PS3 Slim Drive Not Accepting Discs Properly (450DAA Drive Assembly) 

Thank you so much. It has been 2 days since I opened my PS3 trying to clean it. Put everything back the way it was and then my disc would read, go in or come out. I have spent hours on RU-vid until I found you. OMG thank you so much. All the videos didn't get down to the point, to the exact thing I didn't know I needed, but you did You have got yourself another subscriber.

Great video! Helped me fix my PS3 slim that would not accept disks. Thanks and keep up the great work.

I am so glad I skipped ahead and just so happened to hear the note about the top piece getting in the way and not allowing the disk drive to accept or eject disks. Works great without it

Saved my bacon with this video! I opened the drive with a DVD installed and while taking the drive apart the arms got out of whack cause i pulled the DVD out of the side of the drive and could not load a DVD when re-assembled. Had to take the drive apart again and the double sided gear in the corner of the drive had to be aligned and inserted fully so drive can be assembled easily and perfectly aligned. Removing the arm top cover to reset the loading arms helped as well! Thanks bud!

Mine had the indention on the top of the drive. I popped the top off I tried to feed it a disc and it worked no problem. Thats crazy that just the slightest pressure could shut down that process. Thanks for your help!

Super happy I came across your video. Did a tear down of my old ps3 completely cleaned. Reassembled and the drive wast working proper. Watched this video to find out there was a ribbon cable under the disc drive. Apparently when I lifted it up that ribbon popped inside the metal casing and didn't notice it. Works flawless again. Good video. Nice in depth. Should help alot of people

Thank you so much!!! I followed your instructions on another video to help me replace my laser. But I was tired and didn't notice that little white gear fall out, so when I put it back together it wouldn't take a disc without a push. And then it wouldn't eject them. Watching this video I was able to hunt down that gear (it had rolled under something) put it back in and now my PS3 is working perfectly. You are absolutely awesome in my book. Thanks again!!!! (btw I even got all the screws back in their right places.) LOL)

Ever since 5 or 6 years ago, my ps3 stopped accepting discs. i kept trying to put 1 disc in but the motor wouldn’t work, and when i tried to eject it gave me three beeps (bee*bee*beep). i gave up on it after a year of trying different solutions. Last week i decided to try and fix it but got normal torx screws(finding the security torx screws were the biggest pain (t8/t10)).today i have found the problems*, there are 3 DISKS INSIDE, AND A PIECE OF GUM PREVENTING THE MOTORS FROM WORKING 😵,i knew i shouldn’t have given up on it. This video gave me the confidence to repair it so thx, Good Luck to anyone trying to fix theirs 😉👍.

One of the best tutorials I've ever seen no joke

Thanks for the video man, it was especially informative. My problem persists, though. It happened as you said, with the tin casing (PC fell on it, left a dent in casing through the PS3 shell). At first, the problem was that no disc would feed into it, but I fixed that. Then no disc would READ, so I bought a replacement for the bluray drive, a KEM450EAA. Just got it today, and after installing it and everything I'm actually suffering from the first problem. The discs will not go into the PS3 whatsoever. Unlike the first time, however, now they will not eject, and this had not happened until I replaced the original drive, which I still have. I've tried the loader at the bottom and such, and even thought it was the spring arm (tricky little coil almost drove me insane trying to get it back on). As it is, I learned that the bottom cable for the drive is especially crucial, as if I plug it in incorrectly, the PS3 will not start up. With the new drive however, by plugging it in all the way (I think I'm getting good at it), the drive whirs with activity and lights up. Thus, I HOPE the disc reading problem is solved. Only problem is now I can't get any discs in. Do you have any suggestions? I've stripped it down as you did and reassembled it, but with no luck. Also, sorry for the long comment - I'm hoping my story can help someone else out there.

thanks for the video. It really help me a lot. In my case it was the blue cable on the bottom of the drive which was detached, so the disc was not spinning.

Just what i needed to hear thank you sir

Pressing the eject button for 15 seconds or until you hear motor recalibrate automatically worked for me. Thank god.

Thanks for the Video, I managed to fix my own disc tray all because of your guidance :-)

Man, you showed me a lot. Key takeaway...if you don't work on these regularly, don't work on them casually, pay for the expertise.

