Ps3 disk not spin up

Ryant01 · December 8, 2018

Hey there! I have a problem that is that when i insert a disc into my ps3, it will not spin up. The disc will spin round a couple times, re-seat but it will not properly try and read the disk. I have tried with about four disks and all have the same issue.

(I am unable to attatch a video due to mw only being able to upload file no bigger than 20mb and imgur doesn't support my phones recording type).

demonix00 · December 9, 2018

What you described is a certainty that the drive is failing or has failed completely and would require replacing (it can be done, but does require a bit of work to do).

Ryant01 · December 10, 2018

Ok, thanks for the reply. Since I originally posted this here, I toyed with the idea of getting a new ps3 and just transplant the hard-drive, this reply has now made that decision.

Again thanks for the reply.

demonix00 · December 11, 2018

And just so you know, if there's any data on that hard drive that you need then back it up as the PS3 you'll get to replace the one with the failed BD drive will format it as no PS3 can read a drive from another PS3.