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

[un4gvn94538]

can you put it back and make the other work?

[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

[dk3dknight]

Im sorry to hear of your misfortune.