Introduction
Use this guide to replace your PlayStation 3's Blu-ray disc drive. Replacing a defective Blu-ray drive with a replacement requires swapping the Blu-ray drive board from the old drive onto the replacement.
What you need
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Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.
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Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.
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Remove the following seven screws:
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Six 52 mm Phillips screws
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One 30 mm Phillips screw
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Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.
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Remove the top cover.
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There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.
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Lift the Blu-ray drive from the edge nearest the power supply and rotate it away from the chassis enough to access its ribbon cable.
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Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the Blu-ray ribbon cable socket.
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Pull the ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Remove the Blu-ray drive from the PS3.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Most helpful. Thx need to buy parts.and tools needed to fix game game. Were to buy ?
Not sure myself, need one too. Look under comments section under ps3 laser replacement for more info. They are supposed to sell them on this website but I think they are still out.
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