turn it on, take it apart.

[@sherri99516]

Thanks for taking apart the Playstation 4 and tearing it down on camera! :)

[@BigJackGameplays]

Kyle seems very happy, and his smile is contagious, now I'm happy too!

[@Perkustin]

Great video! Really informative. I don't mean to sound condescending but Kyle seems like a guy who is just loving life, it's rare to see someone so upbeat.

[@joshuaaltman3643]

AT first i was annoyed that the xbox one was so much larger than the ps4 yet it was technologically slower and still had a PSU brick. Now that ive seen them both taken apart im glad the ONE is larger. This means better air flow, better heat dissipation, easier to take apart, and all the components aren't crammed together.

[@JudaZuk_]

***** - smaller fan, is always worse .. Smaller fan has to spin more revolutions to push same amount of air then a bigger fan has to do... That will make it louder, and the ball barings wear out faster. Bigger fan equals more cooling, + less noice = last longer Craming the PSU right next to the cooling for the CPU is not really a good idea. Sure it can work, but you are adding heat right next to the thing you are trying to cool down for no good reasone except "design"

[@AstonWave007]

I love how companies will continue to try and find new ways to keep people out of their hardware, but the innovators will always find ways to get in.

[@TheHeew]

Kinda irrelevant to a tear down of a PS4, wasn't difficult. One thing to consider is that manufacturers/designers want devices rigid and strong so it doesn't snap or break easily. And also so that little kids with screw drivers don't mess it up by disassembling it.

[@Simoncressey99]

Thanks guys you saved me from my self by taking this apart by the way did it work when you got it back together keep up the good work and see ya all in the new year

[@VanillaSnake21]

great tear down, too bad you guys knew nothing about the boards to actually tell us anything useful so you had to rely on pacman humour to keep it afloat

[@libbyblue62]

I mean...it's a teardown not a teardown tutorial. Seems you're trying to use it as a tutorial when it said no such thing.

[@VanillaSnake21]

@@libbyblue62 It's not too good of a teardown if they don't explain what they're tearing down

[@roc6d]

I have been begging tons of repair channels to make a psvita screen repair video.Can tested be the first to make one? please

[@Muscleduck]

Hey Will from Tested! And Kyle. Nice teardown. Been looking forward to it.

[@twiztidbagz]

You guys need to do more with the ifixit guys.

[@smoshfan439]

"Xbox ones mother board is bigger so it must be better." umm no it just means that ps4 fit in more stuff on a smaller board because they're really similar.

[@Orion_g6]

Well done!!!!! Not like they were being sarcastic.

[@ggdiven]

cameron leek you should've just typed 'ummm ummm ummm ummm' and it'd still be a better comment

[@jimmylee9594]

I bought the ifixit full repair kit from radio shack right before they went out of business. love it

[@billyashworth3944]

+Liudus Pocius, I was generalising. MOST P.C. builds can achieve better quality for a similar price compared to a newly released console. Yes, second-hand parts are required to achieve this however P.C.s aren't only for gaming. That is another consideration.

[@chowner]

Is this cringe worthy on purpose?

[@barnabasb1128]

People knew that word 6 years ago???

[@Rayyz125]

@@barnabasb1128 yeah cringe was always a word

[@barnabasb1128]

@@Rayyz125 damn

[@neilmc1983]

wow, the PS4 looks like a well thought out and cleverly engineered compact piece of kit. hats off for fitting the power brick inside that small footprint. Shame the XBOX One looks on the outside like a big old VCR player and internally looks like a cheap PC with a huge external power brick. +1 to sony.

[@ectospasm]

Great video! More videos like this would be awesome.

[@sweetdreams1DIAM0ND]

$15 FOR A MAGNET WITH PLASTIC ON IT???? WOAAA

[@ericolv2]

They are taking forever to take that PS4 apart.

[@JRowe95]

My PS4 heard me in the next room watching this video and it started to cry :(

[@jeremiebad7]

Mine beat me for watching this.

[@チーチン]

Nice Hardware Engineers on Sony. Smaller and more Power than the Xbone.

