Exactly what I needed. Careful the one white arm he plays with can spring out with the spring. Not easy trying to figure out how it is supposed to go back. Excellent video. Fixed our issue!!!!
i want to thank you, by removing the gear it didn't reset immediately but i wiggled the arm a little and it reset. i had spent 3 hours on this disc drive issue almost and your video saved me thank you!!!
Thank You for sharing this great info! Our two year old managed to stick 6 discs, one nickel, two pennies and a flattened piece of play dough into our PS3 and we couldn't get everything out without taking it apart and then had to reset the drive. Your video is easy to follow. Lesson learned and the PS3 is now only plugged in when we are playing or watching a Blu Ray.
I had a disc in that was stuck to the spinner inside. Apparently it had one of those anti piracy stickers around the hole of the DVD. Suffice to say you just saved me a bundle and thank you very much.
Great video. Has really helped me to reset my Blu-ray drive. My son has really inserted a weird object (small plastic disk used to stand the suction cup of my GPS). I had to disassemble 3 times in order to find out where was it. Even after removing it, the blu-ray was not working. Probably because a reset was not properly made. This video has really helped me to get it working again.
OMG, thank you sooo much, my ps3 broke 2 years ago and bought a new one last year, so I decided to fix the old one and tried everything and it didn't work, After watching your video step by step it works again, you saved me $145 thank you
Thanks much. Very helpful. My son lodged a piece of foam in the drive and when I went to insert disc it wouldn't read nor eject. Thanks again. Very helpful!
this video helped me so much I actually was able to fix my Playstation 3 it wasn't reading discs or injecting or ejecting them so they're good now it is working 100% thank you very much
Thank you so much for this video, I had to take my PS3 apart to clean the eye, after putting it back together the disc read instantly but when I tried to eject it it wouldn't come out. I didn't realize that the small white latch that keeps the disc in needed to be reset. I was ready to give up when I found your video :)
Omg dude I love u mate no homo man my disc drive didn't work man now it does guys I thank u so much dude bro I'm your new subscriber your the smartest one on RUclips I count find a video this good and explaining!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this single handed helped solve my issue that I came across on my current system and another one I ended up selling for scraps. But this saved Sony's ass with a loyal customer. Thanks again, it really helped even though I only used 2 screwdrivers.
Hello, if you find your disk won't load or eject after this, NOTE: you will need to check your ribbon cable connections to align and push them in all the way and reset the clips. Most likely will happen when putting drive back in it's place in machine. This should correct that issue.
Did you make sure both ends of the cable were securely clamped into the clips? He shows it at 6:00 in. I had to straighten mine out for the one he doesn't show in the video.
I have to say THANK YOU MAN, my mom just used this and your disassembly120 GB vid to get my disk out. THANK YOU I HAVE TOTALLY LIKED AND SUBBED YOU. :D
@Digi Doodlez Yes you are very right - that part is actually gets skipped. I think while editing it was missed out. Ok - there are quite a few tutorials in our channel for 120GB Model and the technician shows opening up Blu-Ray drive completely. Please also check-out those tutorials also and thank you for point it out.
I have the metal spring I just dont know where to put it. I know it goes on the white clip but I dont know where it latches onto or if it belongs on top or underneath the white clip.
I know this is a super old video so totally understand if you don't check for questions, but would this work for the 2101A model as well? Do you have any other videos on how to reset the gear assembly if that's messed up or is that a lost cause? We put a disk in and it played for a couple seconds but was grinding and whirring and scratched up the back up the disk in a couple circles.I'm wondering if my kid shoved something else in there. Thank you for doing this!
Yep is was accepting discs before and ejecting them with no problem. My ps3 works fine but if I play a game for an hour or so the disc begins to spin violently and it stops reading the game.
@Kurtis Alan By the sound of it there are 4+ issues with your Blu-Ray drive. Its not feasible to repair this drive. Simply grab a new drive and carry out replacement. Much much easier.
I have a ps3 120gb slim. Problem is when i put in a disc, it takes it in but doesn't play it and it wont eject. The blue light above the arrow doesn't come on even though a disc is in. I then reset the drive like the video says and the cycle starts all over again. Please help.
