PS4 500gb (not silm), fan sounds like a aircraft carrier - Cleaning or thermal paste help

HI All,

As title - sometimes the fan goes craxy or the PS4 is very loud. I bought it 2nd hand and its on 6.72.

Looking to change the HDD (another thread), but whats a easy quick fire way to clean it.

Is it a case of dismantle the whole thing or a air can can do the job.

OR

Do I need to change the thermal paste (which would mean a dismantle).

Best guide or link will do - really uneasy on which method is the most safe, since I managed to track a PS4, which I ahve 6.72 working on it.

Cheers

 

Top man, I think it will be best to get it all dismantled and see whats going on. Hopefully, like you say a good clean out is needed.

cheers

 

Pulled out my ArctiClean bottle 1 and 2 solutions and had a new Arctic MX-4 compund turn up the other day (for my future pc upgrade).

if its all going to get cleaned, I might as well get the Thermal done.

Cheers again, looks like a full job!

 

Update, dismantle the ps4, down to taking the fan out and dusting it all.

Was some dust in the fan and the heatsink after a good clean and blow out - fully clean.

Then took out the old paste was was all over the place and was spread past the cpu.

Cleaned it all and had to toothpick some bits which were stuck on the outer square of the cpu.

In the end clean it best I could to clean and then applied new paste and reassembled it.

Did notice there was 3 or 4 screws missing, so now know that the previous owner most likely did not do a good job putting it back after the time he must of cleaned it!

Anyway, leaving it overnight to settle and will boot up in the morning.

 

Was a little surprise when i saw the screws missing - those really big one are missing which is a pain.

but if if it fires up tomorrow without any probs, I will leave it, worse case, I might look for a broken ps4 and use it as spare parts