Sony PlayStation 1 Console Complete Teardown Guide

What Tools Do You Need

Phillips #2 Screwdriver

Step 1 Always Be Safe

Be cautious when handling electronics, as some components can retain a charge for over an hour even after being unplugged. If you need to touch parts that may still hold a charge, always grasp them by the edges and avoid contact with any metallic surfaces or capacitors.

If your electronics were just unplugged, you should wait a bit before working on them.

Step 2 Remove The Screws around the Perimeter of the Shell

Flip the system over to gain access to the 6 #2 Phillips Head screws that hold the case together.

Step 3 Remove The Top Half of The Shell

Flip the system back over and slide the top cover off.

Step 4 Remove the screws securing the buttons to the top half

Remove the 4 #2 Philips Head Screws That Hold the Top Lid and buttons to the top half

Be careful as they are under spring tension so they may try to jump out before your ready

Step 5 Remove The Top Lid

To remove the lid just lift the shell till it is around 90 degree angle to the lid then twist the lid to release the pin on the left side of the lid. it should not take any force to remove it from the shell.

Step 6 Remove The Buttons and DVD indicator

To remove the buttons simply push in the tabs on either side of the button and push it out

Step 7 Remove the Memory Card and Controller Ports

Unplug the cable coming from the Memory Card and Controller Ports and unroute it from the cable tie.

remove the 2 #2 Phillips Head screws holding the ports on to the case

Step 8 Remove The Power Supply

Remove The 2 #2 Phillips Head screws holding on The power supply, then angle it slightly and pull it out.

Step 9 Remove The Disc Drive

To remove the DVD Drive Just pull up on the 2 cables connected to the motherboard to release them, then pull off the DVD Drive

Step 10 Remove The Metal Shielding

Remove the 4x #2 Philips head screws, then simply pull up carefully on the edges of the shield till it is released.

Step 11 Remove The Motherboard and Shielding

There are 4x #2 Philips head screws securing the motherboard to the case, once removed you can lift the motherboard and interference shielding off of the shell

Step 12 That’s All she Wrote

Congratulation you have just completely disassembled a PlayStation 1 System, hopefully this helped you fix your system.