Thanks for the help, that website is the first one that comes up when you search in google. Because of this, I've already read it. I appreciate the effort though. One thing we are going to try is to put a different harddrive in his PS3 and see if there is still the error and the freezing. If it is a firmware corruption error, then probably only sony will be able to fix. If it really is a Blu-ray laser failure then any 3rd-party repair shop would probably work. Any other suggestions very welcome.








