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chiefj125
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23. November 2009 @ 14:48 |
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If I had to guess I'd say maybe the controller board as well, but I doubt the motor is to blame, only because the blu rays are working like a charm. Unless the different discs spin at different rates?
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Gryphon77
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23. November 2009 @ 15:22 |
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Originally posted by chiefj125:
If I had to guess I'd say maybe the controller board as well, but I doubt the motor is to blame, only because the blu rays are working like a charm. Unless the different discs spin at different rates?
Yeah for sure, only if you had another ps3 that a friend that doesn't want because it has the same problem. Use it for parts, preferrably the same model ps3. Or if you have one that is still working and same model to swap and see what is wrong, process of elimination. so you know what parts to buy! LoL but i dont' think anyone would want that, I'd do it just to see what hell is wrong with my ps3. If I had one broken one and one working.
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shaunol
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24. November 2009 @ 03:59 |
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Hey.. yesterday I replaced my laser and was just testing it with the shell and everything still open, the new laser fixed the issue of not reaidng discs but then I accidently bumped the system/drive pretty hard and the PS3 shutdown and the power light turned red and started blinking. I turned it off at the back and back on again, everything was working fine still except the drive will no longer pull/take in discs. Doesn't make any noise at all. The blue light flashes as if the PS3 thinks one is being inserted but the drive just doesn't react at all.
Any ideas on a fix for this?
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chiefj125
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24. November 2009 @ 08:38 |
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Sounds like the plastic bar on the left side (as you're staring at the front of the unit) has come off the gear roller that controls the mechanism that raises and lowers the laser. If that's off the track, the system will blink blue constantly and never load anything. To check, remove the screw that holds in the wing attachment at the front of the drive (with the rollers that feed the disc in - careful with the plastic attachments on top! they have tiny springs that are hard to find/replace) and lift the wing off. Then you can see where the gear fits in with the bar on the side.
What I do to get it back on line is push the bar against the gear, then with a tiny screwdriver, roll the gear counter-clockwise until you see the grey bars in the front lift up (to keep new discs from coming in). Just do it until they stop lifting, then power on the PS3. It should recognize it's in disc loaded state and move the laser to read a disc. At that point, you can place the wing back on, positioning the rollers almost all the way to the outside. Put the screw back in, and press eject. You should see the rollers drop all the way back down, and then you can put the drive back together.
Let us know how it goes - remember it's tough to put pieces like this back in place without risking losing a tiny piece or spring, so be careful. Also, I do the steps this way because it's almost impossible to put the top cover on the BD drive unless it's in the ejected state, but the rollers all have to be in the correct place.
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Big_Sarge
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24. November 2009 @ 23:25 |
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I'm having the usual won't spin problem. Just bought COD-MW2 and played for a few hours. Game froze and now no spin. I had just installed the latest updates.
I've had freezing in the past, but always came back up. The system runs super hot just sitting there.
I'd like to try to replace just the motor, but can't find any repair info. Any help?
Cheers!
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shaunol
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25. November 2009 @ 00:12 |
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Originally posted by chiefj125:
Sounds like the plastic bar on the left side (as you're staring at the front of the unit) has come off the gear roller that controls the mechanism that raises and lowers the laser. If that's off the track, the system will blink blue constantly and never load anything. To check, remove the screw that holds in the wing attachment at the front of the drive (with the rollers that feed the disc in - careful with the plastic attachments on top! they have tiny springs that are hard to find/replace) and lift the wing off. Then you can see where the gear fits in with the bar on the side.
What I do to get it back on line is push the bar against the gear, then with a tiny screwdriver, roll the gear counter-clockwise until you see the grey bars in the front lift up (to keep new discs from coming in). Just do it until they stop lifting, then power on the PS3. It should recognize it's in disc loaded state and move the laser to read a disc. At that point, you can place the wing back on, positioning the rollers almost all the way to the outside. Put the screw back in, and press eject. You should see the rollers drop all the way back down, and then you can put the drive back together.
Let us know how it goes - remember it's tough to put pieces like this back in place without risking losing a tiny piece or spring, so be careful. Also, I do the steps this way because it's almost impossible to put the top cover on the BD drive unless it's in the ejected state, but the rollers all have to be in the correct place.
