I Decided to Repair It Myself.
Back in 2023, I bought a second-hand 2016 PlayStation 4 Pro 500GB from a friend. The deal was quite attractive. It included:
- PS4 Pro console
- 4 PS4 controllers
- 13 PS4 games
At that time, the PS5 had already been released for about three years, while this PS4 Pro was already around seven years old. Some people might have suggested that I should just buy a PS5 instead.
But after considering it, I decided to go with the PS4 Pro. Why not? It came with four controllers and 13 games, and most importantly, my kids could enjoy playing together.
The Kids Were Very Happy
During the year-end school holiday, the kids happily played the PS4.
It was great to see them enjoying the games together.
But after only a few days…
The PS4 suddenly wouldn’t turn on anymore.
Haha! 😅
At first, I thought:
“Maybe this is the end of its life.”
After all, this was already a seven-year-old console. And maybe this was also a good opportunity to stop the kids from playing too much!
So I didn’t immediately send it to a game shop for repair.
Instead, I put the PS4 in a drawer and left it there for a few months.
The Kids Asked Me to Fix It
After some time, the kids started asking me again:
“Dad, can you fix the PS4?”
They really wanted to play it again.
Eventually, I decided to bring it to a game shop and ask about the repair cost. I suspected that the problem might be the power supply, because my friend had previously replaced the power supply in this PS4.
The same game shop had also checked the console for my friend before. When my friend asked previously, he was told that the repair would cost around RM220.
But when I asked this time, the shop quoted me around:
RM280
I started thinking…
RM280 for repairing an old PS4 Pro?Maybe I should try fixing it myself.
I Decided to Buy the Power Supply
Instead of paying the game shop RM280, I decided to buy a replacement power supply from Shopee and try to repair the PS4 myself. The replacement part I bought was:
ADP-200ER PS4 Power Supply
Price:
RM116.95 — including delivery
That was considerably cheaper than the RM280 repair quote.
Of course, there was still one problem…
Would I actually be able to fix it? 😅
I had never repaired a PS4 power supply before. But since the PS4 was already sitting unused in the drawer, I thought:
“If I break it, it can’t get much worse!” 😂
So I decided to give it a try.
This is where my PS4 repair adventure began…
That’s great! 😄 It sounds like the PS4 diagnosis turned out to be correct: the original power supply had failed, and replacing it with an aftermarket PSU brought the console back to life.
And honestly, this was a very worthwhile experiment:
You also gained some useful hands-on repair experience. Sometimes an old electronic device looks “dead”, but one failed component can be the whole problem.
Definitely a successful repair + money-saving experiment.
This is actually a good philosophy for your hardware projects: don’t be afraid of old machines—use them as your training ground.