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By Mateen
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I have been through this three times, and it has been a pain. So hopefully this tutorial/guide will help you out a bit. So what happens when your PS3’s BD fails? Well, obviously it won’t read discs, and if it does, it is usually for a short period of time, before it locks up. You are probably bummed out, but don’t worry, we will get it up running soon.

You always want to make sure it isn't just the game! Try MULTIPLE discs that you have.

So first thing first, you want to backup ALL data, it is always a good idea.


Prep

Fortunately, sometimes you can fix this issue by doing a full restore of your PS3. Don’t ask me why, but this has worked for friends, and many others. Make sure you do the full 3 hour one, not the one that takes a few minutes. If that didn’t work, your issue is definitely hardware related.

Option 1

If you have a warranty, go ahead and send it to Sony, this is the best option as it is Free! But, chances are you don’t have a receipt, or it has been over a year. Keep in mind that you can still send it in for Sony for $150 if you are out of warranty.…and they will send you a refurbished unit w/ a 90 day warranty.


If you don’t want to send it to Sony, there are alternatives..
Anything beyond this point will void your warranty! (Chances are you are already out of it anyway )

Option 2
I would recommend you open your PS3 up and clean the lens a bit. Use a cue tip with a tad bit of rubbing alcohol.

If you don’t know what you are doing, or don’t want do mess anything up, then DON’T DO IT! I can’t stress this enough, if you aren’t good with these types of things, your best bet is to go with Sony’s $150 replacement.

Option 3
Now cleaning the lens didn’t work, you will need a new Blu-Ray Drive assembly. Here is a chart for what you need to buy. Just ebay/google the your KEM part #. You can find these parts for about $70-$80 shipped.
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Option 4
Sell your PS3 as-is on ebay, collect your losses, and get a slim for $299.


So to summarize


1)Restore your PS3- (if that doesn’t work)
2)Send to Sony if you are in warranty ($0)
3)Clean your lens (if that doesn’t work)
4)Replace the part (if you don’t want to do that) ($70-$80)
5)Last Resort is Send it to Sony for $150.
6)If you have a Fat PS3, I would sell that As-Is and buy a slim.

If you have an questions, PM me, or post them here. I will try to help you out to the best of my ability.

If you found this useful, please rep/thank.

I wish i would have read this b4 ****ing up my whole ps3 and having to buy a new one :FU:

welli have found out the hard way that kicking the bejesus outta it dont work

trying to fix my myself. hopefully it works.

My ps3 doesnt read blurays.It only reads dvds?So are lens dirty or does the ps3 have 2 different drives? 1 for bluray and 1 for dvd..maybe the bluray laser is messed up and the dvd aint

thanks i'll remember this

how do u do the 3 hour restore

Ok so my ps3 recently stopped reading discs. But im not sure its this issue. The problem with my ps3 is that its not that it wont read discs its that it freezes them

Lets say im playing MW2 and after every match my ps3 will freeze. Then later it will stop showing up on my XMB like its not reading it.

I did a full restore of the PS3 and i cleaned the blu ray lens (i think) My lens looked like this:

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I didnt know which one to clean so i cleaned them both since all the guides show the old laser.

Now when i try to play again the same shit keeps happening. Is my entire blu ray drive dead? Cause it still reads the disc.

option 4 the best...