The PS5 Slim - A Repairability Perspective - Detailed Teardown

[@ero-senninsama1734]

while I dont need to do any repairing right now, not only are your explanations nice to hear, but also I think these kinds of videos need exposure and support. Thank you very much!

[@proesterchen]

The disc drive being replaceable is a plus in my view. No more need to de-discify boards with broken drives to keep them working.

[@JoseRivera-cd8xb]

as far i know theyre not interchangeable....

[@chriskerr651]

They are interchangeable

[@blastechee-3546]

Until the servers shut down and you will not be able to register the drive anymore. Servers will be up for years though I think.

[@Jedzelex]

OP, you seem to ignore that Sony made it so that the disk drive will only work on the device as long as their servers are up and running. That's a HUGE flaw right there that destroys any other advantage.

[@TECC73]

If you connect the external floppy disk drive, you will need an internet connection, just for info.

[@Nova2127U]

The dots on the PS5 Plastic Frame indicate the length of the screws, so in case you mix them up, the more dots = the more longer the screw is, the dots near that hole in the frame is for the fan screw.

[@klimadzu]

How do you know?

[@koryeberhardt]

You are really funny and really good at fixing things. Thank you for making your videos for us and other people to watch. ❤

[@thomascobb5514]

I can’t believe how many people are trading in the regular ps5 model for the slim with it being essentially the same hardware internally

[@Azmodaeus49]

Not me, I love my OG PS5 and I'm not going to keep it throughout and not trade it for the slim.

[@thomascobb5514]

@@Azmodaeus49 Same here I have Korean import 1218 model that I will be using the entire generation I have the purple side plates on it I love how good it looks

[@xEricC1001x]

ESPECIALLY with it being a Sony console's Slim model that just came out. I guess the whipper snappers weren't born when we experienced the engineering failure of the century that was the ps2 slim. "How did you make it not phat?" "We took out the cooling fans 😎".

[@thomascobb5514]

@@xEricC1001x Those where the days 😅

[@antis433]

ppl just like new stuffs

[@PowerSynopsis]

The HDMI port being weak is a problem I had with my first gen PS4. I tried taking it to a repair shop, but for some reason they told me they couldn't fix it and I ended up just throwing out a perfectly serviceable PS4. This happened a long time before I learned to repair my own electronics. I wish I learned to fix stuff sooner rather than rely on a shop that was just too lazy to repair a simple fix. I wish I still had that PS4, it had PT on it. Oh well, won't happen again!

[@neoanderz]

Ive attempted this on PS4. You need alot of practice to get it replaced. Otherwise you could tear pads and that is exactly what happened on my first attempt

[@PowerSynopsis]

@@neoanderz Absolutely. I'm not saying it's necessarily easy, but, if I can do it then a business that fancies themselves a repair shop shouldn't be turning customers away.

[@alexbridenbaker9261]

Why didn't you just sell it for parts?

[@PowerSynopsis]

@@alexbridenbaker9261 I didn't realize that is was repairable at all at the time so I also didn't realize that anyone would find value in it for parts or even be able to fix it themselves. Short answer: I was ignorant and naive.

[@mjc0961]

There are ways to get PT again. You'll have to search, but it's possible. As long as you still have the PSN account you originally downloaded PT with, that is.

[@floorlando9121]

Love the repairability episodes!!

[@brandonerrorcontentmissing4012]

Have had my ps5 since day one. Just recently took it completely apart to clean and check liquid metal. It definitely needed a cleaning but the liquid metal was spread nicely and had zero dry spots. As long as you don't move it directly after playing it hard and hot the liquid metal is not a problem. Will open up my second PS5 in a year or so and see if has the same non issues

[@andycortez9316]

Do you have it sitting vertically or horizontally?

[@clue0001]

​@@andycortez9316why even risk it at all?! Gravity is gravity and liquid metal behaves as such. I put mine horizontally as soon as I learned about the issues. It's not really the fact that the liquid metal may gather on the bottom side that bothers me (although that's an issue on its own) but the fact that the chip seal may fail sometime and that's when the magic smoke escapes. 😅

[@12345.......]

