PlayStation 4 Optical Drive Replacement

Written By: Sam Omiotek

Comments: 107

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

30 minutes - 1 hour

Introduction

Follow this guide to replace the optical drive on your Sony Playstation 4.

On 1XXX series models of the PS4, the optical drive daughterboard and the motherboard are paired. If your daughterboard's broken, you'll have to replace the motherboard.

You can replace the the optical drive assembly by itself, but the replacement assembly must be compatible with the your optical drive daughterboard.

Unplug your PS4 before beginning any repairs.

Tools

Parts

Step 1

Flip the PS4 upside-down with the back side facing towards you.

Step 2

Use tweezers to remove the two stickers in the center of the back of the PS4 exposing two case screws.

Step 3

Use tweezers to carefully remove the plastic screw covers in each corner, exposing two more case screws.

What If my PS4 doesn't have the two screws on the side

Michael Jimenez -

I should imagine that plastic cover will come off?

How did you go?

Cary B -

Step 4

Remove the four 7.2 mm Torx security screws on the back of the PS4.

I only have two screws, those in the middle of the console.

Oscar Martinez -

Have you removed the plastic covers mentioned in the previous step? That will expose the other two screws.

Sam Omiotek -

same, here. there are only the middle screws, no covers or screws on the sides. and it sits pretty tight

Johannes Müller -

turns out 12XX models are different. Look at this for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpr0z0ve...

Johannes Müller -

This video guide is very useful, thank you. The disc drive itself is different than this ifixit guide too

UnitedShoes -

Yes there is slight variations between the first models, and the second gen and on models. I have an original and only has the two screws in the middle, removal of the cover remains the same.

Mary Westphal -

Step 5

Use your thumbs to lift the lower case up and off the PS4.
The lower case is held into place by plastic clips. You may need to use significant force to release the lower case.

sur la version 2 de l ps4 fat il n'y a que les 2 vis du milieu. Comment défaire le boîtier ?

nlvolle -

Joyeux dodjf ps4

Jordan Carlos Monteiro Semedo -

Step 6

Use a pair of tweezers to pull the power supply cable straight out and disconnect the power supply unit from the motherboard.
If your connector feels stuck, use a spudger to gently pry the connector out.

This part looks dangerous. There should be a flag/warning not to destroy that cable yes?

Shawn -

I second Shawn's comment. That cable seems to be very fragile, and one of the wires snapped on mine while removing the cable. It wouldn't have bothered me so much, if it wasn't a pain to find a replacement for it.

Matt Gaia -

The tweezers used here, do not cut it. Not enough grip.

I had to use a set of needle nose pliers to remove this.

Cary B -

Power supply connection stuck. I don't want to damage it

Nick Alex -

What you need to do here is be patient. Do not pull the wires. Get some fine nosed pliers, wiggle the white connector from left to right in small movements and edge it out slowly. You can also use your nails one finger at each edge of the white connector to do this.

David Harkness -

Its really hard but i managed it with both of the tweezers/pincers at the same time

1. Keep in mind to pull not too hard on the wires and make step 2 and 3 simultaneously!

2. the straigt and wider tweezer to pull the white connector itself
(top and bottom grip)
3. the small and angled tweezer to pull the wires carefully
(as shown on the picture above)

dinkelberg01 -

Another option, is to remove the screws holding it down, leave the cable in place and lift it out carefully, revealing the other end of the connection. The hidden side of the connection wire is easier to get a handle on.

Mary Westphal -

I concur with David, some patience and a lot of wiggling did it for me despite the stubbornness of the connection. Does seem like this one varies a lot in how difficult it is to remove.

hazelrat -

My connector wouldn't budge no matter how much I wiggled it. I solved it by lifting the power supply out and disconnect the connector at the other end (mainboard end)

_I_ -

Step 7

Remove three 9.7 mm-long TR8 Torx security screws.
Remove two 41 mm-long Phillips screws and brackets.

Step 8

Lift the power supply straight up and out of the PS4.
The power supply is held firmly in place by prongs on the left side. It may take multiple attempts to remove it.
During reassembly, ensure the prongs are aligned, then press the power supply into place.

How do you remove the battery wires? I’ve personally been wiggling it to no effect, is there a certain way i have to pull it out, and should i pull it out of the power supply or the console?

