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Hardware Failure: My Playstation 2.5

Kotaku:

"So I ran into a bit of a snag with my PlayStation 3 last week when I went to pick up Iron Man only to discover my system would not play Blu-ray games or movies any longer. PlayStation 2 games and DVDs run just fine, but Blu-ray just poops out without even trying to read the disc. I had put off calling support in the same way I generally put off calling the doctor, hoping that whatever is wrong will just fix itself (Mike, your arm's fallen off - It'll get better!), but after wistfully browsing the Blu-ray movie aisle at a local retail establishment it was time to make the call.

After navigating the PlayStation support line's various menus and advertisements, I got on the line with a support specialist I will call Denise, mainly because I completely forgot to write down her real name. Denise had never encountered this particular issue before, so she put me on hold to research a bit in between restoring the system's default setting and performing a hard reset. The verdict? My poor little PS3 is dead."
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Published: 589 days 23 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3
 
 

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Kyur4ThePain - 589 days 23 hours ago
1 - Revelation
I didn't know the PS3 had two seperate drives...one for DVDs and PS2 games, and one for Blu-Rays.
Interesting.
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PirateThom - 589 days 23 hours ago
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It's all one drive, but it has two lasers (all Blu-ray drives do). The violet laser can't read DVDs, so for DVD (or in this case, PS2/PS/DVD playback), there's also a red laser.
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scottie2521 - 589 days 23 hours ago
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they couldn't wait for this
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Dannagar - 589 days 21 hours ago
1.3 -
@Kyur4ThePain

What are you talking about? Playstation 3 has a single drive and a single Laser that reads PSOne(CD-Rom), PS2 (DVD-Rom) and PS3 (Blu-Ray) games. There are numerous reasons his PS3 could have stopped working. He's probably right about the dust on the laser. However, if he smokes, that could kill the system. The fans draw in the smoke and cloud the laser. A Blu-Ray disc has more info to read (or more compressed info) and the laser probably can't focus on it (due to dust or smoke) But it can still focus on DVDs, DVD-ROMs and CDs.

In addition, Blu-Rays, DVD and CDs read and different spin rates. Do you remember the Disc Read Error for Playstation 2? The reason some systems would read one type of disc over the other is because the spin rate slows or changes over time or due to usage. It's just wear and tear. It's also an easy fix (at least for me). If there's dust on the Laser, you just open the system and clean it off with a Q-Tip and alcohol. If it's the spin rate, you have to re-adjust the voltage (under the laser). That's a bit harder.


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The Lazy One - 589 days 20 hours ago
1.4 - @dan
the PS3 has 2 lasers. A red and a blue one.
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Dannagar - 589 days 20 hours ago
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When I say Laser, I'm mean Laser Lens. The picture I posted is a PS3 replacement drive. Theres no multiple drives or flipping lasers. Everything is a unit, one, uno, ichi.
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Sev1512 - 589 days 13 hours ago
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No duh there isnt 2 separate drives. He is being sarcastic. I FN hate Kotaku with such a passion. They go so far out of their way to make the PS3 look inferior.

The drive is either broken or it isnt. It doesnt pick and choose which discs it wants to read.

Another thing. They deserved to have their PS3 break if they actually bought Ironman.
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The Lazy One - 589 days 7 hours ago
1.7 - @dan
IC... the way you said it was a little confusing.
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Tarasque - 589 days 2 hours ago
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Well my ps3 wouldn't read crap after the first 2 month's roughly. Sent it in and got it back a few week's later. It has been about 3 month's since i got it back and all of the sudden it ocasionally won't read disk. Exactly how it started first time.
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Proxy - 589 days 22 hours ago
2.1 - I agree.
Every individual electronic failure deserves its own story IMO.
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Chubear - 589 days 12 hours ago
2.2 - Kotaku really seem to be steppin up their PS3 hate fest lately
Seems their checks finally came in.
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unjust - 589 days 11 hours ago
2.3 - Only time will tell
First GTA4 freezes now system failures maybe not that bad, but lets not forget what happened to Microsoft rrod which has happened to me 2times already and I'm not giving up. PS3 claims its perfect in every way,but these Next-Gen systems will undoubtabley have problems when they are trying to run for more advanced technologies from the past systems.
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LightningPS3 - 589 days 23 hours ago
3 - no offense
but how is one persons hardware failure really such interesting news? There's millions of these out there.