Heya, thanks for the tips, I gave it shot.. unfortunately I get to the point of turning the console on, the blue light stays solid thinking there's a disc in there, however pressing the eject button does nothing. It flashes as if it's ejecting but no response at all from the drive itself. Then the blue light goes solid again thinking there's still a disc there. :(
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chiefj125
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25. November 2009 @ 07:49 |
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Heya, thanks for the tips, I gave it shot.. unfortunately I get to the point of turning the console on, the blue light stays solid thinking there's a disc in there, however pressing the eject button does nothing. It flashes as if it's ejecting but no response at all from the drive itself. Then the blue light goes solid again thinking there's still a disc there. :(
I've gotten that as well, it sounds like it's somewhere in between a loaded and unloaded state. There's a couple things you can do here. One thing is a drive reset. You do that by pressing and holding down the eject button for about 13-15 seconds. The drive will attempt to load and then unload. The problem you might have is that on the unload, it'll run a bit too long and run the left bar off the loading gear that pulls it.
Here's what I'd do. First do the reset and get the left bar off the gear. On the board (after removing the wing with the rollers) on the right-hand side, you'll see a small set of two buttons that look like tiny hooks. The wing mechanism rolls across this and by pressing it down, the drive turns the gear to move the bar and load the laser. Since it's off the track, with your left hand, lightly push down on the left bar just so it's touching the gear that pulls it. While doing that, press in the hook button, and you'll see the laser tray raise up and it'll try to flash and read a disc (you may want to place the spindle magnet disc on the spindle to keep the laser from flashing in your eyes!). Now it's in the loaded state and in line. At this point, place the wing attachment back on, while holding the rollers toward the outside (careful that the top pieces do not fall off). Once it's on, the rollers should be almost pulled all the way to the outside, but not entirely. You can lay a disc down just to see if the rollers touch the outside edge of the disc. Screw the wing back in place, and press the eject button. You should hear the gears move, and the wing rollers should roll back down all the way. At this point, it's in the unloaded state, and you can put the top cover back on, replace the magnet and test loading and unloading discs. If that goes well, close it back up and enjoy!
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pmrs88
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27. November 2009 @ 23:45 |
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I've been reading this thread for a couple days now and just thought I'd put in my own contribution.
My PS3 went dead a fair few months ago now. First my blu-ray games and films would freeze randomly and I would get the infamous 80010514 error, but other discs worked fine. I just left it because I couldn't afford to pay Sony to fix it.
Eventually Sony released a new firmware update so I made the upgrade in the hope that it might solve the problem. It in fact made it worse, my PS3 cannot read any kind of disc anymore. The small icon in the top right corner moves constantly but the disc doesn't spin.
This implies that it could very well be a firmware rather than a hardware problem but I've seen so many theories that I don't know what to think anymore.
It's only in the past week that I've considered fixing it myself so I've opted to try replacing the KEM-400AAA and see if that works. It should be arriving some time next week so I'll keep you guys updated on what happens. Fingers crossed.
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tannymcr
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28. November 2009 @ 04:20 |
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sony are near criminal in their treatment of users whose bluray drive fails, and its a common problem and sony are aware of the bluray drive weakness and also firmware updates crapping it up, they just wont admit it cos they then would have to up the warranty on this expensive console (as microsoft did).
the bluray drive is a cheap tacky piece of crap AND WILL FAIL SOONER RATHER THAN LATER (ok, some users may have long life out of theirs, but exceptions dont prove the rule).
i know 5 peeps with just out of warranty ps3s, and 4 (inc mine) have failed bluray drives.
my ps3 was well looked after and just decided to stop spinning any kind of disc.ive never had a console in all my life that has failed so early on (18 months), terrible for the worlds most expensive console bar non.sony you are total rotten devious robbers.
its disgusting and sony are a criminal mafia.
it would not surprise me if sony are quite happy with this win win situation, it forces users to buy slims, pay for expensive repair, and buy ps2s cos their 60 gigs will no longer run ps2 games.
could sony have deliberately put in dodgy bluray drives in pre slims ? are they deliberately disabling bluray drives via their unwanted firmware updates (unwanted for me cos the firmware updates are always messing with the xmb etc, but i need to install em to access psn, rotten sony)
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tef70
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30. November 2009 @ 13:13 |
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Hi,
This thread is very interesting !
I am doing some tests on a serie of dead BRs.
My test is having a transparent plastic disk that I put in the blue ray, and then I open the blue ray to see what the lens is doing on the next power up.
So I took a working BR and I observed the boot sequence.