What was dirty inside? I've only dusted the fan once.

[@ffftube-le8np]

I've had my ps5 vertical for a year now, no problems at all. I don't go moving it around though

[@brandonerrorcontentmissing4012]

​@@andycortez9316vertical 100% of the time.

[@voltexie]

i think Two Dot Means : The Screws are in contact with Motherboard and case One Dot Means : The Screws are in contact just with case. warn me if im wrong :)

[@sovereignundead]

Looks to me that the 2-dot screw holes might be for orientation reference and thus not need to be screwed so tightly, while the 1-dot screw holes may need slightly more tightening to secure the device from falling apart.

[@Nova2127U]

Nah, it's actually for the screw lengths, atleast according to IFixIt, so in case you mix them up, the more dots = the longer the screw that is suppose to go into it.

[@LSmiata]

Long wires are 4:30 in video are anti-strain/fatigue in high vibration area. No manufacturing company would waste wire when making millions of units. It is a design consideration. PS: and pardon the pun. The power supply was tested when manufactured. Depending on time from then to you is not long in this case. Treat all power supplies as a gun. If you see it, it is loaded, even if everyone tells you it is not, or you will get zapped.

[@vincentcloud]

Its a step in right direction. I understand about the HDMI but unless your going back and forth somewhere with it for some reason plug it in and leave it in. I moved mine once when i got a bigger TV.

[@waynemyatt8262]

What I’ve found to lessen wear and tear on hdmi is getting a bunch of those female/female hdmi connectors. You do this and all the wear tear is on that hdmi cable and that connector

[@OnStageLighting]

HDMI ports is pretty much the most common job for repair businesses. Firstly, lots of kids take their console between different locations, parents houses. And people generally knock their consoles off things and it trashes the port. Am sure that plenty of people don't break their consoles, we just see every one that does.

[@GuanacoSIVAR]

Wow!!! The dots on the black cover mean: one dot short screw and two dots, long screws. Wow that attention to detail on point 👌🏼

[@GearsSoldier09]

My biggest concern for repairability for the PS5 has always been the custom built in SSD, we all know SSD's fail, I've recently had my laptop SSD fail. So once that happens surely the PS5 becomes a brick, unless repairers can get the custom controller and Nand(maybe the nand isn't custom, I don't know). Whereas the Xbox Series X(haven't seen a teardown of the Series S) has one of the smaller type M.2 so is easily repairable with disassembly.

[@DJStKittz]

The Series X/ Series S uses a removable m.2 However there is a hidden partition which needs to be cloned over. Depending on how messed your m.2 in your series X/S is, you are not always able to clone this. So Sadly, these to are bricks somewhat. This is essentially a problem with all modern electronics. Sadly unless consumers stop buying the stuff, the world will not change..I can say from running a full-time brick & mortar repair shop - alot of repairs are simply not cost effective and way to time consuming. Meaning there are repairs I used to do as a "hobbyist" that simple make no economical sense as a business owner (Im referring to all electronics in general, not just consoles). It comes back to the whole "Right to Repair"thing. Theres zero reason that companies like SOny couldnt provide tools and training to official licenced shops - just like mechanics have.

[@0verfast]

He didn’t noticed that all the heatsinks are right next to the fan making a lot more easier to clean compared to the og ps5 that have the biggest part of the heatsinks a bit far to the fan so you have to completely disassembly your og ps5 to fully access them but here it is not a problem because they are right on the fan and heading to it i feel like thats a massive improvement for the peapoles that aren’t really experienced but still wanna clean easily their ps5 without a lot of different size of screw driver

[@todormiroleskov8663]

Lol, a nice monday surprise. I was expecting this on Friday. 😅

[@Karlenk0]

only thing i dont like is the half glossy finish, it will scratch up for sure

[@carlosrocha2977]

