| mundus6 said: My PS3 is from 2008, have not YLOD but my drive has broken down once, when i was out of warranty to boot. So i now have a PS3 which doesn't play discs and i am waiting for the price to go down before i buy a new one, most games are on 360 anyway. |
This pretty much goes out to anyone who has a PS3 with a broken BD drive; check on Ebay or even third party PS3 remanufacturers for replacement BD drives.
The original drives that shipped in the 60 GB units shouldn't cost a penny more than $100, less if you shop around.
The replacement process is extremely simple unlike a YLoD repair that basically requires stripping the console down to a bare motherboard before you even start with the reflow process.
All you have to do is remove the cover (T6 torx security screw), 8 or so Philip's head screws and you have access to the BD drive which has two ribbon connectors and pops right out (no screws). Granted, I've disassembled/reassembled various PS3s maybe 20 times or more, it would take me about 5-10 minutes to do the swap; closer to 5 if I was deliberately working fast.
