Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive?

**lancer** · September 1st, 2008

Is it possible to replace the blu-ray drive in a ps3, i bought it on ebay and the drive is not working, it only cost $130 and a drive costs about $70 so i figured it was worth it to try.

but i read in some places that you cannot just swap them out.

any helpis appreciated.

thanks

**zeke_mo** · September 5th, 2008

my guess is that sony is the only one that can help you

**tdinc** · September 6th, 2008

I believe you have to send it to get repaired.

the system will not work with the new drive. The original system drives are electronically married to the motherboard of the system which makes the attempted repairs virtually impossible to complete successfully. Once the replacement drive is installed, the system will play movies, but it will no longer play games. Basically it will turn your expensive video game system into a basic DVD player, which is not what you would expect.

I found this if you are brave and want to try yourself if you find PS3 Blu-ray drive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qztw_aUBQhI

**lancer** · September 7th, 2008

i saw that as well and will probably attempt it.

**Terrahertz** · September 10th, 2008

I would advise you to let Sony handle that for you.

**Dark Atheist** · September 10th, 2008

and you handle your money to sony

**Terrahertz** · September 10th, 2008

Originally Posted by Carpo

and you handle your money to sony

lol. They made it so I rather them fix it. Especially a specific part such as this.

**failurbydesign** · September 14th, 2008

Any luck with the swap out? What ps3 did you get?

**lancer** · September 15th, 2008

i'm actually setting this up as a sort of hobby to resell them on ebay.. i'm just buying the parts right now like lasers replacements, drives and then broken ps3's, i'll let you know, when i fix my first one i'll post the ebay ad here to.

o0Kilabot0o · July 10th, 2010

Originally Posted by failurbydesign

Any luck with the swap out? What ps3 did you get?

YEA! I can confirm that this procedure really works. I managed to swap a BD drive from 80Gb PS3 to a 40Gb.

as per his procedure,

remove the drive

then remove the BD chip "underneath with 5 small screws"

swap (make sure to label your drive to avoid confusion"

close PS3 and run... thats all.

note: make sure to have a working chip, sometimes the issue is not from the lens it could be the chip itself. good luck

Kilabot

KFCizzle · January 23rd, 2011

I heard you can buy a new drive . However you need to use the original circuit board to get it to work, and make sure you have the right drive i know for the 80 gb its KES-400A

nmite · May 3rd, 2012

to replace the drive you have to buy a new one. I did that. I got one off of amazon. You take the old bluray out and and take apart the screws on the bottom of the bluray players. Inside the bluray players there is a chip board. You take the chip board out of your old bluray player and put the old chip board in your new bluray player. (because it wont work if you dont do that). Then you put the new bluray player back together. put the new bluray player in and then it should work. If you dont understand how to do it you can watch a video of how its done on youtube. There are many videos that show how to replace your bluray player in your ps3.

**Vanquished** · December 12th, 2012

Originally Posted by KFCizzle

I heard you can buy a new drive . However you need to use the original circuit board to get it to work, and make sure you have the right drive i know for the 80 gb its KES-400A

When I replaced mine, I bought the part you mentioned off ebay

and that was all I needed to replace. I will mention that a Torx screw-driver was needed to deconstruct the ps3.

My Psy laser broke twice, once while it was in warranty and again when it was out of it. Really simple fix if you don't mind taking apart the ps3. Don't even bother calling sony about it because its $150 to replace it and just by calling they might charge you the money like they did me.

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,088 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 149	Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? Is it possible to replace the blu-ray drive in a ps3, i bought it on ebay and the drive is not working, it only cost $130 and a drive costs about $70 so i figured it was worth it to try. but i read in some places that you cannot just swap them out. any helpis appreciated. thanks "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,088 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 149	Re: Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? i'm actually setting this up as a sort of hobby to resell them on ebay.. i'm just buying the parts right now like lasers replacements, drives and then broken ps3's, i'll let you know, when i fix my first one i'll post the ebay ad here to. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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o0Kilabot0o OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: July 2010 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? Originally Posted by failurbydesign Any luck with the swap out? What ps3 did you get? YEA! I can confirm that this procedure really works. I managed to swap a BD drive from 80Gb PS3 to a 40Gb. as per his procedure, remove the drive then remove the BD chip "underneath with 5 small screws" swap (make sure to label your drive to avoid confusion" close PS3 and run... thats all. note: make sure to have a working chip, sometimes the issue is not from the lens it could be the chip itself. good luck Kilabot

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KFCizzle OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: January 2011 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? I heard you can buy a new drive . However you need to use the original circuit board to get it to work, and make sure you have the right drive i know for the 80 gb its KES-400A

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nmite OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? to replace the drive you have to buy a new one. I did that. I got one off of amazon. You take the old bluray out and and take apart the screws on the bottom of the bluray players. Inside the bluray players there is a chip board. You take the chip board out of your old bluray player and put the old chip board in your new bluray player. (because it wont work if you dont do that). Then you put the new bluray player back together. put the new bluray player in and then it should work. If you dont understand how to do it you can watch a video of how its done on youtube. There are many videos that show how to replace your bluray player in your ps3.

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Vanquished Mr. Bananagrabber Joined: January 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,862 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2020 Power: 158	Re: Replace PS3 Blu-Ray Drive? Originally Posted by KFCizzle I heard you can buy a new drive . However you need to use the original circuit board to get it to work, and make sure you have the right drive i know for the 80 gb its KES-400A When I replaced mine, I bought the part you mentioned off ebay and that was all I needed to replace. I will mention that a Torx screw-driver was needed to deconstruct the ps3. My Psy laser broke twice, once while it was in warranty and again when it was out of it. Really simple fix if you don't mind taking apart the ps3. Don't even bother calling sony about it because its $150 to replace it and just by calling they might charge you the money like they did me. Phenom II X4 955 BE \| 16GB DDR3 1600mhz \| Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 \| ATI Radeon 5770 CrossfireX \|Windows Awesome (I Mean... Windows 7 Ultimate!) OSNN - The Best Place to Stay on the Internet! Watch Improv-A-Ganza!

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