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Surfaced
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26. August 2008 @ 15:22 |
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Originally posted by federicob:
hello everyone, i m new in this forum, i have a blu-ray drive that didnt play disks, the motor did not spint and even did not swallow the discs, so i bought a new drive controller board and after the swap now swalloow discs and spin and even the laser works but does not play games because is not the same revision as the original board, so for what i read in the forum the problem it could be the IC BD7956FS chip of the original board, so i want to replace the IC BD7956FS chip from mi blu-ray drive from for other IC BD7956FS chip from the new board i bought, and mi question is simple, i like to know (if someone already desolder this chip) if the IC BD7956FS chip is soldered and glued to the moterboard or is just soldered, and i realy aprecciate any advice, thanks, federico
PS: sorry for mi english
Hi Federico,
Yes, I looked at ROHM's (maker of that IC chip) website a while ago and they say the IC chip BD7956FS controls motors. From what I know it is only soldered. by "glued", you must mean married/keyed?
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grazyc
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26. August 2008 @ 15:40 |
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Hi, just wondered if all of you guys are getting the loading bubble on the xmb (top right hand corner of screen) when a disc is inserted.
The system I bought was 2nd hand with the fault 'will not load games', I thought it may be easy to fix!
When it arrived I found it had probably already been taken apart (no sticker). I have since changed the laser with no improvement, it still takes the disc and spins but I never see the bubble. I'm still thinking about trying a new IC on the controller board but wonder if the previous owner may of swapped the board and mine is faulty/ not original. Could this be the reason why I dont get the bubble and the laser made no difference?
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Surfaced
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26. August 2008 @ 15:46 |
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Originally posted by grazyc:
Hi, just wondered if all of you guys are getting the loading bubble on the xmb (top right hand corner of screen) when a disc is inserted.
The system I bought was 2nd hand with the fault 'will not load games', I thought it may be easy to fix!
When it arrived I found it had probably already been taken apart (no sticker). I have since changed the laser with no improvement, it still takes the disc and spins but I never see the bubble. I'm still thinking about trying a new IC on the controller board but wonder if the previous owner may of swapped the board and mine is faulty/ not original. Could this be the reason why I dont get the bubble and the laser made no difference?
If it takes the disc, mounts it, and the disc spins, do not bother replacing the IC chip. Do you know which firmware you got this console with? If you replaced the laser to no avail, you might want to return that laser and ask if Sony will repair your console. As of yet we haven't found a way around the controller board problems so Sony is regrettably the best option when replacing drive components fails.
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federicob
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26. August 2008 @ 16:00 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by federicob:
hello everyone, i m new in this forum, i have a blu-ray drive that didnt play disks, the motor did not spint and even did not swallow the discs, so i bought a new drive controller board and after the swap now swalloow discs and spin and even the laser works but does not play games because is not the same revision as the original board, so for what i read in the forum the problem it could be the IC BD7956FS chip of the original board, so i want to replace the IC BD7956FS chip from mi blu-ray drive from for other IC BD7956FS chip from the new board i bought, and mi question is simple, i like to know (if someone already desolder this chip) if the IC BD7956FS chip is soldered and glued to the moterboard or is just soldered, and i realy aprecciate any advice, thanks, federico
PS: sorry for mi english
Hi Federico,
Yes, I looked at ROHM's (maker of that IC chip) website a while ago and they say the IC chip BD7956FS controls motors. From what I know it is only soldered. by "glued", you must mean married/keyed?
