PlayStation®3 Technical Help

[jonscone1]

hiya my ps3 slim 160gb disc drive has broke warranty ran out etc can i take that out and swap it for this?

Hitachi 80GB 80 GB 2.5" Sata Laptop Hard Disc Drive HDD

or does it have to be 160gb or higher thanks

[SurrealNightmare]

The disc drive and HDD are 2 completely different things.

[jonscone1]

yes my hdd is fine its the disc drive that has broke can you reccomend any i can use this is the link for the 1 i mentioned thanks for looking that is if i done it right ha ha
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hitachi-80GB-80-GB-2-5-Sata-Laptop-Hard-Disc-Drive-HDD-1-Year-Warranty?ite...

[GraphiteGB]

If your HDD is fine then Stop posting links To HDDs, lol

BD drive or HDD time to make your mind up.

If its BD drive it can't be replaced with out lots of Sony level engineer skills.

The slims BD drive electronics is paired to PS3 motherboard they can't be replaced if faulty

BD laser

for BD drive can be replaced if you have the skills.

As for HDD 80GB for £27 is a bit expensive. you should be able to get 120GB 2.5 laptop HDD for £27.

[That_Soton]

erm dude a hdd isnt the part were u put the disk in hdd is the hard drive

[That_Soton]

you wont be able to replace it either remember a hard disk drive isnt the right part

[jonscone1]

ok its the bit were i put the disc in it stopped working and i have took that out and need a new 1 any1 know were i can get 1 online fairly cheap well missin playing my games thanks

[GraphiteGB · Accepted solution]

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jonscone1 wrote:

ok its the bit were i put the disc in it stopped working and i have took that out and need a new 1 any1 know were i can get 1 online fairly cheap well missin playing my games thanks

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BD drive as a single Unit CAN NOT be replaced By normal Joe public.

You can replace the laser carriage unit. The bit that reads the BD/DVD/CDs.

This means Total disassembly of not only the PS3 but also the BD drives sealed unit.

As posted earlier BD protection system of the PS3 means the Chips inside the BD drive hardware are paired with the motherboard of the PS3. This is a digital protection system that causes any other BD drive to be ignored by the motherboard. This is because each pairing is unique to every unit.  

[jonscone1]

hi can i not put a different disc drive in from an different ps3 slim??

[GraphiteGB]

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jonscone1 wrote:

hi can i not put a different disc drive in from an different ps3 slim??

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Nope won't work. 

Each BD drive is Digitaly encoded to only work with that Single PS3 motherboard.