PS4 SLIM OVERHEATING FIX || BURNED FAN HEADER || USB POWER TO FAN PS4 MOD
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Published 2019-10-14
How I came to making this mod video was after I had cleaned the PS4 of dust and cleaning the heat sink and replacing the fan, the PS4 slim still overheated. I found out the original fan was not the problem. The problem was the motherboard had a burned out fan connection/fan header.
I tried connecting the fan directly bypassing one of the burned connection terminals, but still no success. In order to make it work was i got 5 volts power from one of the usb ports and connected the black fan wire to 5v negative and the red and grey wire to 5v positive from the USB port. I ended up leaving the new aftermarket fan in the ps4 slim and just testing with the original oem fan to see if 5 volts wold be good enough to power it.
FAN TESTING ON BENCH RESULTS:
( starts at 3:38 )
MEASURED AMPS: 0.35 AMPS
(SAMSUNG 5V , 2AMP USB ADAPTER FOR TESTING)
MEASURED VOLTAGE NO LOAD: 5.3V
UNDER FAN LOAD VOLTAGE: 4.98V
ESTIMATED PERCENT FAN SPEED: 45-55%
OEM FAN SPECS:
(FAN THAT CAME OUT OF PS4 SLIM)
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
DC12V 1.30A BCN
KSB0912HD
*THE ONLY THING I DID NOT MENTION IS RE-PASTING THE CPU AND CLEANING THE CPU HEAT-SINK. WHICH YOU MAY NEED TO DO IF YOU REMOVED THE MOTHERBOARD AND REPLACED THE FAN. BUT YOU CAN WATCH THAT IN THE REASSEMBLY VIDEO LINK BELOW.* (I HAD PREVIOUSLY DISASSEMBLED EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE OPTICAL DRIVE WHEN I REPLACED THE FAN, CLEANED AND RE-PASTED CPU/HEAT SINK, ASSEMBLED, AND THEN FOUND IT WAS STILL OVERHEATING.)
:::NEEDED:::
TORX SECURITY T8
PH00 Phillips SCREW DRIVER
SOLDER AND SOLDERING IRON
USB CABLE IN GOOD CONDITION THAT IS AT LEAST AWG 22 OR WITH WIRES AS THICK OR CLOSE TO THICKNESS OF THE FAN WIRES.
2-5 HOURS OF TIME DEPENDING ON SKILL LEVEL
:::LINKS:::
VIDEO OF DISASSEMBLY
(Watch up to the 13:30 mark and then remove the fan if you need to clean or replace it, WHICH I DO RECOMMEND REPLACING IT AT A COST OF 6-10$ FOR A REPLACEMENT FAN , UNLESS YOU ARE ON A STRICT SPENDING LIMIT.THE BLUE RAY DRIVE DOES NOT NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR THIS MOD)
• PS4 Slim Teardown - Detailed Disassem...
VIDEO ON REASSEMBLY AND REPASTING
• PS4 Slim Detailed Assembly - Thermal ...
GREAT VIDEO/GUIDE ON SOLDERING ELECTRONICS
• How To Solder - Intro/Joining Strande...
USB WIRES SCHEMATIC/GUIDE
www.electroschematics.com/usb-how-things-work/
EBAY FAN REPLACEMENT SEARCH RESULTS LINK
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l13…
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