{"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","password":"","slug":"how-to-replace-the-gpd-win-4-triggers-and-controller-boards","status":"publish","type":"docs","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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 controller board replacements\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" 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":""},"doc_category":[2021],"doc_tag":[21,534,2893,3387,179,940],"kb_category":[4296],"kb_brand":[4155],"kb_device":[4323],"kb_section":[4312],"kb_learn":[],"class_list":["post-70944","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-gpd-win-4-en-gb","doc_tag-gpd","doc_tag-gpd-en-gb","doc_tag-repair","doc_tag-win-4","doc_tag-win-4-en-gb","kb_category-windows-handhelds","kb_brand-gpd","kb_device-gpd-win-4","kb_section-repairs"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":144,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"1"},"author_info":{"name":"Dave","author_nicename":"david-cole","author_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/author\/david-cole\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"GPD WIN 4","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/topic\/gpd-win-4-en-gb\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"GPD","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/tag\/gpd\/"},{"term_name":"GPD","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/tag\/gpd-en-gb\/"},{"term_name":"repair","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/tag\/repair\/"},{"term_name":"repair","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/tag\/repair\/"},{"term_name":"WIN 4","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/tag\/win-4\/"},{"term_name":"WIN 4","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/tag\/win-4-en-gb\/"}],"lang":"en-gb","translations":{"en-gb":70944,"ar":72044,"bg":71810,"cs":71822,"da":71813,"de":71943,"el":71711,"en":70911,"es":72237,"et":71959,"fi":71819,"fr":71966,"hi":71714,"hr":71815,"hu":71759,"it":72270,"ja":72305,"ko":72301,"lt":72293,"lv":72297,"nl":71825,"no":71720,"pl":71716,"pt-pt":72229,"ro":72254,"sk":72248,"sl":72242,"sv":72230},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/70944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/70944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71483,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/70944\/revisions\/71483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kb_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_brand?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kb_device","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_device?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kb_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_section?post=70944"},{"taxonomy":"kb_learn","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_learn?post=70944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}