PlayStation 2 Disc Drive Replacement

Written By: jwyoung

Comments: 12

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

1 hour

Introduction

In the need that you need to replace the entire disc drive, here's what you need to do. You may need to do a little eBay perusing first, but when you find that replacement, these steps will show you how to remove your old one.

Tools

Parts

PlayStation 2 Disc Drive

Step 1

Flip the PlayStation 2 over so it lays with the bottom of the device facing upwards.
Use the flat edge of a metal spudger to pry the eight flat screw covers out.
Remove the following eight screws securing the top cover to the bottom case:
Four 55.4 mm Philips screws
Four 18.0 mm Phillips screws

Before proceeding to step 2, Take a look at your PS2, some PS2's have 10 screws (and screw covers) instead of 8 (i found them underneath the optical drive), these instructions have mislead me and i ended up breaking my top cover for my PS2.

Tristan -

Ich möchte daraufhin weisen, daß es bei der SCPH-50004 zwei verschiedene Schraubabdeckungen gibt.

4x Kreuzförmig 4x rechteckig

Sowie eine silberne schraube die sich an der unterseite aufhöhe des Reset-Knopfes befindet.

Christian Lehnhardt - 28/08/23

Step 2

Some models have a different number of screws and feet. Remove all the feet and screws in the bottom of the case.
The 10 screw model has 6 screws in the bottom-most portion and 4 in the upper tray.

Step 3

Peel the warranty sticker (located next to the main power switch) straight away from the case.
To avoid activating the VOID that may come up, heat it carefully to remove and replace it clean

Step 4

Flip the PlayStation 2 back to its original upside position.
Lift the top cover off the bottom case.
To facilitate the removal, it is recommended to pry open the half closer to the power switch first while rocking the top cover towards the front of the bottom case.
Carefully remove the power cord that attaches the top and bottom halves by disconnecting the power cord assembly from the top case.

If you have a 5000x model, then the power and reset buttons are attached to the console, not the lid. Therefore there won’t be a cord

ARandomGuy231 - 07/11/21

Step 5

Remove the two 6.4 mm black Phillips screws securing the optical disc drive to the bottom case.
Lift and remove the optical disc drive straight up out of the bottom case.

Step 6

Remove the two 14.6 mm gold-headed Phillips securing the controller ports to the bottom case.

Step 7

Gently lift the controller port board out of its recess within the bottom case.
Do not completely remove the controller port board. It is still attached via a ribbon cable.
Pull the controller port ribbon cable straight away from its socket on the controller port board.
Remove the controller port board out of the bottom case.

El conector del flex del modulo de conectores de los mando y las memory card no va a presión, para volver a colocarlo, hay que abrirlo.

Marcos Morán -

Controller is detached can we fix it?

The clip which holds the controller is broken

sravan kumbum -

Step 8

Remove the two 14.6 mm gold Phillips screws securing the fan to the bottom case.

Step 9

If there is a device occupying the expansion bay, make sure to remove the device. The expansion base should be empty.
Pry and remove the expansion bay cover away from its posts on the bottom case.

If there is a harddrive in the system place switch on off position before removing and reinstalling because it may blow the fuse that runs the harddrive!

stephen harrison -

Step 10

Lift the motherboard assembly from its front edge and remove it from the lower case.

Step 11

Now that all of that bulky plastic is out of the way, we can get to the fun stuff - electronics!
Remove the four 7.6 mm gold-head Phillips securing the power supply to the motherboard assembly.

If you have a 5000x model, then the power supply will be flipped upside down (or right side up). the screws are in the same positions

ARandomGuy231 -

Step 12

Lift the expansion bay cage up off the motherboard assembly.

Step 13

Do not remove the power board yet. It is still attached to the motherboard assembly via the power board connector (highlighted in the first picture), which is located next to the main power switch.
Carefully lift the power board. You should now see the power board connector attached to the power board.
Pull the power board connector straight to lift it out of its socket on the power board.

Step 14

Underneath where the power supply once was is a transparent piece of plastic. This is the heat shield, and it can now be removed.
It can be a bit stubborn, so it may take a little finessing to get it free.

Step 15

Now with the heat shield out of the way, you can see there are quite a few screws holding the rest in place.
Remove the following screws securing the metal chassis to the logic board:
Seven 5.8 mm Phillips silver screws.
Two 7.4 mm Phillips gold screws.

Step 16

Unclip flaps, one on one side and two on the other, holding the disc drive together. The first two pictures display where the three flaps are. This is very tricky so take your time.
Carefully begin to lift out the disc drive.
Beware, there are ribbon cables still attached.

Step 17

There are four ribbon cables attached to the disc drive. Be careful not to rip any of them!
Remove the three blue ribbon cables and one orange ribbon cable by gently pulling on the blue plastic strips.
Carefully remove the orange ribbon cable from the laser by gently pulling on the white plastic strip.
Now the disc drive is free to be removed.

Hey, ich habe zwar 4 flachbandkabel auf dem laufwerk aber von iwo her habe ich noch eins und ich weiss nicht von wo und er ist sogar ganz ab, was kann ich tun, bitte helfen sie mir.

MfG David

David K - 24/01/21