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PS3 blu-ray drive dead
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gulaman
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3. November 2009 @ 09:21 |
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Originally posted by acdcman7:
either he blueray lens is dead or the drink drive is out of line. Solution here
http://www.wikihow.com/Realign-Your-Ps3'...-Load-and-Eject
Im not to sure that the drive would be effected by the drive cuz when you buy a new one it ahs not been used when installing a new firmware. But yet everything works so. you can either try to realign the blueray drive buy a new one or if you think its cuz of the firmware wait for the new one cuz i think 3.1 is going to come out in november. IT better, and it better come with cross media chat.
Thanks dude.
Update on my ps3.
The firmware issue is now ruled out, I updated my firmware via recovery menu and everything went well except for the blu-ray drive.
That leaves me with either the laser needing to be replaced or my controller board IC not telling the motor to spin the disc. idk.
I'm leaning towards replacing the laser although I'm a bit hesitant 'cos the ones with "no spin" problem who replaced their laser didn't see their purple laser light up, mine does for about a second.
Any input will be appreciated, thanks.
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Gryphon77
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3. November 2009 @ 15:21 |
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Originally posted by gulaman:
Originally posted by acdcman7:
either he blueray lens is dead or the drink drive is out of line. Solution here
http://www.wikihow.com/Realign-Your-Ps3'...-Load-and-Eject
Im not to sure that the drive would be effected by the drive cuz when you buy a new one it ahs not been used when installing a new firmware. But yet everything works so. you can either try to realign the blueray drive buy a new one or if you think its cuz of the firmware wait for the new one cuz i think 3.1 is going to come out in november. IT better, and it better come with cross media chat.
Thanks dude.
Update on my ps3.
The firmware issue is now ruled out, I updated my firmware via recovery menu and everything went well except for the blu-ray drive.
That leaves me with either the laser needing to be replaced or my controller board IC not telling the motor to spin the disc. idk.
I'm leaning towards replacing the laser although I'm a bit hesitant 'cos the ones with "no spin" problem who replaced their laser didn't see their purple laser light up, mine does for about a second.
Any input will be appreciated, thanks.
Hey man, I ended up just buying the whole lens deck for my model. It was the KES-400a model and after I installed it my PS3 was alive again. If you think your lens is dead or rule it out,when you have it open. Push the lens to the back out of its original location and then turn on the ps3.(do this when the power is unplugged) If the lens moves back to its original position then it is alright and more than likely the motor is dead. It could be the board but if you buy the laser lens deck and it works like how mine worked then that is awesome. But if it doesn't then it is the board underneath the drive.
I use mine PS3 alot now since then and I have had no problems. Hope this helps buddy.
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rice48
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3. November 2009 @ 23:06 |
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I have a 40gig ps3 that has stopped reading all disks. I have been reading through this forum and have not found a solution to my problem. When i insert a disk the laser flashes and the disk spins, and the bubble in the top right of the screen keeps spinning without the game loading up. The disk will spin for a second then stop then will spin again to try and read the disk. I have opened it up and cleaned the lens which did not work. I am able to play demos off of the hard drive. Should i just try and replace the laser or is something else wrong?
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sunnysmat
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4. November 2009 @ 00:45 |
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Originally posted by rice48:
I have a 40gig ps3 that has stopped reading all disks. I have been reading through this forum and have not found a solution to my problem. When i insert a disk the laser flashes and the disk spins, and the bubble in the top right of the screen keeps spinning without the game loading up. The disk will spin for a second then stop then will spin again to try and read the disk. I have opened it up and cleaned the lens which did not work. I am able to play demos off of the hard drive. Should i just try and replace the laser or is something else wrong?
well, didnt understand what actually hapnd..... it could b anything from a laser problem to burnt out controller board. could u give more details how it all hapnd?
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rice48
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4. November 2009 @ 01:01 |
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Originally posted by sunnysmat:
Originally posted by rice48:
I have a 40gig ps3 that has stopped reading all disks. I have been reading through this forum and have not found a solution to my problem. When i insert a disk the laser flashes and the disk spins, and the bubble in the top right of the screen keeps spinning without the game loading up. The disk will spin for a second then stop then will spin again to try and read the disk. I have opened it up and cleaned the lens which did not work. I am able to play demos off of the hard drive. Should i just try and replace the laser or is something else wrong?
well, didnt understand what actually hapnd..... it could b anything from a laser problem to burnt out controller board. could u give more details how it all hapnd?