@realerik123 If its not accepting disc then there is an issue with your Eject-Feed Mechanism. This will not work unless you reset pretty much all the gears
My ps3Slim stopped taking in, or ejecting discs. I took it apart following youtube instructions, and made sure all gears and such were set correctly.. however the problem seems to be that it never recognizes a disc insertion, and therefore never activates the mechanisms to pull the disc in. I can manually push it in/use the screw/gear at the bottom, but once loaded it still wont spin it, and the eject button beeps as though it is empty... any solution would be greatly appreciated.
I moved i believe to be the eject button 4:45 on your left hand that white piece. now i cant reset it and the ps3 dont takes any cds. what do you suggest I should do
i have that problem but the thing that doesn't happen when i follow your. every move is that blu ray reset doesn't make that pop. so would you know what my problem is. because also putting it back disk still get struck. plus still not reading disk did before but not now. please help!!
hey i have one problem this vid helped out alot but there's a spring on the top part of the drive and i can not figure out how to put it back properly i uploaded a video showing it please help
Okay, so I did everything as instructed, but now I cannot get the disc to eject. It will feed into the bluray drive, but after about 10 seconds there is the eject sound with no actual ejecting, and the eject button DOES NOT EJECT the disc. Please advise.
turn off hold down eject and it should force eject. if not you should open it back up and look at the inside closely. i was trying to fix my dads and i haven't tested it yet but 1 of the white arms that goes in the middle was stuck. you probably messed something up and now the feeder isn't working. what you hear is the motor that helps move the disk but it might not be set right causing it to not move anything.
I dont think there is any fancy name for it just a plastic gear piece that has two positions 1. moved to top when a disc is inserted 2. comes back to default position when a disc is ejected.
This was kind of helpful. But the problem with my system is that it would not eject the disc. I tried the "forced eject" option too but it still doesn't work. I tried manually, same thing. And idea what I should do?
so I am assuming there are 2 issues - Drive gear/assembly is not functioning - Lens issue If there are too many issues, simply purchase a new Blu-Ray drive and carry out PCB replacement. Thats an easier option
I got a quiestion, today when i turned on my 160g ps3 console, it began to make a noise like when you inser a disc, but i wasn´t inserting any disc neither had any disc inside. I reset pressing 5 seconds the ejection button, but every time I turn it on makes the same noise, but after that, you can insert any disc and it reads any disc with no problem at all. Do you have any idea, what can be?
I know omg way way late for this video but my ps3 slim is making a white sircle around the middle of my disc an when I'm playing a game it makes scratchy sounds and I done took it apart and looked nothing is jam or stink everything is good it keeps making that scratchy sounds an that white ring around the center of my disc. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU
Please help!!! The little metal spring came off of the white clip and I dont know how to put it back on. Also I did the reset but the white clip did not got to the bottom instead it lets me move it up and down freely. Is this a result of the metal spring missing? Can you help me with this?
what if theres no disk in the ps3 .but it wont accept games will this work?all the lights turn on and everything else is fine its just that it wont accept discs. will this most likely work?
So i fixed the part where i couldn't put disks in because it was getting blocked by the white thing; however, it still doesn't read any disks. It makes the eject sound but doesn't actually eject. it was working fine until i bought the Last of Us and it would not read it, so i opened it up and from there on it stopped reading disks. Could it have been that i just moved something and it's not actually permanently damaged? PLEASE HELP!
I did that Thanks so much, but now it is not reading the game disks anymore. Do you have an idea why??? I was working fine before, but is not showing the disk icon in the XMB menu. Please help me!!!
first guess is look at the plugs you undid. i had a hard time getting the ribbon into the blu-ray reader to lock in place(5:55 that end he locks). it kept getting pushed out by the lock instead. if the ribbon is not in all the way it will cause problems!
makes the ejecting noise with out ejecting the game i have to manually move it in and out of the console and then it loads it perfect which it is not normal
around 5:08 that thing that supposed to reset to its original position, that thing popped out so i don't know how to put it back in... can you show me how to put it back in thanks =]
Hey man, I just had this same issue the other night. COD froze up, then I unplugged the system and it went through the checking data to ensure it wasn't broken check. After that, it would no longer read the disc and I get that ejecting noise. Let me know if you find anything.
