Dead FAT PS3 laser? Don't replace, just upgrade!

If you have CECHA, CECHB, or CECHC, you can actually upgrade to a better disc drive.

[@anthonyjdm1578]

Just did the swap on mine and worked perfect thank you!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Glad it helped!

[@richardmcgaughy7346]

I have a CECHB01. Strange issue. It reads music CD and PS2 DVD format games effortlessly, but nothing else. Is that a dying laser or something else?

[@Darko-3]

How do I know model number for fat ps3? My fat ps3 dont support ps2 and ps1 disc game.

[@hardwarerepair200]

There should be a sticker at the back of your PS3. On the sticker, you will see something like "CECHL" or "CECH-2000". That's the model number.

[@NightLess.]

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!

[@theengineergaming602]

Great video, was thinking about picking up a broken ps3 and fixing it!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Happy PS3 fixing!

[@danielmontano-lobe9094]

This is so cool! I never knew you could do this. Thank you for the great video!

[@hardwarerepair200]

I didn't know either. I discovered it today and want to share this awesome finding with everyone out there. Thanks for watching!

[@matlio7626]

does this effect backwards compatibility with ps1/ps2 games? thank you.

[@hardwarerepair200]

You can still play PS1 and PS2 games. As far as I know, the backwards compatibility has nothing to do with the disc drive.

[@newrecs4969]

hi, would taking the board from my CECHA BD400 and putting it on a BD410 from a CECHL work?

[@mikesilva5069]

This worked perfectly, thanks again. For any haters.... follow the process....it will work😁

[@michaelolayinka441]

I have the PS3 fat with a bad BD can I install CFW noBD as an upgrade

[@thebigt3x429]

After remarrying, can you remove the jailbreak software?

[@thephily7432]

400 to 410 daughter boards would not work so I did the jb and remarried. Am I able to now put the Sony stock firmware back on the system?

[@hardwarerepair200]

Yes, after marrying, you can put the stock firmware back. The marrying only needs to be done one time per daughterboard.

[@thephily7432]

@@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.

[@hardwarerepair200]

@@thephily7432 Glad that you found it useful and thank you for watching!

[@goodcowgames]

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?

[@petesaguy1707]

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.

[@realhuman4396]

does it support sacd

[@RenoxMTA]

Great finding, its kinda cool how you can swap boards between mechanisms and it works. How's your BGA reballing journey going?

[@hardwarerepair200]

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.

[@RomeGoLARGE]

Bro I gotta send you my PS3 please

[@rfigueroa1247]

Thanks for the tip. Will try to upgrade my original disc drive since it’s been slow with multiman

[@ralphieralph9176]

looks like you need a custom firmware or something..or how else would you navigate through the japanese menu?

[@hardwarerepair200]

Fortunately, I could read Japanese. But you are right that it might be tough to navigate the Japanese menu if you didn't know the language.

[@computerbooter1566]

Whoa I actually didn’t know you could use the drives with a smaller ribbon!! Never even tried!! Thanks for the video!! ❤

[@hardwarerepair200]

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.

[@jb2590]

@@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!

[@vincediesil]

I appreciate you sharing this information. I want another fat ps3 one day and this could be helpful

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for watching!

[@kelvintong4830]

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]

It's for remarrying the drive. This tutorial explains what the USB is for www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Remarry_Bluray_Drive#Remarry_BluRay_drive

[@wolfslime7208]

Some of the files needed for the usb drive aren’t available anymore. Is there a way to do this without the usb?

[@hardwarerepair200]

There's actually a newer guide, maybe you can try this instead www.psx-place.com/threads/how-to-remarry-blueray-drive-on-cfw-ps3-step-by-step.26913/

[@JebberGamingJaws]

I would pay $1000 for one of these.

[@Wratek]

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.

[@MVGEN36]

thank you, ill try this later as we have a parts PS3 at work that needs a laser change, it'll be good to get another BC out for sale

[@TobiEstosWorld]

Wow this is awesome I tought I knew everything about ps3. You are awesome keep on rocking 🎉❤

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for watching!

[@tiagomnm]

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.

[@corollavirus4age]

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

[@hardwarerepair200]

Glad it helped!

[@TheCrapc]

Can you link me to the exact model you bought?

[@corollavirus4age]

@@TheCrapci cant remember the store i bought it from i will see once i get home But i bought the KES-410ACA 60 pin version

[@TheCrapc]

Amazing. Thanks for getting back to me about this

[@lunarcanton]

but if the sacd also works for you or not..

[@LynxCarpathica]

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

[@hardwarerepair200]

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.

[@LynxCarpathica]

@@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]

Let me know once you have the video out. I am also very curious!

[@LynxCarpathica]

@@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

[@djlancematthew]

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?

