J**Y
My PS3 is ALIVE!
I was so bummed out when my PS3 stopped reading/recognizing any sort of disc. I thought I'd have to suck it up and buy a new PS4 when it comes out. I tried ALL the fixes (hidden menu, resetting, file restore, etc.) and nothing worked. I took apart my PS3 myself and tried fiddling around with it to get it to work but to no avail. In a last ditch effort, I decided to spend the money on a replacement Blu-Ray drive, especially after I found out that the PS4 is not going to be backwards compatible!One thing to note that I didn't realize when I purchased this replacement drive, you'll need to swap out the PCB from your old broken drive with the one from the replacement drive. Apparently, it's not just plug and play because the drive is "married" to the PS3. There was a piece of paper that was shipped with the replacement drive that directs you to a Youtube video tutorial. Although the video was for the disassembly and replacement of a Blu-Ray drive in a PS3 slim and mine is an old fat one, it was easy to follow and worked anyway! I am now looking at my Black Ops II playing on my TV!!! YAY!!!!
B**A
Good Product So Far
I received the Drive without any issues. In my opinion I believe that installing this in a PS3 is not for a novice person because you are voiding the warranty on the PS3 and you could cause more damage. However, being that this was my first time opening my PS3 and installing this drive I did not have issues, luckily. Furthermore, this is the third week that the drive has been installed and so far no issues. Im not sure if it plays blu-rays because I don't own any. The install was little rough especially because the video that they have on you tube for the install is for a different PS3 but with some common sense, patience, delicate hands, and a little know how you shouldn't have any problems, I hope. Good Luck.
E**I
The Drive was faulty.
The one pictured above was not the one I was sent. My model numbers match the description of this item. I bought this because my PS3 stopped reading discs.Once it arrived I knew fairly well how to take apart my PS3 and replace the drive and PCB board.Once installed I plugged everything back just how it was before and nothing. The disc spins and stops every 2 seconds I've tried everything and nothing Definitely sending this back. If anything changes i will update.Edit: A few words.Update: To the person that replied to my review. I tried a replacement of the eye, the mechanism and on a few different Playstation 3 systems. The drive was indeed faulty. I've since got this sorted out. Thank you for having concerns about my technical experience, I know my review sounded a bit noobish. But I assure you I knew what I was doing.
B**T
not bad but wronge modle drive.
needless to say open it up was all excited to get this and get 1 of my 2 fat ps3's running. open the ps3 popped out the old disc drive. and then i noticed wasnt the disc drive. was pissed. till i open my other fat ps3 and it was the kind of disc drive i needed.
A**R
What am I doing wrong?
Same story as all the rest... System working fine, Bluray not reading discs. I received this product today, swapped out the PCM board, made all the connections... and no bueno. The drive will accept the disk, but doesn't seem like it's taking it all the way in. It will eject but not read or display that a disc is in. Super frustrated. HELP!
J**N
Swap PCB board!
Initially didn't swap the PCB board from inside the drive with my old one. I could tell the PS3 was reading the disc because it would show the name of the game on the main screen. When I would try to play a game, it would go black, nothing would play and I'd have to restart system. Was getting an error about the "region code" being incorrect when trying to play a DVD. I took the new blu-ray drive back out, opened up the blu-ray drive itself and swaped the PCB board inside the drive with the original. Everything worked beautifully after that.
E**R
Bad rebuilt product
Worked three insertions and ejections before it went off track as the old one did. Bad rebuilt product.
V**3
Works great
We ordered this to repair my son's PS3. It was a fun project for us and a much less expensive fix than buying him a brand new PS3. He was back to playing his favorite games the same day that this arrived. A+
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