thanks for the fast responce, when i sayd glued, i mean if it has some adecive betwen the chip and the board, becouse many of the surface mounted chips have it, by the way what do you think about the problem i have?, do you think it could be a BD7956FS problem? any advice will be apreciated, thnaks, federico
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Surfaced
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26. August 2008 @ 16:05 |
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Originally posted by federicob:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by federicob:
hello everyone, i m new in this forum, i have a blu-ray drive that didnt play disks, the motor did not spint and even did not swallow the discs, so i bought a new drive controller board and after the swap now swalloow discs and spin and even the laser works but does not play games because is not the same revision as the original board, so for what i read in the forum the problem it could be the IC BD7956FS chip of the original board, so i want to replace the IC BD7956FS chip from mi blu-ray drive from for other IC BD7956FS chip from the new board i bought, and mi question is simple, i like to know (if someone already desolder this chip) if the IC BD7956FS chip is soldered and glued to the moterboard or is just soldered, and i realy aprecciate any advice, thanks, federico
PS: sorry for mi english
Hi Federico,
Yes, I looked at ROHM's (maker of that IC chip) website a while ago and they say the IC chip BD7956FS controls motors. From what I know it is only soldered. by "glued", you must mean married/keyed?
thanks for the fast responce, when i sayd glued, i mean if it has some adecive betwen the chip and the board, becouse many of the surface mounted chips have it, by the way what do you think about the problem i have?, do you think it could be a BD7956FS problem? any advice will be apreciated, thnaks, federico
I doubt that the BD7956FS is glued. Since it would "swallow" discs after you swapped controller boards, this means that there isn't a problem with the internal mechanism.
So in your case I do believe the BD7956FS may be causing this. Or perhaps there is another IC on the controller board that manages disc swallowing? I don't know. But if you feel confident about soldering you can give it a try, just be precise, and make sure to tell us about your results.
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rwoo1
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26. August 2008 @ 20:47 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by grazyc:
Hi, just wondered if all of you guys are getting the loading bubble on the xmb (top right hand corner of screen) when a disc is inserted.
The system I bought was 2nd hand with the fault 'will not load games', I thought it may be easy to fix!
When it arrived I found it had probably already been taken apart (no sticker). I have since changed the laser with no improvement, it still takes the disc and spins but I never see the bubble. I'm still thinking about trying a new IC on the controller board but wonder if the previous owner may of swapped the board and mine is faulty/ not original. Could this be the reason why I dont get the bubble and the laser made no difference?
If it takes the disc, mounts it, and the disc spins, do not bother replacing the IC chip. Do you know which firmware you got this console with? If you replaced the laser to no avail, you might want to return that laser and ask if Sony will repair your console. As of yet we haven't found a way around the controller board problems so Sony is regrettably the best option when replacing drive components fails.
I agree no one has given a good answer around the controller board. People say you can not do it but they really offer no proof that you can't. I had the bubble, it would load the disk but the game would not show up. I replaced the laser and still this did not help. I finally gave up and sent the PS3 back to Sony. Sony repaired my console even though I took off my warranty sticker.
I am not so convinced from some of us are experiencing it is related to the laser. I starting to belive Sony has a serious software problem with the updates that they are not telling anypone. It's a shame you can not go back to an earlier version of system software like a computer to see if the update caused the problem. They even admit on their website there was a problem with an update.
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Ryan4069
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26. August 2008 @ 22:02 |
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Originally posted by federicob:
thanks for the fast responce, when i sayd glued, i mean if it has some adecive betwen the chip and the board, becouse many of the surface mounted chips have it, by the way what do you think about the problem i have?, do you think it could be a BD7956FS problem? any advice will be apreciated, thnaks, federico
Glued? No. Some of the components are ball grid arrays or are leadless packages. They are definitely not glued.
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grazyc
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27. August 2008 @ 14:24 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by grazyc:
Hi, just wondered if all of you guys are getting the loading bubble on the xmb (top right hand corner of screen) when a disc is inserted.
The system I bought was 2nd hand with the fault 'will not load games', I thought it may be easy to fix!
When it arrived I found it had probably already been taken apart (no sticker). I have since changed the laser with no improvement, it still takes the disc and spins but I never see the bubble. I'm still thinking about trying a new IC on the controller board but wonder if the previous owner may of swapped the board and mine is faulty/ not original. Could this be the reason why I dont get the bubble and the laser made no difference?