- first a flashy blue light is produced, the disk spins a while
- second a flashy red light is produced, the disk spins a while
- third a flashy white (or something) light is produced, the disk spins a while
- then this cycle is reproduced a couple of times.
When I do the same thing on a supposed "dead" BR, sequences a various.
But I tried further tests on one BR.
The blue light appears but is not as lightning as it should and the disk doesn't spin.
So I concluded that the 2 others lasers are dead.
I replaced my transparent disk by a real BR game, but I can't see the lens, the only thing I concluded is :
- the disk spins !
- on the top of the BR I can see the red laser doing focusing sequences
- this is repeated a couple of times, the disk is spinning in chaotic sequences !
So I can say that there are several detection algorithms of disks with several boot sequences upon what disk is in and the lasers beams' health.
Does someone has similar conclusions, or even detailed information on these algorithms ??
Is there another way of testing the 3 lasers ?
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jackeroo7
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30. November 2009 @ 13:31 |
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I have 3 ps3 40gbs and now two of the three ps3 died on me (YLOD). Its been only 2 years old. The third one was the one I recently replaced the blu-ray drive. It's pretty lame to pay 600 bucks for two ps3 to have it die in 2 years. The third one, I got from CL (craigslist) for 40 bucks.
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SoKaStr7
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1. December 2009 @ 14:03 |
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HEY GUYS, I HAVE A FEW PS3'S HERE THAT WHEN I PUT IN A DISC THE LOADING BUBBLE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW UP AT ALL. ALL MY CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE, IVE EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT RIBBON CABLES TO SEE IF THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. I INSERT THE DISC BUT IT DOESNT READ AND NO BUBBLE SHOWS UP TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A DISC IN THE SYSTEM. REPLACING THE LASER DID NOT WORK.
NONE OF IT WORKED, I WORK ON ALOT OF PS3'S AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET ONE LIKE THIS AND NOW OVER TIME IT HAS PILED UP TO QUITE A FEW AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INSIGHT ON HOW TO REPAIR THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
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pmrs88
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1. December 2009 @ 16:07 |
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Originally posted by SoKaStr7:
HEY GUYS, I HAVE A FEW PS3'S HERE THAT WHEN I PUT IN A DISC THE LOADING BUBBLE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW UP AT ALL. ALL MY CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE, IVE EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT RIBBON CABLES TO SEE IF THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. I INSERT THE DISC BUT IT DOESNT READ AND NO BUBBLE SHOWS UP TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A DISC IN THE SYSTEM. REPLACING THE LASER DID NOT WORK.
NONE OF IT WORKED, I WORK ON ALOT OF PS3'S AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET ONE LIKE THIS AND NOW OVER TIME IT HAS PILED UP TO QUITE A FEW AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INSIGHT ON HOW TO REPAIR THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
From what I've read on this thread I'd say it's either the drive mechanism that draws the disc in or your logic board.
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SoKaStr7
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1. December 2009 @ 18:30 |
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Originally posted by pmrs88:
Originally posted by SoKaStr7:
HEY GUYS, I HAVE A FEW PS3'S HERE THAT WHEN I PUT IN A DISC THE LOADING BUBBLE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW UP AT ALL. ALL MY CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE, IVE EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT RIBBON CABLES TO SEE IF THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. I INSERT THE DISC BUT IT DOESNT READ AND NO BUBBLE SHOWS UP TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A DISC IN THE SYSTEM. REPLACING THE LASER DID NOT WORK.
NONE OF IT WORKED, I WORK ON ALOT OF PS3'S AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET ONE LIKE THIS AND NOW OVER TIME IT HAS PILED UP TO QUITE A FEW AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INSIGHT ON HOW TO REPAIR THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
From what I've read on this thread I'd say it's either the drive mechanism that draws the disc in or your logic board.
How do you repair the logic board? just looking for some ideas how to fix this.
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pmrs88
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2. December 2009 @ 04:16 |
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Originally posted by SoKaStr7:
Originally posted by pmrs88:
Originally posted by SoKaStr7:
HEY GUYS, I HAVE A FEW PS3'S HERE THAT WHEN I PUT IN A DISC THE LOADING BUBBLE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW UP AT ALL. ALL MY CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE, IVE EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT RIBBON CABLES TO SEE IF THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. I INSERT THE DISC BUT IT DOESNT READ AND NO BUBBLE SHOWS UP TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A DISC IN THE SYSTEM. REPLACING THE LASER DID NOT WORK.