It just stopped reading disks. When i put a game in the laser will flash on and the disk will spin for a second or two then stop. It will keep doing this until i eject or turn the ps3 off. The loading symbol will spin in the corner of the screen while this is happening so I know it is trying to load the game.
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gulaman
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4. November 2009 @ 01:31 |
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Originally posted by Gryphon77:
Originally posted by gulaman:
Originally posted by acdcman7:
either he blueray lens is dead or the drink drive is out of line. Solution here
http://www.wikihow.com/Realign-Your-Ps3'...-Load-and-Eject
Im not to sure that the drive would be effected by the drive cuz when you buy a new one it ahs not been used when installing a new firmware. But yet everything works so. you can either try to realign the blueray drive buy a new one or if you think its cuz of the firmware wait for the new one cuz i think 3.1 is going to come out in november. IT better, and it better come with cross media chat.
Thanks dude.
Update on my ps3.
The firmware issue is now ruled out, I updated my firmware via recovery menu and everything went well except for the blu-ray drive.
That leaves me with either the laser needing to be replaced or my controller board IC not telling the motor to spin the disc. idk.
I'm leaning towards replacing the laser although I'm a bit hesitant 'cos the ones with "no spin" problem who replaced their laser didn't see their purple laser light up, mine does for about a second.
Any input will be appreciated, thanks.
Hey man, I ended up just buying the whole lens deck for my model. It was the KES-400a model and after I installed it my PS3 was alive again. If you think your lens is dead or rule it out,when you have it open. Push the lens to the back out of its original location and then turn on the ps3.(do this when the power is unplugged) If the lens moves back to its original position then it is alright and more than likely the motor is dead. It could be the board but if you buy the laser lens deck and it works like how mine worked then that is awesome. But if it doesn't then it is the board underneath the drive.
I use mine PS3 alot now since then and I have had no problems. Hope this helps buddy.
Thanks for the info. I already tried pushing the lens and it moved back to its original position. So I think the motor is dead.
Anyway, what are the signs of defective controller board?
'Cos I can still play demo games, and watch movies from USB.
Lastly, can you PM me the seller where you got your replacement laser, I think mine should be KEM-410ACA.
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acdcman7
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4. November 2009 @ 01:54 |
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im pretty sure its your lens cuz it wouldnt go back to the orignal spot if the controller board was dead. You can buy one off a few websites cant think of any off by hand just google kes-400aca. I bought mine off ebay and it worked fine. But if you buy it off ebay make sure its an american seller because china has been sending out dead ones latly. tookk about 4 weeks to get it in the mail which kind of sucked. but it cost 70 canadian which was ok. i spent 30$ on s$h cuz it was out of the states.
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Gryphon77
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4. November 2009 @ 02:24 |
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@gulaman
Yeah buddy, I just searched for a long time on ebay and the seller I bought from was sjsharks or something of the sort.
I made sure they had a lot of good replies on the laser lens deck before I bought it. You will have to search for your particular model. KES-400a is common for 2007 models and that is when I bought my PS3.
But just do a lot of research on sellers and your model number of your laser. You should be fine once you feel that the seller is not selling dead lens decks. Just replace the whole deck not just the lens, you will have a new motor and a new lens when you do it that way.
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gulaman
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4. November 2009 @ 04:56 |
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@Gryphon77
@acdcman7
Thanks for the helpful info. I'll look for a laser w/ deck on ebay, although I'm not too sure if I should get it from the states since I'm currently based in Singapore and the farther the package travels, the more chances of it being DOA.
If anyone know an asian seller that can be trusted, pls let me know.
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outta
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8. November 2009 @ 23:27 |
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there are 2 differen't boards. one with a samsung chip and one with a differen't chip (can't remember the name starts with an E though). i had my ps3 and 2 other drives. mine and one of the spare drives had the samsung chip and the 3rd had the other chip. put the board with the other chip into my drive and tested it. booted up and that was about a week ago, been playing everything from ps2 games to blue ray movies without so much as a hiccup.
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PvtHeath
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11. November 2009 @ 12:54 |
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ok i hope i can get some help here, i have 3 drives one is out of my personal 60 gig and works fine i have a 40 gig one which the mechanisc of the drive is done and dusted so i put the board of the broken one on my good drive put it in works like a dream,
so i buy a so called working tested drive off ebay i get it put it in and hey disk goes in out but the disk dont spin,
i have used the laser dock from the old broken drive and same problem the laser moves up and down but the black disk dont spin on both also the laser has no light on either when started? do i just need a new laser or to buy the whole dock is my question?
regards .