[@Maciejkozlowski909]

So true :)

[@Multi407D]

Chii Chin but less airflow, worse fans and pretty bad interface. #pcmasterrace

[@Maciejkozlowski909]

You don't need so much airflow due to simple reason. Less hardware and smaller technology = less heat = less noise and airflow :D PS4 Rulez Deal with it

[@Multi407D]

Maciej Kozlowski "smaller" its still like 28nm+ since its based on technology 2-4 years old. The ps4 is pretty bad but since you own it you are going to be biased about this. (I have owned the ps4, xbox and the pc at one point but sold the ps4 for a video card).

[@jakejanes118]

Maciej Kozlowski your smaller technology is shit and if your basing your opinion on consoles over that then your opinion is clearly not valid so "deal with it"

[@Volvith]

Sony: "lets use custom grade bluray shit, but fuck the thermal paste. we can use 3$ stuff for that." on a side note, crappy thermal paste is what makes your ps4 sound like a jet engine.

[@wezzy1983]

My solution for security torx, place a star head screwdriver in the hole with the tip touching the center pole/post part and gently tap the rear of the screwdriver.....snaps the middle part right out allowing you to use a normal torx :D

[@angry_tardigrade]

Nice to see that iFixit use the "unreparable" iPads.

[@DecemDierum]

"Getting your hands dirty" "Taking it slow" XD

[@jonnet3989]

So many people say that pc is better than any console but if you just want to play for fun and maybe with friends then consoles better for you.

[@jakem5039]

Nope. Look at steam, and Xbox for Windows 10. Just no.

[@jonnet3989]

+Ixor but pc's dont fit in living rooms and they take so much more time to configure. My conclusion is that consoles are for the people who just want to do some casual gaming.

[@jakem5039]

Fractal Design Node 202. Small case that looks sexy and designed for the living room. Setup is easy enough, follow a 20min guide and thats it or get someone else to do it for you. 20min to get to the Windows installer and fully assembled, and then about 1hr to install. That's comparable to a day-one patch in a console.

[@RoguePatriot]

Watching the prying, yanking, and rough handling of the power supply made turn away for a moment 😂

[@DenisRyan]

Fascinating. There are Sony repair crews shouting "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" while watching this.

[@srenuka11]

The ps4's a serious machine it doesn't need love letters or jokes its purely engineered from ground up to be fixable and reachable by the looks of it. The fact that there is a triangle square and X screw is a cool addition as its symbolism that its playstation!

[@zombl337og]

Xbox One is wide open inside like a standard PC, so how again is PS4 easier to work on?

[@4200cg]

15:07 I love the look on his face how he realizes it's a ps4....😱 put it back!!😭

[@AeroAngle]

Computer hacking skills, computer building skills. Nunchuck skills,

[@Adison0112]

Wow people are doing drop tests, tear aparts, break, etc on KZbin for the playstation 4 just cause they can but I've been trying to get mine for a long time and still no luck. Just got to keep trying

[@red33176ytv]

i didnt even preorder and i got mine before people who did and i didnt even wait 30 mins at the midnight release

[@robbsneifen1569]

red33176ytv 1) You're obviously lying 2) You're probably 12

[@red33176ytv]

our walmart had 140 ps4s in stock at midnight and there was only 40 people their

[@BigDaddyWurst]

red33176ytv *there the second thing from nicholas is probably true lol

[@TheShawaal]

and i dont have money to buy! stuck with good old PS3

[@ryans413]

The PS4 is pretty simple to take about I've taken apart one. The only tough part is the top plastic cover beside the hard drive peace. It's clipped on the side and you do need a little force to get it off. Other then that it's simple.

[@jakem5039]

Took my PC apart and upgraded the graphics in 30 seconds.

[@andrewpajak8058]

One would think that you'd take it apart to familiarize yourself with the product BEFORE you record to avoid comments like "wait... did I just break it?"

[@garrettwilson1593]

im watching this and looking at my ps4 and sayin "sooo thats how u do what u do!!!" 😂😂😂

[@Dashboy1998]

That's not a SSD! It's a SSHD!

[@derliceas3]

Mmm dat ps4 goodness

[@javierperez6872]

15:41 "Did I break it?.... yeah..." lol

[@shanemb3]

You didn't talk about the cooling fan and heat sink.

