PlayStation Move LED Light Replacement

Written By: Maritza Martinez

Comments: 9

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

15 - 35 minutes

Introduction

Use this guide to replace the LED light on the Playstation Move

Tools

Step 1

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the four 10mm screws located on the back of the device.

Step 2

Insert the plastic opening tool at the indent.
Gently use a forward and backward motion to safely pop open the cover.
Using your hands to further pull it apart.

Step 3

Once the device is opened, lift the battery out of the black plastic holder.
Carefully pull the battery out and ensure that it's wires are still connected to the inside.

You can disconnect the back/trigger assembly ribbon cable at this point by proceeding to Steps 13/14 (without the other steps for disassembly as they are unnecessary for replacing just the trigger).

Peter Miller - 13/03/18

Step 4

Using a Phillips head screwdriver, remove the 9mm screw located to the right of the battery, which is connected to the inner plastic frame.
Using the plastic opening tool carefully take out the grey cylindrical piece (vibrator) that is also attached to a wire.

Step 5

Gently pull out the small grey cylindrical piece (vibrator).
Removing this piece makes it easier to access the wire connection of the battery and remove it.

Step 6

Using tweezers, remove the small piece with a cylindrical top that is located to the left of the inner plastic frame.

Step 7

Using one hand to hold the device, and the other hand to squeeze the inner plastic frame.
Remove by squeezing the inner plastic frame, lift and pull it towards you.
While removing the frame, be extremely careful because it could damage the frame or the motherboard.

Step 8

Gently pull on the white piece connecting the battery and the connector.

Step 9

Remove the five 1.2 mm screws from upper portion of the controller.
If you are replacing the trigger button, continue to step 13.

Step 10

Remove the two 1.2mm Phillips #1 screws.

Step 11

Cautiously remove the circular white piece at the top without removing the LED inside.

Accidentally ripped this off as my PS Move is a different model, any chance this could be fixed using like jumper wires or not?

Alex Flint - 02/04/20

Step 12

Remove the blue strip that is connected to the trigger button from the motherboard.
Be careful to gently detach it from the motherboard. The strip may rip if too much strength is applied.

Step 13

Remove the trigger button from the controller.

Step 14

Remove the LED light by removing the white strip.
If you are replacing the LED light, continue to Step 17.

This step is destructive and simply breaks the LED solder joints!!!

Peter Miller - 13/03/18

WTF, you literally broke the soldered ribbon cable.

fastasleep - 24/06/20

Step 15

Remove the motherboard from the plastic case.

Step 16

Insert tweezers between the LED case and the LED clear plastic cover.
Lift the edge of the LED clear cover clip to be able to remove the cover.
Repeat the previous step to the other side.
Remove the LED cover.

Step 17

Remove the LED board using a blue opening tool to lift the board.
After the board is loose, remove the LED board.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

5 comments

Okay, going to try this. Do I have to solder the white strip back onto the board?

randallrigdonjr - 08/06/17

did you ever get this done? need to know the same.

[deleted] - 17/03/20

très clair, mais où trouver une led ? et en enlevant le cable de la led, il faut le dessourder, non ?

Pierrot - 28/03/20

This is BEYOND useless without the information as to where to get the LED unit itself. It's not a standard LED board I can find anywhere.

Also, on the PS3 Move controller the cable from the main board to the LED is soldered both ends and doesn't simply lift away from the circuit.

As to the "beyond useless" comment, this isn't meant to be directed towards the kind people who have spent their time to help others with their knowledge and, their LED cable may have simply lifted away from the board if the Move controller was the later PS4 model, I don't know, I haven't pulled a PS4 Move controller apart (yet).

The guide however would be so much better with that one tiny bit of information, where can I find the LED module and the 1039 number on the LED board itself is of no help in my search.

I stripped my controller down before I found the link to this article (qualifications in electronics), my main need is identifying the faulty LED module so I can replace it.

Leo Anon -

Sorry, how do I reconnect the white cable I've just cut away from the circuit board solder joints as you've done?

Butchers!

SERIOUSLY??

No, I'm NOT stupid enough to cut cables and magically think they reconnect using the reverse disassembly instructions as suggested (just poke them in like a magician and they magically connect themselves, if only). Someone needs to rethink their idea of an article to "HELP" people.

Leo Anon -