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    Question 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    alright all, i recently bought a 2nd hand ps3 from a friend omly to get home and find it wont read any of the games - also tried dvd's to no avail. it plays music/movies from the hard drive and usb okay though...

    i spoke to him and he aint been playing it for a while, i.e. before all the older models went down so i'm wondering whether it may be due to this sony f*** up with the clock and all it needs is an update. by the way i aint online at home so not been able to get online to check. what does anybody think about this theory??

    or it could be i may need to get a blu-ray lens cleanear disc??

    ... or worst case scenario a new blu-ray drive at about 40 bucks??

    any ideas peeps??

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    Try this as a last resort or it sounds like you may need a new lazer but give this a shot first

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by tinkertiler Hidden Content
    Try this as a last resort or it sounds like you may need a new lazer but give this a shot first
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    hey tinker, thanx for that link mate very useful. done that little trick and it seems to work - never knew about that one - but it still aint fixed the disc reading problem... the more i read up the more i think i need a new drive... still not sure tho mind you, give out but dont give up and all that eh?!

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    my pal 40gb ps3 did exactly the same thing, i looked around and found a new lazer was the cheapest option and it didnt look that hard to do either

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    Im pretty sure you can get a new lazer off ebay without too mich trouble and i dont think they are that expensive tbh. May well be worth a look
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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    fairly cheap
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    or slim version
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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    thanks for all your help guys, been looking into new drives/lenses at the mo - seeing as it seems to be a reasonably common problem
    cheers for they links thesparky mate but reading up on the first one it mentions at the bottom that the lens is broken, so i'm assuming thats fecked in the same way my one is??
    got a week-ish to fix it as i got it for my sons birthday... aaargh!!!!!!

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

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    That was about the cheapest that i could find on ebay for UK sppliers but looking at it you will have to check which lens is in yours as it says that there are 2 different versions out there for the older models. One with a single lens and another with a double one so may be worth taking the PS3 apart just to check first before you order one. Sorry i cant be much more help than that as i havent had much to do with the PS3 at all Hidden Content
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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by tinkertiler Hidden Content
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    That was about the cheapest that i could find on ebay for UK sppliers but looking at it you will have to check which lens is in yours as it says that there are 2 different versions out there for the older models. One with a single lens and another with a double one so may be worth taking the PS3 apart just to check first before you order one. Sorry i cant be much more help than that as i havent had much to do with the PS3 at all Hidden Content
    hey, tinker mate thanx for your help... your right, i will open it up before i buy anything but that a good link bud. cheers for your time and help again mate. hopefully get it up and working shortly, will update when i do
    and again cheers mate ! ! !

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    been doing some searching and found there are three types of lazer lens

    PS3 KES - 400A LASER LEN
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    PS3 KEM - 400AAA LASER LEN
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    PS3 KES - 410ACA LASER
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    so as said remove the old len first (ofcause once the ps3 is opened clean the lens itself, i would use alcohol applied with a lint free cloth or tissue and allow it to evaporate, replace the cover and try, if that fails get a new lazer)

    good luck

    for the slim users there is the Lens PS3 Slim KES-450AAA
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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    i need to try this, my ps3 will start to play games then crash, it plays dvd's and everything else but i don't have a blue ray movie to try

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    Re: 40gb ps3 not reading discs

    done this but i cant insert a disk, think it was because a disk was in when i took it apart, so i opened it and put the disk back in now it wont eject, Hidden Content

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