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[Alter_Fridge]

And I think I went too far dismantling everything completely.

Does anyone know the best resource to put everything back together from scratch?

 

[Max_Po]

just watch a teardown video..

 

[Cob32]

Did you watch a video to take it apart?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Did you watch a video to take it apart?

Nah I was thinking along the way "I'll easily be able to find a put together tutorial on the Internet, may as well just go mad and clean everything"

I may have over estimated how detailed the tutes are

 

[DGrayson]

Watch a teardown video in reverse

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Watch a teardown video in reverse

Cheers. There's this one little cog/flywheel screw type thing with a spring and I have no idea where it goes

 

[WalterSobchak]

Good luck putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Good luck putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Might take a miracle, but I just sourced a super nice Pro for AUS $200 so I'm not too fussed.

It can be my little passion product with my Dad who's had a stroke to try and get working eventually

 

[BusierDonkey]

And I think I went too far dismantling everything completely.

Does anyone know the best resource to put everything back together from scratch?

For this kind of thing always check ifixit. They have teardown guides for everything and they are easy to follow.

PlayStation 4 Teardown

After seven long years, the Sony PlayStation finally gets a 4 on the box. Join iFixit as we tear it open and see what changed—and if it was worth...

www.ifixit.com

I used their guide to replace the LCD screen in my WiiU gamepad which is one of the most ridiculously complicated devices I've ever worked on with tiny ribbon cables and connectors everywhere.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Lol I just checked my online storage on the Pro and there's like 40 games worth of data there except Last Of Us 2, which was the only game I wanted to continue playing (outside of FIFA 21).

Typical. Luckily I wasn't very far in

 

[_Ex_]

Maybe these links can help:

Sony PlayStation 4 Repair

A television game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, also known as PS4. First announced February 20, 2013 and released November 15, 2013.

www.ifixit.com

PlayStation 4 CUH-1200 Entire Console Disassembly

Sony now has 3 different models of its PS4 game console. This is the latest version and it has been changed a lot. We tore it apart to see what's...

www.ifixit.com

Basically follow a guide in reverse.

Good luck you mad lad.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

And I think I went too far dismantling everything completely.

Does anyone know the best resource to put everything back together from scratch?

I knew this is what the OP was going to say next. Or possibly "it now won't boot."

Like others have said, watch a detailed teardown video and then do everything in reverse. Best of luck!

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I knew this is what the OP was going to say next. Or possibly "it now won't boot."

Like others have said, watch a detailed teardown video and then do everything in reverse. Best of luck!

I'm not anywhere near the won't boot stage yet

Or am I...

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I did take some photos and document parts of it, but I should have been more thorough on that count

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

I'm not anywhere near the won't boot stage yet

Or am I...

Fingers crossed!

That always sucks when you're putting back together a piece of electronics, think to yourself, "Thank Christ that's over." And then it won't start up. "Fffffffff--"

 

[SantaC]

For this kind of thing always check ifixit. They have teardown guides for everything and they are easy to follow.

PlayStation 4 Teardown

After seven long years, the Sony PlayStation finally gets a 4 on the box. Join iFixit as we tear it open and see what changed—and if it was worth...

www.ifixit.com

I used their guide to replace the LCD screen in my WiiU gamepad which is one of the most ridiculously complicated devices I've ever worked on with tiny ribbon cables and connectors everywhere.

Thats nothing when you work as a laptop repairman. I have teared countless laptops down to atoms.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Fingers crossed!

That always sucks when you're putting back together a piece of electronics, think to yourself, "Thank Christ that's over." And then it won't start up. "Fffffffff--"

I know right. It's so easy to celebrate too early

 

[MeatSafeMurderer]

Thats nothing when you work as a laptop repairman. I have teared countless laptops down to atoms.

At this point I've torn down so many devices I don't even bother taking photos, much less following a guide, I just wing it and go in blind. But to be fair working as a technician isn't exactly a common career, even among gamers.

 

[Punished Miku]

But the real question is ...... do you have no regrets like Hawking Radiation ?

 

[Gamerguy84]

Thats nothing when you work as a laptop repairman. I have teared countless laptops down to atoms.

Ah yes. There is always one, maybe two longer screws out of the 30.

 

[Patrick S.]

Screw with spring? Is that the one for the HDD cover?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Screw with spring? Is that the one for the HDD cover?

No I thought it was deeper in

 

[SantaC]

At this point I've torn down so many devices I don't even bother taking photos, much less following a guide, I just wing it and go in blind. But to be fair working as a technician isn't exactly a common career, even among gamers.

This is probably the easiest modell i work with.

 

[Patrick S.]

No I thought it was deeper in

 

[lostinblue]

For this kind of thing always check ifixit. They have teardown guides for everything and they are easy to follow.

PlayStation 4 Teardown

After seven long years, the Sony PlayStation finally gets a 4 on the box. Join iFixit as we tear it open and see what changed—and if it was worth...

www.ifixit.com

I used their guide to replace the LCD screen in my WiiU gamepad which is one of the most ridiculously complicated devices I've ever worked on with tiny ribbon cables and connectors everywhere.

Had to replace the mic in the Wii U Gamepad, probably never worked but I only noticed once it was out of warranty.

The insides of that thing, OMFG. I fixed the damn mic, but now the rumble rattles.

 

[MeatSafeMurderer]

This is probably the easiest modell i work with.

I've been out of it for a few years now...I'm shocked that a laptop from 2018 doesn't have soldered DIMMs...shocked I tell you! Soldered DIMMs / SSDs were the bain of my existence.