[@inane84]

HD-DVD was an external player for XBOX 360. :)

[@TehAlekzi]

wow, first time I see items that cost less than hipstery amounts of money in Tested. That magnetic mat looks like useful thing to get. And reasonably priced.

[@DatAsuna]

If they'd watched the official Sony teardown, they might of had an easier time lifting things out, working with the thing the other way up seemed to make lifting out components neatly a lot faster.

[@Turo8785]

The "official" teardown was obviously staged and pre-disassembled to speed things up.

[@migrainethresher]

That's right, folks. Now you know that Will Smith was actually chased out of Philly for slandering the Dreamcast.

[@GingerBeardicus]

This video really comes in handy for me. my PS4 fell a little while ago, and even though it still functions, the bluetooth antenna cable got kinked, greatly reducing the range for my controllers (even if you have them connected to the USB port, the controllers use the bluetooth connection). I'm replacing the wireless antenna as soon as it comes in. It's good to know I won't have to go deeper than taking out the power supply :)

[@8184Antonio]

Let's be honest here Microsoft is better at software and Sony is better at hardware.

[@PCGamerUnion]

Let's be honest they have 5 year old hardware and the software is the worst

[@PCGamerUnion]

***** you can't get much better than a $1500 PC with a $4000 one. Hardware inside a ps4 is obsolete and its only used because AMD couldn't sell it so they offered for really cheap prices and sony used that opportunity. But really hardware is fine, but its running games it was never mean to be running

[@PCGamerUnion]

***** anyone that knows anything about hardware knows that titan z like any titan is a card for stupid people. A card that can't even play games at 4k and gets slaughtered by AMD r9 295x2 that costs $600

[@Xgil2Play]

Have you seen Windows? That thing cracks open every chance it gets.

[@nougatbitz]

I'm really surprised to see so much stuff on the XB1 motherboard vs the PS4s!

[@ericleo1193]

Dear John Ford, please come and rescue me.

[@shadowknowsjo]

Would it be at all possible that some time in the near future you fellows do a video (if only a short one) on the importance of taking electronics (computers and the like that spend a lot of time in one spot) apart to clean the dust out of them? Today's electronics seem to last so much longer when they are dusted out at least once a year...

[@cryengine_x]

ps4 also says "cheap and ugly". lots of reliability issues, thumb sticks wearing off, etc.

[@kayant12]

" lots of reliability issues" - Right because XB1 is a saint with 0% fail rate and reliability issues /s.

[@tpoppapuff]

That's funny considering those are the exact complaints about the aesthetics of the X1

[@Tupster]

kayant12 How is XB1 failure rates even relevant when Cryengine did not even mention it?

[@OctaBech]

Perhaps in your wet dreams

[@MajieB]

Xbox one looks like a cheap chinese VCR with a nsa camera.

[@ghostman263]

Awesome so the ps4 is legitimately user-upgradable. This has just reassured my decision to get it.

[@ayushchampatiray7768]

This is literally a nightmare for a pro pro pro gamer..

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

If you break the connector, don't throw it away. I'll fix it. Send it to me. Just finished changing the HDMI port. Thanx for the tear down guys : )

[@devinwoodruff584]

Tony Tone what happened to the hdmi port how did you know it was it i think mine is broken and im wondering the definite symptoms of a broken port

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

No signal.

[@masyneshak7885]

+Devin Woodruff you can get it fixed at a shop or you can buy an hdmi port for the ps4 and replace it

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

I fix them. They're easy.

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

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[@OhhBessell]

Can I take the blu ray drive out of a PS4 and put it in a pc?

[@captainnutella67]

Never say Dreamcast 2 Will! Sega was far more original when it came to console names.

[@DarkProductions7]

Very informative

[@lena96]

Hey guys, that was an awesome video. I just wanted to know what is a good hard drive to put into my PS4?

[@Shtoops27]

ssd

[@OtakuGenx]

For a great engineer note, check out the mount on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft "upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG" "Attach Orbiter Here. NOTE: Black side down."

[@warpigbareknuckle]

nice work.

[@OctaBech]

Now make a video of the reassembly. :D

[@Notalliswhatitseems]

The ribbon cable you had issues with, you press down on the little metal plate at the back of it, and the cable slides right on out.

