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Steps

7

Time Required

                          5 - 20 minutes

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2

  • Rear Panel
  • 5 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

This guide will also work for the older CHU-ZCT1U model controller but be sure to order the JDM-030 battery, which has a different sized connector. You can check which model controller you have by referencing the sticker on the rear panel.

If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the rear panel screws
  • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.4 mm-long screws from the rear panel.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.4 mm-long screws from the rear panel.

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Step 2

              Separate the rear panel
  • Four fragile plastic clips hold the panels together. You can see their locations more clearly in this guide.
  • The clips help hold the seams together. If you break these clips, the controller will still work.
  • Insert an opening tool into the crease where the front and rear panel meet, starting from the outside edge of either handle.
  • Gently pry the rear panel off of the front panel until they become partially separated.

Four fragile plastic clips hold the panels together. You can see their locations more clearly in this guide.

The clips help hold the seams together. If you break these clips, the controller will still work.

Insert an opening tool into the crease where the front and rear panel meet, starting from the outside edge of either handle.

Gently pry the rear panel off of the front panel until they become partially separated.

Step 3

              Release the plastic clips
  • Use the opening tool to separate the panels by releasing the plastic clips around the perimeter of the controller.

Use the opening tool to separate the panels by releasing the plastic clips around the perimeter of the controller.

Step 4

              Remove the rear panel
  • Lift the rear panel directly away from the controller.
  • Do not completely remove the rear panel. It is still attached to the controller by a ribbon cable.

Lift the rear panel directly away from the controller.

Do not completely remove the rear panel. It is still attached to the controller by a ribbon cable.

Step 5

  • Use your fingers to gently pull the ribbon cable straight out of its connector on the motherboard.
  • Since this cable’s pull tab is too small to grab with fingers or tweezers, grab the cable itself. Otherwise utilize pull tabs whenever possible.
  • During reassembly, grab the ribbon cable by the blue tab and gently press the cable straight into the connector. Push the blue tab rather than the ribbon cable itself.

Use your fingers to gently pull the ribbon cable straight out of its connector on the motherboard.

Since this cable’s pull tab is too small to grab with fingers or tweezers, grab the cable itself. Otherwise utilize pull tabs whenever possible.

During reassembly, grab the ribbon cable by the blue tab and gently press the cable straight into the connector. Push the blue tab rather than the ribbon cable itself.

Step 6

              Remove the battery
  • Use a pair of tweezers to pull the battery’s power connector straight up from the motherboard.

Use a pair of tweezers to pull the battery’s power connector straight up from the motherboard.

Step 7

  • Remove the battery.

Remove the battery.

To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.

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Tom Nguyen - Mar 8, 2021

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For this DualShock 4 CHU-ZCT2U Battery Replacement, shouldn’t the battery model be JDM-040 and not JDM-030 for this controller. I ordered the battery listed but the connector was too large. So I believe this needs to be edited to match accordingly to avoid confusion and incorrect orders. Thanks!

Sam Omiotek - Mar 22, 2021

Good catch! I just pulled apart the ZCT1U and ZCT2U models and you are right. I will fix this in the guide. Thank you!