Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

9

Time Required

                          15 - 30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Smart Plate
  • 4 steps
  • Top Cover
  • 2 steps
  • Control Board
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Smart Plate
  • Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.
  • The screw cover may be underneath a warranty sticker. This sticker will change appearance, and show “VOID” after it has been removed.

Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.

The screw cover may be underneath a warranty sticker. This sticker will change appearance, and show “VOID” after it has been removed.

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Step 2

  • Remove the single 8.5 mm T10 Security Torx screw from the smart plate.

Remove the single 8.5 mm T10 Security Torx screw from the smart plate.

Step 3

  • Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.

Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.

Step 4

  • Be sure to keep track of the small metal bracket loosely held in the top cover, if equipped.

Be sure to keep track of the small metal bracket loosely held in the top cover, if equipped.

Step 5

              Top Cover
  • Remove the following seven screws:
  • Six 52 mm Phillips screws
  • One 30 mm Phillips screw

Remove the following seven screws:

Six 52 mm Phillips screws

One 30 mm Phillips screw

Step 6

  • Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.
  • Remove the top cover.
  • There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.

Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.

Remove the top cover.

There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.

Step 7

              Control Board
  • Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the control board ribbon cable socket.
  • Be sure you are prying up on the retaining flap, not the socket itself.
  • Pull the control board ribbon cable out of its socket.

Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the control board ribbon cable socket.

Be sure you are prying up on the retaining flap, not the socket itself.

Pull the control board ribbon cable out of its socket.

Step 8

  • Remove the two 12 mm Phillips screws securing the control board to the lower case.

Remove the two 12 mm Phillips screws securing the control board to the lower case.

Step 9

  • Remove the control board from the lower case.

Remove the control board from the lower case.

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

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McGarvey - Sep 11, 2013

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I don’t have the same ps3 as in the tutorial and my control board is broken. What can i do now?

Allan Fabian Santos Souza - Jun 11, 2018

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Could anyone tell me if they would have the connection pin of this board, as I would like to fit it into a motherboard.