w0w can repair at penang is it? service center for sony is it?

i called sony tech support they say not supported here in msia. only supported by country of origin. try to call sgp, they say i need to call hk. called hk, hk say we dont except courier mach.

haish ..

no la...not service center..but one of the shop if not mistaken Mario...sumthing like dad..do offer console repairing service...

dunno either really can repair o not coz i myself didnt indulge the effection of my ps3 being repaired there...

maybe i will send..but donno yet when...

just FYI maybe you are interested lah.. i've asked several courier service company to send my console to HK and get them to pick them up again once its ready, only one company will do it and it cose a whopping 600++

just to let u know, arc, sony SG will not accept any ps3 console other than the local set, even if u pay them, they will not do it for u, well unless u got a good buddy working htere, tats another story

i dunno bout the sg sony center but if not mistaken,the item wont be repaired by sony but some technician from sg if i caught the shopkeeper words rite..

dads y rite now they can offer the service here at penang..they got some sort of technician repaired the machine and most probably not sony xD

anyway @miri...600 for shipping cost or all of em shipping+repairing??

repairing shud be free, shippign nia

shipping alone to HK. repair is free, still under warranty

u bought it from sony center huh??

nope bought it from GH, but according to HK svc ctr, that i called, they will fix it for free since its under warranty ..

i believe that the cost effective solution is buy buying the lens and install it yourself..

u bought the lens yet??or maybe u gonna walk to the expensive solution huh??

bought it already, thru ebay. not that expensive comparing to the price to courier it to HK.

hope ething works fine lah, will update this thread

Good luck for changing the lens! hope everything goes smooth!
If u manage to fix it, i think later u can prepared to open shop and charge those ppl that lazy to fix themselves

ya ya...can change for me wif half price!! xD

hahaha i'm not doing it on my own, im not that tech savvy enough. but managed to find someone willing to do it for me

LOL i thought u were going to open up ur PS3 like the video i last post

after watching that video..im itching to open up the console ....xD

but still,juz to see wut inside is not worth reason to spoiled this baby (if any)..

to miri...hope ur project will run smoothly and finaly ur ps3 recover....n dont forget to post the update ya!!

anyway..u will be there when that "SOMEONE" disassembling ur PS3??if u were there,take some pic la...the lens and all the anatomy of ur PS3!!

ade cara mcmmane nak bagi elok balik ps3 xboleh detect game ps3?

er... 200++ and 600++, difference, 400, i would opt for shipping to HK wor...

Mungkin perlu tukar lens.

Hi engineered_miri,

My PS3 also kena the same thing ... cannot read any type of discs
And I have the PS3 only for less than 2 months !
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/494788
I now know that it was not due to the firmware ... rather it is hardware related

Now ... only thing I can do is download and play the short demos from PSN


I noticed on my machine that when I inserted any type of discs, the blue indicator on the front would instantly turn blue
(on a good working unit, the blue indicator would blink ... i.e, the disc is reading, and only turn blue when the PS3 has decided what type of disc it is)
I also noticed that there were no vibrations on my "kaput" PS3.
I conclude (wrongly ?) that the motor (to rotate the disc) is probably not rotating at all
(is this correct ? Can u confirm it when u open up your PS3 ?)
Maybe it is not the lens error ?
Maybe the disc rotating motor is at fault ?


Any update on your lens replacement ?


Eagerly awaiting your results. Thanks.