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Surfaced
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27. May 2009 @ 18:06 |
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Originally posted by xxIvErx:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by xxIvErx:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by xxIvErx:
I ran accross this forum after a result from 'blu ray drive ps3 fix'.
Anyway, recently my blu ray drive stopped reading any discs so I went ahead and bought a replacement KES-400A unit from Ebay. So I went ahead and replaced it and started reading discs again.
So now after a few hours it has stopped reading discs again :(
So what could it be??
Could it be that I bought a faulty laser unit?
OR that something else is wrong with the drive??
Any suggesstions will be appreciated. Thanks!!
If it fixed it at all then you know the KES-400A was your problem. And yes we have seen this "Few hours" luck happen before. GO back maybe 10 pages in this thread and there were some people who replaced lasers but got less than a day out of the "new" part. This is a quality control issue of some sort. But can you tell me what color your ribbon clip is? (when you installed the new laser you had to clip on the gold/brown ribbon cable; I want to know the color of the clip that it connects into. We have seen white and brown clips).
Anyway I'd contact your seller about this and try getting a refund/replacement ASAP.
Do you mean where at the bottom of the drive where the ribbon connects to the board? The smallest clip right?? It's black and white. There is a brown and white next to it though.
And I saw the return policy of the seller and I can only get a replacement. I would rather have my money back though.
If you look up this page you will see a giant picture of a KES-400A, with a brown (with a black retention) ribbon clip. That's the one I'm referring to.
That's cool if you want your money back. Would you try someone else or try Sony or give up or whats the plan?
Oh I see....then it's black and white and so was my old laser unit. So it's different from the picture above.
If I can get another laser unit from the seller and it gives me the same problem then eventually I will have to ring up Sony and pay the stupid $150 fee(mine's a 40GB model out of warranty BTW).
But if I get another KES-400A unit and gives me the same problem?? What else could you think that could be the problem.
And thanks for helping me out.
I'm noticing a trend here with the white clipped lasers. Anyone had a good white-clipped replacement so far?
My replacement from August was brown. Still works....
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Cabanon
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27. May 2009 @ 18:50 |
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Originally posted by MCNE:
Originally posted by almightys:
ok then, spoke too soon, purchased the lazer from yallstore.com. the ad said "new sony part" the item had scratches on some of the internal plastic so i assumed it was a refurb, installed it anyway, worked great for 2 hours on mercinaries 2, then i went to play gh metallica and evil disc load bubble came back, all formats of disc's not reading, upon diagnosis, same problem, blue ray lazer dead, no disc spinning at all, going to return, thank god i didnt leave feedback on ebay yet.
They don?t test their lasers as I had the same problem with two of them. Also I don?t believe that any of them are new. Other sellers have told me they are all refurbs just some test and some don?t. I found one good vender and stuck with him. Everything I?ve purchased has worked on the first try and is still working.
One positive thing is they will give you your money back.
who is that seller ? it might give people a hint where to check in he future
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Cabanon
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27. May 2009 @ 18:54 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Cabanon:
nice picture, that clearly define everything.
on other topic, has anyone figure out what is wrong with the lens, or what frosted on the board of this lens ?
maybe just a diode or a capacitor or a resistance ?
it might simpler than we might think
dunno just a thought...
Earlier in this thread we seemed to conclude that consoles with disc read errors relating to the laser optics and not the controller board's firmware had bad diodes. There was a site that sold the necessary diodes, and they are much cheaper than the whole KES-400A, but it is a more complicated repair job that involves tiny screws, potentiometers, and soldering. If you're up to that you can look back in this thread and find the link to that site and give it a go yourself. There are no guarantees but for those of us who found that there were no diode flashes on boot, we believed this was the only plausible cause for malfunction. On the other hand, we could be entirely incorrect, and perhaps this can't be simplified to the same single problem that is occurring in all of our bad units without variation.
this make me think, has someone cross a full detailed plan of a len unit ? this way it could be troubleshoot, maybe.
i'll check the earlier page, but reading 26 pages is gonna take hours. heh
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jsnepo
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28. May 2009 @ 03:51 |
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Originally posted by jsnepo:
Hi guys. I'm new. I stumbled upon this site since... uhmmm... this is the only site I can find that has extensive discussions about the blu ray drive of the PS3.
