Tips, Tricks and Fixes

[mx3]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

If it doesn't play Blu-ray discs, then it is a bad laser and you will need to replace it.

I order a laser for it , just waiting for it to come .. but it keep waiting a disc when i turn it on ... just like what Levi1327 show in the first part of the video ..

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mx3

I order a laser for it , just waiting for it to come .. but it keep waiting a disc when i turn it on ... just like what Levi1327 show in the first part of the video ..

Whats a little background on your PS3? Did you change anything with your PS3 before this started to occur? Did it just happen out of nowhere?

[mx3]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Whats a little background on your PS3? Did you change anything with your PS3 before this started to occur? Did it just happen out of nowhere?

Are we talking about the same thing? At this video, go to the 3:09 marker and I point out the black/red wire at this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJAhl2cb6iU

my ps3 when power on , the blue light comes on and it is trying to take a disc it ..

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mx3

Are we talking about the same thing? At this video, go to the 3:09 marker and I point out the black/red wire at this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJAhl2cb6iU

my ps3 when power on , the blue light comes on and it is trying to take a disc it ..

I understand what the issue is, but I want to know is what happened to your PS3 to cause this.

[mx3]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I understand what the issue is, but I want to know is what happened to your PS3 to cause this.

I was cleaning the drive and i think before i close the top, the wire of the sensor got between it the top half and i didn't see it , but i didn't power it up or anything and i saw it and take it out then connect it ... then i notice it want a disc when i just power it on ...

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mx3

I was cleaning the drive and i think before i close the top, the wire of the sensor got between it the top half and i didn't see it , but i didn't power it up or anything and i saw it and take it out then connect it ... then i notice it want a disc when i just power it on ...

Wait so the black and red wire is broken?

[mx3]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Wait so the black and red wire is broken?

there r still connected , i am not sure if the wire is cut on the inside ..
do you want me to take a pic of it ??

[owa]

I'm having a green light + yellow light issue and it won't boot. Any ideas? At first I thought the PS3 had died but after trying a few things, I'm thinking it might be the hard drive. Also, this is one of the original 60-gig PS3s.

Here's the background:

Last night I was playing Motorstorm 2 and then noticed the time and thought the store should have been updated. So, I checked the store, downloaded a theme and started the Killzone 2 and HAWX demos downloading. Then I went back to Motorstorm 2 to export all the screenshots I had been taking. As soon as I clicked on the Gallery option, the PS3 froze. I turned it off/on and it came back up partially (saw the wave, heard the sound but didn't get the user/login area). Tried it again, same result. Tried resetting it. Same thing. Unplugged it and let it sit for a long while. Tried it again and this time, nothing came up. Just got a green and yellow light and no picture whatsoever.

Looking up the YLOD stuff, it didn't seem quite the same. So, I decided to try one of the 60-gig drives from the PS3 that I had replaced due to it being defective. I just wanted to see what would happen. I also tried it without a hard drive to see what would happen (nothing happens in that case). With the defective drive though, surprisingly, I got the wave, sound and after a few moments, it said it couldn't start because the right hard drive wasn't found. (Edit: Actually, the first thing that came up after putting the defective drive in was the detected HDMI screen, then after doing that, the rest that I mentioned happened). So now I'm thinking that maybe it's just a hard drive issue instead of the PS3. Does anyone agree? In any case, what is so frustrating is that I was just thinking I needed to back up my drive since I hadn't done it in a while and had planned to do that later last night. Argh...

[owa]

Just as an update, it was the hard drive. I just bought another 250 Gig drive while picking up Killzone 2 and the PS3 is back up and running.

One surprising thing is that it must be saving information in firmware. After replacing the hard drive, it did a quick format and rebooted. The 2 users I had defined appeared and I was signed in to the network (so it saved all my wireless networking settings, etc.).

[mwynn]

Anyone have any problems with their usb ports. Mine will not read anything that is placed in them. I have the 40 gig Spiderman pack.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by owa

Just as an update, it was the hard drive. I just bought another 250 Gig drive while picking up Killzone 2 and the PS3 is back up and running.

One surprising thing is that it must be saving information in firmware. After replacing the hard drive, it did a quick format and rebooted. The 2 users I had defined appeared and I was signed in to the network (so it saved all my wireless networking settings, etc.).

Thanks for reporting back with the resolution.

I too have noticed that through formats it saves XMB settings, which is a good feature as it can be a hassle to reset them each time.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Anyone have any problems with their usb ports. Mine will not read anything that is placed in them. I have the 40 gig Spiderman pack.

Hrmm...I haven't heard of this issue yet. How long have you had this issue for?

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Hrmm...I haven't heard of this issue yet. How long have you had this issue for?

Not sure I was going to replace the hard drive and could not pull my data to a flash. I tested a few of them and the charge cable and got nothing.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Not sure I was going to replace the hard drive and could not pull my data to a flash. I tested a few of them and the charge cable and got nothing.

Reason why I asked was to find out if you have unplugged your PS3 or not.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Reason why I asked was to find out if you have unplugged your PS3 or not.

I unplugged it. I restore it back to default. No luck on either of those.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mwynn

I unplugged it. I restore it back to default. No luck on either of those.

Well if you are 100% sure on the USB ports then it sounds like you may need to send to Sony for support unless someone else here to help.

I can't really recommend anymore troubleshooting for this issue as it seems like you have covered all of the bases.

[Marine Mike]

I updated the Known Issues Without a Fix with:
-When you turn on your PS3 without it a disc it thinks that there is already a disc inside.

I currently am suffering from this issue as well, so if anyone has a solution to this, please post it.

However I did post a work-around for this issue however.

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