Excellent Vid. You sure Know Your Stuff. Just subscribed Cheers Mate

I super appreciate you took your time to do this video I was having problems with my blue gray mountain and back together I have never done this try to do it myself you made me a professional just by watching your video now I can Dismount and mount back my blue gray thank you very much for your video Justice cry for that reason and thank you

Muchas gracias from Madrid, it helps me a lot, actually it works...

Thanks bro fixed my problem, I'm glad I watched this video.

Great video. I brought a CECH 2001B with this issue. When I swapped the disk drive out with a working 2001A disk drive. The PSN store would get a black screen and I would have to hard reboot. I would hear 3 fast beeps. When I put the original disk drive the PSN store would work fine.

Thank u nice video sir keep up the videos like that

YOU ARE A GOD. Seriously dude, you helped me a lot, thank you so much! I will name my sons with your name, what is it? I just followed your steps exactly how you did in the video, and it works like magic LOL. Thanks again

Saved my ps3 disc's life.Thank you so much!!!

Oldie but goodie content thx lol. Why didn't the cd drive reset after they removed/installed it?

Mine does take the disc, but doesn't do anything, after like 5 seconds there is some noise and that's it, I've opened, removed just as in this video, mine has that thin metal cover, but the same, I think I need a new drive, what should I look for ??? 450AAA ??? regards.

I found a PS3 Slim in an abandoned building so I took it, it would not take discs because it with jammed full of PS2 and 1 games and I took it apart and took the discs out, then put it back together and it would suck discs in but wouldn’t play them, then I took it apart again and one of the Ruben cables I forgot to put back, then I put it back together and I thought it would work now but now it won’t even suck in discs so I’m going to try this

Thanks för the video, really saved me. Got the same issue after cleaning it and got fixed the same way =)

My problem is that my drive doesn't suck the disk in although you can push the disk in and it makes a very weird noise like something is stuck in there every time I try to eject or enter a disk

I have the same problem. Very nice demo. Thank you

how do you reset the drive? for instance what did the person who took it apart not do?

Thanks for the info on how to fix my drive. I mod on red dead redemptiin and im a daily player. 5 stars for you m8

thank you soo much for this video it helped us out tonz. lol had a disc stuck in the drive

I came here because the piece fell out and I didn't know where to put it back. I only took it apart to clean out the dust bunnies. Yes. Even the disk drive had a ton of dust in it. You should've seen the PSU, I think I'm lucky it didn't fry when I was testing it.

NIce to have finally found a real tech expert who knows what he's talking about. most vids with this issue say to "tilt ps3 upwards in the front", LOL. I've done all that you described in this video and still have issues with reading discs. When inserting a disc, it tries to read it and then makes the eject type noise and wont do anything else after that. I tried cleaning the laser with no positive result. All the cables are correctly seated in their proper positions. IDK if the laser is misaligned or what. Should I replace the drive itself or just lens mechanism? Won't read any discs.

Great video

thanks for this video I fix my PS.. thank you very much...

I'm having the same issue, don't know what I'm doing wrong, I think I may have bent the ribbon cable

Cant plug in the thing at the bottom of the drive...

Hey sir please help fix my PS3, when I insect the disc it makes some terrible noise and then stop n I gives hard time ejecting sometimes I have to press the eject button about 5 times before the disc come out..

What if metal piece is gray ? Disc loads game loads and play for Ten minutes then starts to freez try resets. Is they eye going bad? Model cech-2501A.

I live Rochester N.Y. what's best way to find ps3 technicians like yourself Honesty and fair.

Mine takes discs in but crookedly and I can't unscrew the bolt for my power supply it seems stuck

I turn on my ps3 and it starts making a noise that a disk is inserted but a disk is not inserted any tips please help

I know this is a really old video, but I found it informative. I am currently working on a CECH-2501a that was suffering from overheating issues. I replaced the fan and now that's fixed. However, I'm trying to install a new hard drive. I keep getting the 8002F14E error. Makes sense, the Blu Ray drive doesn't work.. At all.. In taking it apart and looking at it, it would appear that the only "mechanical" components are the actual laser tray. Would it be safe to assume that replacing the laser tray would resolve my problems and bring the rest of the drive back to life? When I power it on the laser moves down, vertically, a little but it doesn't do anything else.. Just looking for some advice. :) Thanks!

