ASapps wrote:Same problem here as well
PS3 firmware update 3.01 and no BluRay, DVD or CD since - everything else works fine. Is it time for an XBOX elite?
You can buy a 360 if you want but it has a massive chance of breaking on it's own, or you could get another ps3 and hope Sony don't brick it again
An update to my issue, as I also suffered (as said in a previous post)
One new laser and deck found on Ebay, £60 and free delivery later. I repair my 60GB launch console.
It's now back up and running.
If Sony have stated in an article that they didn't test the newer firmwares on the older launch console, then they are accepting liability and should be now providing a service to replair all consoles in and out of warranty with this blu-ray issue at their own cost.
FOC_Reaper wrote:An update to my issue, as I also suffered (as said in a previous post)
One new laser and deck found on Ebay, £60 and free delivery later. I repair my 60GB launch console.
It's now back up and running.
If Sony have stated in an article that they didn't test the newer firmwares on the older launch console, then they are accepting liability and should be now providing a service to replair all consoles in and out of warranty with this blu-ray issue at their own cost.
THAT is VERY interesting 
was it a complete deck, or 'just' the matchbox sized laser unit?
If it was just the laser unit, that (unfortunately) might throw some cold water on some (but not all) of the theories...
TTDegs wrote:
FOC_Reaper wrote:An update to my issue, as I also suffered (as said in a previous post)
One new laser and deck found on Ebay, £60 and free delivery later. I repair my 60GB launch console.
It's now back up and running.
If Sony have stated in an article that they didn't test the newer firmwares on the older launch console, then they are accepting liability and should be now providing a service to replair all consoles in and out of warranty with this blu-ray issue at their own cost.
THAT is VERY interesting
was it a complete deck, or 'just' the matchbox sized laser unit?
If it was just the laser unit, that (unfortunately) might throw some cold water on some (but not all) of the theories...
Is it a straight swap? Or is the board and drive "married"?
Namorodo wrote:
TTDegs wrote:
FOC_Reaper wrote:An update to my issue, as I also suffered (as said in a previous post)
One new laser and deck found on Ebay, £60 and free delivery later. I repair my 60GB launch console.
It's now back up and running.
If Sony have stated in an article that they didn't test the newer firmwares on the older launch console, then they are accepting liability and should be now providing a service to replair all consoles in and out of warranty with this blu-ray issue at their own cost.
THAT is VERY interesting
was it a complete deck, or 'just' the matchbox sized laser unit?
If it was just the laser unit, that (unfortunately) might throw some cold water on some (but not all) of the theories...
Is it a straight swap? Or is the board and drive "married"?
from memory, when I did mine a few months back, there is a circuit board mounted on or in (model dependant) the blu ray drive, and it is this board that is married to the PS3.
you can buy 'just' replacement lens kits, which are about the size of a matchbook, or you can also get the same lens kit pre-mounted on the rails - which looks like it ought to make the job a lot easier, but actually (apparently) doesn't.
The 'full' kit includes some of the motors - I think.
if the f/w really is pushing the BD beyond its limits, my personal view is that it would be moving parts which would be most likely to be the area of fail - ie the motors that move the laser head back and fore, or maybe the one that spins the disc itself.
Alternatively, it could be that the extra heat is causing the laser itself to burn out - but this feels (to me) to be somewhat less likely.
TTDegs wrote:
Namorodo wrote:
TTDegs wrote:
FOC_Reaper wrote:An update to my issue, as I also suffered (as said in a previous post)
One new laser and deck found on Ebay, £60 and free delivery later. I repair my 60GB launch console.
It's now back up and running.
If Sony have stated in an article that they didn't test the newer firmwares on the older launch console, then they are accepting liability and should be now providing a service to replair all consoles in and out of warranty with this blu-ray issue at their own cost.
THAT is VERY interesting
was it a complete deck, or 'just' the matchbox sized laser unit?
If it was just the laser unit, that (unfortunately) might throw some cold water on some (but not all) of the theories...
Is it a straight swap? Or is the board and drive "married"?
from memory, when I did mine a few months back, there is a circuit board mounted on or in (model dependant) the blu ray drive, and it is this board that is married to the PS3.
you can buy 'just' replacement lens kits, which are about the size of a matchbook, or you can also get the same lens kit pre-mounted on the rails - which looks like it ought to make the job a lot easier, but actually (apparently) doesn't.
The 'full' kit includes some of the motors - I think.
if the f/w really is pushing the BD beyond its limits, my personal view is that it would be moving parts which would be most likely to be the area of fail - ie the motors that move the laser head back and fore, or maybe the one that spins the disc itself.
Alternatively, it could be that the extra heat is causing the laser itself to burn out - but this feels (to me) to be somewhat less likely.
Well if your ps3 isn't making any noise when you put a disc in it most likely is the moving part that's broken because that's where the noise comes from
It's just like if you held a ps1 disc instead of letting it spin it wouldn't read the disc.......
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