PS3 help with disk drive

[Ace_killer887]

So I bought a ps3 from Japan one of the rare backwards compatible ones model CECHA00. For the disk drive I started to play it and it got stuck on some games and then just stopped reading them altogether. I did take it apart to clean the lens of the drive to see if it just was dirty but no luck. Everything seems ok inside it spins up and makes noise like it should but just won’t read the disk anymore, if I do need to fully replace the drive I have no idea what one to get and if the CECHA01 drive will work with mine. Thanks all for the help, I am a bit out of my wheelhouse with this

[Vishera]

I have one myself, problem is that the Blu-ray drive is serialized so you will need to re-marry the drive from the donor console.

[Ace_killer887]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

I have one myself, problem is that the Blu-ray drive is serialized so you will need to re-marry the drive from the donor console.

How do I do that? And what drive do you recommend replacing it with? And I was right in assuming the drive toasted itself?

[Ace_killer887]

On 4/1/2023 at 6:43 PM, Vishera said:

I have one myself, problem is that the Blu-ray drive is serialized so you will need to re-marry the drive from the donor console.

Would it be possible to use a CECHA01 disc drive in a CECHA00 ps3 and swap the boards on the bottom of the disc drive 

[SteveGrabowski0]

Worst case you could just put CFW on and play everything off the hard drive.