Imagine how many Toyota's break every year.
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pwnsause - 589 days 23 hours ago
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its kotaku, the biggest anti-PS3 site ever created, thats why.
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actas123 - 589 days 22 hours ago
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Kotaku are just annoying. I think they are after whats left of credability in their site.
Sarcastic gamer and kotaku are just a bunch of losers.
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killer_trap - 589 days 22 hours ago
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toyotas don't break. i used to have a camry and i once ran for 6 months with 25,000km without changing the engine oil then took the car to check it up and everything was in order!!!!! oh and since we're talking about things breaking here, i broke a nail. there thats news for ya.
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Tetsuryu - 589 days 22 hours ago
3.4 - @killer_trap
You're right. Toyota's are reliable vehicles. Mine hasn't had any problems for 50k+ miles thus far.
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Muff1nB4k3r - 589 days 21 hours ago
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Toyota's eh?

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

but back on topic... I guessed so, as aren't disk lasers on anything the most likely to go kaput first?

EDIT:

and the other parts -part 2(a) http://www.youtube.com/watc...

2(b) http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Tetsuryu - 589 days 21 hours ago
3.6 - @Muff1nB4k3r
Holy Sh*t!

Thanks for the links.
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pwnsause - 589 days 8 hours ago
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lol they sell the Hilux in Europe? wow those trucks are monsters BTW.
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Tarasque - 589 days 2 hours ago
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Comparing car's to game console's that's a first.
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prowiew - 588 days 12 hours ago
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I like kotaku. They and joystiq post news with a different and kind of funny approach.

Ps. im really hating all the top 5 or 10 stories that appears every day on n4g. Please stop that
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wow4u - 589 days 23 hours ago
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Drive errors on the PS3 isnt exactly rare news. Pretending otherwise is silly.

Exactly what this reporter is describing is pretty common in fact.
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red_ring_of_death - 589 days 23 hours ago
4.1 -
100 out of 11 million
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sonarus - 589 days 23 hours ago
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How common is it... do you know anyone that it has happened to? I know at least 4 ppl who have ran thru more than one 360. If it makes you feel better to say its common then go ahead.

In fact the last event Msoft attended, didn't one of the 360's suffer from a disk drive error and it couldn't read any discs?. I know of another one where the 360 on the show floor suffered RROD.

Seriously trying to compare this to RROD is a retarded fantasy
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Mikey_Gee - 589 days 22 hours ago
4.3 - @ 4.2 -- RELAX
Dude, talk about jumping to conclusions. The guy never even talked about the RROD ..... YOU brought it up. Not sure why you feel the need to jump to a PS3 VS 360 driven comment.

QUOTE:
Seriously trying to compare this to RROD is a retarded fantasy

WHEN ... WHERE ... did he compare it to the RROD ??????????

just a little defensive ........ WOW

All the "Blind Faith" can Disagree all you want, just saying that dude made NO MENTION of the RROD, and an assumption was made.

Funny Really !!

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WIth that being said, I think this article is a waste. The PS3 fail rate is FAR LOWER than the 360. I mean I love my 360, but I would NEVER buy a USED one. However, I had ZERO issue or hesitation in buying a used PS3.

Now bring on KZ and LBP ... oh, and chuck in HOME and XMB as well. Can't wait.
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sonarus - 589 days 22 hours ago
4.4 - @mickey.
lol i must admit, i may have strayed off point a bit there. but when 360 fanboys start going after PS3 hardware failure its silly to me. Its like telling someone they have smelly food when you have no food at all.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones thats all. If someone else had said it, i probably wouldn't have reacted in such a cannibalistic manner. :D
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Mikey_Gee - 589 days 22 hours ago
4.5 - Sonarus
Dude, I can see why fanboys from both camps jump on each other so fast, but I sure as hell do not understand why. I guess it just really annoys the crap out of me. Folks talk about consoles like religions. When in reality the console makers could not give a hoot about you or I ... as I long as we give them our $$$. So I find it hard to grasp the DIE HARD attitude some show toward a brand. I am one of the lucky that have both the 360 and the PS3 and can evaluate both for what they really are, as well as the give and understand a personal hands on assessment of what each does well ... and not so well. And like it or not, each has GOOD POINTS and BAD POINTS.