Hey, today I received my ps3 drive replacement. The two lens that read the discs not the whole thing. But I installed it and it will not read the blue rays like before only DVD and I'm sure it's no the drive. Can it be the tracks? As you said that the lens gets farther and closer to the disc.
@ONEILLisLOCO1119 Please ensure to check the laser mechanism assembly. Make sure everything is intact and screwed in properly. I know its very easy to say all of this and i understand its very hectic and tedious process however this is the only way i.e thoroughly observe. perhaps watch the video a few times and take a note of each gear piece and then match with your blu-ray drive ? to ensure everything is in place ? If still issues, perhaps replacing with another drive ?
am having a problem with my ps3 slim and i changed the lens it plays my dvd fine with no problem but when it comes to games it takes long loading and it makes the ejecting noise can you tell me what the problem is because it out of wuarantee plus i can fix it on my own its like fixing a pc computer
hey, love your videos but i got a quick question my ps3 slim makes a grinding noise when i put my disk in and it starts to read it. the game still reads and everything works fine but i was wondering whats wrong? just wondering if it can be a quick fix
Exactly what I needed. Careful the one white arm he plays with can spring out with the spring. Not easy trying to figure out how it is supposed to go back. Excellent video. Fixed our issue!!!!
i want to thank you, by removing the gear it didn't reset immediately but i wiggled the arm a little and it reset. i had spent 3 hours on this disc drive issue almost and your video saved me thank you!!!
Thank You for sharing this great info! Our two year old managed to stick 6 discs, one nickel, two pennies and a flattened piece of play dough into our PS3 and we couldn't get everything out without taking it apart and then had to reset the drive. Your video is easy to follow. Lesson learned and the PS3 is now only plugged in when we are playing or watching a Blu Ray.
I was fixing a friend's PS3 2002 and couldn't figure out how to reset the disc drive. This video did the trick!
I had a disc in that was stuck to the spinner inside. Apparently it had one of those anti piracy stickers around the hole of the DVD.
Suffice to say you just saved me a bundle and thank you very much.
Great video. Has really helped me to reset my Blu-ray drive. My son has really inserted a weird object (small plastic disk used to stand the suction cup of my GPS). I had to disassemble 3 times in order to find out where was it. Even after removing it, the blu-ray was not working. Probably because a reset was not properly made. This video has really helped me to get it working again.
OMG, thank you sooo much, my ps3 broke 2 years ago and bought a new one last year, so I decided to fix the old one and tried everything and it didn't work, After watching your video step by step it works again, you saved me $145 thank you
Thanks much. Very helpful. My son lodged a piece of foam in the drive and when I went to insert disc it wouldn't read nor eject. Thanks again. Very helpful!
this video helped me so much I actually was able to fix my Playstation 3 it wasn't reading discs or injecting or ejecting them so they're good now it is working 100% thank you very much
Thank you so much for this video, I had to take my PS3 apart to clean the eye, after putting it back together the disc read instantly but when I tried to eject it it wouldn't come out. I didn't realize that the small white latch that keeps the disc in needed to be reset. I was ready to give up when I found your video :)
Nice job, just replaced my blueray lense and now I'm back up and running, lots of thanks
Omg dude I love u mate no homo man my disc drive didn't work man now it does guys I thank u so much dude bro I'm your new subscriber your the smartest one on RUclips I count find a video this good and explaining!!!!
Bought a PS3 at a pawn shop for $30 since it was broken. it turns out some dumbass shoved a psp game into the disc drive!
Erm... portable takes DIsks ?
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this single handed helped solve my issue that I came across on my current system and another one I ended up selling for scraps. But this saved Sony's ass with a loyal customer. Thanks again, it really helped even though I only used 2 screwdrivers.
did you do anything after all about it cause im having the same issue?
finally a video that uses my exact internal set-up - only problem, my unit still will not read the disk - cleaned both lens points - at a loss!
