Playstation 3 Super Slim Teardown Video Tutorial Repair Guide

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Moderate

Steps

10

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes            

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Step 1

              PlayStation 3 Super Slim Teardown - Video tutorial               

• Remove the three rubber feet, warranty sticker and four screws.
• Gently pull up on the bottom cover to remove it.

Remove the three rubber feet, warranty sticker and four screws.

Gently pull up on the bottom cover to remove it.

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Step 2

• Slide the HDD cover toward the rear of the device to remove it.
• Remove the blue screw shown to remove the HDD caddy with a #1 Phillips.
• Remove the 3 chassis screws with a TR8 Bit.

Slide the HDD cover toward the rear of the device to remove it.

Remove the blue screw shown to remove the HDD caddy with a #1 Phillips.

Remove the 3 chassis screws with a TR8 Bit.

Step 3

• Use a metal spudger to push the tab on the rear top finisher, and lift up to remove it.

Use a metal spudger to push the tab on the rear top finisher, and lift up to remove it.

Step 4

• Repeat step 3 for the front top finisher.

Repeat step 3 for the front top finisher.

Step 5

• Remove the two TR8 screws indicated in the disk reader.
• Remove the five Phillips #1 screws shown around the edge of the top cover.
• Lift the top cover up to remove it.

Remove the two TR8 screws indicated in the disk reader.

Remove the five Phillips #1 screws shown around the edge of the top cover.

Lift the top cover up to remove it.

Step 6

• Move the optical disk reader assembly to the left to expose one of the screws holding the power supply in.
• Remove the two Phillip #1 screws indicated and carefully disconnect the cable on the right side of the power supply.
• Lift the power supply straight up to remove it.
• The left side has a board connector underneath, so there will be some resistance when lifting.

Move the optical disk reader assembly to the left to expose one of the screws holding the power supply in.

Remove the two Phillip #1 screws indicated and carefully disconnect the cable on the right side of the power supply.

Lift the power supply straight up to remove it.

The left side has a board connector underneath, so there will be some resistance when lifting.

Step 7

• Carefully disconnect the ribbon cables indicated.
• Lift the optical disk reader up to remove it.
• Disconnect and remove the white cable and ribbon cable indicated.

Carefully disconnect the ribbon cables indicated.

Lift the optical disk reader up to remove it.

Disconnect and remove the white cable and ribbon cable indicated.

Step 8

• Remove the seven Phillips #1 screws indicated.
• Lift the motherboard assembly up out of the lower half of the case to remove it.
• Carefully disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna cables and fan connector indicated by red arrows.

Remove the seven Phillips #1 screws indicated.

Lift the motherboard assembly up out of the lower half of the case to remove it.

Carefully disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna cables and fan connector indicated by red arrows.

Step 9

• Remove the six Phillip #1 screws indicated to separate the heatsink and shield from the motherboard.

Remove the six Phillip #1 screws indicated to separate the heatsink and shield from the motherboard.

Step 10

• Congrats!

Congrats!

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

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themasterassassin8787 - Jun 11, 2016

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What’s the name of the screwdriver that undo’s the star shaped screws?

Sam Goldheart - Jun 13, 2016

It is a T8 Torx screwdriver! I’ll add the tools to this guide =)

pastorjon.m - Jun 5, 2017

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i took apart my ps3 super slim and put it back together but there is no power what so ever no red light at all

Kriss - Feb 8, 2019

Same here did you fix it?

Wesley V - Nov 19, 2018

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One thing to pay attention to: The T8 Torx screws (at least on my 500GB model) are Tamper Proof TR8 screws, meaning you need a special screwdriver to undo them. A normal T8 wont work.