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@SGT. Moose Is the roller that's connected to the white gear supposed to roll/spin or not? I cleaned my Disc Drive rollers yesterday and noticed that the roller next to the white gear is not rolling/spinning. So i'm wondering since it's my first time cleaning my Disc Drive.
this video literally just saved my life, i couldnt put any discs in and couldnt figure out why. turns out somehow the disc guard to prevent discs from coming out was up and this was the only video i found that mentioned that and how to get it to come down. thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤❤❤❤
Hey I live in Australia, at my local game shop they said it would cost me $150 to get my disc drive fixed and that it would take 3-4 weeks and possibly loose save data, I found this video and My dad and I managed to fix it and nothing went wrong, thank you so so much for this video, it saved me 4 weeks and $150, thansk so much, words cant describe how happy i am.
Thanks for the great tutorial! I could tell within the last year or two it was only a matter of time before the disc drive stopped working as loading and unloading was getting very sluggish. It finally stopped working tonight. After watching your video, I was back in business within an hour. Thank you so much once again!!!
Thank you, my drive is now fully operational again. I popped those grey rollers out and used a paper handkerchief and rubbing alcohol to clean them. The handkerchief was brownish-grey afterwards. I got the system about 1.5 years ago from a heavy smoker, non-working because of overheating. Stripped it down to the core (yes, literaly) and had remove about 5 milimeters of dust and nicotin crap from the aluminium air vents (if you ever cleaned a dryer, the stuff you take out of the fluff filter has about the same thickness) and I also exchanged the thermal grease. The drive kinda worked, but had always problems getting the disks in and out, but I never really dared opening it up, after basically ruining a PS3 drive once. Now that it's cleaned it works like a charm and is one of the quietest PS4s out there.
Thanks for the video. It saved my PS4 even though I bought a new slim model. There was a penny stuffed in the drive that eventually threw the rollers out of alignment. I think the white piece along the side of the drive needs to be explained more but it took a couple trys to finally figure out how it needed to be set. Two thumbs up dude!
Cheers just fixed mine a d this is exactly what was wrong with mine. Easy fix. I also cleaned out the inside and it doesn't sound like a jet engine anymore. I was close to buying a new one but gave this a try and it's running better than ever
You’re a lifesaver, I watched another video to take mine apart and it didn’t mention the gear to lower the drive for the block and roller. So I couldn’t load disks afterwards, I was going crazy and didn’t know what I missed. My original PS4 works and reads disks like it’s brand new again. I just cleaned the drive up a little bit and used alcohol on the laser, the rollers and the black cloth that accepts the disc.
The tool you want is a #8 Torx security screwdriver. You need to get the one with the hole in it, not the normal one (albeit if you do have it, you can make them work, it is just difficult. The little pin in the centre isn't that strong.)
I have a 1st gen ps4 that I bought secondhand off of a coworker years ago, and it’s chugged along but it’s always had a very touchy disc drive - last night it kept spitting out my disc and then it just stopped taking it altogether. This tutorial just saved my system during a time when I can’t afford a new one. You’re a godsend, thank you so much 💜
I watched around 20 plus videos without any success, but managed to fix my PS4 after viewing this. Thanks for posting this video and being very informative 👍
Thans so much dude, going on over 6 yrs strong with my original limited edition white ps4. 1st time ever having any sort of issue like this, and sure enough its was the disk drive. Now shes back running smooth and quiet as ever!
@Madara Uchiha glad I could be of assistance! I finally retired my day one PS4 for the PS5 on November 12th. 7 years strong and it's still being used by my son today. Best console I've ever owned by far. Glad to hear yours is still kicking!
Life of Chad it’s not going to, Sony os going to keep discs since they own blue ray and they are going to hurt their company (losing money) if they stop making disc for ps4
OMG, I FIXED IT!!!!!!!! Just in time for Red Dead Redemption 2 I haven't gotten a chance to use my ps4 in 2 years!! [life changes/I'm good now] I do have another PS4 that's black and brand new unused unopened and was bought before this white Destiny 1 Edition that's my main console . I'm a collector of things when I get the opportunity 😁 Damn those rollers! and yeah I need some of that Air-In-A-Can stuff... I'm very glad I had the tools. Most importantly I really appreciate your help step-by-step walkthrough start to finish! You're awesome man, have a great day thank you so much........