Here's my predicament. I've got a PS3 here that does not pull any disc in. There is no disc inside. Everything inside the drive works so far from what I can tell. It's only that whenever I try to put a disc in it, the blue led just blinks and the drive will not pull the disc in. I guess the optical sensor works. I've already tried using three working blu ray drives (with their respective optical sensors) with the daughterboard of the PS3 that is having this issue. Even though I did that, the disc still does not get pulled in. What can be the cause of this issue? Possible corrupted firmware perhaps. I managed to update the firmare to 2.76. And I also reset the PS3 to its factory default with full format (took 3 hours and 30 minutes) but still to no avail. I tried holding the eject button for 30 seconds to one minute. I forced a fan test. I did almost everything I can think of. Any suggestions guys?
Any found fix for this guys?
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Glueman
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28. May 2009 @ 12:05 |
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So I've been reading through this post and it seems my problem is with the lens as I was installing inFamous and 10% in it hard locked and refused to respond to the controller or the power button. Switched it off in the back and now it refuses to read any blu-ray discs but will play DVDs and CDs.
Called Sony and they gave me the $150 we'll fix it spiel even after arguing with them. So I said screw it and opened it up and cleaned the laser, but still with the same result not reading blu-ray only DVD/CDs.
However when I had it open I spotted some odd discoloration on the metal covering the controller board. I'm not sure whether something fried and made it turn that color or if it was just a bad job when plating the metal. There is no sign of discoloration/damage on the board or the metal tray that it sits above.
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IamD3PO
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28. May 2009 @ 21:04 |
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Hey all...just finished reading a billion forums (including this one) on fixing ps3 drive issues and am trying to figure out whether I should buy a new kes/kem-400aaa for my 40 gb PS3.
Symptoms:
-won't play any disc formats
-no laser light (blue or red)
-disc drive never spins up (even at startup)
-eye will pump up and down
-laser assembly does move back to default position if manually moved before turn on
Does installing a new lens sound like a possible fix?
Lots of people talk about the IC chip when there's motor issues but I havent seen a single account of one being replaced.
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Cabanon
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28. May 2009 @ 21:21 |
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Originally posted by IamD3PO:
Hey all...just finished reading a billion forums (including this one) on fixing ps3 drive issues and am trying to figure out whether I should buy a new kes/kem-400aaa for my 40 gb PS3.
Symptoms:
-won't play any disc formats
-no laser light (blue or red)
-disc drive never spins up (even at startup)
-eye will pump up and down
-laser assembly does move back to default position if manually moved before turn on
Does installing a new lens sound like a possible fix?
Lots of people talk about the IC chip when there's motor issues but I havent seen a single account of one being replaced.
KES(M)-400AAA are discontinued since a while, the KEM-410ACA is replacing it but its not compatible with the KEM-400AAA daughterboard.
you have the same symptom as mine, but the fact the disc is not spinning is because the lens dosent light up.
you just need to switch the lens or deck (easier), but finding a good one seems a mess nowaday. so far, the best thing seems to send it to Sony as they give you a 90 days warranty, if im right (not sure). sure its 150$ but locally, no one repair it under 150$, so better send it to Sony IMO.
good luck. share your exeperience if you can get it fixed
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coxwain
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28. May 2009 @ 21:24 |
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i am interested to know how we swap a kem410 for the kem400 bd?
There must be a way since the kem400 is discontinued?
but how do we change the bd controller board and anything else to take the kem410
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Cabanon
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28. May 2009 @ 21:45 |
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Originally posted by coxwain:
i am interested to know how we swap a kem410 for the kem400 bd?