Nevermind, I just had to make sure my wires were all secure. Thank you so much! It's very appreciated
@Chris Capo
Thank you for watching and Thank you for your kind remarks.
Happy Gaming :-)
Hello, if you find your disk won't load or eject after this, NOTE: you will need to check your ribbon cable connections to align and push them in all the way and reset the clips. Most likely will happen when putting drive back in it's place in machine. This should correct that issue.
I watched this 9 years ago and it just popped up in my recommended lol.
Did you make sure both ends of the cable were securely clamped into the clips? He shows it at 6:00 in. I had to straighten mine out for the one he doesn't show in the video.
Great video. Does it matter where the laser is after you reset the drive? Thanks.
I have to say THANK YOU MAN, my mom just used this and your disassembly120 GB vid to get my disk out. THANK YOU I HAVE TOTALLY LIKED AND SUBBED YOU. :D
@Digi Doodlez
Yes you are very right - that part is actually gets skipped. I think while editing it was missed out.
Ok - there are quite a few tutorials in our channel for 120GB Model and the technician shows opening up Blu-Ray drive completely.
Please also check-out those tutorials also and thank you for point it out.
@TheJosevampiro
Glad it helped you. Thank you for watching :-)
Happy Gaming
You have just saved me £70 What a LEGEND THANK YOU SO MUCH :D
Hey I just did this and it worked. Super stoked right now, thanks.
I did this but e doesnt spring back like yours did...i had to manually move it back to place.Any tips on what happened..?
when I put a CD reads the first 10 minutes and then stops when I play games that I have stored on your hard no packages. Did you know the has?
@Vgamer son
Glad it helped you. Thank you for watching :-)
Happy Gaming
@xAlenaLovex
If its not reading disc that means the lens has failed. You need to replace with New Lens.
I have the metal spring I just dont know where to put it. I know it goes on the white clip but I dont know where it latches onto or if it belongs on top or underneath the white clip.
I know this is a super old video so totally understand if you don't check for questions, but would this work for the 2101A model as well? Do you have any other videos on how to reset the gear assembly if that's messed up or is that a lost cause? We put a disk in and it played for a couple seconds but was grinding and whirring and scratched up the back up the disk in a couple circles.I'm wondering if my kid shoved something else in there.
Thank you for doing this!
Yep is was accepting discs before and ejecting them with no problem. My ps3 works fine but if I play a game for an hour or so the disc begins to spin violently and it stops reading the game.
Cheese and rice!!!!!! Thank you very much!!!!! I have been batteling with this for 3 hours... Thanks again
@Kurtis Alan
By the sound of it there are 4+ issues with your Blu-Ray drive. Its not feasible to repair this drive. Simply grab a new drive and carry out replacement. Much much easier.
reset the disc drive... THAT WAS IT! Thanks, TOP MAN
thought my blue ray had went bad but boss u solved my problem 100% THANKS
right on man. thank you for showing this video, it helped a lot to me.
got my console fixed. 5 stars.
Would this happen to fix the blue ray & game readings ,if the blueray & or games are not reading??
the blu-ray drive on mine makes a brief loud grinding noise.What causes this and how can I fix it.I have the 160gb slim.
I have a ps3 120gb slim. Problem is when i put in a disc, it takes it in but doesn't play it and it wont eject. The blue light above the arrow doesn't come on even though a disc is in. I then reset the drive like the video says and the cycle starts all over again. Please help.
My issue is that the PlayStation Lazer move back when we put the CD and make weared noise
how exactly? replace the drive completely? or just swap the parts over?
@realerik123
If its not accepting disc then there is an issue with your Eject-Feed Mechanism.
This will not work unless you reset pretty much all the gears
OMG....T H A N K Y O U!!!
I NEVER though I had to do this, I left my disce inside while fixing it. This video helped me SOO MUCH!!
What a Nightmare...
Thanks. On the part of "resetting" the drive, instead of removing the large white gear, why not just turn it?
Otheus Shelling cuz there's a few springs that prevent you to. That's why you have to take it out and let the springs push everything back .
On minut 4:20 is lost the spiral connected to the clip you called it. Where is this spiral connected with?
