This link should probably be in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-ga...icial-ps3-laser-replacement-manual-video.html
It has a ton of good info on laser replacement. It is interesting to me that a PS3 actually boots without a Blu-Ray player hooked up. After couple of times of putting the drive back together again my PS3 is up and running again. The total cost was $53, and about 4 hours of work (due to complications). A friend for work without complications got his done under an hour.
The only bad info in that thread I linked to is the failure rate of PS3s. It is hard for me to believe with the amount of Internet chatter that it is only 1% for lasers.
http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-ga...icial-ps3-laser-replacement-manual-video.html
It has a ton of good info on laser replacement. It is interesting to me that a PS3 actually boots without a Blu-Ray player hooked up. After couple of times of putting the drive back together again my PS3 is up and running again. The total cost was $53, and about 4 hours of work (due to complications). A friend for work without complications got his done under an hour.
The only bad info in that thread I linked to is the failure rate of PS3s. It is hard for me to believe with the amount of Internet chatter that it is only 1% for lasers.