Tubby -

Retirar en vertical, derecho hacia arriba. Sino puedes doblar uno de los tornillos largos

FabianCampos -

Just got done with this part. It was a struggle for me to disconnect the cable from the PSupply side. It was easier for me to carefully remove the power supply first, using the HDD cover to lift the Power Supply in place and removing the l cable from the Motherboard side. Go slow with your fingers to wiggle it out slowly, when you have enough plastic from the cable casing expose, gently use pliers to wiggle it free. Try hard not to deform the plastic wire casing.

Justin Tang -

Step 9

Use the tip of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable from the motherboard.

dumb question but I’m very new to this. when reconnecting the wifi antenna, does it just click back on? I'm hesitant to try this procedure if I need to solder anything since I have zero experience.

cliodhna -

Yup! Hold it in place and press straight down on top of it with your finger or a spudger. If you have any other cable/connector questions see this guide.

Sam Omiotek - 04/10/21

Heads up, you might have a black philips screw above the power connector. It fixes the motherboard and EMI shield on if you're dealing with an 1100 model.

Dzmitry -

Step 10

Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to grab the antenna cable and move it out from the cable guides.

Step 11

Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to thread the antenna cable out from underneath the optical drive cable.

Step 12

Remove the 9.7 mm Torx security screw securing the antenna.

This does not work on the newer 12 series

raseemhassan123 -

Thank you! I thought I was insane. I've been trying to figure out where the hell this thing goes and the seat for it is like an inch from the corner. It's driving me mental trying to figure out how to put this back on

Leo Halliwell -

Step 13

Remove the Wi-Fi antenna.

When I’m connected to wifi it does good for awhile then it disconnects from the wifi and I can’t use the controller. I have to turn the game off and disconnect power source. Do you think the wifi antenna could be the problem or doin have another situation.

Jay Pax -

I would check the antenna connection to the motherboard, if it's properly seated I don't think it's the problem.

hazelrat -

Step 14

Use your fingernail to press down on the metal release lever of the ribbon cable on top of the optical drive.
Use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to disconnect the ribbon cable by pulling on the black tab.
You do not need to press the metal lever when inserting the ribbon cable back in. You will hear a click once it is fully inserted.

Please note that the younger generations of PS4 have a different setup of connectors to the driver, its sometimes 3 of these as presented but with different sizes and no pad to press down. However, dont be alarmed, just use the pair of tweezers and gently pull them off the connectors of the motherboard. Grab on tight on the blue area of the ribbon cable and pull gently! They tend to sit tight so take some time and patience on this.

Mathias Kopp -

Thank you!!!

Nick Bymolt -

Step 15

Use your fingernail to press down the metal release lever for the ribbon cable connected to the motherboard.
Use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to disconnect the ribbon cable by pulling on the black tab.
Set the ribbon cable aside for reassembly.
You do not need to press the metal lever when inserting the ribbon cable back in. You will hear a click once it is fully inserted.

bei mir ist das leider defekt Plastikteil abgebrochen wie kann ich das ersetzen

kevin pospiech -

Is it possible to buy the white port for ps4? My one seems to be damaged so won't hold the ribbon cable.

dorszes -

This may be a difficult fix, as the white port seems to be integrated into the motherboard. You could try simply holding the ribbon cable down with electrical tape, if it's just a fitting issue?

hazelrat -

The issue I found is the connector for the ribbon cable, the one soldered to the motherboard, is cracked.

I wonder if there is a replacement to re solder? And what should search for when looking to buy

Vega84 -

Step 16

Use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to disconnect the optical drive cable from the motherboard.

Step 17

Use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to remove the optical drive cable from the cable guides that hold it in place.

Step 18

Remove the four screws securing the optical drive.
Three 9.7 mm Torx screws
One 6.2 mm Phillips screw

Step 19

Lift the optical drive straight up and out of the PS4.

Step 20

If you purchased an optical drive with the PCB board and bracket included, skip the remaining steps and begin reassembly.
Remove the three 6.2 mm Phillips screws from the metal bracket.

Step 21

Lift the metal bracket straight up to separate it from the optical drive.

Step 22

Remove the 6.4 mm Phillips screw from the PCB board.

Step 23

Use the tip of a spudger to flip open the ZIF connector locking bar.

