Faulty laser on my 60gb ps3

Last night my ps3 decided to die, it appears to be a faulty laser as it reads no disks what so ever.

From looking on the internet i see this is a known problem, and was wondering what sony will do? (in the uk) i am aware that in the us they can repair it for around $15, is this the same for the uk?

Hi guys,

This puts me off buying a PS3, at those prices anyway. I just have a PS2 at the mo, though considering getting a PS3 soon, haven't bought one as I haven't been playing much the past year.

On my Ps2 I used a repair guide to fix the laser, basically moving a dial backwards inside the console until it worked again, is there any way you can do the same thing with the PS3? I'll have to check online, see what a search comes up with, but I doubt it though unfortunately.

$168 is a lot of cash just to fix a laser, hopefully the price will come down, and I don't know why it costs only £60 to fix a PS2 laser and a lot more to fix a PS3 laser.

Anyway, just my thoughts,

Dan

Hi guys,

This puts me off buying a PS3, at those prices anyway. I just have a PS2 at the mo, though considering getting a PS3 soon, haven't bought one as I haven't been playing much the past year.

On my Ps2 I used a repair guide to fix the laser, basically moving a dial backwards inside the console until it worked again, is there any way you can do the same thing with the PS3? I'll have to check online, see what a search comes up with, but I doubt it though unfortunately.

$168 is a lot of cash just to fix a laser, hopefully the price will come down, and I don't know why it costs only £60 to fix a PS2 laser and a lot more to fix a PS3 laser.

Anyway, just my thoughts,

Dan

danaustin

In the UK you get a 2 year warranty ( I think). The same thing happened to me recently, it wouldn't read discs anymore. It was after 13 months of ownership, but Sony still replaced it for free.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]In the UK you get a 2 year warranty ( I think). The same thing happened to me recently, it wouldn't read discs anymore. It was after 13 months of ownership, but Sony still replaced it for free.Evildude683

because 2 years in UK is equal to 1 year US time

[QUOTE="Evildude683"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]In the UK you get a 2 year warranty ( I think). The same thing happened to me recently, it wouldn't read discs anymore. It was after 13 months of ownership, but Sony still replaced it for free.machiavell8x8

because 2 years in UK is equal to 1 year US time

[QUOTE="machiavell8x8"]

[QUOTE="Evildude683"]I wonder why Sony doesn't give the American customers the same warranty period that of those in the UK?...BIAS?Evildude683

because 2 years in UK is equal to 1 year US time

[QUOTE="danaustin"]

Hi guys,

This puts me off buying a PS3, at those prices anyway. I just have a PS2 at the mo, though considering getting a PS3 soon, haven't bought one as I haven't been playing much the past year.

On my Ps2 I used a repair guide to fix the laser, basically moving a dial backwards inside the console until it worked again, is there any way you can do the same thing with the PS3? I'll have to check online, see what a search comes up with, but I doubt it though unfortunately.

$168 is a lot of cash just to fix a laser, hopefully the price will come down, and I don't know why it costs only £60 to fix a PS2 laser and a lot more to fix a PS3 laser.

Anyway, just my thoughts,

Dan

conistant

Actually, I've had two separate PS3 consoles crap out because of a faulty laser... and they were both the 40GB models. Luckily one of the consoles was still under warranty. The other was an Ebay purchase that I got screwed on (that'll teach me!) Still, I'd recommend anyone who may be thinking of purchasing a PS3 to get one. I kow that these failures are few and far between. I chalk up both of my console failures to just plain ol' bad luck on my part.

[QUOTE="Evildude683"][QUOTE="machiavell8x8"]

because 2 years in UK is equal to 1 year US time

Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"][QUOTE="Evildude683"]What!? LMAO:lol:Evildude683

[QUOTE="Evildude683"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"] He's right, you know. :)Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"][QUOTE="Evildude683"]Plzzz explain yourself....Evildude683

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"][QUOTE="Evildude683"]What!? LMAO:lol:Evildude683

its kinda like how you can earn $20 in the US and go over to africa and buy a bag of diamonds with it. but since were dealing with time, it has to do with how americans tell time and how others use military time. us americans go to bed when the clock strikes 12:00

but to foreaners they are eating lunch at 12:00 and go to bed at 24:00!!!!!, so you see their days are twice as long as are's. hence twice the warrenty

[QUOTE="Evildude683"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"] He's right, you know. :)machiavell8x8

its kinda like how you can earn $20 in the US and go over to africa and buy a bag of diamonds with it. but since were dealing with time, it has to do with how americans tell time and how others use military time. us americans go to bed when the clock strikes 12:00

but to foreaners they are eating lunch at 12:00 and go to bed at 24:00!!!!!, so you see their days are twice as long as are's. hence twice the warrenty

the land of hope, the land of changemachiavell8x8

Hi guys,

This puts me off buying a PS3, at those prices anyway. I just have a PS2 at the mo, though considering getting a PS3 soon, haven't bought one as I haven't been playing much the past year.

On my Ps2 I used a repair guide to fix the laser, basically moving a dial backwards inside the console until it worked again, is there any way you can do the same thing with the PS3? I'll have to check online, see what a search comes up with, but I doubt it though unfortunately.

$168 is a lot of cash just to fix a laser, hopefully the price will come down, and I don't know why it costs only £60 to fix a PS2 laser and a lot more to fix a PS3 laser.

Anyway, just my thoughts,

Dan

danaustin