If it takes the disc, mounts it, and the disc spins, do not bother replacing the IC chip. Do you know which firmware you got this console with? If you replaced the laser to no avail, you might want to return that laser and ask if Sony will repair your console. As of yet we haven't found a way around the controller board problems so Sony is regrettably the best option when replacing drive components fails.
Thanks for the fast response.
The firmware was 1.8 or 1.9 can't remember but I thought originally it might of been loaded with a UK firmware on a US unit which caused the problem. This wasn't the case as I did update to 2.0 (US) when it was released, didn't fix problem and havn't updated again since.
I tried to return but as I'm in the UK and have a US unit SONY UK where not interested and the shipping and no receipt meant SONY US would not help.
This means like many of us I know have a nice shinny black useless sculpture sitting in my living room!
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atrac88
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27. August 2008 @ 17:07 |
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I've never quite understood why if Sony can release a firmware that caused a lot of Blu-Ray Drives to fail, why can't they release another one that fixes it?
I can't believe that the firmware that caused the problem for some actually did hardware damage...
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ballagrl
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27. August 2008 @ 17:25 |
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I bought a playstation 3 of my local craigslist to fix, then I get home to realize I won the one I was bidding on online, and didn't want to get hit with the unpaying ebay user so now I have 2 broken ps3 each not reading discs for a different reason.
The first was playing playstation 2 games fine but not blu-ray or ps3 games. Thought i would have to change the laser assembly, cleaned the lens and it works fine.
The second one however, I pretty much screwed up on bad. On this system the disc would not spin. but on the xmb the bubble would be on the top of the screen so I know the laser is trying to read the disc. Upon examination of the other ps3, and through another helpful forum like this, I discovered that the disc was not mounting correctly, which could have been the reason it was not spinning.
btw the forum is http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=658703
very useful information on more about aligning the blu-ray drive
unfortunately I found this a little 2 late, I ordered a new laser assembly to see if that worked, and I guess the owner before me had the screws stripped a little bit so when i tried to unscrew it, there was a loud pop as the assembly moved down slightly, enough to not allow the plastic slider on the left side of the drive to move up.
I could just kick myself for being so stupid...
Now when powered on, the drive shows the blue light that a disc is in there and there is not, and when I hold the eject button for the ten seconds, there is a bunch of loud clicks and pops as the left slider tries to move. ordered a new drive off ebay that everything but the laser works on. This brings my repair costs to about $110 right now, hopefully this will fix it, Ill keep you posted..
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ballagrl
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27. August 2008 @ 17:36 |
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Originally posted by atrac88:
I'm waiting for psxboy to get in more of the KES-400A laser or even the whole assembly. They've removed it from their website though, so that's not a good sign.
Can anyone recommend another place to get them from? Some place that doesn't double the price that psxboy had?
Also, can you replace the KES-400A laser with the 410A? I know, probably a stupid question, but who knows..maybe it would work?
I noticed that they removed it from their playstation 3 parts page, but I actually had the exact page with the kem-400AAA assembly bookmarked, and It was in stock even though It wasn't on the main PSXboy page. I received it and now am waiting on my new blu-ray drive to test it out.
here is the link..
http://www.psxboy.com/348_PS3-Lens-with-Mechanism-KEM-400AAA.html
Its back out of stock again as of the time of this post.
I kept that bookmarked for a while and kept checking every few days until it came back into stock. (which took about 2 weeks of waiting for me, but hopefully it will be shorter for you) You are right about the other prices being too high, and when you factor in shipping on those sites you might as well just pay the $150 to ship it to sony.
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colombo76
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29. August 2008 @ 01:17 |
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hey ballagrl, just curious to see how it works out with psxboy... I bought the same part a couple of weeks ago and they totally screwed me. sent me a corroded pos that had the ribbon header broke off. He tried to say it was damaged during shipping (the part had rust and corrosion) and would refund me if I sent it back... $25 shipping to get $50 back (maybe) F that.
