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I've tried searching for this topic, and I've gotten some mixed answers. I'm trying to find out for sure what the problem is so that I don't waste my money on replacement parts that won't fix the issue. I apologize, as I know this topic has probably been covered at length somewhere else, but my searches didn't seem to get a solid answer. I am going to ramble at length about all symptoms I'm currently getting and as much information as I have.
I have a CECHA01 PlayStation 3. She's my childhood console, so I'm trying to keep her alive.
What happened:
One day, I boot my PS3 to find that I cannot put a disc into the console. Pressing the eject button causes the console to beep 3 times, indicating that the drive is empty. However, when I tried to insert a disc, I can easily feel that there's already a disc stuck inside. I disassembled the drive carefully, removed the disc, and reset the drive to the "empty" state, ready to accept another disc.
I reassemble the console, and try to insert a disc. The system does not try to pull it from me, and unlike other people, my console does not flash the blue light on the console when I hold the disc to the drive. If I press the eject button, I get the three beeps from the console, telling me it's empty, as it correctly is. However, if I manually insert a disc, the drive does correctly take it and "latch it into place" so-to-speak once the disc has been pushed ~90% of the way in.
From that point, the console still does not recognize that a disc has been inserted. Nothing appears on the XMB, and the drive does not sound like it's spinning up. The console will still give the "empty" beeps if I press the eject button. I had to disassemble my drive again to get my disc back.
I think it sounds like the daughterboard is bad, but then again maybe there's another issue that it could be that I don't know about? Would the PS3 still give the "empty drive" beeps if the daughterboard is bad? I don't know.
Other stuff that may be helpful information, I don't know:
I accidentally broke the big black piece off the WiFi antenna when I was disassembling the console. No clue how it happened, but it did. I don't know what kind of component got knocked off, or if it's even relevant.
The console will not play any downloaded games. I tried a PS1 game and a PS3 game, both legit downloads, and neither would get beyond a black screen. I had to force shutdown the system.
I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to diagnosing electrical components, but I did confirm that 5v and 12v were coming through the power cable to the drive. The values were so perfect at 5.0v and 12.0v that I figured those had to be the right values.
I have a multimeter, and I can poke around the daughterboard if someone tells me where to poke.
I have a CECHA01 PlayStation 3. She's my childhood console, so I'm trying to keep her alive.
What happened:
One day, I boot my PS3 to find that I cannot put a disc into the console. Pressing the eject button causes the console to beep 3 times, indicating that the drive is empty. However, when I tried to insert a disc, I can easily feel that there's already a disc stuck inside. I disassembled the drive carefully, removed the disc, and reset the drive to the "empty" state, ready to accept another disc.
I reassemble the console, and try to insert a disc. The system does not try to pull it from me, and unlike other people, my console does not flash the blue light on the console when I hold the disc to the drive. If I press the eject button, I get the three beeps from the console, telling me it's empty, as it correctly is. However, if I manually insert a disc, the drive does correctly take it and "latch it into place" so-to-speak once the disc has been pushed ~90% of the way in.
From that point, the console still does not recognize that a disc has been inserted. Nothing appears on the XMB, and the drive does not sound like it's spinning up. The console will still give the "empty" beeps if I press the eject button. I had to disassemble my drive again to get my disc back.
I think it sounds like the daughterboard is bad, but then again maybe there's another issue that it could be that I don't know about? Would the PS3 still give the "empty drive" beeps if the daughterboard is bad? I don't know.
Other stuff that may be helpful information, I don't know:
I accidentally broke the big black piece off the WiFi antenna when I was disassembling the console. No clue how it happened, but it did. I don't know what kind of component got knocked off, or if it's even relevant.
The console will not play any downloaded games. I tried a PS1 game and a PS3 game, both legit downloads, and neither would get beyond a black screen. I had to force shutdown the system.
I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to diagnosing electrical components, but I did confirm that 5v and 12v were coming through the power cable to the drive. The values were so perfect at 5.0v and 12.0v that I figured those had to be the right values.
I have a multimeter, and I can poke around the daughterboard if someone tells me where to poke.
