Spec wrote:

After buying my 60gig PS3 and enjoying it, the PS3's BR drive stopped responding. This happened almost 7 months after the purchase. How this happened: I was playing NBA Live 08 and then, in the middle of a match, the game froze. The PS Button wasn't responding, neither was the "On/Off" sensor button. I ended up turning it off with the good ole switch in the back. When turning it back on, I realized it wasn't reading any kind of disk.

Anyways, after browsing around, it turns out I'm not the only one to whom this has happened. Actually there was alot of people suffering from this. Sony said it will repair it and send it back. But, unlucky as I am, the receipt was misplaced! To repair it without the warranty, it's about 200$, I believe. I'm currently broke and don't have any money to spare on gaming.

So, the question is: Has anyone here ever resolved this manually with success? By taking it apart or something...

Thanks in advance.

turning off the ps3 through the switch is why that happened... its basically like pulling the plug while its still on that switch is the power cut off... if your ps3 gets stuck just hold the power button on the system for like 5 to 10 sec it will beep and eventually turn off... always turn off the system manually before hitting the switch in the back... and its 150 this happened to my friend about a month ago though his didnt freeze he just always turns it off by the switch in the back while the games are running. SO TO ALL PS3 USERS DO NOT TURN THE SYSTEM OFF WITH THE SWITCH IN THE BACK IF THE PS3 IS STILL ON! or it will ruin your br drive!!!!

Powerslave wrote:

That's why I put my receipts in the empty boxes, then put them in a cupboard.    Hell, I laminated my PS3 receipt...  I got a 2-year warranty, which is up this November...

I do the same.

Powerslave wrote:

If it won't read DVD, or Audio, then you got a serious problem, and can only be repaired.  I thought there was someone out there replacing BR-Ds for PS3s, not sure, but they have to be just as bad to replace, if not worse, than Xbox360 DVD drives.  You'll have to look around.

Yeah my local computer fair does it some guy fixes pcs, laptops, ps1s, ps2s, xbox's, xbox 360s, psps, wii's and ps3s and my mate had his fixed for £50 thats about $100 hes really cheap .

I've always turned off with the switch at the back with PS2 and on PS3....though I exit the game on the PS3 first before switching off. I'm pretty sure Sony made the option available on purpose.

Yea I pretty much have the same problem. My drive will not respond at all and I have a disc stuck in there now. I kind of lucked out because I went to do an update and the system won't do anything. It won't finish the update or go back to the xmb. So I called Sony and they said that they can replace the whole system for $150.

Hey jackass (that makes me sound like a dick) a driver is software.  The Blu-ray DRIVE is hardware.  It seems to be a common mistake in this thread.  If your PS3 is completely not responding to anything, the PS button, the power sensor, etc., your only choice is to flip the switch/ unplug it.  Mine did this during an update in the middle of the night.  I kept it on all day and called Sony and they said flip the switch.  I wasn't so sure but I did.  Hey, if it broke they told me to so it's their fault.  Turned it back on and it finished updating.  If it's totally frozen then it may be fine to turn it off like that.  But while it's running fine, executing code, it's not a bright idea.