NONE OF IT WORKED, I WORK ON ALOT OF PS3'S AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET ONE LIKE THIS AND NOW OVER TIME IT HAS PILED UP TO QUITE A FEW AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INSIGHT ON HOW TO REPAIR THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
From what I've read on this thread I'd say it's either the drive mechanism that draws the disc in or your logic board.
How do you repair the logic board? just looking for some ideas how to fix this.
Replace it, although apparently you'll need one that has the same serial number or the same firmware installed. I'm not sure if that's been proved yet but logic boards are selling for like 4 quid on ebay anyway.
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uk_dan2k
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2. December 2009 @ 10:31 |
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after messing around with my drive i finally found out it's problems some due to me putting it back wrong lol.
1st laser was totally dead - reads nothing, audio / dvd / game
2ns laser was 1/2 dead - reads audio / dvd - no games.
3rd laser waiting to be delivery from h.k.
just a note to newbies when putting drives back, before you put the metal casing back on the blue ray drive, i would leave a disc in because it holds down the white spindle hub at the top of the drive down in the correct place.
Before that i was putting the metal case back on and the white hub would be moved out of position and so when the disc get sucked in they would hold correctly and spin.
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2. December 2009 @ 15:03 |
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Hi my drive will only read cds and dvds but no HD DVD's, I have no games or blu ray disks to try but im guessing if it reads a hd dvd it will read a blu ray. right?
Bought from ebay with the intention to repair and ive been reading through this thread up until about page 10 and then i got bored so i skipped to the end to ask if any one knows for sure a way to fix this Problem. I dont want to buy parts that might not work and i was going to buy a YLOD console with working blu ray of off ebay and replace the drive but what i have read of this thread has put me off the idea :(
advice please so i haven't got to read through all 30 or 40 pages lol
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jackeroo7
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2. December 2009 @ 15:21 |
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Originally posted by anyboby:
Hi my drive will only read cds and dvds but no HD DVD's, I have no games or blu ray disks to try but im guessing if it reads a hd dvd it will read a blu ray. right?
Bought from ebay with the intention to repair and ive been reading through this thread up until about page 10 and then i got bored so i skipped to the end to ask if any one knows for sure a way to fix this Problem. I dont want to buy parts that might not work and i was going to buy a YLOD console with working blu ray of off ebay and replace the drive but what i have read of this thread has put me off the idea :(
advice please so i haven't got to read through all 30 or 40 pages lol
No blu-ray drive will not play HD-DVD disc.
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pmrs88
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2. December 2009 @ 15:53 |
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My PS3 is now fully functioning again! I'm well chuffed.
My problem like a lot of other people was that the drive would take discs in, then the icon in the top right corner would move but the disc would not spin and did not show up in the menu.
All I did was order a new laser carriage (KEM-400AAA) and replace it with the old one and voila, it works.
I wish I'd done that 5 months ago now!
Hope this helps people who are having the same problems.
And to the guy that posted earlier, how can you buy a PS3 and think that it would run HD-DVDs? It's an entirely different format from Blu-Ray and is now redundant. Don't you read the news?
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2. December 2009 @ 16:08 |
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NEWS whats that? and i feel thick as shit now lol
i know this unit has a blu ray problem because thats how i bought it from ebay, only thing is i dont have a blu ray disk or a ps3 game to try it. Guess i will go rent a ps3 game lol
Back to the problem of not reading blu ray but reading other disks i think i might of found something relevant to the situation but not sure, just thought it might be worth considering.
I read somewhere on another forum that someone fixed this issue by restoring the file system and there theory was along the lines of a corrupt blu ray driver. I tried restoring my file system and the ps3 told me my file system was corrupt and needed restoring. I almost jumped for joy thinking i just got a bargain off ebay : )
Now although the problem is still present the probability of driver a issue still exists, as no matter how many times i try to restore the file system it keeps reporting that it is corrupt.
Does anyone think this might be an issue?
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jackeroo7
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2. December 2009 @ 16:25 |
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Heh, go buy a cheap blu-ray disc at Target and use their $5 coupon at slickdeals.net
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pmrs88
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2. December 2009 @ 16:38 |
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Any time you do a system restore it tells you it's corupt, it's a lie.
