Review on 🎮 Genuine OEM Laser Lens Deck Assembly for Sony Playstation PS4 CUH-2015A, CUH-2115B, CUH-2000 Slim and CUH-7000 Pro Consoles: KES-496 KEM-496AAA by Brad Bryant

My almost 2 year old PS4 Pro (CUH-7015) stopped reading game discs but was still reading regular Blu-rays and DVDs. The "Tap it" trick (more like Hit it) will eventually recognize the drive and work, but it got harder and harder over time. Thought I'd try cleaning the drive/lens to see if that helps. I figured it would be pretty simple: remove cover, clean drive, replace cover. Well, it's not quite that simple. Basically, to get to the drive, you have to disassemble the entire unit. A big thanks to iFixit for their disassembly diagrams (and tools!) I got through the process. If you choose to do this, make sure you have thermal paste/compound to reassemble. And the necessary things to clean up the old site. I thought I didn't have them so I had to rush to the MicroCenter to get some. And of course I later discovered that I had three more tubes of this stuff, albeit very, very old tubes. Well it looks like there have been some improvements and new entries since I last used it and the default was Arctic Silver 5. I chose the Noctua NT-H1 as the Noctua fans have performed well and tests with various thermal compounds have shown that they work quite well and are not electrically conductive. to the Blu-ray drive and cleaned the lens with 91% isopropyl alcohol. Put everything back together, plugged everything back in, turned it on and crossed my fingers hoping I didn't break my PS4. I breathed a sigh of relief when it booted successfully, then said a few choice words as I tested the drive and found it was still misbehaving. Racing to the MicroCenter late at night, I also grabbed a DVD/Bluray cleaner (yes, they exist!). The one intended for Blu-ray is actually on DVD, so the PS4 could read it without any problems. Run through two cleaning cycles and then test again. Unfortunately he was still misbehaving, only now he seemed to have problems with Blu-Ray in general. I didn't test for normal blur at every step, so it's possible that either the problem has progressed, my attempt to clean the lens made things worse, or the cleaning disc made things worse. At that point, I had a choice of swapping it out, sending it in for repair and hoping it got fixed, or trying to swap out the laser assembly myself. It would be quite expensive to replace so it was my last choice. I found this laser build list and thought I might try replacing it. I've already disassembled and successfully reassembled a PS4 Pro, so replacing this part shouldn't be too difficult. If it doesn't work, I can always send it in for repair. Well, this build was a replacement for the existing one. Literally. The assembly is not bolted, it sits on rubber pads that run through four pillars. The replacement consisted of simply disassembling the device, carefully removing the cover from the drive, removing the two ribbon cables, and then putting everything back together. Reassemble the device, rummage blindly in the depths of the entertainment center in search of various cables. and plugged them back into the correct slots with the push of a button and everything was reconnected. Now it's time to find out, did I break it this time? If not, will a removable drive work? Turned everything on and again eagerly waiting for it to boot up. Good luck, it's loaded again! Now the moment of truth, will the drive work? Inserted the disc with the game and he immediately read it. Success! So yes, it works!