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Cabanon
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11. November 2009 @ 13:37 |
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Originally posted by PvtHeath:
ok i hope i can get some help here, i have 3 drives one is out of my personal 60 gig and works fine i have a 40 gig one which the mechanisc of the drive is done and dusted so i put the board of the broken one on my good drive put it in works like a dream,
so i buy a so called working tested drive off ebay i get it put it in and hey disk goes in out but the disk dont spin,
i have used the laser dock from the old broken drive and same problem the laser moves up and down but the black disk dont spin on both also the laser has no light on either when started? do i just need a new laser or to buy the whole dock is my question?
regards .
that was my problems also. i didnt figured it out so i shipped to sony. cost 150$, the same as you alreadu spent trying to figure it out by yourself.
my advie is dont mess with the older lens, just have them repair by sony's tech. plus you get a 90 days warranty. mine is still kicking butt after 6 months.
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gulaman
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11. November 2009 @ 21:09 |
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I'm not trying to bash anyone's balls but I think people come here to find solutions so they can fix their PS3s themselves. So yeah, the send to Sony suggestions are not helping, at least for me, it didn't.
@PvtHeath
From what I've read so far, buying the whole deck will help you eliminate a lot of problems. That leaves you with the controller board if it still doesn't work after lens with deck swap.
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Cabanon
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11. November 2009 @ 21:22 |
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Originally posted by gulaman:
I'm not trying to bash anyone's balls but I think people come here to find solutions so they can fix their PS3s themselves. So yeah, the send to Sony suggestions are not helping, at least for me, it didn't.
@PvtHeath
From what I've read so far, buying the whole deck will help you eliminate a lot of problems. That leaves you with the controller board if it still doesn't work after lens with deck swap.
yes you are indeed right. but people repair their stuff themsleve mainly because of the cost of the rapair. nowaday, its hard to find unit under 100$. you're lucky if it works the first time and last more than a week or even a day. so you'll shell another 100$ for a deck+lens. you're up to 200$ on something it could have cost you 150$.
but all in all its your decision, im just suggesting. the earlier deck are way overpriced and often in bad shape, thats why those with the launch model i suggest them to go straight to sony, those with the latest model dont come here that often. thats why you see me refering to sony here and there. but you are (anyone) in no way obligated to follow what i say. its just a sugestion.
cheers, Louis
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gulaman
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11. November 2009 @ 23:46 |
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Originally posted by Cabanon:
Originally posted by gulaman:
I'm not trying to bash anyone's balls but I think people come here to find solutions so they can fix their PS3s themselves. So yeah, the send to Sony suggestions are not helping, at least for me, it didn't.
@PvtHeath
From what I've read so far, buying the whole deck will help you eliminate a lot of problems. That leaves you with the controller board if it still doesn't work after lens with deck swap.
yes you are indeed right. but people repair their stuff themsleve mainly because of the cost of the rapair. nowaday, its hard to find unit under 100$. you're lucky if it works the first time and last more than a week or even a day. so you'll shell another 100$ for a deck+lens. you're up to 200$ on something it could have cost you 150$.
but all in all its your decision, im just suggesting. the earlier deck are way overpriced and often in bad shape, thats why those with the launch model i suggest them to go straight to sony, those with the latest model dont come here that often. thats why you see me refering to sony here and there. but you are (anyone) in no way obligated to follow what i say. its just a sugestion.
cheers, Louis
Okay, I agree with you about people having to spend more than $200 to repair their system, but that's because they didn't do enough research before actually fixing their PS3s.
Anyway, we've got to have a list of stores on ebay or elsewhere that can sell us good quality lens and deck with warranty.
To those who have done a lens swap, please share info where you got your replacements.
Thanks.
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CaLiMaCk
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13. November 2009 @ 06:38 |
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ugh... im having a problem and im really pissed at my ps3 right now. I took apart the thing to clean the lense since it would freeze after a while or not read at all. problem is i forgot socom was in there, yea i know but i hadnt played the system for a while since it doesnt read discs right so i totally forgot. anyways, i ended up taking it apart again to see why i couldnt put the disc back in, and it was locked up, so i put the disc in the top part of the drive and put it together with the bottom and it came together fine. Then it wouldnt come out because those stupid little gray hooks are stuck up or something. i looked on guides to fix this but some dont look like my system and dont make sense with mine.
i have the BC 80gb from 2007. anyways i took the drive apart even more to get those gray latches down, but the black piece on the left side is locked even tho all the little white cogs towards the bottom move around fine. i cant slide the tracks on the sides worth anything. the guides dont make sense, i dont know if i should put it back together with the disc in and latches up or empty.
im going freaking crazy seriously, i just got MW2 from gamefly as well... i think firmware 3.0 did this too because it was working fine before that and it now has the common symptoms ppl complain about with the new FW. im thinking of quiting console gaming and going full pc gamer but theres a lot of ps3 exclusives im missing out on, i still havent got uncharted 2.