So the tab the twisters are pointing at is what got messed up while trying to clean it the translucent tab on top kinda peeled off and now won't update so did i &&^& it up or would it work if i open it again and try to put the tab perfectly back the way it was?

Marina Ramirez -

Step 24

Pull the ribbon cable straight out of the ZIF connector.

Step 25

Hold the PCB in one hand and the lower ribbon cable in the other.
Gently pull the lower ribbon cable straight out of the socket.

Step 26

Hold the PCB in one hand and the upper ribbon cable in the other.
Pull the upper ribbon cable straight out of the socket.

Step 27

Remove the PCB.

Conclusion

📌To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.

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Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our Answers community for troubleshooting help.

Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.

Author

Sam Omiotek

Member since: 25/02/19

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71 comments

This was a great help after my 2 yr old put a coin in my PS4. However when following the steps backwards I got to step 7 which says 'Remove the 5 wire plug attached from the power supply to the motherboard' & couldn't see how to reattach it. I then noticed it looks like I've pulled the whole plastic white casing/plug holder (within the orange rectangle) off the mobo rather than just the plug from the casing. Although the pic looks like the plastic casing does come off the mobo as it's at an angle (maybe why I pulled the whole thing out or maybe I did it right).

I'm thinking I've made a mistake is because now I cant see anywhere that I can 'plug' the 5 L shaped wires on the bottom of the plastic casing back onto the mobo. Plus where they used to be attached there's now 5 tiny silver rectangles on the mobo (2 opposite 3), so I guess these 5 wires were some how adhered to those mobo rectangles by a conductive adhesive of some sort.

Any suggestion for the best repair method would be appreciated.

Thanks

doc browejnn - 12/07/15

If you've pulled the female end from the motherboard the it need to be resoldered to the board, most likely gonna need to pull the motherboard. It's a very simple connector, sounds as if you yanked the whole thing off.

lynx2069 - 09/09/15

Is anyone there who try to change the optical drive without change the Motherboard in the same time ? And does it run ?

Thanks for your help.

Frederic Morelli - 17/09/15

How about a guide for replacing just the laser unit instead of the whole drive?

david.walker52 - 05/06/19

I changed the drive with its motherboard, when I want to update the system, an error message appears:

CE-42116-8 .

rafat abulaeth - 21/01/21

Would this fix the disc ejection issue?

Tim - 15/10/15

No, as the issue isn't attributable to the drive itself. The issue is the capacitive eject button and the rubber foot on the bottom of the console. The foot expands with the heating and cooling cycles of the machine, and can set off the button just by making any contact at all. I suggest removing it, cutting off the front 1/8", then reinstalling it. That's what worked for me.

Nathan Rice - 05/05/16

This is very useful, however in order to play a new Optical drive a married motherboard must be installed also. Since the these are not plug and play drives.

Fueled by Rage - 19/10/15

Thanks for your help.

Frederic Morelli - 27/10/15

I don't know which one of these to fix my Playstation 4 works fine until I put a disk in it it just says corrupted data it turns on fine the Internet works fine but games movies nothing works please someone tell me how to fix this

Samantha price - 25/12/15

Sounds like the connector fron the disk drive to the motherboard may not be fully connected.

UnicornsOnLSD - 21/08/16

I recently got a PS4 form a relative that was a busted disk drive because he spilled water on it. the repair man said that the drive controll board is dead bacause foo water damage. What do i do? buy a new whole dirve or will that not work because of MARRage

Daniel Anishchenko - 10/01/16

I wonder what I could damage. I used tutorial from yt.

Console works, games are running without problems, it is silent after new thermal paste.

But blue ray is dead: - not responding when pressing bottom eject button. - not reading already inside cd. - not accepting any cd - no option to eject from controler options

I wonder what could go wrong. Some cable? Something wrong with this small board that is next to blue ray?

I see small board, 1 4-pin connector, 4 tapes( 1 from motherboard, 3 from blue ray). Everything connected but not working.

Anyone has some clue how I can fix this or investigate?

Lukasz Z - 21/03/16

I have the exact same problem, I cleaned my very dirty PS4, applied the arctic MX-2 thermal compound, put everything back together. When I fired the PS4 back on the Blu-ray drive doesn't do anything., won't take any discs, the eject button does nothing.

Were you able to fix yours? How did you do it? what was the problem? If not.... can anyone help us both?

