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Current version by Brian, mayer, and oldturkey03 (vote details), Aug 19 2012

Title:

replacing the ps3 blue ray mechanism

Text:

Hello All,

I have a ps3 (the big chunky one).

40GB hard drive. upgraded the hdd to 200gb, quite comfortably.

approx 2 weeks now the ps3 has stopped reading game discs.

I have a spare blue ray cd/dvd rom drive in one of the desktop pc's.

I was wondering (or more like) wanted to ask...

is the blue ray mechanism (in the ps 3) same as the dvd/cd blue ray mechanism?

to save few pounds i was wondering if i should take out and dismantle the pc blue ray cd/dvd rom and then replace it in the ps3?

any help or shedding some light on this issue will be much appreciated.

Device:

PlayStation 3

Tags:

blue-ray, playstation 3

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

Edit by Brett Hartt, Dec 17 2010

Title:

replacing the ps3 blue ray mechanism

Text:

Hello All,

I have a ps3 (the big chunky one).

40GB hard drive. upgraded the hdd to 200gb, quite comfortably.

approx 2 weeks now the ps3 has stopped reading game discs.

I have a spare blue ray cd/dvd rom drive in one of the desktop pc's.

I was wondering (or more like) wanted to ask...

is the blue ray mechanism (in the ps 3) same as the dvd/cd blue ray mechanism?

to save few pounds i was wondering if i should take out and dismantle the pc blue ray cd/dvd rom and then replace it in the ps3?

any help or shedding some light on this issue will be much appreciated.

Device:

Tags:

blue-ray, playstation 3

Status:

open

Original post by clark, Dec 13 2010

Title:

replacing the ps3 blue ray mechanism

Text:

Hello All,

I have a ps3 (the big chunky one).

40GB hard drive. upgraded the hdd to 200gb, quite comfortably.

approx 2 weeks now the ps3 has stopped reading game discs.

I have a spare blue ray cd/dvd rom drive in one of the desktop pc's.

I was wondering (or more like) wanted to ask...

is the blue ray mechanism (in the ps 3) same as the dvd/cd blue ray mechanism?

to save few pounds i was wondering if i should take out and dismantle the pc blue ray cd/dvd rom and then replace it in the ps3?

any help or shedding some light on this issue will be much appreciated.

Device:

PlayStation 3 - blue ray dvd replacement

Tags:

blue-ray, playstation 3

Status:

open