[@AJZulu]

Speaking of beards......I DO have a very beardy beard. Manly beard... I might need to cut it off......damn facial hair.

[@jacobmarslaunchpad8926]

Adam: lets tear down the Xbox Also Adam: throws it out the window

[@runedrag36]

That Chinese joke killed me lol

[@klothesman75]

Hey. I disassembled my PS4 when I accidentally dropped it when carrying it to a different room. Since my warranty had been expired, Sony couldn't have fixed it. Even if I had the warranty, dropping it by accident couldn't resolve the issue. So I tried it the old-fashioned way. Disassembling the PS4 and self-repairing it myself. Before the disassemble, the PS4 worked expect for the Optical Drive. So I disassembled all the way to the fan. I cleaned the fan and all the dust that had been surrounded. I replaced the Silver Thermal Paste I had that was originally attached to the Motherboard. I put everything back into place, including the fixed Optical Drive. I turned it on... 'Red Light of Death' happened. I don't understand. What?! I put every single screw back in, every single part and it still couldn't turn on. If I plug my PS4 back in, the blue light with turn on and then eventually gas out. That's my 'repair' story.

[@penguinlover1725]

+KingsChalk from what i learned red ring happens when the cpu overheats , heat is bad for everything and heat can melt away salder and ruin connections. so my guess would be looking for a loose piece of something even maybe broken off inside the ps4. it can be many things, goodluck

[@croissantoz2395]

They didn't show cooling fan and heat sink. Disliked the video.

[@luisrobles4689]

iron stark yes they did

[@Henkeee]

***** It's an APU, no graphics card.

[@raymondmacneil5145]

thanks for the help

[@LukeJF89]

Place your PS4 in the microwave on high for 20 minutes and boot up your PC for better performance.

[@kevgamesultimate8811]

Great Video. I love it! :3

[@ultradavez2492]

Some say that there is a graphic card inside the ps4

[@callmetheg7030]

it has build in gpu in the motherboard, chip

[@BlueSkiesVinny]

lmao

[@francescodebenedictis6829]

UltraDaveZ Ahahhahhaahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@francescodebenedictis6829]

UltraDaveZ Surely a graphics processor, but a graphics card...

[@ryans413]

The one guy seemed to be rushing just to get to the mother board. Didn't even show heatsink or cooling fan. There's more stuff to look at them the mother board

[@hovnaruvraj]

I know some people that are very much nerds, but don't look nerdy at all. Quite the opposite actually.

[@ViperChief117]

Ryan Connelly from Film Riot is in the back ground lol

[@noose9035]

Watching this on my ps4

[@novaspear5941]

Can you comment on PS4?

[@omoghosty5777]

really thinking about stealing my ps4's graphics card to play Minecraft

[@robthesamplist]

The lighting around the table area is low, get more lighting to light objects you are working on pls.

[@InfiniteUniverse8]

I love internal design of ps4

[@billyashworth3944]

People are bickering over the PS4 and XBOX 1: just get a P.C.! More exclusives, better quality, cheaper (in some cases. Watch tutorials on how to build a console-cheap P.C.) and is a multi-purpose machine! Consoles are great (I know, I have a PS2 and PS3) but P.C.s are better!

[@liudaspocius8874]

Billy Ashworth disagree with quality

[@rileyhill6462]

Agree pc r way better

[@kekons23]

Billy Ashworth i have both but the console has exclusive games, like halo

[@StrikerFin]

Billy Ashworth People buy consoles for exclusives.

[@Supermanohman]

Billy Ashworth Sony has some of the best in house developers I've ever seen. Naughty Dog, That Game Company, Insomniac Games (even though they did Sunset Overdrive, they work mainly with Sony) Sony Santa Monica.

[@Aronnax777]

I would have liked to have more detail, sources, hardware specs especially for the RAM and the CPU,and finally some benchmarks would have been nice as well i mean you both already voided the warranty so why not; i hope you guys see this comment.

[@ToastyMozart]

Both have essentially identical specs besides the PS4 being clocked very slightly higher and using 8GiB of shared GDDR5 as opposed to XB1's DDR3. To simplify, GDDR5: Higher speed, worse latency, DDR3: Lower speed, better latency. Think of Latency as acceleration on a car).