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Vektr
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30. August 2008 @ 18:54 |
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I am also a victim of Sony. Once, playing a game, my 60GB PS3 just froze. I had no other way to power it off other than using the switch in the back. When I turned it back on, the damn drive refused to read any kinds of disks. When inserting a disk, the bubble in the top right of the screen appeared, but that was all that happened. My luck turned out to be even worse when I realized that I misplaced my receipt. Calling up SONY didn't help me much. Due to the lost receipt, they want $150. So, I went online hoping to find an alternative solution. Some sites stated that the lens was dirty. So, following guides, I operated on the BR drive trying to clean the lens. Didn't help.
Judging by this thread, the BR drive has many various complications. I just wanted to know how similar this problem is/was to yours. Honestly I'm not even sure if the 'motor' spins or not. Will buying a replacement help? Thanks in advance.
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Surfaced
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30. August 2008 @ 20:44 |
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Originally posted by Vektr:
I am also a victim of Sony. Once, playing a game, my 60GB PS3 just froze. I had no other way to power it off other than using the switch in the back. When I turned it back on, the damn drive refused to read any kinds of disks. When inserting a disk, the bubble in the top right of the screen appeared, but that was all that happened. My luck turned out to be even worse when I realized that I misplaced my receipt. Calling up SONY didn't help me much. Due to the lost receipt, they want $150. So, I went online hoping to find an alternative solution. Some sites stated that the lens was dirty. So, following guides, I operated on the BR drive trying to clean the lens. Didn't help.
Judging by this thread, the BR drive has many various complications. I just wanted to know how similar this problem is/was to yours. Honestly I'm not even sure if the 'motor' spins or not. Will buying a replacement help? Thanks in advance.
Hey man,
What media formats (CD, DVD, SACD, Blu-ray) have you tried reading?
Regardless, from what I've read so far, and based on how I solved my problem, consoles that freeze during gameplay and refuse to read discs afterwards need a laser replacement. Check if you have a KES-400A or KES-410ACA (the ACA has two lenses), and then purchase a replacement. Should work for you; it did for me.
You can find a thread about my experience and findings here.
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ballagrl
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30. August 2008 @ 22:55 |
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Originally posted by Vektr:
I am also a victim of Sony. Once, playing a game, my 60GB PS3 just froze. I had no other way to power it off other than using the switch in the back. When I turned it back on, the damn drive refused to read any kinds of disks. When inserting a disk, the bubble in the top right of the screen appeared, but that was all that happened. My luck turned out to be even worse when I realized that I misplaced my receipt. Calling up SONY didn't help me much. Due to the lost receipt, they want $150. So, I went online hoping to find an alternative solution. Some sites stated that the lens was dirty. So, following guides, I operated on the BR drive trying to clean the lens. Didn't help.
Judging by this thread, the BR drive has many various complications. I just wanted to know how similar this problem is/was to yours. Honestly I'm not even sure if the 'motor' spins or not. Will buying a replacement help? Thanks in advance.
a quick way to tell if your drive is spinning the disc is to power on and insert the disc, wait a few seconds and eject it. try this a few times. If the graphics on the cd are still in the exact same spot, then the drive is not spinning it.
The other way to tell is to unscrew to blu-ray drive until you are able to take off the top metal cover revealing the little white plastic washer shaped thing with a magnet in the middle that spins the disc, and then make sure the control board is still connected on the bottom of the drive, and check to make sure all of the ribbons and connections are plugged in, then try the same thing. You should be able to see the disc and if its spinning.
Also check to make sure the 2 white plastic pieces on either side of the magnet disc are moving to mount this disc into place. Mine never attempted to mount the disc, hence it never spun.
but based on everything i've been reading so far in this and other forum, more than likely its the laser that needs changing.
