Thank you for this video! It saved my CECHC03 and my G04. Small correction I'd like to add: All PS3 lasers have 3 lasers inside. One blue, one red (dvd), and one ir (cd). You couldn't really read different media it without the different specific wavelenghts. Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that the newer drives can be more relaible. I juts have no info on that :D
Thank you for the correction! Does it mean that single lens one, all 3 lasers are inside the same lens? I only know that for DVD and CD, they are usually inside the same lens. That's why I love making youtube videos, since I can always learn from the viewers.
@@hardwarerepair200 yes :) exactly. 3 lasers, 1 lens. I’d like to see it in action too. Maybe I’ll do a video about it today afternoon. Seems like a fun video idea.
@@hardwarerepair200 Tagged you in the title, let me know if you can watch it. Make sure to turn on the subtitles, as I made a huge mistake in the beginning xD I didn't see from my phone what was happening lol
Fantastic tutorial! i bought a 60pin BD410 on aliexpress for my CECHA00 and it works perfectly now (ps1,ps2,ps3) the hardest part was figuring out why i couldnt export the root key to an usb drive (turned out i needed to format and use MBR and not GPT) for fat32
Thanks for watching again! We were talking about the possibility of doing this in your discord channel earlier today. I tried and it works, so I decided to make a video for it.
@@hardwarerepair200 I'm glad I seen this comment. I was about to post it to #ps3 on booters discord because I seen that discussion earlier. Good video!
Wow! This is very cool, I saw your tutorial and I am going to replace the DB410 drive on my B00 Frankenstein. I saw that you did it all in CFW, can I go back to OFW after the remarry completed? Thanks!
@@hardwarerepair200 Thanks for the reply and awesome video, definitely helped me after I was able to learn how to load a custom firmware with developer options.
I am very new to all of what you have on your channel when it comes to PS3. Being able to connect it to your computer or putting software on a thumb drive to change things is all very interesting! Can you please explain more what CFW is? Where can I get it?
I am so sorry that I didn't see your comment until now. CFW is actually a very complicated process to be decsribed in a few sentences. But please watch @MrMario2011's video, it is the best starting point in my opinion. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-suM4dUAYUPE.html
Thanks for watching again! I have been practicing RSX desoldering these days. I am a bit more confident but still get RAM bleed from time to time. I received a lot of help from Felix along the way, so I am slowly working my way up now.
I wish I had seen this before throwing away a drive with a dead controller. Maybe the lens was still good :( My current one seems to have a broken laser but it also doesn't read DVDs. I have check it is KEM-410ACA. Should I replace the whole drive or just a laser assembly? Doesn't spin but some say it doesn't with a dead laser.
Awesome!!! i remenber i try that some Years ago but it did not work i don't know why, i think you can even use the lens from the Slim Models PS3 to put in that drive you said.
I have a CECHA01 model, not sure which drive is inside (one laser or two), but my system is currently reading PS1/PS2 CDs and PS3 Blurays, but not PS2 DVDs - which seems like it shouldn't be possible based on this video? Either it should be reading Blurays only, or nothing at all?
I'm having the exact same issue right now. It must be that the processes needed for the single laser to read dvds is malfunctioning somewhere along the way. Maybe there isn't enough power being given to the laser, or the drive isn't putting the laser in the proper position to read dvds but can still get to the proper position for other discs? I'm just going to replace the whole drive unit on mine.
Is it possible to swap laser from another slim (or fat) model to cech-2104B? KES-450a part is so expensive so i want to buy cheaper one from other model.
To be honest, I am not knowledgable enough to answer this. But after doing some research online, I found this: www.ps3sacd.com/faq.html#PS2_compatibility It seems no one could confirm if the optical drive is responsible for reading the SACD, or the PS2 hardware. So sad that I don't have a SACD to test it out...
I am about to replace the drive, but didn't understand the FAT32 USB drive and what is that use for? Does the FAT32 USB drive comes with the Blu-ray Drive KEM-410? or I need to purchase it separately?
@@hardwarerepair200 Oh,5 months ago I bought C04 PS3 with bad laser and I have KEM-410A Disc Reader and Lens from K04 YLOD PS3. I thought about that but I didn't try. I bought KES 400A laser. Thanks man!
Hello I have a CECHC that is unable to read any disc. Does this mean I should be able to use the BD-410 from a junk CECHP (bought to practice delid) if I swap out the daughterboard like you did at the end?
@@hardwarerepair200 sorry if this pings you twice but my previous message did not register... I have a BMD-003 from a BD-410 that I want to replaced with BMD-001 for my BC fat but the ribbons seem different
Are there any more benefits to doing this aside from it being a dual laser drive? Like are the parts for the bd-410 drive more common and easier to find than bd-400 parts? And how do I know what version the daughterboard has?
Yes, there are more BD-410 than BD-400 out there. Also, BD-410 is usually cheaper than BD-400. So it this method makes repair easier. As for daughterboards, you can refer to this table www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Bluray_Drive#Bluray_Drive_Revisions
Sorry for the late reply. You simply need to install any CFW such as CFW 4.90 Evilnat Cobra. Then you remarry the new BD410 drive using the CFW. After that you can either keep the CFW or remove the CFW if you don't like it.
Needs modding right?? I remember changing a phat PS2 optical pickup using an elf program to rewrite something on the PS2 logic circuit, that enabled the use of KHS-400C instead HD-7. Console motherboard was untouched, I mean modified because of this, but factory condition, no reading burned DVD or CD Rom games
hey. you really dont need to replace the old with the new? I always did it, with this method tho. but just read from old, and wrote to the new drive. didnt disassembled the daugtherboard. IS it necessary?
I was wondering if you could help me fix my optical drive and what the best solution would be? I disassembled my ps3. Took out the optical drive lightly clean the laser and put it back together. Its still not reading discs. My fat ps3 is not jail-broken and i cant get it to connect to the internet. I currently dont have a windows pc. I only have a mac at the moment. Should i just replace with another BD400 and if so where would you recommend?
If you don't have CFW installed, then your option is very limited. You can only replace the laser lens. Replacing the whole BD400 drive won't work for you either, since you still need CFW to pair your motherboard to a new BD400 drive.
@@hardwarerepair200 i managed to get it hooked up to the internet and I found that the ribbon cable was loose inside the white taped off area. So it works now. I had a problem reading one disc but others work fine. I downloaded the plug in from the ps3 browser but I havent tried to getting the fatusb32 files on a mac and I still want to try and jailbreak it. Just not sure If I can do it with mac.
