Flip the PlayStation 3 over to have the bottom facing up. It helps to have the disk drive towards you. Remove the three removable feet on the corners hiding the screws.

Remove the 7 long screws and single short screw on the base of the Playstation.

There are 4 short black screws that are on the underside of the disk drive that need to be removed.

Flip the Playstation back over to remove the top of the Playstation 3.

On the outside of the PS3 slim we find a matte black finish and a build that is noticeably not as wide as the original Playstation 3.