Technical Help

[deadbluray]

forget what it says when you get files corrupt, they always say that and apparently aways will whatever you do, so what you are dealing with is just a dying laser

having been doing some testing of drives and lasers for another thread on here, you can just get away with fitting a new laser unit, they are available on Ebay, HongKong sellers have them for about £35, UK sellers for £44, this is for the single lens unit, i guess you have that, its only a matter of taking the top cover off the drive unit, 5 screws plus take off the little disc sensor, then you have access to the laser

P/N for single laser is KES 400AAA

if you get a laser, come back on here and i will tell you how to fit it, or check YouTube as i'm sure there are guides on there

[TTDegs]

I used this link
http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-games-ps3/70948-un-official-ps3-laser-replacement-manual-video.html
when I replaced mine

Make sure you double check which lens unit you have - the key is to look at how many laser lenses there are

but yes, the symptoms of being able to read PS2 games and DVDs whilst not reading PS3 games / blu-rays is common.
The drive uses 2 lasers (even if you just have 1 lens) - a red one for DVDs and PS2, and a blue one for blu-rays and PS3 games.

[wancandan]

thanks guys. it is the single laser i have, i will buy one next wednesday. i will do a search on google to see if i could find one in the ayrshire or glasgow area before i go to ebay. i will keep you all posted. an the bright side, at least i get a chance to play some old ps2 games again....lol.

[TTDegs]

welcome, and good luck

I got mine through ebay, but after a LOT of reading of feedback comments
unfortunately, whilst the seller was in the UK and cheap(ish), others (with less viable feedback or 'hiding' [VERY small print] the fact that they weren't really UK based) were cheaper - and the guy I bought from has since ceased trading, so I can't even pass on his details

[deadbluray]

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wancandan wrote:

thanks guys. it is the single laser i have, i will buy one next wednesday. i will do a search on google to see if i could find one in the ayrshire or glasgow area before i go to ebay. i will keep you all posted. an the bright side, at least i get a chance to play some old ps2 games again....lol.

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when you've fixed your PS3 is there any chance you could send me the old laser unit so i can test it, obviously i will pay for postage costs etc

let me know if this is possible

[phil_stu]

My third reconditioned ps3 has yellow light of death again,3 in 6 months this has went to far,it's like they're ment to break, so raging

[Henderston]

This is exactly what happened to mine.

I bought a PS3 on release day (60GB, backwards compatible, etc.) and it ran fine until March 2011. It then decided to break and I got a refurbished one sent out. This one lasted approximately four months. Then it broke. The refurbished one they sent out broke after two months, and the one they sent out to replace that just broke after one month.

It is mental.