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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 have the 40gb model (bought it in August 200

Before my PS3 wouldn't read any discs so i had to reformat my PS3 and its working again

Heres what i did:

Go to Settings>System Settings>Restore PS3™ System

(Took about an hour or two to complete)

i dont know if it will work and you should backup your ps3

How to Backup:

Go to Settings>System Settings>Backup Utility

(You cannot back up your trophy information using the backup utility feature. If you want to save trophy information, it is recommended that you create a PlayStation®Network account and save the information on the PlayStation®Network server. To back up your trophy information on the PlayStation®Network server, select Game>Trophy Collection, press the Triangle button, and then select [Sync with Server] from the options menu.)

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ha ha ha ps2 games who wants to playps2 games wen they have a ps3 who cares bout ps2 the graphics are lame buy a slim line 60g is the worst 4 yellow light of death every one knows that i got it on mine then got it fixed and it broke a month later did this 4 times so i bought a slimline and never had a problem

this helped me thanks +rep

tried all recovery stuff, laser died playing mw2 should hopefully be back repaired friday

this happened to a friend of mine

What I did is: (Worked fined!)

1- Make sure your Ps3 is off with the RED Light ON
2- Hold the sleep buttom for 5 seconds (Your PS3 should go, ON and OFF)
3- Hold it again for 5 seconds after PS3 is back on sleep mode
4- Make sure you hear 4 beeps as in the following: (Beep-...-Beep...-BeepBeep)
5- Let it go. Connect your controller with your USB, and restore every thing...

thanks alot

This happened to me, but I just bought a slim. I really want to trade my PS3 in at game so I thought this seemed like a good set of ideas, thanks

luckily this has never happened to me