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CaLiMaCk
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13. November 2009 @ 09:08 |
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nvm i figured it out, just had to rant i guess
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Cabanon
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13. November 2009 @ 09:26 |
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Originally posted by CaLiMaCk:
nvm i figured it out, just had to rant i guess
and what did you do to repair it ? please share your experience.
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jackeroo7
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14. November 2009 @ 12:33 |
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I have two 2007 model 40gb hard drive. 1. One ps3 has a Blu-ray drive doesn't read a thing (no error message either because when a cd/dvd/blu-ray disc is inserted,it just hangs and nothing happens.) 2. The other one has the YLOD but good blu-ray drive.
My question to you guys is can I just swap out the blu-ray drives?
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Cabanon
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14. November 2009 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by jackeroo7:
I have two 2007 model 40gb hard drive. 1. One ps3 has a Blu-ray drive doesn't read a thing (no error message either because when a cd/dvd/blu-ray disc is inserted,it just hangs and nothing happens.) 2. The other one has the YLOD but good blu-ray drive.
My question to you guys is can I just swap out the blu-ray drives?
i think yes, but i dunno about the sisterboard is its gonna work with the mainboard, just do it and come back with your result. its not gonna hurt your ps3 if its not working. that'd interesting to see if its working or not.
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Gryphon77
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15. November 2009 @ 17:28 |
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Originally posted by jackeroo7:
I have two 2007 model 40gb hard drive. 1. One ps3 has a Blu-ray drive doesn't read a thing (no error message either because when a cd/dvd/blu-ray disc is inserted,it just hangs and nothing happens.) 2. The other one has the YLOD but good blu-ray drive.
My question to you guys is can I just swap out the blu-ray drives?
Yes you can do that. You will have to take the board off the broken blu ray drive and keep it with that PS3 and just attach it to the unbroken blu ray drive. It needs that mini board underneath they are married to each other that mini blu ray drive board and the PS3 motherboard.
My thinking it should work because, all the blu ray drive is is hardware and it needs drivers just like a PC. That mini board is the driver for the PS3 just like a PC.
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jackeroo7
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15. November 2009 @ 18:19 |
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Yeah, took the miniboard out of the broken one and attached it to the blu-ray drive and it worked like a charm.
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uk_dan2k
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18. November 2009 @ 08:01 |
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hi i'm trying to fix my ps3, it wont load games, dvds or audio cds.
The drive will accept cds / dvds etc, your hear it being moved into position for reading and then nothing happens (no spin up).
after take the top of the drive up i could see that the laser moves into position (front of drive / centre of cds) but i can't see any light coming out of the laser.
I've tried putting another laser in but i'm having the same problem.
I've also noticed i broke the black & white cable for the blue ray disc sensor (front of drive) - i thought this just tells the drive to automatically suck in the dvds, could this be causing the problem?
anyone know what i can do next? thanks.
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jackeroo7
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18. November 2009 @ 10:51 |
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Originally posted by uk_dan2k:
hi i'm trying to fix my ps3, it wont load games, dvds or audio cds.
The drive will accept cds / dvds etc, your hear it being moved into position for reading and then nothing happens (no spin up).
after take the top of the drive up i could see that the laser moves into position (front of drive / centre of cds) but i can't see any light coming out of the laser.
I've tried putting another laser in but i'm having the same problem.
I've also noticed i broke the black & white cable for the blue ray disc sensor (front of drive) - i thought this just tells the drive to automatically suck in the dvds, could this be causing the problem?
anyone know what i can do next? thanks.
First, did you put the black & white cable back together? Second, if you replaced another blu-ray laser and its having the same problem then you might want to buy another laser and try to fix it again. The problem is the blu-ray laser you got was defective.
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uk_dan2k
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18. November 2009 @ 11:00 |
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First, did you put the black & white cable back together? Second, if you replaced another blu-ray laser and its having the same problem then you might want to buy another laser and try to fix it again. The problem is the blu-ray laser you got was defective.
i meant the red & black cable sorry, the wires snapped out of the pin header so wont go back so i didn't bother put it back on the drive.
Also i ordered another laser got wait a week for it come from hong kong now lol
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