My PS3 decided to stop playing movies...

[plee]

Originally Posted by DeadDog

Well I bought it used on ebay, I have a paypal receipt but I doubt that will work. I contacted the seller in hopes that he may have the original receipt but I'm not holding my breath. I'll probably just end up paying the $150 to get it fixed.

I'm already going through withdrawals though .

First, as previous post, unplug it for about 30 minutes and see if it wasn't a heating issue or some one time thing.

Second, can you ejected the disc? Can you play DVD's? Can you play other Blurays?

[DeadDog]

Originally Posted by plee

First, as previous post, unplug it for about 30 minutes and see if it wasn't a heating issue or some one time thing.

Second, can you ejected the disc? Can you play DVD's? Can you play other Blurays?

Ok, I had it unplugged for about 2 hours while I went out. Right now its playing a Blu-ray (Into the Wild), which it wouldn't play yesterday. I'm just waiting for it to freeze though, I'm extremely nervous and just praying it's ok.

It seemed to play dvd's ok (I only tried one though), but I tried multiple blu-rays yesterday (Iron Man, Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Wall•E, etc) and each one either froze or wouldn't even load or be recognized by the PS3.

Here's hoping it was just an issue yesterday

Originally Posted by El Negro

Try this, hope it helps

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2265/...ry_hard_reset/

Thanks, if it fails again I will try this before sending it in. I figure it won't hurt.

I appreciate all the reply's everyone, Thanks so much.

[DeadDog]

Nevermind, it just froze again

[LawrenceJanis]

Same thing happen to my 60gb launch model. Is there an error code when you put a bluray disc in? The 60gb model has a faulty laser which allows it to play dvd/cd/ps2 disc, however, it begins to fail at reading any blu-ray source (i.e ps3 games and bluray movies). It is unfortunate, but you can get sony to replace the laser for you, but your out a ps3 for a month and $150. Another option is to order a laser off ebay and fix it yourself. I ended up selling my ps3 on craigslist for very cheap and someone bought it and decided to fix it himself. I ended up buying the 160gb bundle recently. Hopefully that helps, good luck.

[DeadDog]

Best News Ever!

So I sent in my PS3 to get fixed. When I filled out the online request I put the date being less than a year (since I contacted the guy I purchased it from told me when he originally bought it). He was going to try and find the receipt for me but wasn't able to. Long story short, I sent in the PS3 with no reciept assuming I would be contacted for payment.

They recieved my PS3 on monday, and I just got my shipping notification today that they're sending one back out to me .

Unfortunately I think it's a different system so my Rock Band 2 saves won't transfer, but for free I'm not going to complain .

Thanks everyone for your help before. I am thrilled right now and just wanted to share my awesome news.

[kev.s.lim]

Nice!