I saw other video that someone said that the 1 dot means short screw 2 dots means long screw For me the best of this version: - Disc drive easy to remove, it is one chunk that is connected with only 1 connector that simply is plug and play - has more Internal space (1TB) - it is easy to install more memory in the console like the original PS5 - it is smaller, not much but it is smaller, the original PS5 is Big and its design makes it feel bigger - power supply is a chunk like in the original PS5, and you can remove it without needing to messing around inside The things I don' t like: - it comes in white with a mix of mate and glossy :( I would prefer the console in black ( midnight black) and mate like we had the PS4 Slim and the PS4 Pro - I don' t apreciate the line in the middle of the plates, I prefer one plate for each side like the original PS5 version - they replaced the USB A with USB C, I think they could kept the USB A in the front of the console like the original PS5 - it is hard to replace the CMOS battery, I think that the CMOS battery should be accessible like the M.2 memory slot, the user shouldn't need to unmount all the console to replace the CMOS battery

[@123theprodigy5]

Hopefully Sony does not software lock the disk drive, hopefully they can make it so you don’t have to register it to use it. but I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.

[@playfanstation8152]

Hopefully is too optimistic. They already soft lock it with a firmware update / connect to internet right of the box. They already DID it.

[@thewavyshopofficial]

it is a security thing that is why they lock it back in the Xbox 360 days you can flash the software to play burned games

[@Bogdan-BBM]

As far as i saw online , if you buy a brand new ps5 slim you still need to connect to the internet/update software in order to use the disk drive. Also when you factory reset it also need to pair the drive. So in the future when they shutdown the servers, it will be impossible to use the disk drive

[@123theprodigy5]

@@thewavyshopofficial yeah, but it got worse on the Xbox one, the this drive is literally married to the motherboard

[@Death0Row]

​@@123theprodigy5think he has done disc drive swaps on xbox one in previous vids...

[@Niedajsiepolaku]

This guy is top tier I watched many videos in the past and always learning something new I should give you sub sooner its fully deserved.

[@PartStupid]

I am curious if you could shed some light on what makes the conciliating coil whine in the power supplys? Those square things or the capacitors? My channel has two videos posted about how my OG PS5 had a terrible high pitched coil whine, and the replacement still had a choppy buzzing (but it wasn't as bad the the first one). My new slim actually sounds the best of all of them, but it still has a little bit of coil whine, but it is better and easy to live with.

[@augustineescobar867]

Another thing about the screw holes is that they have different little triangles for each screw size except for a few holes for the real long ones

[@JAlchemist]

I just got my ps5 slim I hope that it will be ok and no major issues pop up.

[@stubbz9]

Thinking the dots next to the screw holes are the thread pitch. Two dots are coarse, and one is fine. The dots match up to the screws for the fan. Also, the two dots next to the hole is probably for that top left fan screw.

[@craigachuff6087]

The power supply board shaped like the state of Arizona. Lol.

[@joecody252]

My only complaint about the ps5. Is the plates. Think with how expensive that they are. That the plates would be something better than plastic clips holding it on. I worked on my first one shortly after it came out. And had to pay for a new plate. Luckily the kid wasn't mad about it. But, still makes me get scared to pop one off. That sound no matter how many times I hear it. Makes me feel like I'm breaking it.

[@johnhutchins4157]

Hello! A suggestion for a future video. The new PlayStation Portal. Early reviews are saying it is extremely difficult to repair and even access the battery. Just a thought!

[@SpookyDeCat]

Observation... My 1115CA had only the PCB in the slot (metal below) to mount the M.2 drive to when i removed the cover. It was a NIB Horizon bundle model. The dots by the screws may be where push out pins shove the part out of the mold. Worked in plastics industry for a few months running a molding machine.

[@ColbyJohnson]

You're thinking of ejector pins, which show witness marks on the plastic where they push when the plastic has cooled down enough to eject from the mold. These are typically a large round circle to give enough surface area to eject the plastic without pushing through.

[@hynestimothy411]

Thanks for the heads up with the slim, mine is coming Wednesday and I have to upgrade the storage, those plates look easier than the regular PS5

[@justinevans1280]

My guess with the dots would be assembly sequence and or camera detection for quality check.

