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    Default PS3 will not read any discs??

    Hi Guys,
    My ps3 60gb will no read any discs. Was working fine a few days ago because i watched a blu-ray movie...now will not read anything, bd movies, dvd movies, games....nothing. It does not have any error messages, just does not know the disc is in the drive. any ideas?
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    does it accept the disc and not read it?

    did u upgrade to 2.40?

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    yep, disc goes in and blue light flashes but then does nothing. i have tried turning auto load on/off and rebooting, but nothing

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    time to go back to sony i think mate

    last ditch effort reformat hard disk but i doubt that'll fix it

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    Try a music cd. Wouldnt be surprised that its a dead laser.
    What would you do if your server was stolen or failed beyond repair?
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    thanks guys... i just got the service number from their website....will call monday

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    seems to be getting more common this
    did it happen after you did a system upgrade ?

    i have now had quite a few of these come to me , the icon for reading is there , but you get no drive icon to choose at all , it will not recognise any disak at all and will not give any error message
    Also if you listen , the drive is not spinning at all

    there are four things which could be wrong

    firmware update has shagged it (did this to my own jap ps3 , no fix I know of yet) everything is ok though just a firmware issue

    The spindle drive is stuffed (unlikely but have seen just the one) , test it on an independant psu or batteries)

    the laser controller chip is dead , yes guys the dreaded BA/LA is back with the PS3 , I have repaired a few of these the chip to look for is BD7956FS

    and also the laser itself could have fried , now i have no idea why this is happening also after f/w updates , but have had a few machines that have died after playing cod4 , they do the update , play the game , switch the machine off , and next time they try to play nothing .Replacing the laser has worked on some but not all machines , maybe about 40%

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    All laser faults down my way Oz....same sympton(no spin)
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    ljay , you seen any with the dead controller chip ? i have done 5 or 6 of these now
    but generally I find the ps3 a very stable machine
    In terms of reliability , I would put the consoles in this order

    1 . nintendo Wii , nearly bulletproof
    2 . PS3 , very relaible , but like anything electrical does have certain issues
    3 . Xbox 360 , need i say anything about this

    that is just my opinion as someone that repairs the things all the time and I am going by how many I get in for repair with the same issues and level of difficulty of the repair

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    I did the firmware update about a month ago. Not sure what version it was as i have now formatted the hard drive. When i inserted a disc there was no icon at all. There was also no hard drive activity when it was inserted. I just did nothing as if no disc was inserted. I called the tech support and they told me to do the usual stuff ie. hard reset, system restore and finally format the hard drive. But still no go. The guy i spoke to told me that even though it is out of warranty they are still honoring all ps3 warranties till further notice, so i'm guessing it is fairly widespread. I have to call back tomorrow to organize repair/exchange or whatever they are going to do with it. Thanks for all the help

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    hi there to all, i did a update to my 60gig ps3 to play a game that needed later firmware.all went fine with the update, but now no icon or loading of any type of media.i was pissed off.sent it to sony 6 weeks later $395 fixed price repair,they said they had to reflash the unit.
    not happy jan. p.s. only 3 months warranty with the repair.

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    so where can i get my ps3 fixed and how much should it cost.

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    so where can i get my ps3 fixed and how much should it cost.

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    pm ozchips

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