(Un-Official) PS3 Laser Replacement Manual & Video - Page 5 - Blu-ray Forum

av8tr10178 · 01-07-2009, 04:55 PM

I never undid that ribbon cable. Looking for the snap now. Thanks!

Marine Mike · 01-07-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by av8tr10178

I never undid that ribbon cable. Looking for the snap now. Thanks!

Yeah, its not necessary to do that, but I just found it convienent to put it off to the side.

Let me know how it works out.

av8tr10178 · 01-07-2009, 05:05 PM

That connection looked solid as well. Do you think there's anything I may have done to the drive itself that would cause this? It doesn't seem so, because i would expect that if that it was the problem, the thing would still beep when i touched it. This may sound stupid but i haven't put in the top screws yet (because all previous times, the thing would have to come apart again 5 min later). I guess it's possible that the tightened screws may provide that extra millimeter of distance closure to complete the metal-to-metal contact (this was never a problem before, however). I'll try that and then it's off to work. If you have any more ideas let me know....will check back later. thanks so much again for the rapid response.

Marine Mike · 01-07-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by av8tr10178

That connection looked solid as well. Do you think there's anything I may have done to the drive itself that would cause this? It doesn't seem so, because i would expect that if that it was the problem, the thing would still beep when i touched it. This may sound stupid but i haven't put in the top screws yet (because all previous times, the thing would have to come apart again 5 min later). I guess it's possible that the tightened screws may provide that extra millimeter of distance closure to complete the metal-to-metal contact (this was never a problem before, however). I'll try that and then it's off to work. If you have any more ideas let me know....will check back later. thanks so much again for the rapid response.

Does it show that there is a disc in the drive with a blue light?

kaliraver · 01-07-2009, 07:26 PM

av8tr10178 I would check that the connections from your BD-drive are connected tight and also this happened to me. Make sure you check the red box and yellow box that Marine Mike highlighted in his pictures since more than likely one is not in all the way and like I said it happened to me and just made sure the ribbon cable was all the way in and that fixed my problem.

av8tr10178 · 01-08-2009, 07:37 AM

MarineMike - yes the blue light does indicate that there is a disc inside. And I'm happy to report that after several hours of play, it seems the laser swap was the solution (with respect to reading discs)... so thanks to you for the install tutorial. anyways, kaliraver, i'm going to disassemble and make sure all connections are tight and hopefully it's the same problem you had. will report back with results. thank you both for the help.

joker77 · 01-08-2009, 03:54 PM

Hello,

I have a problem, changed module KES-400A, and now only read dvd and cd, bd will not read. What's wrong ?

Marine Mike · 01-08-2009, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joker77

Hello,

I have a problem, changed module KES-400A, and now only read dvd and cd, bd will not read. What's wrong ?

Check with the seller and make sure they didn't sell you a bad one. Where did you buy it? Can you provide a link?

I had a similar issue when I ordered my replacement as I didn't read carefully from the seller and they specifically stated it didn't read Blu-Ray and only DVD and CD. Apparently there is a failure rate on the lasers and some of them do not read Blu-rays.

EDIT: Keep in mind that when I said the failure rate, I was referring to the same reason why you replaced the laser to begin with, not new ones. So if the guy sold you a used laser with the Blu-ray diode burnt out, then yeah, you are stuck where you started.

Please post back with where you got it.

av8tr10178 · 01-09-2009, 07:10 AM

Eject button issue has been fixed! Here's how i got there....I didn't realize it at first, but a disc can be ejected via a menu. Just highlight the game icon, press and hold triangle on the controller, and then select "eject". This worked... even though the physical eject button on the machine still did not. This helped me confirm, however, that it was not that i had put the drive back together incorrectly after the laser swap. Anyways, once i figured that out, i was resigned to the fact that this was how i was going to have to eject a disc from now on. Since I still had some screws out, i took the console back to the kitchen table to finish the job..... then i found my real problem! the little metal, springy thing (underneath the plastic top case) that makes contact when you push the touch sensitive button was bent backwards. it's so tiny that i hadn't noticed it. the good thing is, since the power button operates with the same mechanism, i had something to compare it to, and that's how i finally noticed the problem. So, in the end, i was about to seal my PS3 up forever, and just before i did, i ultimately found the problem. sweet. anyways.... thanks for the help marinemike. you are a scholar and a gentleman. hope this thread helps someone out similarly. quick plug for the excellent laser i bought off ebay: ebay@yallstore.com excellent communication, ridiculously fast shipping (3 days from NY to HI), and guaranteed working product. highly recommended!