Just used this video to fix my PS4, wasn't pulling the disk in, mine wasn't do to the white rod, but I wiggled things around and it works. 👍 Thank you for putting this up.
There's no way I'm going to risk doing it myself. Amazing video though & I might ask a professional technician to follow your instructions by showing this video to him
FIX NON READING DISCS THE EASY WAY. The fan is circulating dust from the inside of your PS4 and telling the system that the disc is dirty. I almost took my ish apart but my PS4 has been just fine ever since I cleaned it 3 days ago. Get a very small flat head driver and just clean the vents on the sides of the PS4 top and bottom, making sure to blow through vents from front to back and dig that crap out. My 2 discs load every time now no problem and its so much quieter now too.
Thanks very much for the video. I thought my roller was off when i heard a rattling but did not know how to open it up. Once watching this i got in there i soon realised one of my little monster had stuck a coin in there and it had loged in the back of the mechanism for the safety lip. Anyway i got it fixed so thank you for the tutorial very helpful.
Very helpful vid. I also have an original PS4 and I'm fairly certain that the warranty is no longer a valid consideration as it only lasts a year from date of purchase and you MUST have a receipt. Otherwise Sony will charge you $150. At that point, better to either buy a new one, or get brave with a T8 security bit.
Myself and my 2 boys get home from Fan Expo in Toronto with 7 PS4 games in hand to add to the never ending collection of awesomeness. Get home and the PS4 has the Check System fault or bug, so fix that after hrs. Then the PS4 will not accept any disc, though I can hear it trying. Tried the basic fixes mentioned to no avail and then came to find your channel. Excellent job running through it all and though I have upgraded the HD twice now due to the amount of games, I was hesitant to go this far. I did though to avoid having to buy a new one ( Sony said send it them right away for a awful price and time) . My problem was not the white middle part connecting the 2 rollers, but the one roller was somehow stuck without popping up, perhaps due to dust? Anyway blew it out and made sure it was functioning okay. It works and thanks for taking the time to help fellow gamers.
Still working and thxs. Yours was the best of all the ones that watched. If you encounter anymore problem please make vids like this, very helpful fellow gamer.
Many thanks for this video- I was able to fix my console, but the problem was not what I expected. I got all the way to opening up the disc drive and taking it apart and lo and behold, there was a dime inside my three year old son had jammed in there! 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks again- now I can keep some money in the bank for the PS5.
Well mine just needed a little tlc. They needed cleaning with 99.9% alcohol but this did help me understand how to put the rollers back together. I had the 1200 model so I had to look up another video on how to take it apart, which involved taking apart the power supply. But thank you so much! Cool stickers, I've got fallout 4 stickers on mine.
Worked great bought a second hand PS4 and had to pretty much disassemble the whole damn thing to clean it out. Had far too many issues but it's running like new now
Been having the same problem doesn't accept the disc and it makes clicking noise soon as i start my ps4 i been 3 days and I've been trying to fix it still I've learned new things in your video gonna give it second try and hopefully it'll be fixed Thx for your video
Good video, just some advice though; don't take apart or builds things with computer chip/board components, on carpet. Its very easy to catch static and brick those components. A clear, clean counter or table top, on a static resistant pad is the best bet. Even for retro systems.
My ps4 wont accpet any disc !! Ive remove the rollers and clean them and place them in the right place i did everything but still not working i cannot insert any disc to my ps4 ! Please help
Ahmota are you unable to push a disc in at all? if not, Check out the part of this video where I pushed that white plastic piece back. It will open that barrier that prevents a disc from going in. Hope that helps!
Ahmota that's what happened with mine also. I fixed the rollers and put it back together, but then I couldn't put a disc in. Then I reopened it and pushed that white plastic piece back. Now it works perfectly.
Deadly Domination Gaming the white plastic piece was open before ! And still not working ! I open it just now and i close it and open it again and still the same problem !