[@Aronnax777]

I know what latency is -_- i just wanted them to talk more about performance and hardware differences rather than reading about it, also i just had a passing interest in the hardware in both consoles since people are freaking out about them. I'm a PC gamer and programmer i prefer using my upgradable rig with: 32 GB of DDR3 RAM, an Eight core 3.7GHz AMD FX Black Edition Processor, an ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard, and a Double D ATI 7970 HD Graphics Card made by XFX; as apposed to console gaming.

[@ToastyMozart]

Oh, sorry. My main point was that they have mostly identical specs, before I got carried away about the different RAM types.

[@Damicske]

That small daughter board is the blue ray drive controller :p it controls the laser/focus/speed/... of the drive.

[@derman077]

I'm worried about having phone and slow speed internet service, let alone how I will eat in the near future. Watching people say they've got a back up PS4 just seems like fantasy from this reference frame.

[@vikinggrimm3139]

So I've watched countless teardown vids but nobody answers my question. Will taking the board out to get to my heatsink delete my content data

[@harryblackmore5258]

It shouldn't

[@Bob8673]

xbox one board reminds me of the old hardware from 15 years back

[@ToastyMozart]

I think it looks like an mATX board if you took off the PCIe ports and integrated the RAM.

[@wysiwyg2006]

im a pc gamer at heart. but watching these i gather that- XB one: mid range desktop pc PS4: mid range gaming laptop

[@ToastyMozart]

That's pretty much what I was thinking. It's the heatsink design that really cinches the comparison.

[@BenBradford1]

It's both shared and integrated Memory because both the gpu and cpu use it.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Yeah go ahead and take apart your expensive electronics on some poster-board with no ESD bracelets/anti-static wristbands GREAT JOB! No anti static foam, nothing. You guys are so smart ;-)

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

***** I don't know what you're talking about. You can still shock a chip if you touch it and you have a lot of static built up. I have personally done it on an xbox360 while doing a red ring fix. I normally wore a bracelet but it was the first one of the day and it was 7am and about 10 degrees outside and my boss was a cheap arab piece of shit who would turn the heater off at night. I hated that guy so much.

[@Matoyak]

"This is my sacrificial PS4" - One of the first things said in the video. They didn't care if it got destroyed - it was purchased with the full knowledge that it was likely going to be broken later.

[@Matoyak]

***** Er. OK? Does that change the point of my comment?

[@rkryukov996]

This makes me want to dismantle my old ps4 that still works (hopefully from all that unplugging)

[@ZoubD]

“Two hands.. better than one...” what that was four hands...

[@penguinlover1725]

i wish i can meet adam and jamie i love there life style "work" i wish i got my hands on a ps4 to teardown :P

[@biglordj6369]

I have that model before that console wasn't working for the internet

[@garretttheparrot8175]

god fuckin damn when he said that hi at the beginning of the video I about shit my pants

[@JonneBackhaus]

That's a lot of screwing around.

[@TheNZJester]

Are you able to tell what the pin count on APU for both consoles come to? I was wondering if there was much difference there.

[@biglordj6369]

So I got the new PS4 pro and it really works for the internet

[@Zonekiller24]

WAIT NOOO KYLE WHY DIDNT YOU RATE THE PS4?!?!? you said that xbox was 8/10 what about the PS4?!!?!?!!

[@longsway91]

the warranty on that is more gone than my dad

[@James-pf1vg]

if the PS4 has such better hardware why does it look like theres nothing there

[@FilthyJFK209]

what a dumb question

[@James-pf1vg]

Just a question dude, no need to patronise me... surely if the ps4 has better hardware the mb should be bigger

[@ash104]

James Howell I agree with FilthyJFK209 very stupid question.

[@James-pf1vg]

ash104 there is still no need to patronise me again... it was just a question and I was wondering why the xbox one is bigger... is it by design or the engineers couldn't fit the chips all in or something else just a question no need to get aggy

[@FilthyJFK209]

James Howell PS4 is small and runs hot with annoying undersized fan. Xbox is fat and ugly but runs quiet and cool. Microsoft could of went with something smaller but they have nightmares about RROD xbox 360s