I'd say the laser might be damaged or dirty, there's videos on youtube that show you how to clean it. Go pick up a copy of the official playsation magazine. It comes with a free playable demo disc.
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bightchee
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3. December 2009 @ 10:05 |
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I've seen plenty of replies here with problems similar to mine and I haven't seen a suggested solution yet. Please allow me to share what I am experiencing and hope someone can tell me what I could do...
What I know before opening it:
-PS3 inherited from a friend of a friend. Appears to be a 20GB model (no silver trim, 4 USB ports, no WiFi)
-I knew it didn't work when I took it. "Blu-Ray player is dead" I'm told. The system boots up fine, I upgraded to firmware 3.10 (not certain of previous firmware version).
-Disc drive takes DVD disc fine, spins, and the icon in the top right of the XMB moves while it appears to be reading the disc... then nothing.
-Hard drive completely formatted
-Option #3 used in Recovery Menu to restore system files
-System downloads PS3 demos from PS Store and plays them from hard drive.
Then I open it...
-Part KES-400A verified. Replacement on eBay ordered. Part received and replaced in unit. PS3 behaves just as before, detecting disc insertion but not reading it.
-All cable connections have been checked and re-checked. The only thing I haven't done is trace every pin on every cable with a multimeter to verify they're intact.
-Opened PS3 and powered it...
*movie DVD inserted: spins sporadically in very brief bursts. Repeats sometimes a dozen spins. Multiple discs tried.
*PS2 DVD inserted: spins more rapidly but not for long duration. Quits spinning shortly after. "Kill All Humans 2" tried.
*Blu-Ray inserted: spins very rapidly for a few moments and then stops as if it's satisfied. "Motorstorm" borrowed from friend, tried.
*All of the discs activate the top-right icon in XMB, none show up anywhere else as being available.
-Inserted clear plastic "protection" disc from CD stack and removed the magnetic top spindle from the DVD disc drive. Upon inserting the clear disc I can see the blue laser shines once, then the red laser shines repeatedly as it tries to read the "disc". The laser is able to move up and down as it tries to focus. No height adjustment on the rails was made to alter the focal distance.
-The worm gear that operates the KES-400A position operates. I can push it far from the disc spinning motor and it will return to the center position. Also I can see the laser moving back and forth while attempting to read the clear disc.
-The "hold down the eject button for 15 second" trick doesn't change anything for me. The drive does a mechanical dance and that's all.
I wish to think it's the disc-spinning motor because that's the cheap and easy fix. I do not wish to consider it may be the controller board with its limitation of being virtually irreplaceable.
Things I'm going to have to resort to soon: trace the ribbon cables with multimeter and test disc-spinning motor voltage. But the motor can spin and at a good speed... what am I doing wrong?
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Gryphon77
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3. December 2009 @ 13:16 |
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Originally posted by bightchee:
I've seen plenty of replies here with problems similar to mine and I haven't seen a suggested solution yet. Please allow me to share what I am experiencing and hope someone can tell me what I could do...
What I know before opening it:
-PS3 inherited from a friend of a friend. Appears to be a 20GB model (no silver trim, 4 USB ports, no WiFi)
-I knew it didn't work when I took it. "Blu-Ray player is dead" I'm told. The system boots up fine, I upgraded to firmware 3.10 (not certain of previous firmware version).
-Disc drive takes DVD disc fine, spins, and the icon in the top right of the XMB moves while it appears to be reading the disc... then nothing.
-Hard drive completely formatted
-Option #3 used in Recovery Menu to restore system files
-System downloads PS3 demos from PS Store and plays them from hard drive.
Then I open it...
-Part KES-400A verified. Replacement on eBay ordered. Part received and replaced in unit. PS3 behaves just as before, detecting disc insertion but not reading it.
-All cable connections have been checked and re-checked. The only thing I haven't done is trace every pin on every cable with a multimeter to verify they're intact.
-Opened PS3 and powered it...
*movie DVD inserted: spins sporadically in very brief bursts. Repeats sometimes a dozen spins. Multiple discs tried.
*PS2 DVD inserted: spins more rapidly but not for long duration. Quits spinning shortly after. "Kill All Humans 2" tried.
*Blu-Ray inserted: spins very rapidly for a few moments and then stops as if it's satisfied. "Motorstorm" borrowed from friend, tried.
*All of the discs activate the top-right icon in XMB, none show up anywhere else as being available.
