PS3 Swap Switch Tutorial

i connected the motor and sensor back to normal but it doesnt suck disc in anymore now my ps3 is broken and warranty is void so i need to fix this by myself.is their any1 that can tell me what part could be the problem?

 

well i did this mod and i think i broke my ps3 bluray drive because if it (the disk just kept spinning at some ridiculous speed and wouldn’t take the disc in - cause i didnt cut the motor wires)I rang up sony, said it didnt work - said "my ps3 wont accept discs" they asked where i lived and they sent me a refurbished one and i gave my broken one (swapped it) this all happened at my door through a courier. Sony havent even rang me back for it being damaged at my fault(been 3 weeks now) (I lost some screws and the warranty sticker was damaged ( i applied a lot of heat to the sticker so i could peel it off with out it saying VOID however there was a large mark where i applied heat, peeled it off half way then applied more heat (used a hairdryer) and this was all for free.

So what I am basically saying is try ringing up sony and they may replace it for you

 

my sticker already shows the void word coz i didnt know bout the heat trick and also the wires of the motor and sensor are now joined by soldering iron so i think they will find ut what i tried to do but im going to try and call them to see what happens

 

well the soldering dont matter cause my soldering (as i now found out because of it) was pritty mashed up. you cause always try and give them a ring and if they do complain then say you didnt know that that matterd or some rubbish excuse! but my sticker was "damaged" but didnt say void and if they did open it all the screws were missing so it would of been obvious that i had opened mine. you could ask a friend if you can "borrow" his ps3 and swap the stickers. But on a serous note you can buy a faulty ps3 of a well known generic auction site (not sure if stating sites are allowed - how am i supposed to remember full t+c's) and swap the stickers. but when i looks faulty ones go for quite a lot anyway so....

 

sorry for this post

 

ok the ps3 is gone for repairs but when i get it back i am going to try it again so i think i wasnt supposed to take out the ribbon thats attached to the reverse side of the board which is highlighted in the pic above.do u think that by removing this ribbon it can cause the ps3 to stop sucking the disc in and therefore it would need to be reset by sony?when i tried this mod i took out the whole baord thats in the pic above instead of just lifting it up alittle to send the wires through.please sum1 help coz i realy wanna do this mod.

 

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Of course it won't work without this board.
On the top-right of this board is a small switch which tells the motor to stop moving if a disc has been completely sucked in
Later,

TSR

 

i put the board and the ribbon back to how it was but it still dont work.the switch u are talking about...the part of the switch that goes in fell out but i managed to put it back in could that be the fault also?i tested the switch with a tester but it works(when u press it in the tester makes a sound to say that contact is made)

 

now the guys that i gave the ps3 to said that they cant fix it coz the main board is broken now im DOOMED

 

u still have to tear it up anyways. is there anyway i can just buy the thing?

 

hey. I did a successful mod about a month or so ago. Had no problems with it.
It played normal and copied PS2 games fine.
However, I hadn't used the PS3 for copied PS2 games for about a fortnight, and today, I put in a PS2 disc, both copy and normal and nothing came up on the screen. Legit PS3 discs work fine.

The only thing that changed on the PS3 is since when it worked, and now, is the firmware. ATM I am on the latest FW 2.42.
Has anyone else tried it with 2.42? Does it still work?
If it does, then I`m afraid I've fallen victim to the dead laser.....
If however it turns out to be the works of the FW, does anyone think rewiring the PS3 to original will fix it?

Very veeeeery frightened...

 

Maybe you burnt out the DVD portion of your drive. Have you tried watching a DVD? Have you tried a swap with a CD based ps2 game? I hate to tell you but I think your DVD drive is shot.

 

I can confirm 2.42 still works OK. Using mitsubishi blanks. Always waiting for the screen saver to kick in before swap. And always removing the backup when ps3 is switched off.
Worked fine since day 1 following the above.
Later,

TSR

 

.........crap.

Well when I get the chance to, I think Im going to try DVD movies, and if that doesnt work, unmod it. Im not really sure what to do after.
Call Sony? or are there replacement drives on the net?

TBH i didnt believe the laser burnout thing so I obviously didnt wait 8 and a half minutes....
Everyone....the F`ng laser does burn out....

 

When my motor went I looks on the interweb but i could not see any drives or things. But I live in the uk and you cant but anything decent and useful (spare drives etc) and when you can (IE. PS3 ) they cange it (without Emotion Engine etc ) and charge us more for it! ok maybe a touch about exaggeration about buying ANYTHING usful buy hey! oh yea if you used heat to peel of your sticker and stuck it back on your ps3 in a diffrent place and it dont look TOO damaged you can try sony, mine LOOKED DAMAGED it had Lighter/darker patches where i had peeled it half off and stoped the apply more heat and used hair dryer! (I did as you'd know if you been reading all the posts!) and dont say you and opend it - they never asked that but they ask have i had given it a knock(errr no?)

 

The problem with replacing the drive is that each drive is keyed to a specific mobo. The only way to fix it is to replace the diode.

 

I thought pizzag replaced his broken drive too.
Are you sure ps3 drives are keyed too? I know xbox 360 drives are but thought ps3 drives arent.

 

there's another good thread [ http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/672905 ]on this forum about the quest of a dude for a ps3 replacement drive, 5 pages in the thread.
It's still speculation as to wether any parts of the drive are keyed.
Most people say it is without backing it up with proof, and some say it's NOT keyed.
At this point i wouldn't trust the internets.
Later,

TSR

 

The original poster replaced the laser, not the whole drive. The drives are keyed. Several people from ps3hax have confirmed it.

 

Hey there, new here, just about read this whole thread now and am considering doing this with a total of 2 switches (4 pole switch and 3 way switch)

Just one question though. I've read about the 8.5 minute rule for DVD's, but what about cd's? If I do this, I'm planning to use it mostly for PS1 backups but haven't found anything concrete about if the 8.5 minute rule still applys to CD backups. Or is this laser frying problem only a problem for DVD's?