{"id":70944,"date":"2025-10-10T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-replace-the-gpd-win-4-triggers-and-controller-boards\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:39:27","slug":"how-to-replace-the-gpd-win-4-triggers-and-controller-boards","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/article\/how-to-replace-the-gpd-win-4-triggers-and-controller-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"How to replace the GPD WIN 4 triggers and controller boards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This video guide shows how to replace the GPD WIN 4 Left &amp; Right triggers and their respective controller boards. You will need a Phillips 000 screwdriver, a plastic spudger and ideally a hot air gun or hairdryer to soften the glue on the screw cover strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, while we do allow self repairs, any damage caused by yourself is not covered by our warranty (see <a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/terms-and-conditions\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/terms-and-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terms &amp; Conditions here<\/a>). Please only do so if you feel you are confident that you can do it. Watch the video first, and judge for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to replace the GPD WIN 4 Triggers and controller boards video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to replace only the Left Trigger module and\/or board: watch up to 6:05 where the battery is removed, and then skip to 17:48 where we start work on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GPD WIN 4 Triggers and board replacements\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qb9Y5Y6msho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video guide shows how to replace the GPD WIN 4 triggers and controller boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[2021],"kbtag":[534,3387,940],"class_list":{"0":"post-70944","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"kbtopic-gpd-win-4-en-gb","7":"kbtag-gpd-en-gb","8":"kbtag-repair","9":"kbtag-win-4-en-gb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/70944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/70944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71483,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/70944\/revisions\/71483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=70944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}