Marine Mike · 01-09-2009, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by av8tr10178

Eject button issue has been fixed! Here's how i got there....I didn't realize it at first, but a disc can be ejected via a menu. Just highlight the game icon, press and hold triangle on the controller, and then select "eject". This worked... even though the physical eject button on the machine still did not. This helped me confirm, however, that it was not that i had put the drive back together incorrectly after the laser swap. Anyways, once i figured that out, i was resigned to the fact that this was how i was going to have to eject a disc from now on. Since I still had some screws out, i took the console back to the kitchen table to finish the job..... then i found my real problem! the little metal, springy thing (underneath the plastic top case) that makes contact when you push the touch sensitive button was bent backwards. it's so tiny that i hadn't noticed it. the good thing is, since the power button operates with the same mechanism, i had something to compare it to, and that's how i finally noticed the problem. So, in the end, i was about to seal my PS3 up forever, and just before i did, i ultimately found the problem. sweet. anyways.... thanks for the help marinemike. you are a scholar and a gentleman. hope this thread helps someone out similarly. quick plug for the excellent laser i bought off ebay: ebay@yallstore.com excellent communication, ridiculously fast shipping (3 days from NY to HI), and guaranteed working product. highly recommended!

Well I'm glad that my guide and advice was able to help you!

One of these days when I'm brave enough to do it again, I'll post a video of it on YouTube.

techknight · 01-09-2009, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by av8tr10178

Eject button issue has been fixed! Here's how i got there....I didn't realize it at first, but a disc can be ejected via a menu. Just highlight the game icon, press and hold triangle on the controller, and then select "eject". This worked... even though the physical eject button on the machine still did not. This helped me confirm, however, that it was not that i had put the drive back together incorrectly after the laser swap. Anyways, once i figured that out, i was resigned to the fact that this was how i was going to have to eject a disc from now on. Since I still had some screws out, i took the console back to the kitchen table to finish the job..... then i found my real problem! the little metal, springy thing (underneath the plastic top case) that makes contact when you push the touch sensitive button was bent backwards. it's so tiny that i hadn't noticed it. the good thing is, since the power button operates with the same mechanism, i had something to compare it to, and that's how i finally noticed the problem. So, in the end, i was about to seal my PS3 up forever, and just before i did, i ultimately found the problem. sweet. anyways.... thanks for the help marinemike. you are a scholar and a gentleman. hope this thread helps someone out similarly. quick plug for the excellent laser i bought off ebay: ebay@yallstore.com excellent communication, ridiculously fast shipping (3 days from NY to HI), and guaranteed working product. highly recommended!

Got my laser from the same seller. Failed in 15 minutes of play. no DVD, no blu-ray, no CDs will read. just like the first laser. But the first laser still emitted violet blu-ray light. this one emits nothign now.

So no seller is perfect, neither is any laser. Whats funny, is this is a 40GB playstation, and it was purchased brand new, no void sticker was touched or aynthing. ripped void sticker off to open it up, and it had a KES-400 deck. not the 410.

Whats going on here??

av8tr10178 · 01-10-2009, 07:02 AM

techknight - sorry to hear about the bum laser. i got some literature with my product guaranteeing that it would not arrive DOA. recommend you contact the seller and get a new laser. he does have good ones in his inventory, i can attest. good luck.

kaliraver · 01-10-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techknight

Got my laser from the same seller. Failed in 15 minutes of play. no DVD, no blu-ray, no CDs will read. just like the first laser. But the first laser still emitted violet blu-ray light. this one emits nothign now.

So no seller is perfect, neither is any laser. Whats funny, is this is a 40GB playstation, and it was purchased brand new, no void sticker was touched or aynthing. ripped void sticker off to open it up, and it had a KES-400 deck. not the 410.

Whats going on here??