I have no intention of ever giving up my PS3 .... but you know what .... my 360 is not going anywhere either ... ;-)

As I said, in the end I guess I just want to play good games REGARDLESS of what machine the game disc spins in. And the over defensive stance many take on this (and many other) sites tends to get REAL OLD, REAL FAST !!!

Cheers
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Skerj - 589 days 23 hours ago
5 - It's a failsafe DER.
It knew he was trying to play Iron Man and acted accordingly, may this be a lesson to you all especially if any of you plan on purchasing Vampire Rain.
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sonarus - 589 days 23 hours ago
5.1 -
lol. Potentially saved his life instead of thanking the bastard he downgraded it from 3 to 2.5
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toughNAME - 589 days 23 hours ago
6 - I guess PS3 owners..
will be stuck playing NO games on NO console, after this epidemic
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PirateThom - 589 days 23 hours ago
6.1 -
Well, if you'd read the article, you'd see Blu-ray discs and PSN games still worked... since all PS3 games are on Blu-ray, he could still play all PS3 games and all his downloaded titles.
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yanikins111 - 589 days 23 hours ago
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just like so many "other console" users.
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scottie2521 - 589 days 22 hours ago
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fail
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themyk - 589 days 22 hours ago
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seriously. that was one of the weakest comments i've read in a long time.
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SUP3R - 589 days 22 hours ago
6.5 - epidemic?? LOL!!
ep·i·dem·ic [ep-i-dem-ik]
–adjective

· extremely prevalent; widespread.

Mine and millions of others work perfectly fine.
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toughNAME - 589 days 22 hours ago
6.6 - I just hope...
Sony can do something about it before the hardware problem becomes more widespread.

Let's not forget exploding batteries...
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sonarus - 589 days 22 hours ago
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lol. Wasn't it the other day that a 360 was burning down a house :o
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OnslaughtX - 589 days 22 hours ago
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I believe it was. Now THAT is an epidemic.
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toughNAME - 589 days 22 hours ago
6.9 - Well sonarus
The 360 isn't just for gaming...its a multi-media machine.

One of the options included is Fireworks mode, which allows consoles to experience large amounts of heat and breath taking, colourful lights.

It's quite the phenomenon, I can only hope the PS5 will have enough GPU for the lesser mode, Firecracker.
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Tarasque - 589 days 2 hours ago
6.10 - @PirateThom
I hate when people don't read the article and make comment's. And the bad thing is you are telling everyone to read the article and you are still wrong. It say's "my system would not play Blu-ray games or movies any longer"
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jacobdevos - 589 days 23 hours ago
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this one can go down as the lamest article ever written
i have no idea how this even made it past approval
it's just some story about a ps3 dying, and it didn't even completely die
he makes a little gripe about his 360 not dying, but seriously theres no point to be proven there
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themyk - 589 days 22 hours ago
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i'm giving you bubbles just for having one of my favorite bands as your avatar. thank god for DEF TONES.
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jacobdevos - 589 days 22 hours ago
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hahahah deftones really do own.
whats your fav album?
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themyk - 589 days 21 hours ago
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around the fur FTW. and i like the "b-sides & rarities"
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Slayer OP - 589 days 23 hours ago
8 - Great.
So you bought one f the .02% ps3 that die?

Really surprising. /sarcam.
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Whoooop - 589 days 22 hours ago
9 - hmmm
I can see that some keep trying... PS3 will never be seen or known as a faulty console.

Many have tried with useless articles about PS3 Hardware failures, but they all stay the same.... Poor attempts.
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yanikins111 - 589 days 22 hours ago
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I once had this speaking dictionary, and one day, the speaker stopped working so i wrote a blog about it and someone posted it on N4G because people care....
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