I have a different problem which is that i can easily enter and pull out the disk but the driver wont work what i mean is that the disk just enter without making that circular movement sorry if my english is bad
Didn't do anything apart from disassemble and assemble it back (and also poke some mechanism/joints), but it actually solve the issue!! (disc won't roll inside). Thank you
panets just r not tech savey at all i'm pretty sure even tho my dad has never used a ps4 in his life honsetly he still pretty good on a pc i mean he has to be tech savly its preety much his to be on a pc all day well not bc of virus but ueslly he wood be so i'm pretty sure he never make that mastake like yr mom did with a ps4 let alone mine
Hey u seem smart, my ps4 takes like 5 or so mins to start and when it does it opens like usual, but when i put a disk in it sounds like it reads it, but it doesnt read it, and game never starts.
Anyone who has tried this and still doesn’t work, use the manual screw to eject and insert disc into the drive. There is a chip burnt inside that marries the motherboard to the disc drive, manual screw is the ONLY way without replacing the whole system more or less.
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I accidentilly took out the roller with the gear any fix
@SGT. Moose Is the roller that's connected to the white gear supposed to roll/spin or not? I cleaned my Disc Drive rollers yesterday and noticed that the roller next to the white gear is not rolling/spinning. So i'm wondering since it's my first time cleaning my Disc Drive.
@SGT. MOOSE Please also do a Disc Drive Motor video. It's hard to find video that goes through the motor part of the Disc Drive
Not all heroes wear capes. Was able to get my game out and now it's working perfect. Thank you
Fax bro
this video literally just saved my life, i couldnt put any discs in and couldnt figure out why. turns out somehow the disc guard to prevent discs from coming out was up and this was the only video i found that mentioned that and how to get it to come down. thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! My PS4 wasn't taking in disks it would just spin...I think the roller popped out when I dropped my PS4. Very helpful
Hey I live in Australia, at my local game shop they said it would cost me $150 to get my disc drive fixed and that it would take 3-4 weeks and possibly loose save data, I found this video and My dad and I managed to fix it and nothing went wrong, thank you so so much for this video, it saved me 4 weeks and $150, thansk so much, words cant describe how happy i am.
@Kaidan Bryant that is incredible news! I'm happy to hear that I could help you out. You've just made my day with your kind words!
Thanks for the great tutorial! I could tell within the last year or two it was only a matter of time before the disc drive stopped working as loading and unloading was getting very sluggish. It finally stopped working tonight. After watching your video, I was back in business within an hour. Thank you so much once again!!!
Thank you, my drive is now fully operational again. I popped those grey rollers out and used a paper handkerchief and rubbing alcohol to clean them. The handkerchief was brownish-grey afterwards. I got the system about 1.5 years ago from a heavy smoker, non-working because of overheating. Stripped it down to the core (yes, literaly) and had remove about 5 milimeters of dust and nicotin crap from the aluminium air vents (if you ever cleaned a dryer, the stuff you take out of the fluff filter has about the same thickness) and I also exchanged the thermal grease. The drive kinda worked, but had always problems getting the disks in and out, but I never really dared opening it up, after basically ruining a PS3 drive once. Now that it's cleaned it works like a charm and is one of the quietest PS4s out there.
Never apologize for your mistakes in your videos because those, too, are learning/teaching moments. Thank you for your video
Almost a year later, but this just saved my PS4, so thank you so much
Thanks for the video. It saved my PS4 even though I bought a new slim model. There was a penny stuffed in the drive that eventually threw the rollers out of alignment. I think the white piece along the side of the drive needs to be explained more but it took a couple trys to finally figure out how it needed to be set. Two thumbs up dude!
Cheers just fixed mine a d this is exactly what was wrong with mine. Easy fix. I also cleaned out the inside and it doesn't sound like a jet engine anymore. I was close to buying a new one but gave this a try and it's running better than ever
You’re a lifesaver, I watched another video to take mine apart and it didn’t mention the gear to lower the drive for the block and roller. So I couldn’t load disks afterwards, I was going crazy and didn’t know what I missed. My original PS4 works and reads disks like it’s brand new again. I just cleaned the drive up a little bit and used alcohol on the laser, the rollers and the black cloth that accepts the disc.