There must be a way since the kem400 is discontinued?
but how do we change the bd controller board and anything else to take the kem410
it is not possible because the daughterboard is keyed to the motherboard, unless you change the motherboard, you can't.
if you do change the motherboard/daughterboard, your ps3 will no longer be the same, if you had a 60gb version you know you dont wanna change it.
also, dont forget they need to be the same revision.
all-in-all, we're screwed.
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coxwain
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28. May 2009 @ 21:50 |
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Sony must be putting kem410 into the older ps3's when they fix them, and they must be rekeying the bd board to the mainboard
I want to know how they do it.
Know one seems to know about this keying of the bd board and how to change it?
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IamD3PO
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28. May 2009 @ 22:14 |
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Originally posted by Cabanon:
Originally posted by IamD3PO:
Hey all...just finished reading a billion forums (including this one) on fixing ps3 drive issues and am trying to figure out whether I should buy a new kes/kem-400aaa for my 40 gb PS3.
Symptoms:
-won't play any disc formats
-no laser light (blue or red)
-disc drive never spins up (even at startup)
-eye will pump up and down
-laser assembly does move back to default position if manually moved before turn on
Does installing a new lens sound like a possible fix?
Lots of people talk about the IC chip when there's motor issues but I havent seen a single account of one being replaced.
KES(M)-400AAA are discontinued since a while, the KEM-410ACA is replacing it but its not compatible with the KEM-400AAA daughterboard.
you have the same symptom as mine, but the fact the disc is not spinning is because the lens dosent light up.
you just need to switch the lens or deck (easier), but finding a good one seems a mess nowaday. so far, the best thing seems to send it to Sony as they give you a 90 days warranty, if im right (not sure). sure its 150$ but locally, no one repair it under 150$, so better send it to Sony IMO.
good luck. share your exeperience if you can get it fixed
well i'm going to attempt to fix it myself first out of sheer hatred for sony, so anyone got any suggestions for where to get a good KES-400A? I was going to buy from psxboy for 66 bucks since they have a 30 day warranty...
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Cabanon
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28. May 2009 @ 22:17 |
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Originally posted by coxwain:
Sony must be putting kem410 into the older ps3's when they fix them, and they must be rekeying the bd board to the mainboard
I want to know how they do it.
Know one seems to know about this keying of the bd board and how to change it?
yes i agree with you, there must be a way since the 400AAA is discontinued, maybe someone with a refurb from Sony could open his and check the number on the lens if its the same or not.
but we'll know it when time will come...in a couple of years i must say.
otherwise, there's nothing we can do
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Surfaced
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28. May 2009 @ 23:09 |
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Originally posted by IamD3PO:
Originally posted by Cabanon:
Originally posted by IamD3PO:
Hey all...just finished reading a billion forums (including this one) on fixing ps3 drive issues and am trying to figure out whether I should buy a new kes/kem-400aaa for my 40 gb PS3.
Symptoms:
-won't play any disc formats
-no laser light (blue or red)
-disc drive never spins up (even at startup)
-eye will pump up and down
-laser assembly does move back to default position if manually moved before turn on
Does installing a new lens sound like a possible fix?
Lots of people talk about the IC chip when there's motor issues but I havent seen a single account of one being replaced.
KES(M)-400AAA are discontinued since a while, the KEM-410ACA is replacing it but its not compatible with the KEM-400AAA daughterboard.
you have the same symptom as mine, but the fact the disc is not spinning is because the lens dosent light up.
you just need to switch the lens or deck (easier), but finding a good one seems a mess nowaday. so far, the best thing seems to send it to Sony as they give you a 90 days warranty, if im right (not sure). sure its 150$ but locally, no one repair it under 150$, so better send it to Sony IMO.
good luck. share your exeperience if you can get it fixed
well i'm going to attempt to fix it myself first out of sheer hatred for sony, so anyone got any suggestions for where to get a good KES-400A? I was going to buy from psxboy for 66 bucks since they have a 30 day warranty...