I have the PS3 slim with the light tin cover for the disc drive and mine has the indented crease not allowing discs to be read. Can anyone help point me in the direction to find a replacement cover without buying a full disc drive replacement? Thanks

When I opened my ps3 to fix the disc drive disc read fine but when I screw everything up it would read it once and then not accept the disc what should I do

The problem i have is kinda wierd i bought completely a new disc drive and when i insert the disk it accept it and suddenly it sound like its going to eject and then nothing happens. The disc isnt reading any tips or solution for it pls? I can still insert and eject the disc without a problem

mine ain't loading

unbelievable!!!! 😂😂😂😂 thats really amayzing, just like that!!??

For me I have a fat PS3 80GB model and the drive mechanically won't take in the disc. The bottom right shaft that rotates clockwise hits the side of the laser unit, and I do not know how it can be aligned. Any help would be much appreciated.

Great video man , I got an issue with my ps3 with this same model and disk drive how can i contact you to see my problem ?

I have just started having this issue, I have taken many many ps3's apart over the last 8 years or so, this one I have now has had 3 new lasers in, 450AAA in at the moment with the board and ribbons inside the case, apart from the ribbon that goes from the motherboard to the blu-ray drive board. I am actually stumped this time completely, it will not take the disc in at all, the motor does not spin at all when I try but the motor is working as if I have a disc in there and hold the eject button for about 15 seconds it ejects it out, very slowly but it does eject, so I know the motor is good, when I try and feed the disc in the blue light on the power/eject board flashes but nothing happens, and the laser doesn't move at all, doesn't make a sound, it doesn't move on the rails at all. I don't know if it could be the sensor maybe, but I was thinking if the blue light flashes when I try putting a disc in that the sensor is working, maybe that is wrong and that's just the disc hitting a sensor arm maybe. And all the cogs are in place so are seated correctly and not binding. The only other thing I think it maybe could be is a ribbon, I have had this one apart many many times, it has been trial and error with repairs over the years with 3 new lasers and eject ribbons and such. so the ribbon that goes from behind the Blu-ray drive under the battery to the blu ray board is quite twisted and frail, as it twists over the top of the metal tin cover, so I don't know whether that could be the problem, but knowhere on the internet can I find info on the ribbons, as in which does what and so on. But I think maybe the sensor or a ribbon. But yes sir I am stumped right now, first time in 8 years. But anyway, ur videos are informative and really good, I wish there was more like you out there. God, I hate not knowing what is wrong with it, I don't want to just buy parts and hope its that, if its not I will just keep buying different ones and that coud get expensive. And I wish we had a shop like yours over here in the UK, I would take it there in a heartbeat right now sir.

13:33 Mine has this issue, the (B) issue. What does this mean? Does it mean my laser is broke or burnt? I tried cleaning it to no avail... Still does this. I have a spare drive same FX72-P, very similar to this 450DAA and would like to either remarry the new drive on my CFW or swap the drive motherboards? How possible is this?

How much for a laser

Mine won't take the disk and makes a ticking noice. The ticking is from the track were the laser is on, it keeps pushing further but it can't. Can someone please explain what's going on ?

I opened up my PS3 to clean it and removed the drive didn't take it apart but once I assembled it back it won't spin it will and when it does it makes a scratching sound and won't eject but beeps 3 times. Any suggestions?

My PS3 plays discs completely fine. But when you try to eject the disc it takes multiple tries because the disc is catching on the pads attached to the disc entrance. I'm not sure what the proper name for the pads are or what they're made of? Is this a common problem? Any answer/fix would be greatly appreciated.

White plastic bar is stuck. Can’t put in disc

I have a ps3 that turns on if i put in a disk but its old and beaten in and i can only turn on using that method and um now it wont acknowledge the existence of a disk but it will strangely still turn on if i try...