The early 40GB PS3's from what I heard came with the KES-400 and that's why I recommend people to open up their PS3 before ordering a new one. As far as the defective replacement lens just email the sender to send you another one since this happened to me the first I ordered off of eBay and got a bad lens. I got a refund and ended up ordering my new lens from http://myworld.ebay.com/yanyu1982218hotmailcom/. Excellent communication and super fast delivery from Illinois. Good luck with your replacement.

BluHavik · 01-14-2009, 05:06 PM

Awesome guide mike

Things got a little hairy for me cause I undid a cable that didn't need to be touched. I had thought I put it back in all the way but turned out it was loose. Anyway after tracking down that mistake I made, I'm the proud owner of a once again fully functional 60 gig PS3. Having saved $70 in the process.

Thanks Mike!

Marine Mike · 01-14-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluHavik

Awesome guide mike

Things got a little hairy for me cause I undid a cable that didn't need to be touched. I had thought I put it back in all the way but turned out it was loose. Anyway after tracking down that mistake I made, I'm the proud owner of a once again fully functional 60 gig PS3. Having saved $70 in the process.

Thanks Mike!

I'm glad that I was able to help you out with your laser replacement experience!

Do you have any advice for improving my guide? Am I leaving anything out thats not listed?

BluHavik · 01-14-2009, 05:16 PM

Nope, I think you got it from top to bottom with every little detail covered. BTW great job with the step by step pictures.

BluHavik · 01-15-2009, 03:41 AM

I should add I ordered my replacement laser from yallstore on ebay. So that is one place I can vouch for selling working lasers. Came out to around $60 w/shipping at the time I bought it.

OOFMATIC · 01-17-2009, 04:17 AM

Hello, I have ran into a problem while replacing my kes-400a for the first time.

I ordered a Kes-400a from Ebay (same seller that was mentioned in the previous posts), and I noticed it was slightly different from the laser that was inside my PS3. The snap-lock piece was not there. Here is a picture:

Sorry for the blurriness of the photo, but you'll notice how the new laser on the right does not have the white lock on the bottom. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to remove that piece from my old laser or not, I don't want to risk breaking it by trying to force it off. Is it supposed to be removable? Or did my seller send me a broken laser?

I looked at pictures of other kes-400a lasers from different sellers and they all also don't have the white and black snap lock for the ribbon cable. I'm not sure what to do at this point, and the tutorial on the first post doesn't mention anything about detaching the snap-lock from the old laser and putting it onto the new one.

Thanks for all your help!
OOFMATIC

BluHavik · 01-17-2009, 05:39 AM

I think it might just be that you got one of the new lasers. I found this pic on the PlayStation forums.

The one I got had a white clip, so I'll likely be replacing it again sometime.

OOFMATIC · 01-17-2009, 06:13 AM

That really sucks then.. I spent $70 for nothing.

Is there any way I could possibly transfer the clip from the old one to the new one? Or is my only option finding a laser with a white clip?

01-09-2009, 07:10 AM	#89
av8tr10178 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	Fixed! Eject button issue has been fixed! Here's how i got there....I didn't realize it at first, but a disc can be ejected via a menu. Just highlight the game icon, press and hold triangle on the controller, and then select "eject". This worked... even though the physical eject button on the machine still did not. This helped me confirm, however, that it was not that i had put the drive back together incorrectly after the laser swap. Anyways, once i figured that out, i was resigned to the fact that this was how i was going to have to eject a disc from now on. Since I still had some screws out, i took the console back to the kitchen table to finish the job..... then i found my real problem! the little metal, springy thing (underneath the plastic top case) that makes contact when you push the touch sensitive button was bent backwards. it's so tiny that i hadn't noticed it. the good thing is, since the power button operates with the same mechanism, i had something to compare it to, and that's how i finally noticed the problem. So, in the end, i was about to seal my PS3 up forever, and just before i did, i ultimately found the problem. sweet. anyways.... thanks for the help marinemike. you are a scholar and a gentleman. hope this thread helps someone out similarly. quick plug for the excellent laser i bought off ebay: ebay@yallstore.com excellent communication, ridiculously fast shipping (3 days from NY to HI), and guaranteed working product. highly recommended!

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01-07-2009, 04:55 PM	#81
av8tr10178 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	I never undid that ribbon cable. Looking for the snap now. Thanks!