I wouldn't buy from them. Now that you mention it, that was the place where we saw the diodes.
Strive to buy from someone located in the states. Yeah you can try going to Sony and that's your choice, but I don't think they will work with your unit if it doesnt have a serial, doesn't have a seal, or has been opened. Or perhaps if it has one of these issues, that's when they charge you $150. I wouldn't know because I didn't do that. For some guys this is the better thing if they have tried replacing parts multiple times and money/time is just being wasted.
I can tell you right now that the problem is definitely the KES-400A. I'm certain of that. Cabanon is saying that this part has been discontinued, and I wouldn't know about that since I haven't been dealing with these problems in almost a year, but if that's true then the prices are likely higher than before. Just please don't buy from a seller located in Asia, especially China, like psxboy. So much can go wrong in shipping, but regardless, we have had quite a few guys report short-lived parts from that retailer. I just wouldn't do it.
http://myworld.ebay.com/auctions4aliving/
That's the guy I got my KES-400A from and he is located in Maryland. He doesn't have any more of those KES-400As (although he still has at least a dozen KEM-400AAAs and sells them for $90 shipped), and neither does RichsPSXparts, which would seem to support Cabanon's claim.
Also, I've been looking at the eBay listings and another thing I noticed was that some sellers are saying that their KES-400A units do not work with 40GB consoles. Which is fascinating because mine worked, so there may have been a harware revision. Or maybe they are wrong.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Replacement-PS3-...93%3A1|294%3A50
That right there looks like a good plunge to me. I'm no expert as I've only done this once but it seems solid, because the guys account is all about selling these things and he has perfect feedback. Personally, I would be comfortable buying from this particular seller. Remember to be careful while looking on eBay for one of these, as many of the listings claim to be US sellers, and maybe the product really is in the states, but they are definitely foreign. Just look at their grammar....
Maybe Sony can re-key the controller boards, but we cannot. Don't even bother. Same goes for successfully installing a KES-410ACA in a PS3 that would normally only accept KES-400A. It's likely that all Sony has to do is flash the firmware on the NAND chips and it will accept the dual-lens carriage, but we are unable to do this currently. Actually, I haven't heard of Sony doing this at all, but whatever. Homebrew/hacker sites are still figuring out the controller board. We are years away from being able to do that, assuming that it's possible at all. If you want a time estimate, I'd say around the time that we have primitive PS3 emulators that can even begin to play a HDD game. Considering that PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) won't be perfected until at least 2011 after the AVX instruction set along with Sandy Bridge and Larrabee enter the market, its obvious that PS3 emulation is a long ways off.
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IamD3PO
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29. May 2009 @ 00:55 |
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Thanks Surfaced for the reply. Just needed some confirmation before I spent 70 bucks. Bought a KES-400A on ebay just now. Will let everyone know how it goes. The fact that Sony keys the controller boards to the motherboard pisses me off...but I guess it's a good buisness model...
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almightys
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29. May 2009 @ 06:34 |
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just wanted to let you all know my ps3 was sent in for a lazer problem b4 my warranty was up, i got my same ps3 back with a new 400aaa in it, that is the one that has burned up on me now, they fix your old one, they do not convert it to the dual lazer version, they did it rather quickly so i assume they replaced the whole lazer and carrige, maybe even the bd, not sure but the ps3 was the same one, when they fixed it it lasted for a year and a half, now fried again its out of warranty, even if the case is popped and the do not remove sticker is missing sony will look at your ps3, they deem it unrepairable if it has aftermarket parts in it, so if you do change your lazer make sure you dont throw away the old one, after i return my "new" lazer and it burns out again i will go to sony after putting the original lazer back in, because i know it will last longer than 2 hours to 2 days if sony is the one fixing it...