[@chrisa6120]

Steve do you plan to remove the liquid metal to test how hot the slim runs with thermal paste?

[@Steelix371]

It has the same chip it runs the same so it will overheat if you put thermal paste

[@Loki-33]

Thumbs up for pausing to show where the screws go.

[@StarlightStream]

Thanks for the detailed explanations for taking them apart

[@Notharius1]

The disc drive serial number is probably for production traceability only if its not really married to the motherboard itself even if its registered.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

The disc drive bulge can't be pleasant to look at in person. I had a slight problem with the older PS5's drive not being perfectly symmetrical. But this one is 10x worse.

[@bpowick]

I’m wondering if this model will accumulate dust and debris more easily than the original PS5 given that they’ve removed the vent ‘grills’ which somewhat help reduce dust getting inside the console. I’m thinking that if you stand this new model vertically out in the open, like next to your TV, then dust can freely enter the top and front of the console. Sony look to have also removed the ‘dust catcher’ holes under the plates that let you vacuum out any dust accumulation. It’ll be interesting to see how this new design holds up in the long run.

[@nothingtosee7718]

The dust problem is due to the lack of game. I don’t recall the last time I used mine.

[@orion4829]

@@nothingtosee7718 I bought a ps5 with no games to play

[@nothingtosee7718]

@@orion4829 me too… it’s a PoS 💩 that’s why it’s collective dust, but X and PC are seeing lots of love.

[@Daniel-ug7hs]

PS5😎💪

[@nothingtosee7718]

@@Daniel-ug7hs not all consoles are created equally. PoS5 is the runt of the litter for sure. 💩

[@DreadPresidents]

I believe the dots by the screws represents what layer the screw reaches to or something. I noticed it when I recently cleaned my regular ps5 except it had small dashes

[@Rafael-2105]

I'm definitely painting those plates as soon as I get one. I can't deal with the glossy finish.

[@donenzonen]

The dots might be the type of screws. I know the xbox one had markings based on the screw type

[@Mik_S]

The dots might be the screw size and the ones near the fan probably refers to the screws in the fan and not the hole. I could not tell which screws came from which hole to confirm though. At least you don't need to fully disassemble the PCB shield sandwich to get to the PSU as it comes out in one piece.

[@emuboy85]

Most likely some orientation markers for the assembly robots

[@szymonm.8138]

Orientation markers for assembly robots are called Fidusials and 9of 10times they are marked by + or + in a circle. Dots as a fiducial are less common.

[@mitkoprakov1296]

Very nice and pointing out video, would definetely like to see some extent test on temperatures as those cooling on the GPU look a bit sketchy, its hard to say if they are smaller but visually looks like they used less material or it could be just because of relocating the radiators and their lenghts but it willl be still interesting to see how does this affects temps.

[@Yvan-z6k]

hey tronics fix, can you do another video fixing a laptop?

[@darren990]

this is the best strip down Ive seen yet ... when is the slim coming to the UK anybody

[@chazbarns1410]

The dots tell you the type of screw driver to use. Different countries use different style drivers, like the JIS screwdriver label is one dot.

[@anasbm77]

I'd like you to do a video about coil whine if it still exists in the ps5 slim as the original ps5

[@Darkstar301]

One thing that irritates me people say they hate the digital version of the PS 5 but yet you can never find them

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

The dots are braille. I believe it says Acacia Cabbie.

[@FastlaneComputers]

On that connector I have always just pressed down on the tab and released it like you did

[@dablakmark8]

the dots are abs signature for precision moulding

[@MoikeIsJesus420]

Hey tronicsfix! I was wondering if you would be willing to repair a ps3 backwards compatable?

[@proesterchen]

Those can't be repaired because their design is fundamentally broken. The Nvidia early 90nm RSX in the backwards compatible PS3s (and early 65nm runs, too) is of a generation when Nvidia was having production problems across the board, also earning them a full, life-time ban from all things Apple when they didn't make good on their blunder. Basically, the only hope to continue using a backwards compatible PS3 once its original RSX breaks boils down to backporting a much later, 40nm shrink of the RSX to the old board, which some enterprising technicians have managed to do. You can check youtube for videos of it being done and inquire a quote from enterprising technicians to fix your console.