[@hardwarerepair200]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaawZZeLdr6Ihqc

[@LennyQUMFIF]

But can those drives still read SACD? (Super Audio CD)

[@hardwarerepair200]

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...

[@karuanmax7821]

so in other words it means that we can replace our BD 400 (which is marred to or console )with another BD 400 and it works

[@hardwarerepair200]

In this video, I showed it is possible to replace BD400 with a BD410. Of course, BD400 to another BD400 works too.

[@ioannis_d7c767]

Wow thanks for this video good to know we can just swap daughterboards and use a latter revision drive

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for watching, glad that you find it helpful.

[@shiiro279]

oh that is so cool! i'll definitely make use of this idea if i run into more consoles in the future with a faulty laser. thank you!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for watching. Yes, please give it a try when you have a chance.

[@racer4200]

I've successfully remarried a PS3 drive in the past. Incredible feeling once its done lol.

[@alejandroavendanocantu4523]

Thank you so much it really work for me

[@hardwarerepair200]

Glad to hear that

[@youngvendetta1929]

I don’t know the first day I did the install and remarry it worked and after powering it off it doesn’t read anymore

[@gulyabani3287]

How about SACD compatibility? Will it read SACD discs?

[@hardwarerepair200]

I am not familiar with SACD. But after a quick search on Google, it seems yes. PS3 does support SACD.

[@gulyabani3287]

@@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!

[@youngtechg]

What CFW were you using? Evil nat?

[@alm3769]

Unironically such a good vid

[@dragonadmirer4807]

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?

[@hardwarerepair200]

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

[@MILANKO4747]

Nice

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for watching

[@brucedickinsonD5600hz]

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.

[@hardwarerepair200]

Thanks for the tips! That would be cool if we can also use the lens from slim models.

[@brucedickinsonD5600hz]

@@hardwarerepair200 Ohhh Yes Bro, Super Cool as the Lens from the Slim are the Newest Lens

[@cybcarr]

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?

[@cybcarr]

this helped a lot before. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmPMfKangJ5rkJo

[@incog8885]

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?

[@hardwarerepair200]

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.

[@incog8885]

@@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.

[@ffsn99b]

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]

I haven't tried CECHC yet, but it seems to be very similar to CECHA. So I guess yes.

[@ffsn99b]

@@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

[@ffsn99b]

follow up - I think I misunderstood sorry! I remarried using ERK with the BMD-003 inside and it went perfectly! thanks man!

[@hardwarerepair200]

Glad that it works! Enjoy your PS3.

[@nkls287]

Swapping the KES m-400A Laser with the KES-410A Laser will not working ? Am i correct?

[@hardwarerepair200]

No, it won't work. I think the daughterboard BMD-001 doesn't recognize the new laser KES-410A.

[@nkls287]

@@hardwarerepair200 Small Question is it possible to use the BD-400 in a Cech-H04 ?

[@johnbiela5584]

Great! Where can i find the BD410 custom firmware?

[@hardwarerepair200]

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.

[@kevinlopez678]

If I did this, would I be able to run ps2 games in my ps3 again?

[@hardwarerepair200]

Is your console CECHA or CECHB? If you have a dead laser, then yes. This method would make your PS3 running PS2 again.

[@eileenlucynakurosawa7421]

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

[@hardwarerepair200]

Yes, it requires CFW to be installed on your PS3 in order for this upgrade to work.

[@eileenlucynakurosawa7421]

@@hardwarerepair200 Umm and it can be rolled back to stock firmware after or definitely must stay on custom??

[@hardwarerepair200]

@@eileenlucynakurosawa7421 Can, it can be rolled back easily by just installing the official firmware again

[@eileenlucynakurosawa7421]

@@hardwarerepair200 OK thank you very much for the answer!!

[@Vandius24]

If I uninstall CFW will the drive still work?

[@hardwarerepair200]

Once you finished remarrying, you can uninstall the CFW without affecting the drive.

[@Vandius24]

@@hardwarerepair200 Sweet, that's what I was wondering if it was dependent on CFW to keep the drive swap.

[@bababooey9251]

So, if I find a good 410 drive assembly. I just need to place my daughter board from my 400 into it and plug it in and it will work?

[@jMie-xg2ln]

Yea

[@hardwarerepair200]

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, you are right.

[@francescobava2552]

HI ERROR CEX_DRIVE_INIT_SBLOCK() FAILED CEX_DRIVE_INIT() FAILED CAN YOU HELP ME? I HAVE CFW COBRA NOBD

[@nkls287]

if u have a new drive or a daughter board connect update to a CFW without noBD and do it again. The noBD CFW is blocking the remarry process

[@hardwarerepair200]

​@@nkls287 Thanks for answering questions for me! Yes, installing a normal CFW and try again might help.