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Surfaced
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29. May 2009 @ 06:57 |
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I'm pretty certain that Sony wouldn't be able to determine whether the KES-400A in a PS3 was a user-replaced unit or an original. It's not like we're using knock-offs.
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29. May 2009 @ 18:00 |
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I dont know if someome has the same problem as me but when i put in a bluray disk the lens will turn blue then spin for a second(it might not be spinning fast enough)and then the lens will turn red as if its tring to read a dvd,cd.I have the bubble in the corner the hole time. So i dont know if its the lens thats the problem or if its something else.
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Decoto
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29. May 2009 @ 21:36 |
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Hey guys, here's my situation...
Although I fixed one of my problems, i have another one and this one seems even bigger....Ok let me explain what happened you see i have (two) ps3s that didnt work to read disc's, a new laser fixed one of them and then i swapped the working dvd rom drive into the other ps3 to see if it would work. Well it didnt work, the laser spins the disc just fine but then i noticed that the flex cable underneath the 2nd ps3 dvd rom drive was borken off the main board. you know that little black tab thing that hold the flex cable down is missing soo now i dont know if it will ever work unless i get a new tab thing....but i dont think that anyone sells them.
Anyhow, here's what dont make even more sense since the new laser worked good in the 1st ps3, I wanted to test it more so I then took out ONLY the laser itself and put it into the 2nd ps3 dvdrom drive, but since the 2nd ps3 is missing the tab to hold flex cable i just removed the whole dvd rom drive itself and took it over to the 1st ps3 to test....so now i plugged in the drive and checked to see if the drive would work, oddly enough it didnt start any discs....but it did spin them again.
So now im not even sure if the 2nd ps3 dvd rom drive will work at all even if i get the black tab thing fixed. I heard that each ps3 dvd rom drive board has different firmware on the nano chip and if it dont match with the same ps3 main board then that could cause problems with it working. I dont get why it dont load even though it should. The new laser works fine but the 1st ps3 system seems to not recognize the 2nd ps3 dvd drive.(Both use the same laser) Maybe the ps3 dvd drives only work for systems there made with???
What do you think? I dont want to fix the tab thing and then buy another new laser if the stupid ps3 wont work cause maybe a faulty dvd drive board. Sorry for the long story lol , but I need that dumb tab fixed to know for sure.
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UKSheila
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30. May 2009 @ 08:31 |
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Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
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Surfaced
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30. May 2009 @ 11:44 |
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Originally posted by UKSheila:
Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
Nope, never here. But yeah, checking the cables again is a good start.
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UKSheila
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30. May 2009 @ 13:10 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
Nope, never here. But yeah, checking the cables again is a good start.
Oh dear, no luck... Dismantled it again and put it back together to a perfection; checked and doublechecked it all... When I touch it on the green light comes on for two seconds or so but then it turns back to a red flashing light. Should I give up....? :-(
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Surfaced
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30. May 2009 @ 13:58 |
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Originally posted by UKSheila:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
Nope, never here. But yeah, checking the cables again is a good start.
Oh dear, no luck... Dismantled it again and put it back together to a perfection; checked and doublechecked it all... When I touch it on the green light comes on for two seconds or so but then it turns back to a red flashing light. Should I give up....? :-(
No. Not yet.
The PS3 will start up even without the controller board, it just wont play any games (regardless of whether they are disc-based or downloaded). Try removing it completely. See what happens then.
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UKSheila
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30. May 2009 @ 16:26 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
Nope, never here. But yeah, checking the cables again is a good start.
Oh dear, no luck... Dismantled it again and put it back together to a perfection; checked and doublechecked it all... When I touch it on the green light comes on for two seconds or so but then it turns back to a red flashing light. Should I give up....? :-(
No. Not yet.
The PS3 will start up even without the controller board, it just wont play any games (regardless of whether they are disc-based or downloaded). Try removing it completely. See what happens then.
