How to install PS4 on a computer, and can PS4 be connected to a laptop?

When we use PS4, we may reinstall the system because we need to replace the hard disk or deal with the failure, and many players still don't know how to reinstall the system on PS4, so please see the detailed steps below!

First of all, of course, we have to prepare a USB flash drive like installing a system on a computer, requiring the USB flash drive to be in FAT32 format, and at least 1G or more reserved space. Then we have to do the following steps::

1.Create the folder "PS4" in the root directory of the USB flash drive and create a subfolder "update" in it

PS4 Installation System Beginner Tutorial PS4 How to reinstall the system.

2.Go to the official website**The latest system installation file (note that it is a system file of more than 800m under the heading of **"Reinstall the system"!) It's not the more than 200m upgrade file above! ）

PS4 Installation System Beginner Tutorial PS4 How to reinstall the system.

4.Plug in the USB flash drive to the PS4.

5.Press and hold the power button for more than 7 seconds (until you hear a "beep" sound) to enter safe mode.

6.Follow the prompts to install the firmware in safe mode.

PS4 Installation System Beginner Tutorial PS4 How to reinstall the system.

PS4 Installation System Beginner Tutorial PS4 How to reinstall the system.

After that, just wait for the installation to be completed, and don't lose the power during the period.

PS4 can be connected to a laptop. If a laptop wants to be a PS4 monitor, it must have an HDMI input port. Although notebooks now basically have HDMI interfaces, HDMI interfaces are divided into input interfaces and output interfaces.

Most laptops have HDMI outputs. HDMI interface and some notebooks are VGA interfaces, VGA is the same as HDMI in the figure below, divided into input interface and output interface, and the output interface on the notebook is generally the output interface. Only a small percentage of notebooks have an input interface.

At this point, please check whether there is an HDMI interface or VGA interface on your laptop (if there are no two, there is no way), and then consult customer service whether the interface of this model can be entered. If you can, you can connect it directly to PS4. VGA can buy an HDMI to VGA.

If you don't have an input interface, you can't do it.

LS also said that the capture card,The capture card is actually quite expensive,Mainly used for live broadcast PS4,Although you can also get the image to the computer,But the button has a relatively large delay,It is not recommended to use the capture card to play games。 Instead of buying a capture card, it is better to buy an ordinary computer monitor, which has an input interface.

<>2、**After completing and installing all the way,It should automatically let you log in to PSN,Log in the same as your PS4,Of course, if you don't pop up,Set the operation in the lower left corner of the following figure。

3. Then you can log in to PSN at the top, and by the way, set the screen to the same settings.

4. If it is before jumping out of the screen and logging in, the search should be automatically started, if it is set manually, it will start after the OK point, at this time, don't wait for the end of the automatic search, directly click the manual addition in the lower left corner.

5、A box will pop up,Don't care about it,Go to the PS4 end,Connect the network cable to PS4 and PC,PS4Connect to the TV and turn it on,Because the first connection still has to show the host screen on the TV。

6. Follow the picture on the TV to complete the setting.

7. When a string of numbers is displayed, the setting is completed.