-Inserted clear plastic "protection" disc from CD stack and removed the magnetic top spindle from the DVD disc drive. Upon inserting the clear disc I can see the blue laser shines once, then the red laser shines repeatedly as it tries to read the "disc". The laser is able to move up and down as it tries to focus. No height adjustment on the rails was made to alter the focal distance.
-The worm gear that operates the KES-400A position operates. I can push it far from the disc spinning motor and it will return to the center position. Also I can see the laser moving back and forth while attempting to read the clear disc.
-The "hold down the eject button for 15 second" trick doesn't change anything for me. The drive does a mechanical dance and that's all.
I wish to think it's the disc-spinning motor because that's the cheap and easy fix. I do not wish to consider it may be the controller board with its limitation of being virtually irreplaceable.
Things I'm going to have to resort to soon: trace the ribbon cables with multimeter and test disc-spinning motor voltage. But the motor can spin and at a good speed... what am I doing wrong?
Hey man,
I had the same problem and I ended up buying a laser at first and it was doing the same thing that yours is doing.
It did end up working for dvds and cds but no blu ray. So what I did was that my brother had a dead one as well, just the circle at the top right spinning but nothing. I asked him if he wanted to trade and he said yeah ok. So I ended up buying a whole replacement lens deck a brand new one from a seller on ebay that I trust as I did buy other stuff from them before and never received anything faulty.
The replacement lens deck worked, I now have a working ps3 for 8 months and has not faultered. So I figured my first one was the motor, it would spin but only for a bit. The two ps3's are exactly the same, same model and the lens was also the same.
So if you can fix the motor then maybe this would help. Well hopefully that will solve your problem. If it doesn't then it is the controller board.
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jahmez
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3. December 2009 @ 16:03 |
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Originally posted by bightchee:
I've seen plenty of replies here with problems similar to mine and I haven't seen a suggested solution yet. Please allow me to share what I am experiencing and hope someone can tell me what I could do...
What I know before opening it:
-PS3 inherited from a friend of a friend. Appears to be a 20GB model (no silver trim, 4 USB ports, no WiFi)
-I knew it didn't work when I took it. "Blu-Ray player is dead" I'm told. The system boots up fine, I upgraded to firmware 3.10 (not certain of previous firmware version).
-Disc drive takes DVD disc fine, spins, and the icon in the top right of the XMB moves while it appears to be reading the disc... then nothing.
-Hard drive completely formatted
-Option #3 used in Recovery Menu to restore system files
-System downloads PS3 demos from PS Store and plays them from hard drive.
Then I open it...
-Part KES-400A verified. Replacement on eBay ordered. Part received and replaced in unit. PS3 behaves just as before, detecting disc insertion but not reading it.
-All cable connections have been checked and re-checked. The only thing I haven't done is trace every pin on every cable with a multimeter to verify they're intact.
-Opened PS3 and powered it...
*movie DVD inserted: spins sporadically in very brief bursts. Repeats sometimes a dozen spins. Multiple discs tried.
*PS2 DVD inserted: spins more rapidly but not for long duration. Quits spinning shortly after. "Kill All Humans 2" tried.
*Blu-Ray inserted: spins very rapidly for a few moments and then stops as if it's satisfied. "Motorstorm" borrowed from friend, tried.
*All of the discs activate the top-right icon in XMB, none show up anywhere else as being available.
-Inserted clear plastic "protection" disc from CD stack and removed the magnetic top spindle from the DVD disc drive. Upon inserting the clear disc I can see the blue laser shines once, then the red laser shines repeatedly as it tries to read the "disc". The laser is able to move up and down as it tries to focus. No height adjustment on the rails was made to alter the focal distance.
-The worm gear that operates the KES-400A position operates. I can push it far from the disc spinning motor and it will return to the center position. Also I can see the laser moving back and forth while attempting to read the clear disc.
-The "hold down the eject button for 15 second" trick doesn't change anything for me. The drive does a mechanical dance and that's all.
I wish to think it's the disc-spinning motor because that's the cheap and easy fix. I do not wish to consider it may be the controller board with its limitation of being virtually irreplaceable.
Things I'm going to have to resort to soon: trace the ribbon cables with multimeter and test disc-spinning motor voltage. But the motor can spin and at a good speed... what am I doing wrong?
Im having the exact same problem except my disc doesnt spin at all but i do get the loading sign on my ps3? did u figure out if its the motor or not yet?
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