Great job. Had same issue over here in the UK. Best thing about your video? You put it all back together again. Well done ✔
DUDE! You just saved my PS4! Thank you so much for this video!
The tool you want is a #8 Torx security screwdriver. You need to get the one with the hole in it, not the normal one (albeit if you do have it, you can make them work, it is just difficult. The little pin in the centre isn't that strong.)
I have a 1st gen ps4 that I bought secondhand off of a coworker years ago, and it’s chugged along but it’s always had a very touchy disc drive - last night it kept spitting out my disc and then it just stopped taking it altogether. This tutorial just saved my system during a time when I can’t afford a new one. You’re a godsend, thank you so much 💜
I watched around 20 plus videos without any success, but managed to fix my PS4 after viewing this. Thanks for posting this video and being very informative 👍
BIG thumbs up man. For your first video, you did extremely well. very detailed. great job and thank you.
Awesome video. Kept watching videos that left out important parts and you did not leave out anything. Thank you for helping me
3 years later this video is still extremely helpful thanks bro legend
Thans so much dude, going on over 6 yrs strong with my original limited edition white ps4. 1st time ever having any sort of issue like this, and sure enough its was the disk drive. Now shes back running smooth and quiet as ever!
@Madara Uchiha glad I could be of assistance! I finally retired my day one PS4 for the PS5 on November 12th. 7 years strong and it's still being used by my son today. Best console I've ever owned by far. Glad to hear yours is still kicking!
You sir are a legend, thought my ps4 was rooted, found this video, followed it, working again, thanks so much mate
So happy it worked for you, Tim!
Can’t thank ya enough, just like you I have little ones and when I heard the rattle I thought the little gremlins had shoved something in there haha
Thank you so much my kid did this to my PS4 and this saved me a pile taking in to get fixed!
And here i am in 2019, with a problem like that, your guide just fix my PS4!!! Thank you! ;-)
Mate as long winded as this was it worked perfectly. I tried the safe mode/restart/update software crap but this worked. Amazing work sir
Wtf man these systems nowadays built to break
Zavion Anderson yes, they certainly aren't made to last like they used to be.
Yeah why the ps5 is going to be discless
The disc drive on the PS5 is already broken. 🤣
Life of Chad That’s not true tho
Life of Chad it’s not going to, Sony os going to keep discs since they own blue ray and they are going to hurt their company (losing money) if they stop making disc for ps4
OMG, I FIXED IT!!!!!!!! Just in time for Red Dead Redemption 2
I haven't gotten a chance to use my ps4 in 2 years!! [life changes/I'm good now] I do have another PS4 that's black and brand new unused unopened and was bought before this white Destiny 1 Edition that's my main console . I'm a collector of things when I get the opportunity 😁
Damn those rollers!
and yeah I need some of that Air-In-A-Can stuff...
I'm very glad I had the tools.
Most importantly I really appreciate your help step-by-step walkthrough start to finish! You're awesome man, have a great day thank you so much........
Thank you so much man. My Ps4 was not working but i followed your instructions and it worked . So thank you again.
Michael Geyer jsjs
Thanks for this, all the other videos had other unnecessary steps. Yours was to the point. Happy New Year
Awesome! You saved me from taking mine to some expensive repair shop, thanks man!
Just used this video to fix my PS4, wasn't pulling the disk in, mine wasn't do to the white rod, but I wiggled things around and it works. 👍 Thank you for putting this up.
Brock Johnson did you need tools, i need to try something but have no tools
I’m going to try this!! My PS4 isn’t taking, or wanting to eject my games. Doesn’t want to load either.
Thank you so much! My nephews stuck a piece of junk in there and was so excited to play final fantasy 7!
Thankyou very much ! This fixed my problem and the kids are now happy 😃 👍
There's no way I'm going to risk doing it myself. Amazing video though & I might ask a professional technician to follow your instructions by showing this video to him
FIX NON READING DISCS THE EASY WAY.
The fan is circulating dust from the inside of your PS4 and telling the system that the disc is dirty. I almost took my ish apart but my PS4 has been just fine ever since I cleaned it 3 days ago. Get a very small flat head driver and just clean the vents on the sides of the PS4 top and bottom, making sure to blow through vents from front to back and dig that crap out. My 2 discs load every time now no problem and its so much quieter now too.