I cleaned mine too and now when i put a disc in it it wont but when i look through te hole i see a white piece in the middle that doesnt want to go down

Yo i got a question i have the same type of ps3 but when i try putting in a disc it doesn’t accept it unless you shove it inside and it doesn’t make a noise either when trying to out insert the disc.

I have a ps3 450 AAA I changed the laser and it still won't read the blue ray disc..... it will read cds and films..... it still makes a noise like it wants to eject the disc what do u think it could be

My disc problem is that.....whenevr i load a disc,it makes some weird noise then after 5 seconds.....an eject noise comes but doesnt eject......Can i know Whats the problem here ??

didnt help at all 😭 did exactly what you did and the drive wont take in the discs, all cables are connected properly, etc

I have this problem but I suspect I may have a second one. I've seen other videos where people test their PS3 with the drive looking like it does at 8:51, they turn it on and you can see blue/red lights coming from the lazer (I think), but my PS3 does not power any lights in the disc drive assembly when I turn it on. Do you think it just needs a minor reconnecting like you did in this video? Thank you very much for your instruction!

I have a PS3 and I'm currently 13:40 into the video... just a question. My PS3 slim happily takes the disc and does as you as you explained... It spins and then it makes the sounds like it's going to eject and reload the disc. And then it just stops... exactly as you described. Is this fault caused ONLY by a faulty laser? I've already looked into and researched the prices of replacements ones. Not too expensive. I however wanted to ask the question and see if anyone else or you've found the same problem caused by something totally different, OR if the laser being replaced will cure the problem. Cheers for any help :)

I have a motherboard with a dead drive controller that uses this same drive. Do you know if it's possible to replace that?

i have really strage problem with my ps3 slim. The DVD drive wont turn on and im 100% sure that it is not DVD drive that is the problem because i tried replacing with 2 different 100% working DVD drives and they show same problem so its has to be the motherboard itself but i cant find the problem . Does anybody else have this kind of problem?

i need help for you to fix my ps3 system is there any way to contact u?

thanks

Thank you for the help

I got a question when the PS3 slime says it cannot start the appropriate system storage was not found

What type of screwdriver do you use on the 4 screws ? I'm not having luck with mine

hey can you help me my ps3 slim isn't working it states that the files are corrupted and when I put restore it freezes everytime and I've try to reset and I put the 3rd option and it freeze on preparing... what can I do?? :(

He basically just told me I have to take mine to my local store to get my drive replaced I was going to try and do it myself but not now

one question, is it possible to run the disk drive without the tin layer above it if the layer is creased or is it not recommended??

Ok my power ribbon cable is Missing the blue tab would that prevent it from taking disc's

Disks are getting in but not spinning can u help me

Where would I take my PS3 to get fixed never taken things to be repaired before

I cleaned out my playstation 3 and now no picture is shown on the tv. It powers on and acts like it's on but there's just no picture no signal

I love it watch people take their consoles apart....."fixing" them. But they never show in the video of the console actually working afterwards of their "fixing" the console. I mean actually putting a game disc in the console & playing the game on video after their handyman of "fixing" the console.

Okay I have a question for you I need the brown ribbon cable I think that’s what it’s called idk for sure I know it’s brown and it’s a cable or wire which ever that goes inside the disc drive I believe it’s the one that allows it to take in a disc the top of mine broke off so it doesn’t work anymore any ideas if that’s my problem to why it won’t take discs in or is it something else?

My ps3 lodder is not loading the disk can u help

Please if you can help me, I took mine to a technician and he said mine can't be fixed

Okay so this is an older video but mine has served me for close to decade I want to fix it it I load a disk it spins clicks ejects then it sucks the disk back in and spins clicks and stops unless jogged if the system is jogged it will read what is the problem?

Valeu meu brother SENSACIONAL blz.

Hope you respond, I came back to my ps3 to fix it bcuz my nephew crammed two discs into it. I had to open it and remove the disc. When I put everything back together, my ps3 didn’t work. Months later I come back to try to fix my ps3 one last time. I checked every single ribbon to make sure everything was connected. After that, I reconnected all the ribbons except the smallest ribbon on the backside of the disc drive. I tried to reconnect it but the small blue piece fell off so the ribbon wouldn’t stay put. After that I put everything back together and my ps3 magically had life in it. But, when I try to enter a disc into it, it doesn’t accept it. What should I do?