Haris - 10/04/16

I have the exact same problem :((((

my Blue ray drive is dead

Ali - 03/05/16

When you remove the blu ray drive one of the most important steps to replacing it (and one that most instructions fail to mention) is the two metal tabs on the drive that hang over the back and left side. Starting withe the rear of the drive make sure the silver tab that hangs off the back slips over the plastic ridge and do the same with the other silver tab on the left side. The first time i tried to clean my optical drive i just popped it in without making sure these two tabs were in the proper position and it was as if there was no power being supplied to the drive.

Casey Jonason - 25/09/16

Hi! My son put a coin in the optical drive, how can I put the coin out doing this? sorry for my english im from spain, i need help

Diana M Da Silva Henriques - 04/04/16

when i am trying to find an optical drive for my ps4 its says there are 2 types which do i need and hwo would i know which one i need

kerim pala - 22/04/16

this s the same problem i am having can somebody help us. it would be muchly appreciated tnx

LEEDS - 13/05/16

Changed my ps4 blue ray disc drive with mother board cause my son put multiple games in. Ordered and installed new one but now it will not recognize cd or game when inserted. Do i have to sync new disc drive to ps4 or does it automatically do it? Please help

dagucc - 22/04/16

I installed new optical disc drive and now my ps4 will not recognize any disc or game. Wat to do?

dagucc - 22/04/16

Okay, why is the system automatically flagging my reply to someone as spam?

Nathan Rice - 04/05/16

I had this problem where I didn't press the release tab on the mother border and the flex ribbons ends got cut off . could this be the reason why my drive doesn't even accepttdisks anymore ?

claudio - 02/06/16

I went step by step replaced the drive and now there is no power. It was working fine when I took it apart now nothing... I've gone back over it 3 times... Power supply's just don't die like that do they?

Mike - 05/07/16

I'm in this same boat. Bought two optical drives, and when installed the Playstation 4 won't turn on, with the old one it turns on but the disc sensor doesn't work and won't receive discs...

Did you solve your problem?

RobertoLL - 12/09/16

I NEED HELP!!!

I TOOK APART MY PS4 TO REPLACE MY FAN, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. BUT THEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY DRIVE WILL NOT WORK. IT JUST GIVES KE AN ERROR MESSAGE. WENT BACK THROUGH AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS CONNECTED PROPERLY AND IT IS. I FEAR SOMEHOW THE DAUGHTERBOARD GOT MESSD UP. I NEED TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE AND IM WILLING TO COMPENSATE SOMOEN WHO CAN POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I CN BE REACHED AT chooseloveorfear@gmail OR TEXTED AT 602#429#9236. THANKS!!!

Paul - 14/07/16

I have a problem! i bought a bdp-020 wich is the one that was inside my console! but when i try to play something i got this error "CE-35888-2" and when i tried to update i got this one "e-ffffffff " help me please.

i follow the step by stem video on youtube. but isnt working!

Mauri Rios - 16/07/16

Your bleuray board is married to your motherboard if you want to Let it workshop again you have to place your old bord frame your bleuray

Ws - 16/07/16

Ook nl mensen hier?

Ik had problemen met mijn bleuray hij accepteert geen disk meer. Reset ect gedaan restore data ect. Niets

Heb een nieuwe bleuray gekocht en oude printplaat omgezet op mijn nieuwe bleuray. Nou hij is 5 dagen goed geweest en krijg het zelfde gedonder weer reset niets werkt iemand een idee?

Ws - 16/07/16

Thanks i was trying to find my model optical drive for so long as a replacement for my current one but after seeing your awareness comment at the end then i'm guessing that i can just buy any new replacement optical drive i just need to take the motherboard off of my current one and put it on the new one is that right ?

Reaper666 - 29/08/16

Do i need to find my model optical drive and put the motherboard off of my current one onto that one or can i buy any model optical drive and put the motherboard off of my current one onto that one ?

Reaper666 - 01/09/16

Yeah that's what I need to know does anyone have the answer?

zane akhter - 15/01/17

So quick question. By married motherboard do you mean the board that is on the optical drive itself or are you referring to the whole system board of the PS4? If I bought a new disc drive online and swapped out the disc drive motherboards would that work? Any soldering required, or simply remove some screws? Thank you for your help, just need a quick answer!

