as always my ps3 always place in "horizontal" position , everything works ok !
once i try putting it in "vertical" position ~Disc Detection problem happen. Eventually, i put it in horizontal position and everything works like usual ~! anyone encounter this ?

This post has been edited by bose00: Oct 19 2007, 10:12 AM

if you'll willing to take the risk, you may dl videos to dis-assemble and assemble the ps3 videos which comes in a few chapter. lens you may easily obtainable from ebay.

watch it over and over again then only start to dissamble yr ps3 and clean/replace the lens. but replacing the lens need detail knowledge as its a very sensitive device ~not to touch any of the expose copper FFC wire, or IC .. wear a static wrist-band and perform it on a non-static mat which you may get from pasar road.

what is the actual cause of the ps3 suspected lens failure :

1. Often change play format DVD & BD ? as the lens needs to be readjusted to read DVD & BD.
2. Dusty Environment ? Dusty Lense
3. Yr PS3 is place inside a cabinet ? Heat causes the lens to broke
4. Insect went into the ps3 thru the ventilation holes and attached on the IC pin leg due to shortage ? no joke as i repair a few device where this is an actual cause.

from what i know Sony has certain quality controls such as dust test, reliability test, aging test, mechanical drop test, and many more.

no need to change the lens first, clean it w/ alcohol and see whether it works .
a standard lens have prolong life up to 3000 hours.

have update mine and
I tried changing wallpaper yesterday, it hang for like 5-10 secs(screen blackout)~ after that normal.

i was browsing the wallpaper which downloaded from psn ... then in the middle of the process the screen blackout and freeze. i leave it for a while then the picture appeared back, never hard reset.

the improvement is login & browsing the psn is much faster

This post has been edited by bose00: Nov 15 2007, 02:56 PM

any idea if the PS3 got YLOD, and the HDD is still OK and decided to replace with a new machine itself.

can i replace the new machine with the previous HDD ? will all the DLC contents in the HDD remain ?