Thanks very much for the video. I thought my roller was off when i heard a rattling but did not know how to open it up. Once watching this i got in there i soon realised one of my little monster had stuck a coin in there and it had loged in the back of the mechanism for the safety lip. Anyway i got it fixed so thank you for the tutorial very helpful.
Very helpful vid. I also have an original PS4 and I'm fairly certain that the warranty is no longer a valid consideration as it only lasts a year from date of purchase and you MUST have a receipt. Otherwise Sony will charge you $150. At that point, better to either buy a new one, or get brave with a T8 security bit.
Thanks moose save me From Missing The stream.
Myself and my 2 boys get home from Fan Expo in Toronto with 7 PS4 games in hand to add to the never ending collection of awesomeness. Get home and the PS4 has the Check System fault or bug, so fix that after hrs. Then the PS4 will not accept any disc, though I can hear it trying. Tried the basic fixes mentioned to no avail and then came to find your channel. Excellent job running through it all and though I have upgraded the HD twice now due to the amount of games, I was hesitant to go this far. I did though to avoid having to buy a new one ( Sony said send it them right away for a awful price and time) . My problem was not the white middle part connecting the 2 rollers, but the one roller was somehow stuck without popping up, perhaps due to dust? Anyway blew it out and made sure it was functioning okay. It works and thanks for taking the time to help fellow gamers.
SB lovesgames thank you so much for the kind comments. I'm happy to hear that you were able to fix the issue. Keep on gaming!
Still working and thxs. Yours was the best of all the ones that watched. If you encounter anymore problem please make vids like this, very helpful fellow gamer.
Many thanks for this video- I was able to fix my console, but the problem was not what I expected. I got all the way to opening up the disc drive and taking it apart and lo and behold, there was a dime inside my three year old son had jammed in there! 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks again- now I can keep some money in the bank for the PS5.
You are the man... 💯 helped me a lot... so gotta give you props... and you said who did it and how...
Well mine just needed a little tlc. They needed cleaning with 99.9% alcohol but this did help me understand how to put the rollers back together. I had the 1200 model so I had to look up another video on how to take it apart, which involved taking apart the power supply. But thank you so much! Cool stickers, I've got fallout 4 stickers on mine.
If you have the warranty you might as well use it
Worked great bought a second hand PS4 and had to pretty much disassemble the whole damn thing to clean it out. Had far too many issues but it's running like new now
Thanks just bought a ps4 cheap because it was not taking disc and this fixed it
Super helpful and actually quite easy. Was able to fix the problem in about 10 min.
Exactly what I need. Will try this next week. Thank you
Great how to video. Helped me fix mine first time. Thanks.
Thanks a lot for this video. I fixed my son's ps4 first try with the help of this. Great job explaining things.
7:47 you can make most screwdrivers magnetic by touching the tip with a magnet
Been having the same problem doesn't accept the disc and it makes clicking noise soon as i start my ps4 i been 3 days and I've been trying to fix it still
I've learned new things in your video gonna
give it second try and hopefully it'll be fixed
Thx for your video
Did it work
I have the same problem so I'm curious
Me too, my eject sensor button isn't working either
Anthony Leon same do you know how to fix
@@veptah2023 I do not sorry
I'm having a drink at every "go ahead". Pissed like you wouldn't believe...
great job man! i appreciate your help!
Great video, fixed my jammed drive (due to roller dropping... kids) hahha
Great video but you have to have a lot of guts to take the small screws out on a carpet like that ... good luck finding one if you drop it.
Great tutorial. I was able to fix my old PS4!
Good video, just some advice though; don't take apart or builds things with computer chip/board components, on carpet. Its very easy to catch static and brick those components. A clear, clean counter or table top, on a static resistant pad is the best bet. Even for retro systems.
NKingTV thanks so much for the advice!
My ps4 wont accpet any disc !! Ive remove the rollers and clean them and place them in the right place i did everything but still not working i cannot insert any disc to my ps4 ! Please help
Ahmota are you unable to push a disc in at all? if not, Check out the part of this video where I pushed that white plastic piece back. It will open that barrier that prevents a disc from going in. Hope that helps!