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ballagrl
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30. August 2008 @ 23:06 |
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Originally posted by colombo76:
hey ballagrl, just curious to see how it works out with psxboy... I bought the same part a couple of weeks ago and they totally screwed me. sent me a corroded pos that had the ribbon header broke off. He tried to say it was damaged during shipping (the part had rust and corrosion) and would refund me if I sent it back... $25 shipping to get $50 back (maybe) F that.
Yea thats the main thing about dealing with overseas sellers, its hardly worth the hassle to send back defective merchandise. I got ripped once through ebay a while back with a memory card that didn't work as expected (supposed to be 64mb, only ended up being 8).
But anyways, the assembly i received from psxboy seems like it would work ok, I couldn't see any defects. But I guess only time will tell. my new drive should be here in a couple of days for me to test it in, so ill keep you posted. until then, i guess ill just set in on folding at home and at least try to help advance science i guess lol.
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rwoo1
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31. August 2008 @ 10:42 |
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Originally posted by Vektr:
I am also a victim of Sony. Once, playing a game, my 60GB PS3 just froze. I had no other way to power it off other than using the switch in the back. When I turned it back on, the damn drive refused to read any kinds of disks. When inserting a disk, the bubble in the top right of the screen appeared, but that was all that happened. My luck turned out to be even worse when I realized that I misplaced my receipt. Calling up SONY didn't help me much. Due to the lost receipt, they want $150. So, I went online hoping to find an alternative solution. Some sites stated that the lens was dirty. So, following guides, I operated on the BR drive trying to clean the lens. Didn't help.
Judging by this thread, the BR drive has many various complications. I just wanted to know how similar this problem is/was to yours. Honestly I'm not even sure if the 'motor' spins or not. Will buying a replacement help? Thanks in advance.
I never heard of your problem in which you couldn't turn off the machine unless you turned off the switch in the back.
I believe trying to clean the lense is a complete waste of time and money.
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Vektr
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31. August 2008 @ 16:58 |
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Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
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Surfaced
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31. August 2008 @ 17:03 |
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Originally posted by Vektr:
Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
Ok Vektr,
Definitely try replacing the KES-400A (or KES-400ACA). Sounds exactly like the problem I had.
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Vektr
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31. August 2008 @ 17:45 |
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
Ok Vektr,
Definitely try replacing the KES-400A (or KES-400ACA). Sounds exactly like the problem I had.
Thanks alot, I guess. I'll be ordering it as soon as they're in stock. Just wanted to ask: Did you have the exact same situation? I mean, the "game freezing and turning it off with the back switch" situation.
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Vektr
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31. August 2008 @ 17:49 |
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Sorry for the double post.
Where could I get this part cheapest? Looking around, I noticed they range from 50 to 90 dollars... If I just pay little bit more, SONY will repair it 100%.
Edit: Wow, just found one for 110$.
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Surfaced
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31. August 2008 @ 21:07 |
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Originally posted by Vektr:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
Ok Vektr,
Definitely try replacing the KES-400A (or KES-400ACA). Sounds exactly like the problem I had.
Thanks alot, I guess. I'll be ordering it as soon as they're in stock. Just wanted to ask: Did you have the exact same situation? I mean, the "game freezing and turning it off with the back switch" situation.
Yeah thats how mine got that way. The ones that need new controller boards usually got mixed up during a firmware update, but alternatively, the IC chip that controls the motors can be fried. Since your discs mount though, and because (Im assuming) you tested the spindle motor (spins the disc) and corkscrew motor (moves the laser carriage), thats not your problem.
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Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
Ok Vektr,
Definitely try replacing the KES-400A (or KES-400ACA). Sounds exactly like the problem I had.
Thanks alot, I guess. I'll be ordering it as soon as they're in stock. Just wanted to ask: Did you have the exact same situation? I mean, the "game freezing and turning it off with the back switch" situation.