[@landmonkey22]

Really good video sir!🎉

[@splukutuk05]

Great video Mr steve

[@silvanoduran4800]

Can’t wait for the PS portal tear down.

[@elscarface1]

Was waiting for this

[@AzanRahman-h9w]

The cool thing is incase the disc drive is damage and you don't have enough for new drive you can make it digital 😆

[@mohammedrizwanabdulsattar]

Waiting for you to do a PS portal teardown or a repairable video. Pretty please.

[@chamamemestre]

The holes are for the mould plastic injection machine know where things are.

[@jinxnatorx]

Would like to see you do a Repairability on a psvr 2 and a ps portal teardown soon

[@blackenr7ge]

Seems like they missed an opportunity to give some additional cooling to the m.2 drive. A more open screwplate and some thermal pads there would've been nice as theres a heatsink right behind it now.

[@DaniMacYo]

Anyone think the fan case looks like Spider Man’s web?

[@f75gunslinger]

" Something I read said that you have to push this little metal piece out , but I don't think so . Here's what I do......" Steve then proceeds to push the little metal piece out to take the ribbon cable out .....🤣

[@filbert910]

I'm still hoping that one day someone will create some sort of enclosure that I can use to connect the disc drive to my original ps5 digital

[@mrn234]

Maybe with possible homebrew in the far future. Since the OG PS5 will very likely dont know the Hardware ID of the new drive and simply block it. That why i got directly a disc version when i got mine in 2021

[@christopherbolis2048]

I think that the number of dots indicates the length of the crew

[@FritzFrank]

Thanks for the content

[@RandoOnline_]

Cool tunes 🎶🥁

[@Thehouseplanthermit]

I don't know why, but I sort of expected the slim to be tweaked to run cooler and the liquid metal, replaced with paste. I was wrong.

[@marynajacobs7538]

The ps5 slim cleans easier inside than the og ps5? Saw on one short video how easy the guy takes the fan of ps5 slim out and blows it clean with n aircan. The ps5 og you have like so many screws and things just to clean the fan. If needed anyway. But just this made me think that the ps5 slim is also easier to repair? But I saw another guy easilly clean og ps5 too. So I am not cimpletely sure. Which 1 would you advice me to buy dear sir.

[@cheejun7719]

Thank you Bro!

[@DanielOliveiraViolao]

Nice. Thanks for the tips!

[@EvilKenivel]

Thanks!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you for the support!

[@Rinsii-y6k]

Now to wait for the Pro teardown in 2024 :D

[@mattdesertrat3419]

Excellent video

[@neoanderz]

Over the years Ive seen many HDMI port issues. I wonder what people do to break them? I'd imagine u plug it once and that is it

[@alexbridenbaker9261]

Being rough with it or unplugging/plugging it in constantly

[@sirusthevirus6879]

@alexbridenbaker9261 I plugging and unplugging on ps4 millions times for many reasons ( cleaning,moving to other TV,house or my son take the console to his room) but never happen something and working perfect,,,but ps5 hdmi port isn't the same because on some ps5 games is very hot ...I don't know if that happen from ps5 adapter (is close to the port) or from hot air from cooling system. The console is very clean and also new

[@alexbridenbaker9261]

@sirusthevirus6879 Hmm...Not sure then. But what do you mean by adapter? The power adapter?

[@ffftube-le8np]

I think it's impatient children who break hdmi ports, they are always in a hurry and don't care

[@xEricC1001x]

@@ffftube-le8npAlso people with bad cable management. If you want to move a lamp or say finally give that $20/month for 50 years "rental fee" cable box back to the company because you don't want cable anymore and start yanking on coaxials and power cords in a snarled mess maybe the walll end of the cable box was looped around the ps5 hdmi but it's dark and behind a table so you just pull harder and now the ps5 hdmi jiggles lol.

