tried searching and didnt come up with anything conclusive so sorry if this is a repeat....

but does anyone have experience with any ps3 repair places around raliegh ? i really dont want to have to spend 150 to send it back to sony, and there's a couple places around here that seem reputable.

I have 2. One has a YLOD and the other seems to have a malfunctioning blu-ray drive motor.

11/28/2010 4:26:04 PM

for the blu-ray issue: send it back to sony.

I had the same thing, so I paid and sent it off, then I got it back and have a warranty. Its working awesome now.

11/28/2010 8:28:55 PM

you were also the owner if it before hand, not sure if i'll get the warranty given that it's not mine ?

11/28/2010 11:59:41 PM

If you are the one who pays to have it fixed, then you will be the one whose name is on the warranty of that repair.

11/29/2010 8:35:53 AM

mine has a faulty blu ray and im replacing the drive by hand tonight

hope it works

it reads that the disc is in it but it will not spin it

tried all the reformatting tricks and nothing

i figured i would try this first and if it doesnt work then im sending it in

11/29/2010 11:31:35 AM

^ I hear those are a beast to replace - they have a bazillion screws in the fat bodies.

11/29/2010 12:39:47 PM

I ended up getting a new one. Didn't realize the warranty would be extended after the repair.

Is there a way to play my games on the one with the broken blu ray drive?

Like rip the discs to hard drive and play off of there?

11/30/2010 11:26:22 AM

Quote :

"^ I hear those are a beast to replace - they have a bazillion screws in the fat bodies."

it was ... it sucked
i worked on it for 3 fucking hours last night and now i have the Black screen of death issue

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut

i think i forgot to connect something. the game plays if i load it into the PS3, cut it off and then back on .... but will not recognize anything ... even the home screen at boot up.

sigh...going to crack it back open again

it wasnt that bad ... just tedious

11/30/2010 11:54:26 AM

oh we back

if you guys have this issue in the future just know that when you put a new drive in...at least for me ... you will have to hold the power button down until the 3 beeps and reset the audio/video selection for the hdmi port

yay

12/1/2010 9:43:13 AM