I had this same issue last year. I was unable to play Blu-ray and DVD's. The Blu-ray drive is defective, and it needs to be replaced. If the console is under warranty, send it back to Sony and they will repair the console. Otherwise, they will charge you $150 service charge. Its usually a two week waiting period between the time you call and the time the console gets returned.

My PS3 is over 2 year and its blu ray drive went out. I was able to replace it myself. I wish I had known about this web site then I would have made a guide.

My drive would accept DVDs & Blu Rays but wouldn't play them, found my replacement at MCM electronics, I got the laser & rail KEM-400AAA, this part is easier since the you don't have to remove the laser.

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Your PS3 Should still be in warranty, so if you have not opened the machine your should be able to get it repaired by sony.

Sounds like a hardware issue if the drive is not even spinning up.

On my PS3, the ejection mechanism skipped a gear because my 2 year old pushed too hard to put a disc in.

The result looked like it accepted the disc but would never play it. Then it would sit there until you ejected it.

I was 3 months out of warranty and didn't like the $150 repair option with a 90 day warranty for the repair, so I took it apart, inserted a disc, watched it not take it in all the way, then moved the ejection mechanism back one tooth on both sides.

Problem solved.

My son's PS3 had the same problem with reading disc's. It seems to be fine now after a full system re-install / restore.

I don't remember how we did it in the menu system but it has worked now for over a month. You loose all your saved user data but I think once you log in you re-download it.

Hope this helps.

Have you taken it apart? It could be a loose cable or something

I agree with mobileease. Make sure your device is NOT under a warranty, because if you open the PS3 you will void whatever warranty it is under.

If it is NOT under any type of warranty, it is most likely a defective optical drive, as the discs are not spinning up and neither media is being read.

Does the drive inject and eject discs?

I got my ps3 40gb a couple of days ago and i traded my xbox 360 for it. It was working fine till today i finished watching a movie i downloaded to it and tried to play a game it would not load it would take it in but would not load i turned my ps3 off a couple times from the back and it worked for a little bit then i turnes it off to get ready for work and come back to turn it on and check and see if it would still work and it stopped working again i need help does anyone know what to do i dont have any money

I had this problem; took the thing apart, blew the dust out of it... it worked for a while then stopped. Decided to try a laser cleaner CD. That fixed it. No problems since then. (Try the cleaner BEFORE taking it apart / sending it back to the manufacturer, etc) Mine did not sound like it was spinning up.

your blu-ray laser needs

replaced

Reload the OS takes care of a lot of these issues. Just Try it!!!

When I turn on my ps3 320gb it tries to eject a disc but it doesn't eject it and then when i get on my account the game doesn't appear. This all happened after I played a Blueray DvD in it. Any solutions or problems that it might be?