Sony PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB White (PS4)

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Our review of the PlayStation 4 Pro below details everything you need to know about Sony’s 2016 mid-generation upgrade. It is, essentially, a very small iteration on the DualShock 4 controller you've probably been using for years. While you can freely clean the fan, removing it—and other components—requires lots of (warranty-voiding) disassembly. Ethernet, optical audio and PlayStation Camera ports line up along the back next to the power connector.

Luckily, a pre-owned one isn’t out of the question, and there’s always a chance you may find a decent standard PS4 bundle, but if you’re looking for the latest specs and gaming experience, looking for PS5 bundles may be a better alternative than just a PS4 pro. Plus, as we pointed out in the PlayStation 4 Slim review, the controller can also switch seamlessly between Bluetooth and wired mode when it's connected to the system via USB cable. Loads of games run 4K natively on the PS4, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man and No Man’s Sky.If the indicator light only blinks white, or if the blue light does not transition to solid white, the console is frozen and needs troubleshooting.

Instead of saving money, failed DIY repair attempts like this usually end up costing 25-50% more to fix them than one that has not been tampered with. While the swapping out of a Wi-Fi antenna may not seem like a big deal, it helps the PS4 Pro download games faster: a 160MB game (Pac-Man 256) downloaded in under a minute on a 15Mbps connection, something that should have always been the case but wasn't on the original PS4. The first thing to try is wiggling your HDMI cable or just removing it and inserting it back into your PS4. But if you have a lot of microsoldering experience and high quality tools and feel comfortable trying to fix your PS4 yourself we have a video on YouTube showing how to an HDMI repair on an PS4. You'll be checking to make sure the small copper pins are in place and everything else looks normal with the port.If it still doesn't work then you know that that device is not causing any problems with the signal. This triple-decker design is a little different from the ''first'' fourth PlayStation we tore down, but that doesn't stop our teardown engineers—without wasting time, we flip the console over, pop the first panel, and hit pay dirt! If you've tried everything above and it's still not working then one of several things is probably going on. The PS4 Pro also uses a bulkier female connector on its power cable to draw more power, instead of the generic two-prong cable Sony has traditionally supplied with every PS4. A new system needs a new PS4 controller, and Sony obliges here –the controller that ships with the new PS4 Pro is the same one that will also ship with all PlayStation 4 Slim systems going forward.

There are other important things to mention too, like whether you should grab a PSVR headset to go along with the PS4 Pro. If your HDMI cable plugs into any type of device between your console and the TV then you also need to consider that device to be a possible source of the problem.Last month we tore apart the PS4 Slim, and now we're tackling the third iteration of this generation. Keep up with us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter for all the latest game console and VR hardware teardowns.