01-07-2009, 05:05 PM	#83
av8tr10178 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	That connection looked solid as well. Do you think there's anything I may have done to the drive itself that would cause this? It doesn't seem so, because i would expect that if that it was the problem, the thing would still beep when i touched it. This may sound stupid but i haven't put in the top screws yet (because all previous times, the thing would have to come apart again 5 min later). I guess it's possible that the tightened screws may provide that extra millimeter of distance closure to complete the metal-to-metal contact (this was never a problem before, however). I'll try that and then it's off to work. If you have any more ideas let me know....will check back later. thanks so much again for the rapid response.

01-07-2009, 07:26 PM	#85
kaliraver Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Location:San Francisco Bay Blu-Ray SteelBooks™: (150+) Blu-ray collection:373 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:285	av8tr10178 I would check that the connections from your BD-drive are connected tight and also this happened to me. Make sure you check the red box and yellow box that Marine Mike highlighted in his pictures since more than likely one is not in all the way and like I said it happened to me and just made sure the ribbon cable was all the way in and that fixed my problem.

01-08-2009, 07:37 AM	#86
av8tr10178 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	MarineMike - yes the blue light does indicate that there is a disc inside. And I'm happy to report that after several hours of play, it seems the laser swap was the solution (with respect to reading discs)... so thanks to you for the install tutorial. anyways, kaliraver, i'm going to disassemble and make sure all connections are tight and hopefully it's the same problem you had. will report back with results. thank you both for the help.

01-08-2009, 03:54 PM	#87
joker77 New Member Member since:Jan 2009	Hello, I have a problem, changed module KES-400A, and now only read dvd and cd, bd will not read. What's wrong ?

01-10-2009, 07:02 AM	#92
av8tr10178 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	techknight - sorry to hear about the bum laser. i got some literature with my product guaranteeing that it would not arrive DOA. recommend you contact the seller and get a new laser. he does have good ones in his inventory, i can attest. good luck.

01-14-2009, 05:06 PM	#94
BluHavik Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:STL Blu-ray collection:32	Awesome guide mike Things got a little hairy for me cause I undid a cable that didn't need to be touched. I had thought I put it back in all the way but turned out it was loose. Anyway after tracking down that mistake I made, I'm the proud owner of a once again fully functional 60 gig PS3. Having saved $70 in the process. Thanks Mike!

01-14-2009, 05:16 PM	#96
BluHavik Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:STL Blu-ray collection:32	Nope, I think you got it from top to bottom with every little detail covered. BTW great job with the step by step pictures.

01-15-2009, 03:41 AM	#97
BluHavik Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:STL Blu-ray collection:32	I should add I ordered my replacement laser from yallstore on ebay. So that is one place I can vouch for selling working lasers. Came out to around $60 w/shipping at the time I bought it.

01-17-2009, 04:17 AM	#98
OOFMATIC New Member Member since:Jan 2009	Hello, I have ran into a problem while replacing my kes-400a for the first time. I ordered a Kes-400a from Ebay (same seller that was mentioned in the previous posts), and I noticed it was slightly different from the laser that was inside my PS3. The snap-lock piece was not there. Here is a picture: Sorry for the blurriness of the photo, but you'll notice how the new laser on the right does not have the white lock on the bottom. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to remove that piece from my old laser or not, I don't want to risk breaking it by trying to force it off. Is it supposed to be removable? Or did my seller send me a broken laser? I looked at pictures of other kes-400a lasers from different sellers and they all also don't have the white and black snap lock for the ribbon cable. I'm not sure what to do at this point, and the tutorial on the first post doesn't mention anything about detaching the snap-lock from the old laser and putting it onto the new one. Thanks for all your help! OOFMATIC

01-17-2009, 05:39 AM	#99
BluHavik Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:STL Blu-ray collection:32	I think it might just be that you got one of the new lasers. I found this pic on the PlayStation forums. The one I got had a white clip, so I'll likely be replacing it again sometime.

01-17-2009, 06:13 AM	#100
OOFMATIC New Member Member since:Jan 2009	That really sucks then.. I spent $70 for nothing. Is there any way I could possibly transfer the clip from the old one to the new one? Or is my only option finding a laser with a white clip?

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