My ps3Slim stopped taking in, or ejecting discs. I took it apart following youtube instructions, and made sure all gears and such were set correctly.. however the problem seems to be that it never recognizes a disc insertion, and therefore never activates the mechanisms to pull the disc in. I can manually push it in/use the screw/gear at the bottom, but once loaded it still wont spin it, and the eject button beeps as though it is empty... any solution would be greatly appreciated.
I moved i believe to be the eject button 4:45 on your left hand that white piece. now i cant reset it and the ps3 dont takes any cds. what do you suggest I should do
Do you have any vids on to how resemble the gears of a ps3 120gb?
i did this it excepts the disk but it makes a weird sound like if the cd is scratching on something so i tilt it and no noise but the disk wont eject
i have that problem but the thing that doesn't happen when i follow your. every move is that blu ray reset doesn't make that pop. so would you know what my problem is. because also putting it back disk still get struck. plus still not reading disk did before but not now. please help!!
Big ups bro you seriously helped me fix my ps3.... God bless
hey i have one problem this vid helped out alot but there's a spring on the top part of the drive and i can not figure out how to put it back properly i uploaded a video showing it please help
Okay, so I did everything as instructed, but now I cannot get the disc to eject. It will feed into the bluray drive, but after about 10 seconds there is the eject sound with no actual ejecting, and the eject button DOES NOT EJECT the disc. Please advise.
turn off hold down eject and it should force eject. if not you should open it back up and look at the inside closely. i was trying to fix my dads and i haven't tested it yet but 1 of the white arms that goes in the middle was stuck. you probably messed something up and now the feeder isn't working. what you hear is the motor that helps move the disk but it might not be set right causing it to not move anything.
either one of the gear pieces is not aligned properly or lens failure ?
@alancoty
yes thats most likely an issue with your lens. Replace it with new lens and you should be back in business.
Eject-Feed mechanism issue
Is your Blu-ray PCB functional ?
Do you have a spare Blu-Ray drive ?
I did all of these steps, but when I go to put my CD in, it does not suck it in. I would have to force it if I wanted it to go in :(
Hey do i need to put a fully synthetic oil in the 2 metal bar rail on the laser to make it more slippery ??
I dont think there is any fancy name for it
just a plastic gear piece that has two positions
1. moved to top when a disc is inserted
2. comes back to default position when a disc is ejected.
okay i now what was wrong the ribbon to turn it on had a lot of cuts i fixed the blue ray drive but it takes a lot of force to put the games in
Took my ps3 apart to try and fix it now it doesn't accept discs disk drive makes a beeping sound every time I put it on any ideas?
hi my disks wont physically go in ive took it apart and i think its something to do with a spring maybe any ideas??
I need help, my reader doesn't reset when I get out the gear and I can't put disks in.
You had two discs...they had Japanese writing on them...what were they??
This was kind of helpful. But the problem with my system is that it would not eject the disc. I tried the "forced eject" option too but it still doesn't work. I tried manually, same thing. And idea what I should do?
I can help you bro if u want to
so I am assuming there are 2 issues
- Drive gear/assembly is not functioning
- Lens issue
If there are too many issues, simply purchase a new Blu-Ray drive and carry out PCB replacement.
Thats an easier option
I got a quiestion, today when i turned on my 160g ps3 console, it began to make a noise like when you inser a disc, but i wasn´t inserting any disc neither had any disc inside. I reset pressing 5 seconds the ejection button, but every time I turn it on makes the same noise, but after that, you can insert any disc and it reads any disc with no problem at all. Do you have any idea, what can be?
Thank you very much. Only came to see where abouts a spring goes and because of this video, i now know why, subscribed and thumbs up :) Thanks..!!!
I know omg way way late for this video but my ps3 slim is making a white sircle around the middle of my disc an when I'm playing a game it makes scratchy sounds and I done took it apart and looked nothing is jam or stink everything is good it keeps making that scratchy sounds an that white ring around the center of my disc. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU
Please help!!! The little metal spring came off of the white clip and I dont know how to put it back on. Also I did the reset but the white clip did not got to the bottom instead it lets me move it up and down freely. Is this a result of the metal spring missing? Can you help me with this?
