修好 PS4 后，本来以为这次维修已经告一段落，没想到拿起手柄时，又发现摇杆上的橡胶套已经因为年代久远而老化，不但变得黏黏的，还开始脆化，握起来非常不舒服。

于是上网购买了两组替换用的摇杆套。收到后，先把原本已经劣化的橡胶仔细清理干净，再把新的摇杆套安装上去，顺便也将整个手柄做了一次彻底清洁。

安装完成后，手柄的外观焕然一新，握感也恢复了不少，感觉就像回到了刚买回来时的状态。虽然只是一个小小的配件，却让整个游戏体验提升许多。

这次不仅成功修复了 PS4 主机的电源故障，也顺手让两支手柄重新获得新生命。接下来还有两支 PS4 手柄等着清理和翻新，等全部完成后，这次的 PS4 翻新计划就算大功告成了！

期待完成最後兩支手柄後，這台重獲新生的 PS4，能繼續陪伴孩子們度過更多愉快的週末遊戲時光。很多时候，一点点维修、一点点保养，加上一些耐心，就能让这些陪伴我们多年的老设备继续服役，不必急着花钱购买新的设备。

每完成一次 DIY 维修，除了节省维修费用之外，更重要的是累积了经验，也让自己对电子产品的维修越来越有信心。这种把旧东西重新救活的成就感，是购买新品所无法取代的。、

• PS4手柄摇柄替换帽 – RMB 9.55 / Rm 5.80 (四个装 – 两组）

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.