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Q: would there be a problem if i left my BD inside my PS3 overnight?

for example i am playing a game, later on got myself tired and sleepy.
turn off for mr.PS3 and to bed i go without taking out the BD game inside my mr.PS3.
it is ok?
THX

This post has been edited by kyaz87: Feb 15 2009, 12:47 AM

suggest inject the BD disc before turn off the console. Heard it might effect your lens getting weary though

Not really suggested.

As soon as your PS3 turns on, the Blu-Ray lens will start to emit its laser to read if anything is in the drive. If theres a disc, it'll read it and start the game if you have the auto-start game feature enabled. Even if you have it disabled, it'll still continue reading the disc for data to be displayed on the XMB.

In the long run, it wears the lens out faster. Its not significant, but just go figure everytime you turn on your PS3 you have your lens read something. It'll hurt.

omg after all this time i have been doing this...
sorry mr.PS3!!! i will never do it again...so sayang mr.PS3

thx ajis & ben...

Agree and scary bro..

How long have you been doing this practice?? any issues so far??

HHmm... I hate to say this, but being PS3 and all.. theres so many issues and sensitivity practice with the PS3. Are we being all that 'too careful / kiasu' practice??

Coz I have an old 4yrs old Asus laptop.. nothing to be proud of.. left it on over night for at most a week, dvd inside or watever is inside, it drop a couple of times.. etc.. and till today works juz fine...

juz my 2cents.. what do u guys think?

ive been leaving games / movies inside when i turn off so far so good

better to be safe than sorry right? hehehe. i left a bunch of games in the drive many time. but when i remember i will take it out lah. no harm in being safe.

I'm explaining it theoritically, so.... its all base on theory.

How a PS3 blu-ray's lens die can be many reasons, infact you'd never know why it even dies today when it worked perfectly yesterday. Its electronics, it comes and goes.

very true

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Added on February 15, 2009, 5:06 pmvery true

This post has been edited by insane.gamer: Feb 15 2009, 05:06 PM

didnt On my PS3 the whole day today.. got work to do.. giving it a nice day rest.

er...i have been doing it since a month after i bought the mr.PS3.
it seems ok...thank god no issues except normal dc and hang during online play.

but after i saw a thread about lens problem, it makes me worried about mr.PS3. just to be safe

help...my PS3 keeps hanging while playing Fallout 3!
before this it occasionally hang once or twice....but yesterday alone hang 3 times!!!

does fallout install gamedata? maybe you should reinstall the game data.

could be early sign of lens problem too.

i play fallout 3 few hours also no hang ler bro

hang only for less than a second? if you log in PSN during playing..it does hang when someone (your friend) log off/in

that is... before you download update patch/version

Some info i compiled myself.

KES 400A


here are some technical details

number of reflectable/focus transparent materials. : more than 10. Combi of cheap plastic and some very thin glass.
number of ICs: 1 (less than 2~3 mm ^ 2)
number of magnet : shud be around 3
number of motors: 1+1 = 2
number of springs: 1
number of laser diode : 3, 1 main, 2 side diodes,
number of resistor: more than 30.


possible failure reasons:
1. IC failure highly unlikely
2. motor 1 failure(which adjust the focus) highly unlikely
3. 1 or more diode failure. maybe..

other possible reasons,
1. electrical surge which may fry the super tiny ic
2. software/xmb problem which destroy the instructions set in the tiny ic

other stuff used to glue the pieces together:

1. Super tiny screws
2. Super Glue.. Yeah.. i mean it.
3. Plasticine .... (feels like it) to hold the main diode.
For this.. all i can say is: WTF?!..


result: garbage.

^ it does look like some fragile component. i'll be praying for my 60GB.

such a pity, cos my 12yr+ PS1FAT or 8yr+ PS2FAT is still kicking after much abuse.

This post has been edited by acougan: Feb 16 2009, 01:26 PM

I play offline. And how do you install gamedata? Just delete the old one and let the game detect again?