PlayStation 3 PRAM Battery Replacement

Step 1 Smart Plate



• Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.
• The screw cover may be underneath a warranty sticker. This sticker will change appearance, and show "VOID" after it has been removed.
Step 2

• Remove the single 8.5 mm T10 Security Torx screw from the smart plate.
Step 3
• Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.
Step 4
• Be sure to keep track of the small metal bracket loosely held in the top cover, if equipped.
Step 5 Top Cover
• Remove the following seven screws:
• Six 52 mm Phillips screws
• One 30 mm Phillips screw
Step 6
• Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.
• Remove the top cover.
• There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.
Step 7 Blu-ray Disc Drive
• Disconnect the Blu-ray power cable from the motherboard.
• Pull the connector straight up and out of its socket.
Step 8
• Lift the Blu-ray drive from the edge nearest the power supply and rotate it away from the chassis enough to access its ribbon cable.
Step 9
• Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the Blu-ray ribbon cable socket.
• Be sure you are prying up on the retaining flap, not the socket itself.
• Pull the ribbon cable out of its socket.
• Remove the Blu-ray drive from the PS3.
• If replacing the Blu-ray drive, transfer the power cable to your new drive.
Step 10 Motherboard Assembly
• Pull the control board ribbon cable straight up and out of its socket on the motherboard.
Step 11
• Remove the two 12 mm Phillips screws securing the control board to the lower case.
• Remove the control board and its attached cable from the PS3.
Step 12
• Remove the following eight screws securing the motherboard assembly to the lower case:
• Seven 12 mm Phillips screws (ph2)
• One 30 mm Phillips screw
Step 13
• Remove the control board bracket.
Step 14
• Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the hard drive bay cover away from the lower case.
• Remove the hard drive bay cover.
Step 15
• Lift the motherboard assembly out of the lower case.
Step 16 PRAM Battery
• Disconnect the PRAM battery from the motherboard.
• Be careful when separating the connector from its socket, as the socket easily breaks of the motherboard. If possible, hold down the socket as you lift the connector.
Step 17
• Rotate the PRAM battery counter-clockwise and remove it from the chassis.

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