My ps3 stopped reading discs. :(

[king_of_the_castle]

makingmusic476 said:

Blaiyan said:

makingmusic476 said:

Blaiyan said:
I went through two DRE issues with the ps2 so I really don't like hearing it about the ps3. I hope you get everything worked out.

The problem with the ps2 was the lens going out of alignment. It was possible to fix it yourself, if you had the balls to try.

This problem seems to be with the drive motor dying, and it seems to be happening primarily with launch units. That's what I get for being an early adopter. ^^

With my track record on fixing things it would've just made it worst. I could've taken better care of them though. It happened with my first ps1 too. I would've taken them to a repair shop but getting the second smaller versions was easier to me.

I hear ya.  Iopened up my ps2 once, looked around a bit, then said "screw it" and brought it to a local repair shop, not realizing that Sony would've fixed it for free.  I forked over $60 for the repair and a nother $40 to get a warranty, only to have these losers to simply blow air in the drive bay 3-4 times before they finally just gave me someone else's refurb.  The whole thing took over two months. :|

I fixed my PS2 DRE with some rubbing alcohol and q-tips, took it apart until I got to the lens in the dvd player and then swabbed it a few times, it's worked like new ever since.