Deadly Domination Gaming i will try that right now
Ahmota that's what happened with mine also. I fixed the rollers and put it back together, but then I couldn't put a disc in. Then I reopened it and pushed that white plastic piece back. Now it works perfectly.
Ahmota check out the 10:00 mark of the video. This may be your problem.
Deadly Domination Gaming the white plastic piece was open before ! And still not working ! I open it just now and i close it and open it again and still the same problem !
Would like to say a big thank you my PS4 is working
I have a different problem which is that i can easily enter and pull out the disk but the driver wont work
what i mean is that the disk just enter without making that circular movement
sorry if my english is bad
Thanks bro you helped me save my PS4 ✊🏾
Damn man looks like everyones got fixed but mine lol been trying all day, just gonna have to put it on eBay and get a Xbox one I think
Didn't do anything apart from disassemble and assemble it back (and also poke some mechanism/joints), but it actually solve the issue!! (disc won't roll inside). Thank you
though i don't know if the problem could come again
Thanks my disc was stuck but now it's out so I Can play fifa 20 thanks👍🏽👍🏽
The “star shaped” screwdriver is a torques head.
Perfect video man, keep it up!
thank you. my mom put in a movie and there was a disc already in there and she also got a bobby pin stuck in there trying to get it out
panets just r not tech savey at all i'm pretty sure even tho my dad has never used a ps4 in his life honsetly he still pretty good on a pc i mean he has to be tech savly its preety much his to be on a pc all day well not bc of virus but ueslly he wood be so i'm pretty sure he never make that mastake like yr mom did with a ps4 let alone mine
All working fine now .... thankyou for your help!!!!!
😂😂😂Thank you very much i tried all tricks ,did that only to find pen ink chamber on my disc drive,it wasnt reading discs now it works perfectly.
What if the big white piece in the disk drive doesn't move easily because that's my problem.
I've ordered all the screwdrivers and needle nose pliers. Decided to give it a go instead of paying a shop, they asked for $80, F that!
That's pretty cheap, PlayStation was asking over $100
Thank you just fixed mine very detailed video great work...
Thanks for the video. I just fixed my PS4!
Thank you so much bro my shit works now cause of you I appreciate your video
Excellent tutorial!! THANK YOU!!
Thanks for your video. You rock. Its working great now.
Dude you saved my consoles life😭
Hey u seem smart, my ps4 takes like 5 or so mins to start and when it does it opens like usual, but when i put a disk in it sounds like it reads it, but it doesnt read it, and game never starts.
This video really helped a lot Thank You 😊
Thanks for the video it helped me. 👍
Is there a vid on how to do this for the newer ps4?
Thanks so much I fixed my shit and finally have the chance to play mgsv again
Thank you, I assume my son thought my PS4 was an arcade machine from the quarter I found in the drive.
This video helped 100%
Thank you for uploading this video
I followed your instructions so hopefully this works thanks for doing this video
Yooo really big help thanks man
Não sei falar nada na sua língua. Mas entendi tudo que você explicou. Obrigado pelo tutorial. Foi ótimo aqui. Parabéns.
Thanks fixed my PS4, my son will be getting of easy.
Great vid !! Very helpful 👍👍
Amazing 👏. Thank you for helping me fix it
Anyone who has tried this and still doesn’t work, use the manual screw to eject and insert disc into the drive. There is a chip burnt inside that marries the motherboard to the disc drive, manual screw is the ONLY way without replacing the whole system more or less.
Thank you I love you such a great tutorial!
This guy is such a legend
Well done man! it helped me :)
Ribbons. It's the ribbons that are the thing's that give electricity from the circuit board to the laser that spins the disk
This is the only thing I didn’t want to happened, I don’t want to disarm my Ps4 causd i’m scared I would fuck something up
Can you fix mine please cuz if I do it Ima fuck up the whole thing
I do not have a T8 screw driver, what will work instead?
Worked for me cheers mate I owe u a pint😁👍
David Maher a pint would be perfect right about now. 😂 Thank you so much for the kind comments!