Cyology.IO - 22/11/16

My PS4 is doing the thing where it's constantly trying to eject a disk that isn't in there. It had been doing this for a long time so I tightened the manual "eject" screw, turned it on it's side, removed the rubber foot, unplugged it from the way and let it sit for 10 mins, etc (pretty much everything on the interwebs) this worked for a a few months but it's back to it's old habits. Am I able to just removed the optical drive? All my games are digital copies anywho and having the optical drive has just been annoying (it's now at the point where it ejects every 30 seconds) due to the ejection noises and the beeping.

Harrison - 15/12/16

Yeah I'm with you. I've tried all that and more. Turning the manual eject screw seemed a temporary fix but even that doesn't work now. Still beeps and ejects. That's why i'm here. Will it help to replace the drive entirely or not? Seems not. I'm mostly digital but I still do have a need for the optical drive.

shabznet - 03/03/17

So the motherboard that is on the old blue ray disk drive do you need to put that on the new one or do I have to buy another one?

zane akhter - 15/01/17

Hi how do I determine which disc drive I have to replace with the same as there are different ones out thrre

stevec5238 - 28/01/17

I bought the new bluray drive, switched over the mother board, and now I can't insert a disc. It's almost as though there's no power to the drive.

James Brogan - 13/02/17

Could anyone help me.

I tried to change the drive board and somehow broke the big ribbon cable.

Now the disc won't spin anymore.

AlessioM - 28/03/17

I removed my old disc drive because it wouldn't accept discs at all. It wouldn't even make a noise....almost like it was just DEAD. So I bought a brand new blu Ray optical drive for the PS4 and I removed the old one and installed the new one. I removed the motherboard from the old and screwed it onto the new one. I am sure I've installed everything like it should be but when I go to insert a disk.... I GET THE EXACT SAME RESULT!!!! No noise and it won't accept the disc. Please help if anyone can think of something I might have forgotten to do or overlooked.

gilleytopher@gmail.com

gilleytopher - 16/05/17

Hello I have a problem I have damaged my optical disc drive and the logic board is there anything I can do

Jason - 08/06/17

I just don't underatand, I bought another optical drive with a new laser installed and I took out the optical mother board from the new drive replacing it with the original one and I still get un recognized discs and I know for a fact it's the optical drive mother board because I tested the new optical drive with it's mother board and I could play blue rays but not ps4 games which gave me an error pretty much saying not compatable. I swapped back to the original optical mother board and pretty much back to normal again, not recognizing discs and I checked everything, even the rollers. I just don't get it, I always had back luck with play stations. I don't think anyone had changed it before and therefore the optical mother board should still be original, so what's happening here?

Deeb - 08/07/17

If you bought a married drive and mother board, would they then run together?

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Jason - 20/09/17

You guys are using a total different kinda of PS4 I have .. My blu ray isn’t married to my motherboard .. And now I dont know how to fix this error ..

Betty Sales - 08/10/17

So how do I marry a new disc drive with the original blue ray logic board??? Naturally to replace a functioning logic board when only the old warn out drive itself seems like a waste of $160.

Todd Ashelman - 12/10/17

have a ps4 cannot get a part which is the disk detection sensor kld-003 can get kld-002 and kld-001 but cannot find find kld-003 anyone with the same problem.

stuart - 20/08/18

I recently took apart my ps4 to replace the thermal paste and since putting it back together the drive will not eject via the button on the ps4 and will not accept a disc.

I can eject the disc via the on screen menu so there is power and I can also hear the drive churning away when I turn the unit on.

Any ideas?

J P - 25/11/18

After I completed all the directions in reverse. For the drive to actually read a disc, I had to do an update. Now the eject button doesn't work. No clue what is wrong or how to fix it.

Kyle Roberts - 05/03/19

Not sure if this is still updated, but I installed the new disk drive made sure all the cables are connected correctly and made sure it was the right type of drive, but now when i try and insert a disk it doesnt even seem to drag it in. Any help would be appreciated

dashiellsarnoff - 21/05/19

Hi, did you change the small board on the drive?

You have to use the old one from the broken drive, because its connected to the mainboard by some sort of software coding.

Good luck!

Claus Gärtner - 22/05/19

I have disc drive that doesn't want to read only a few disc, any solutions would be great.

Ryuko Nariko - 30/07/19

If you are just replacing the laser from the disc drive do you still have to replace the motherboard ?