[@lbdjthethird1240]

OK, these types of videos are pretty cool and the subject matter is endless. Pick a piece of random hardware and break it down for the people. Gotta give the people what they want!

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

No thank you. I’m quite content with my plain Jane girthy launch PS5. At least until next fall when I’ll upgrade to the PS5 Pro of course. One that has a disc drive that is.

[@leonardovela1888]

I’ve had a PS5 since launch. Never had issues with the hdmi port. Recently got the slim. No issues so far. My Xbox series S hdmi port is super wiggly. Has been forever

[@joseone69]

nice tear down

[@mjc0961]

Agreed that the glossy plates are a 👎 They will look nice for a short time, then get scratched and look awful once you try to clean dust off the PS5 i also don't care for the two tone look. Either do all matte or all glossy. Don't mix it. It looked bad on the original PS4 and it looks bad here.

[@Samsemillya]

Would be nice to know, If they use the same ics on the power supply DNP012A, DDA001

[@sebastianbraga]

Would you recommend plugging a japanese PS5 (CFI 2000 A01) to a 220V outlet? Manuals and console itself say it's 100V, but everywhere on the internet it says that this is because of regulations from each country/region, but all of them just have the same dual voltage PSU

[@jmoriarty8000]

I need that brush he has for cleaning

[@TARAROAD]

Nice u got one great video thanks 🙏

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

What I will say is I find it odd they remove so much of the size of the heat sink, yes it’s supposed to be smaller but still

[@imangenerous3321]

Thanks man

[@hyperfusiongear9050]

Better get the original ps5 the last revision model now or else it gone for good and you would have to buy it in a second market used if possible. I own three ps5 disc version that i bought earlier this year the last revision. This may not matter to anyone but that's you but for me the playstation 5 slim is a pass for me? Anyway what about the new playstation 5 slim digital version what happened to that?

[@Yoloarreglo_Mrfixit]

Hi Steve! I got a few questions, could you swap Liquid Metal and use good quality Thermal Paste instead? would that make it cool better? Is it something you would advise? Thank You!

[@SoulJa709]

He did a video on that. I shut down after a few minutes as thermal paste doesn't conduct heat aswell as liquid metal.

[@Yoloarreglo_Mrfixit]

@@SoulJa709 Thanks Man!

[@ekysboham]

​@@Yoloarreglo_MrfixitIt shut down after a few minutes WITHOUT a fan. You can use thermal paste inside a ps5 it's just not optimal and you can easily break it... You can, but you shouldn't.

[@awesomehotdog8482]

What has a better cooler a ps5 or ps5 slim

[@goatman86]

Any word on buzzing caps in that PSU? Or was it already fixed during the production of the previous model?

[@Mysticalii]

If you have an Og Ps5, there's no reason to upgrade. Since the slim will have smaller fan, heatsink, and airflow.

[@obooga9229]

I'm sure Sony decided to make them smaller for mass production, seems like the price would get lower too.

[@fusionchef1]

@tronicsfix the dots indicate the length of the screw

[@OcarinaHero93]

I like how the music just cuts to silence when he gets to the HDMI 😂

[@winst999]

You are not wrong.

[@capgore7421]

What about checking if the original PS5 can now swap full disc drives with the latest firmware being

[@mrbdx]

The launch era OG PS5’s where over engineered as they were newly designed and Sony (or any manufacturer for that reason) tried to bullet proof them as a bad review at launch could have killed them. Now they have learned a lot since the launch of the OG so the Slim has its advantages…..but I’m sticking with my OG. If they come out with a PS5 Pro I’ll buy THAT one.

[@Christophersanchez1326]

The dots.. maybe to tell where plastic screws go and metallic screws go! 🧐

[@AzanRahman-h9w]

I love my ps5 slim

[@kduqueiroz]

There is another revision for the dualsense controller (AK8CFIZCT1B), can u do a teardown?

[@johnnyh293]

Friday's on my mind. What, my ocd id getting screwed

[@76waco]

Length of screws maybe? 1 dot= short screw, 2 dots = medium screw? Idk