Awesome Video, Very Detailed and Clear instructions!! THX FOR YOUR HELLP!!
You have to reassembly the gears
I am assuming it was accepting discs before ?
what if theres no disk in the ps3 .but it wont accept games will this work?all the lights turn on and everything else is fine its just that it wont accept discs. will this most likely work?
Got my disk out thanks, but now it wont accept any disk.. Help please!!!!
how do i find out what laser replacement model # i need for my 120Gb slim? the unit model # is CECH-2001A.
So i fixed the part where i couldn't put disks in because it was getting blocked by the white thing; however, it still doesn't read any disks. It makes the eject sound but doesn't actually eject. it was working fine until i bought the Last of Us and it would not read it, so i opened it up and from there on it stopped reading disks. Could it have been that i just moved something and it's not actually permanently damaged? PLEASE HELP!
I did that Thanks so much, but now it is not reading the game disks anymore. Do you have an idea why??? I was working fine before, but is not showing the disk icon in the XMB menu. Please help me!!!
first guess is look at the plugs you undid. i had a hard time getting the ribbon into the
blu-ray reader to lock in place(5:55 that end he locks). it kept getting pushed out by the lock instead. if the ribbon is not in all the way it will cause problems!
@jacobtribe1
Thank you for watching and Thank you for your kind remarks.
Happy Gaming :-)
@axel martell
Reset Switch Problem perhaps ?
Are you able to turn on your PS3 ?
makes the ejecting noise with out ejecting the game i have to manually move it in and out of the console and then it loads it perfect which it is not normal
i did that it work now it won't spend my disc can u help me wit that?
@Cesar Perez
so there is still an issue with your Blu-ray drive ?
Amm my problem is that if i put an disc it will take it but it would make the sound like if its ejecting it and wont read it
around 5:08 that thing that supposed to reset to its original position, that thing popped out so i don't know how to put it back in... can you show me how to put it back in thanks =]
how do u reset all the gears cuz i have tthe same problem as realerik123
Hey man, I just had this same issue the other night. COD froze up, then I unplugged the system and it went through the checking data to ensure it wasn't broken check. After that, it would no longer read the disc and I get that ejecting noise. Let me know if you find anything.
Hey, today I received my ps3 drive replacement. The two lens that read the discs not the whole thing. But I installed it and it will not read the blue rays like before only DVD and I'm sure it's no the drive. Can it be the tracks? As you said that the lens gets farther and closer to the disc.
@ONEILLisLOCO1119
Please ensure to check the laser mechanism assembly. Make sure everything is intact and screwed in properly. I know its very easy to say all of this and i understand its very hectic and tedious process however this is the only way i.e thoroughly observe.
perhaps watch the video a few times and take a note of each gear piece and then match with your blu-ray drive ? to ensure everything is in place ?
If still issues, perhaps replacing with another drive ?
@Redemption
I had to reset my mechanism. Mines was freezing, etc.. not reading disc, nd ejection issues.
do you mean system restore?
Huh, u tlkn abt
iuno im tryna figure out how to get my ps3 going
U prolly need a laser/lens replacement, thts hw I fixed mines
Does this fix the not reading and eject noise??
I did but the little white thing is still raised on my drive...
Does it going to damage the laser when dust on it?
how do u open the back cuz it dosent show its just gets skipped
@Albert Reznik
Good work Albert. You kept your PS3 for 2 years ? LOL Your Mrs never chucked it out ? hehe
am having a problem with my ps3 slim and i changed the lens it plays my dvd fine with no problem but when it comes to games it takes long loading and it makes the ejecting noise can you tell me what the problem is because it out of wuarantee plus i can fix it on my own its like fixing a pc computer
hey, love your videos but i got a quick question my ps3 slim makes a grinding noise when i put my disk in and it starts to read it. the game still reads and everything works fine but i was wondering whats wrong? just wondering if it can be a quick fix
@xmanrodriguez25
I am so sorry mate. Would you like to tell us what was the original issue ? so we can try analyse and help ?