I just took my ps3 apart and say the ribbon cable attached to the ps3 drive was pretty creased from the drive resting on it. Does anyone think this could be the problem? I put a disc in I hear a quick shutter (maybe from the laser moving) and then nothing. The disc is ejected and inserted with no issues. and the blue light flickers when the disc is ejecting. Has anyone else had this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I mean, if I can not spend 70 dollars on a drive that would certainly be best.
I fixed it myself cost me 50 bucks for a new laser, was extremely easy to fix though. And it turned out that the problem was the laser. Sony has moved way down in my book over recent months. I cant say there quality is worse than an xbox of course since in the same week my ps3 broke, my friends xbox360 got 3/4 ring of death and microsoft wouldn't cover that. But in the recent weeks Sony has charged me 300 dollars for no reason, and I have been battling them to get it back (which it seems I have) Then also they made my Nyko Guitars no longer work, which was a real Pain in the Ass, I had to buy a rockband branded guitar and by the way, the rockband guitar is awful, its clicks like nothing I have ever heard. Its just Sony being an awful company, suffice to say if i didn't have like a hundred Blu-Ray movies and a good deal of games, Sony would not be my console choice. But yea, it was the laser and yes it is extremely easy to fix and you can pick up the lasers for like 40 bucks on Ebay if its from china or 50 if its from the US (I chose the US since I haven't had the best of luck with Chinese sellers)
Haha, yea that is too bad lol.