Yeah thats how mine got that way. The ones that need new controller boards usually got mixed up during a firmware update, but alternatively, the IC chip that controls the motors can be fried. Since your discs mount though, and because (Im assuming) you tested the spindle motor (spins the disc) and corkscrew motor (moves the laser carriage), thats not your problem.
NOT TRUE!!!!!!!
mine stopped during GTA4 about 2 or 3 times the first week i got the game. and i dont remember what the firmware was that was out. i dont tink it was 2.40 yet. but if there are cases of sony taking it back, why would you even bother to try yourself... i did and when i was done with the new lense, all i got was the ability to play blu-ray media. what i say is see if sony will take it back. if all else fails, do not give them your serial number name or address and keep calling until they do take it back. there are people in this thread that claimed to have it repaired. i have yet to call and see if they will take mine without a warrenty sticker. and also i was a duma ss and i broke the connector that hold the ribbon in for the media card reader. but i will call them eventually. BUT SEE IF SONY WILL TAKE IT BACK FOR FREE BEFORE YOU TRY ANYTHING YOURSELF!!!
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Surfaced
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31. August 2008 @ 22:22 |
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Originally posted by 561427:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Originally posted by Surfaced:
Originally posted by Vektr:
Surfaced: It refused to read ANY kind of disk. DVDs, BR, regular CDs. All it did was a show the loading bubble when I inserted a disk, but that was all. And yeah, I'd rather spend 50$ for a replacement laser, than pay a 150 bucks more to SONY. Just hope it will help. And is it easy to replace the laser with the old one? I mean I didn't have any complications taking the BR Drive apart, so it shouldn't be a problem I guess.
ballagrl: I tried what you told me, and now I see the disk isn't spinning at all... (inserted it and took it out, and it was in the same position.) So the issues is in the motor? or in the lens? What should I replace?? I'm a bit confused.
rwoo1: I seen this issue all over the official PS3 forums. So much about SONY's talks on "small failure rates".
Cleaning the lens didn't waste any of my time, nor money. Took me about half an hour to take it apart and see what's what. All I used was a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol.
Ok Vektr,
Definitely try replacing the KES-400A (or KES-400ACA). Sounds exactly like the problem I had.
Thanks alot, I guess. I'll be ordering it as soon as they're in stock. Just wanted to ask: Did you have the exact same situation? I mean, the "game freezing and turning it off with the back switch" situation.
Yeah thats how mine got that way. The ones that need new controller boards usually got mixed up during a firmware update, but alternatively, the IC chip that controls the motors can be fried. Since your discs mount though, and because (Im assuming) you tested the spindle motor (spins the disc) and corkscrew motor (moves the laser carriage), thats not your problem.
NOT TRUE!!!!!!!
mine stopped during GTA4 about 2 or 3 times the first week i got the game. and i dont remember what the firmware was that was out. i dont tink it was 2.40 yet. but if there are cases of sony taking it back, why would you even bother to try yourself... i did and when i was done with the new lense, all i got was the ability to play blu-ray media. what i say is see if sony will take it back. if all else fails, do not give them your serial number name or address and keep calling until they do take it back. there are people in this thread that claimed to have it repaired. i have yet to call and see if they will take mine without a warrenty sticker. and also i was a duma ss and i broke the connector that hold the ribbon in for the media card reader. but i will call them eventually. BUT SEE IF SONY WILL TAKE IT BACK FOR FREE BEFORE YOU TRY ANYTHING YOURSELF!!!
He's right, you could try that. Sounding really angry (or sad??) might make your chances better too lol.
If they don't repair it for free though, don't pay them either....
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1. September 2008 @ 13:32 |
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I've seen different replacement lasers. KES-400AAA & KEM-400AAA... How do I know which one is compatible with my drive? I'm also sure it's not the 2 laser one. And what's a good place to purchase one?
I've seen some on e-bay. I'm wondering is it safe to buy from there? The user has almost 100% positive feedback...
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