Blu ray drives in the 40gig and 60gig same?

[alex5857]

I was wondering if the blu ray drive was the same in both models? i was planning on doing a transplant to move the blu ray drive from a 40gig to my 60gig, would this work?

[dpomp]

i'm not sure if it would work. but may i ask why you want to do that?

[robgmun]

Maybe he's is broken in the 60Gb, i would do the same as i would hate to lose PS2 BC, SACD, extra USBs, card reader etc etc

[alex5857]

Originally Posted by robgmun

Maybe he's is broken in the 60Gb, i would do the same as i would hate to lose PS2 BC, SACD, extra USBs, card reader etc etc

yup..any help?

[robgmun]

Nope, but i don't see why it would be diferent, if its a self contained box then just give it a try.

[Krandor]

Originally Posted by alex5857

I was wondering if the blu ray drive was the same in both models? i was planning on doing a transplant to move the blu ray drive from a 40gig to my 60gig, would this work?

I think they are the same, but there might be some codes in the firmware that tie the drive to that paticular PS3. I know the 360 is like that, but not sure about the PS3.

[Brian Cash]

it must be deff if the 60gb is ps2 compatible and the 40gb is not or would that not make a deff

[alex5857]

Originally Posted by Brian Cash

it must be deff if the 60gb is ps2 compatible and the 40gb is not or would that not make a deff

i think thats more of a hardware issue that doesnt have to do with the drive, well i'll give it a shot later maybe

[dk3dknight]

Its not in the drive, in the 60 gb there are additional ps2 hardware on the motherboard that would not effect the blu drive.

[Living Near Shamu]

Either way, let us know if this worked

[alex5857]

I just switched them out and it didnt work!

it wont give me the busy sign or anything

it takes the disc and whatnot but it still wont read it

[un4gvn94538]

can you put it back and make the other work?

[blu2]

Originally Posted by alex5857

I just switched them out and it didnt work!

it wont give me the busy sign or anything

it takes the disc and whatnot but it still wont read it

Sorry to hear that, but since you did it, is there any labeling to indicate the drive models/versions etc?

[steeda0129]

Hey guys I have a question. Has anybody here replaced their ps3 blu ray drive? I've looked in every forum and every search querry and I havent found much information on this. To make a long story short, my ps3 is giving me an error code 80010514 which means is the blu ray drive (either the lens or the drive itself) is bad. I lost the receipt so I cant send it to Sony. Anyways, I found the replacement part on ebay part #KES-400AAA. My question is, has anyone replaced their own blu ray drive, and if so how hard was it, and what are things I need to look out for. Thanks for the help guys.

[bhuyanp]

Originally Posted by steeda0129

Hey guys I have a question. Has anybody here replaced their ps3 blu ray drive? I've looked in every forum and every search querry and I havent found much information on this. To make a long story short, my ps3 is giving me an error code 80010514 which means is the blu ray drive (either the lens or the drive itself) is bad. I lost the receipt so I cant send it to Sony. Anyways, I found the replacement part on ebay part #KES-400AAA. My question is, has anyone replaced their own blu ray drive, and if so how hard was it, and what are things I need to look out for. Thanks for the help guys.

Long thread and registration required. but it is worth it at the end.

http://www.360indians.com/forums/ind...1&st=0&start=0

[Shin-Ra]

Merged with a relevant thread.

[steeda0129]

Originally Posted by alex5857

I just switched them out and it didnt work!

it wont give me the busy sign or anything

it takes the disc and whatnot but it still wont read it

Hey sorry to hear that it didnt work. How hard was it to swap it out. I have to replace the one on on my 40g and I need an idea on what am going to run into,, maybe things to look out for.

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by alex5857

I just switched them out and it didnt work!

it wont give me the busy sign or anything

it takes the disc and whatnot but it still wont read it

I'm sorry to hear that. With the replaced drive are you getting the identical symptoms you had before the swap? If so, the Blu-ray drive probably isn't causing the problem. In that case, I would swap them back and ship the 60 gig unit to Sony for authorized repair.

For future reference, I would be a little hesitant in swapping out the drive units unless you can visually confirm them as identical by model numbers or a code. Sony aggressively revised models throughout the lives of the PS1 and PS2, and they're off to a good start so far with PS3 changes. Just make sure you're swapping apples for apples. Well, Blu-ray for Blu-ray anyway.

[dk3dknight]

huh that is weird that doesn't even make sense unless the blu-ray is encoded to the mother board and they put in kill switches into the blu drives.

[alex5857]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

can you put it back and make the other work?

Yeah, i put the drives back and it worked in the 40gig

Originally Posted by blu2

Sorry to hear that, but since you did it, is there any labeling to indicate the drive models/versions etc?

No but there was a slight difference under the drive, the 60 had 3 exposed wires while the 40 didnt

Originally Posted by steeda0129

Hey sorry to hear that it didnt work. How hard was it to swap it out. I have to replace the one on on my 40g and I need an idea on what am going to run into,, maybe things to look out for.

It was extremely simple to do, just removing some screws and poping the top off, was the hardest part, the drive and ribbon/wire is really easy to remove

Originally Posted by kingofgrills

I'm sorry to hear that. With the replaced drive are you getting the identical symptoms you had before the swap? If so, the Blu-ray drive probably isn't causing the problem. In that case, I would swap them back and ship the 60 gig unit to Sony for authorized repair.

For future reference, I would be a little hesitant in swapping out the drive units unless you can visually confirm them as identical by model numbers or a code. Sony aggressively revised models throughout the lives of the PS1 and PS2, and they're off to a good start so far with PS3 changes. Just make sure you're swapping apples for apples. Well, Blu-ray for Blu-ray anyway.

no, the drive in the 60gig wasent spinning disc at all, it was dead, but the 40 did spin the disc but the ps3 i guess didn't recognize it

yeah i would have gotten a 60gig if they were available