Michael - 21/02/20

No, just the laser is fine. Do not replace the optical drive PCB or your system will not be able to read discs.

Kara Meyers - 18/03/20

Thanks for posting this. It really helped me get through installing the new optical drive. I did swap out the daughter board on the original drive and I am having a problem with it recognizing disks. Any words of wisdom on that subject?

cbellmore - 03/03/20

I hope you kept the original PCB because if not, sorry to say but you'll never be able to use physical games again…. The Renesas chip is on that PCB and it’s married to your console’s APU.

Kara Meyers - 18/03/20

Followed this guide and managed to replace my drive successfully with no issues. Thanks to all who helped to write this. You guys are awesome !

Alfie Brook - 30/07/20

hey.

i got a older ps4 that sounds like a…got 4 screws in the back. and i got a newer one (only two screws in the back) from a friend with a non working bluray player, i took both apart and the fit matches, but not sure about the cables

any sugestions ?

/jan-erik, gothenburg, sweden

jan-erik haug - 30/07/20

If your drive still doesn’t work after replacing. It’s your motherboard FUSE. Google & replace the F6202 fuse (check the others near it as they could be a problem also). This fixed it for us. No new drive or motherboard needed.

pablo renato - 27/10/20

I have a ps4 that has this disc drive problem where it wont take the disc but what it does is make some grinding sounds when turned on and it does it for a minute and then it stops and then it won't take the disc at all ive replaced the drive twice and still got

The invader 2 - 08/11/20

hello, i have a PS4 ΚΕΜ-860 PAA with a BDP-015 and the model is CUH-1116A,

what optical drive should i buy, because i cant find excacly for CUH-1116A, only similar numbers

thanks

georgepetsios - 19/12/20

Are bdp-015 and 010 not cross compatible? I've tried swapping the daughterboard from one drive to the other, nothing. Bdp-010 gave me 35888-2 error as original was 015. Took apart original drive - it will no longer accept discs - and all mechanical components were in good order, nothing broken or out of place. No idea where to start with troubleshooting the daughterboard as I cannot find replacment. Sorry if this is the wrong place for this question but that crappy preview question button on this site refused to work. Any ideas?

e h - 22/02/21

I’ve seen on youtube that someone had fixed the Error SU-42118-6 by removing the ribbon cable for a while then reconnecting it. Will this possibly fix the error?

Phantom - 11/04/21

Can we not just get an external Blue Ray drive and connect via USB????

Vance Webb - 22/04/21

These kits all say “heat sinks not included” - is that something I need to order and repair separately?

Peter Harrison -

You can reuse the heatsinks from the old motherboard, just be sure to properly clean them and reapply thermal paste. We have a guide for that.

Sam Omiotek -

Do I need to replace the motherboard even if I use the original PCB?

kai -

I haven't tested this! I will look into it. Good question.

Sam Omiotek -

On the base model ps4 that has a 500 gig hard drive, the optical drive has a daughter board that works with the system to let the system know if there is a disk in the drive and what the disk is. This daughter board is paired with the ps4 motherboard. Should the disk drive break, all the user has to do is replace only the disk drive with the exact same unit and the problem should be fixed. Don't replace the daughter board as the system won't recognize another daughter board in it's place. If the daughter board has gone bad, transfer data to another playstation 4 as that will be your only option.

There is no need to replace the ps4 motherboard as motherboards are available anyway. In my case, the new disk drive that I bought can work with either a daughter board labeled as bdp-025 or bdp-020. The daughter board in my ps4 is bdp-020.

Justin -

The whole point of me writing the above paragraph is to let you know that if the disk drive does fail as mine did, you can replace the disk drive with another unit and not replace the motherboard. The way that the guide is written left me unsure and drove me crazy, but I can tell you with 100% honesty that the disk drive can be replaced, solving the problem.

The most important step is to only replace the failed disk drive, keeping the original daughter board in the system. I'm hoping that this info will prevent any future confusion and you won't need to drive yourself crazy as I did.

When you're done with the repair, you'll have the failed disk drive and a good daughter board to throw away as my new disk drive did come with a daughter board.

If your ps4 motherboard does fail, the only option would be to rebuild data on another ps4 console.

Justin -

How to know which disk to buy? My model shows PS4-318

Vano Beridze -