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Arcturus on 19 June 2013
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zuvuyeay said:
Arcturus said:
ghettoglamour said:
@Arcturus; Thanks for the update. Any news on your PS3?

Downloaded games and DVDs run just fine, so I've narrowed it down to a failing blu-ray laser. I really don't want to drop close to $300 for a new PS3, so I'm going to attempt to have it repaired. I've found someone in my area that can swap out the blu-ray laser assembly for a new one for $100. It's cheaper and quicker than sending it out to Sony's official repair service, which costs about $160.


i know it isn't really helpful,but i've had 2 lasers go on me and it eventually bricks after the laser goes even though you can still play downloads,even though this was the 60gb,

sometimes its best to put the money in a new one but depends how much you have spare i guess

I've heard that most fat PS3s are ticking time bombs, I'm just hoping that this fix will give my PS3 another year of life. There are still PS3 games to be played before the PS4 arrives. But that's partially why I'm a bit reluctant to buy I brand new PS3. There are only a handful of PS3 games left that I want to purchase, and I expect a price drop on the PS3 soonish.