Hi everyone, I recently got a lot of 3 PS3s from eBay, and one of them had a broken disc drive. You could hear stuff moving inside but it wouldn't suck in any discs. After opening it up, I saw that it looked like the drive was reassembled incorrectly, so I put everything back in place and got it to take in and eject discs. However, the discs still won't spin once inside the drive.
I've seen that a broken laser could cause discs to not spin, but I've also heard that with a broken laser, discs will start to spin but not continue. That could be misinformation, but I don't know how to check for sure if it's the laser or a mechanical issue.
It's a KEM-400AAA blu ray drive, from a CECHA01. However, I swapped the logic board on it with one from a CECHG01, so that I could see the A01 work. So, I know the logic board isn't the issue.
If anyone has any tips on how I can better determine the issue, that would be greatly appreciated. Like I said before, I'm mostly just not sure if it's a laser or mechanical issue, and I don't wanna buy a new laser just to find that that's not what's wrong, or buy a whole new drive when I could have just fixed the laser. Thanks.
I've seen that a broken laser could cause discs to not spin, but I've also heard that with a broken laser, discs will start to spin but not continue. That could be misinformation, but I don't know how to check for sure if it's the laser or a mechanical issue.
It's a KEM-400AAA blu ray drive, from a CECHA01. However, I swapped the logic board on it with one from a CECHG01, so that I could see the A01 work. So, I know the logic board isn't the issue.
If anyone has any tips on how I can better determine the issue, that would be greatly appreciated. Like I said before, I'm mostly just not sure if it's a laser or mechanical issue, and I don't wanna buy a new laser just to find that that's not what's wrong, or buy a whole new drive when I could have just fixed the laser. Thanks.