While disassembling the disc drive, a little cell battery fell off. Looks like a LR41. Where do I put it back?

I recently had to open up my PS3 (CECH3006B) for a quick clean and re-application of thermal paste. In the process of re-attaching those ribbon cables from the Blu Ray drive to the motherboard, I broke one of the ribbon cables (pic ibb.co/bdpxZtH). I checked and this model houses the 450DAA Blu Ray drive; I watched this video and thought you might have some advice on how to repair this? Is there a replacement ribbon cable available? Is it even possible to replace the cable? Thanks for your time.

Can you do my ps3? Its doing the same thing. I tried cleaning it out so it start running more smooth and stuff you know but it ended up started not reading the disc at all. Please i was trying to sell this ps3 and fix it up but i never took it apart before so i dont know what i did... please help i know im late and all but it cost me 150 dollars for this small fix..

I have almost the exact same problem, I tried cleaning out the PS3, and it stopped accepting disks after I removed the laser. I think that I connected everything properly, but it still wont accept disks, and it keeps making strange noises. Before I cleaned it out, I had a disk in that I forgot to eject, so I'm guessing that the mechanical components didn't reset as they were supposed to. It is receiving power, however. My model number is CECH-2504b.

Hey, my ps3 slim has an issue sometimes with accepting blu ray based discs. It plays movies and games without problem most of the time, but sometimes when I put in a disc itll sound like its ejecting but doesnt actually eject, then it would either load up the disc after a short while or not. It's a weird issue my ps3 had. In cases that it doesnt load, I have to keep manually ejecting and inserting it until it finally loads it up. Do you know what may be the solution

Right on bro

Hello, thanks for this video. I have the problem you describe, my ps3 loads the discs but has trouble reading them, it spins 2 or 3 times then tries to reload and then stops. It reads only DVDs, no Blurays. I try changing the deck+lens, I have the same in the video with the 2 flat head screws (not 4). I did it all very carefully but after the mechanism loads the disc it won't read and makes a weird noise, it's like you describe, maybe the lens is not firing up. Do I need to do a "restore system" so the ps3 "installs" the new lens? I try re installing the old deck+lens and still have the same problem. I would like to install the new lens but I have the problem that now it does not spin nor read whit this new hardware. I am sure I bought the proper deck+lens, the model number coincide with the old one. Any help will be greatly appreciate. Bye!

I hope you can help me. It would be very nice and would stop me from going insane. I have Ps3 Slim cech2004. At first, I took only the cover and the power supply off and cleaned the system. Then I tried the console and everything worked fine. After transporting it in a Backpack, it wouldn't read disks. Only when tilted. But the discs were at least ejected. Several recovery mode options later, I opened the drive but only the top cover. After taking the white magnetic circle thing, I cleaned the lenses with qtips and alcohol. After putting everything together and sliding a disc in: voila! The disc was being readed and showed up. But there was no blue light over the eject button. Although a disk was inside. When hitting the eject button, it made 3 beeps and didn't eject the disk. The only way is to use the options menu. After several tries( turing off, restore file data...., checking all cables,....) it didn't even read the disks. So I couldn't eject them anymore So what did i do? I took it again apart and took the disk out of disk drive. Even resetted the drive. I also cleaned the lens again. After putting everything back the disks where read again. I can even play some of them. But there is still no blue light over the eject button. Ejecting works still only through the option menu. I know this video is old but if you read this, I would be really thankful for any advice.

Please

Every 3 rd word he says is ACTUALLY or ACTUAL

I wouldn't shame people for attempting to open and fix a problem themselves. I'm sure when you first started learning about fixing consoles, you did the exact same thing. This isn't a skill that requires certification or intense training, and there are no serious repercussions to attempting a fix by yourself (you may just break a console worst case scenario). It's not like plumbing for example where DIY doers could cause serious damage and jeopardize a house because they didn't get a licensed repairman with the necessary certification/experience to do the job instead.

Do you have any tips for someone who can't remove the panel?

I got the same problem