I've been reading about this kind of problem from the internet for last hour or so and it looks like "YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH"!!!! I saw couple of youtube films showing exactly the same problem. Oh Lord! Why did it come to this then ---- byaaaahhh! So many people in here have managed to fix theirs by changing the KEM400AAA, so why did mine die for me instead??? NOT FARE :-((((((
I've read from the internet that you can't fix "YLOD", so I quess I must give up with this one then. Such a shame, but I suppose it would had been too good to be true to have a fully functioning PS3 for just £60... Can't afford a new one cause I'm unemployed single mum of three...and now horrified of telling the bad news for my lad, poor thing, he played hours and hours with the football demo... ;-(
Thanks for your help anyway. Keep on the good "work"!
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Surfaced
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30. May 2009 @ 20:05 |
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Originally posted by UKSheila:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by UKSheila:
Hello all ps3 "lovers".... ;-)
I (or my kids..) got 60 gig ps3 from my neighbour couple of weeks back. It is one of the first ones imported to UK, so it's at least two years old, no receipt or warranty left. He bought a new one cause the blu-ray didn't work any more. I ordered KEM 400AAA from china and installed it last night. All went well and I could play demo football game and play dvd and music with it but I don't have any blu-ray films or game disks so I couldn't test the blu-ray itself yet. After an hour or so I thought I'll watch a film from the hard-drive of it and NOTHING HAPPENED! When I tried to turn the machine on it briefly blinked the green light, flashed couple of times the small orange light underneath the PRO-slot and then just flashed the red light. I'm going start taking it all to bits again and double check all the cables etc. etc.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this after they have dismantled the machine and what possibly have gone wrong?
Thanks very much.
Nope, never here. But yeah, checking the cables again is a good start.
Oh dear, no luck... Dismantled it again and put it back together to a perfection; checked and doublechecked it all... When I touch it on the green light comes on for two seconds or so but then it turns back to a red flashing light. Should I give up....? :-(
No. Not yet.
The PS3 will start up even without the controller board, it just wont play any games (regardless of whether they are disc-based or downloaded). Try removing it completely. See what happens then.
I've been reading about this kind of problem from the internet for last hour or so and it looks like "YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH"!!!! I saw couple of youtube films showing exactly the same problem. Oh Lord! Why did it come to this then ---- byaaaahhh! So many people in here have managed to fix theirs by changing the KEM400AAA, so why did mine die for me instead??? NOT FARE :-((((((
I've read from the internet that you can't fix "YLOD", so I quess I must give up with this one then. Such a shame, but I suppose it would had been too good to be true to have a fully functioning PS3 for just £60... Can't afford a new one cause I'm unemployed single mum of three...and now horrified of telling the bad news for my lad, poor thing, he played hours and hours with the football demo... ;-(
Thanks for your help anyway. Keep on the good "work"!
oh man, I was afraid that was what you were talking about but you never mentioned the color yellow so I assumed it wasn't so bad.
Yeah that truly sucks... I haven't heard of any incidence where a user successfully fixed a PS3 with the YLOD. But that definitely is unfair. I hope you can resolve that without too much drama! Peace man
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Nissangtr
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3. June 2009 @ 23:45 |
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Ok so this is my third time to post in here lets see if I get a response this time. I hope it has nothing to do with my username as that would be quite pathetic.....
I have an 80gb ps3 from hong kong that worked fine for about 6 months, then stopped reading everything.
I replaced the laser, still reads f-all.
I then came to the conclusion that it was either the Driver IC or the board itself.
I read through here but I would love some clarification for my peace of mind;
If the blu ray board has comitted suicide do I have to Swap the BGA chip to a new board? I have seen recent posts from people saying they wanted to swap the whole drive but if the board is keyed to the system surely this would not work?
Do the symptoms of a faulty driver IC fall into my dilemma?
If you could help point me in the right direction that would be fantastic as I miss my online play so much!
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