it's not completely dead or it wouldn't read disc at all correct?

It will load a game sometimes, but only after a ALOT of tries, it did work for a little bit after I vacuumed it & used a lens disc cleaner.

so you don't think I should take it apart & clean it?
will Sony still fix it even after I take it apart?

Don't know about Blu-Ray Movies (Don't own one), but it plays games every once in awhile.

It will play DVD's & CD's on the first try, but games are a different story.
The game spins & shows loading icon, but most of the time it never catches.

What if I take it apart, clean it & it still doesn't work, will Sony fix it for me (for $ of course) if it's been taken apart?

FamilyGuy1 wrote:

It's like a scary/ghost story.


If you do take it apart don't f it up. Even if you can't afford or don't want to pay for sony to fix its still got other functions worth having one for like media streaming, internet browser, upscaling dvd player and still plays psn games and demos. I say this cuz some dude pretty much destroyed his PS3 trying to fix it himself, though i doubt anyone on this site would be so careless.

lol yeah I know not to mess it up, but thanks for the advice

my question is if I take it apart, clean it, put it back together perfectly & it doesn't fix the issue, will Sony still fix it for me?

UPDATE

For anyone who is having the same problems as me & wondering what happened with mine...

well I decided to take it apart & much to my surprise it worked perfectly!
I did the same thing on a friends ps3 & cleaning the blu-ray lens fixed his also.
so there is no need to send it to sony or replace the blu-ray drive,
if your ps3 isn't reading games or blu-rays TAKE IT APART, clean the lens & save your money.
i'm not really a tech savvy person, but it was surprisingly easy

use this video for a guide >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSYYmYXg … re=related

WARNING:
if you take your ps3 apart sony will not touch it even if you pay them (thats what I was told when I called them)

Last edited by Nothingface420 (2009-09-25 01:17:39)

lemywinks wrote:

i had the same exact problem your having. trust me it will just get worse and eventually not read blu-ray's at all.  but i did get an extra 6 months out of it by tearing it apart and cleaning the lens about every 2-3 weeks.  the last time it quite working, i didn't get all the parts on the blu-ray player in right, so the player wouldn't take the game in as easy as it should and sony still fixed it without a warranty knowing i took it apart.  start saving up for a new laser now cause your eventually going to have to replace it someday.

yeah I figured it won't last forever, but it's working smoothly for now.
my friends ps3 wouldn't read blu-rays or games AT ALL & this fixed his.
worst case scenario I'll have to get a new blu-ray drive eventually & install it myself,
which won't be that hard since I already know the insides pretty well.

either way I'll will NOT be sending it to sony ever, I don't see any point paying $150 for them to fix it when I can a slim for $299.
also if you send it to sony they won't send you your ps3 back, they send you an already refurbished one which I don't like.