(FIX) FAT PS3 NOT TAKING DISK OR SPINNING (2018)

[@wadeepinak3712]

If you need help ask here.

[@toastednuttyz8956]

Wade Epinak can you please make a tutorial on how to take it apart to get to the place where you fix the disc?

[@wadeepinak3712]

+EVERYTHINGS GAMING I have some links in description, I ended up giving my PS3 to a freind because I didn't use it much

[@alx_spencer5394]

Dude my ps3 does spin the disk but it makes a little noise and doesn't load the game properly like sometimes it shows the subtitles but the dialogs can't be heard it make noise like the disk is getting stuck while spinning Help me I wanna play my metal gear HD collection

[@andrewlegler5727]

A9 League Same thing is happening with mine! Did you ever get it figured out? If so can you help me

[@Native722]

Hey I need help with reattaching the arrow medal link on the back of the blu ray drive. I unscrewed it and now when I try to re-insert the arrow medal, it won't.

[@Thunderskah]

Bro! I’ve had my PS3 sitting for years because the discs quit spinning. Researched and researched how to change the laser and/or the motors. Didn’t think in a million years it was just a peg on gears that wasn’t lined up! This was such a blessing right in the middle of all this virus chaos. Thank you so very much!!!

[@wormdude5320]

I can't get back into this account but I'm glad it helped you out, I was really annoyed watching like 30 videos I get that lmao, stay safe out there though it's chaotic right now :/

[@John_Marston-]

​@@wormdude5320 My model has an issue with the laser, but it was clean and looked new. It will not take discs because it stops and won't move. Do you know any way to fix that?

[@njones621]

5 years later and you’re still helping people. Got mine running again. Thanks!

[@Jason__________]

Same here!

[@gianmarcocara6546]

Here I am in 2023 still playing with my ps3 thanks to your video. You really made my day man. Thank you so much!

[@ChristopherAlquicira]

Me to bro 😎

[@ronniejackson6429]

All I wanna say is thank you brother for uploading this video. I have the same problem with a recently bought ps3, and your tutorial helped a lot. Keep it up 👍

[@RustyRat]

4 years later, you are a life saver mate.

[@glennfuller71]

You are awesome and still helping people 5 years later! Saved me from buying another PS3, you rock!!

[@methodofinstruction1368]

You sir, are a saint. All of the other videos never went as far as yours. You helped me fix my PS3 so that I can now continue to watch Blue-Ray's with my daughter. God bless you sir.

[@cjdeibert9280]

I cannot express how grateful I am for this. Saved me so much time, effort, and money. Thanks a ton

[@cuttrogue]

Fixed my disk not spinning issue. Literally the only video on youtube that talks about aligning the top cover properly.

[@VerbolKint]

One of the greatest vids of all time. Here we are on the cusp of 2022 and Picked up a broken PS3 phat fully backwards compatible for $30 and now I have a working system. Thank you sir!!

[@DunnX3]

Just got a phat that spins but the laser doesn't want to do anything

[@limarandos]

You are the best man, I can now play Fifa 09 again in 2024 with my son, who wasn't there when the game was released. I think this is the best version of the game ever and I can enjoy it again thanks to you. A million thanks.

[@Jason__________]

I owe you a beer! Thank you for making this video. This was exactly what I needed to see. I have watched dozens of videos on how to fix the bluray. No ONE ever mentioned the little thingy that goes into the hole that is so important to make sure the disc will spin up! I am so glad I came across your video! Thanks again!

[@boteanlarisa9061]

You are blessed. You just sa ed my ps3 from getting to garbage... I wanted to give it one more try and you saved me. Thank you

[@EdwardTe0]

Bro! You save my ps3, I don’t know how this is not explained anywhere Thanks a lot!

[@LuisMartinez-yz2lr]

Thanks, I got a PS3 for five bucks with a "bad blue-ray drive" I follow your tutorial and the first time the unit was spinning but not reading the disk, went back and disassemble the drive, cleaned the lens with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and now is reading the discs like new!

[@jaymoniez]

MY GUY, YOU DONE DID IT, YOU GOT MY BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE PS3 WORKING AGAIN!

[@dannydee2668]

Six years later and this helped me, bless you. 🎉

[@jackjasmine7522]

Thank you so much,I've had my ps3 sitting around for more than 5 years,and tonight I finally fixed it,and get this,first I opened it up and guess what I found,a popsicle stick,who woulda guessed but you know how little brothers are and when taking that out didnt work I didnt have any Idea what too do,then i found your video and watched it all the way through,and you saved my playstation,thank you I might go into technical engineering,well you have a new subscriber,again thank you

[@whatevercomes1]

best video ever...thank you mate...i've seen a lot videos , trying to fix this but yours is simple and to the point. Cd fixed!!!!!

[@wormdude5320]

This is my old account, glad I could help though man, I came back to this a year later and it had 30k+ views XD

[@SuperF0cus]

my thoughts exactly. Same here.

[@MartyMcfly2001onPS3]

Bro thank you so much. This is the best ps3 blu ray drive tear down on youtube as far as im concerned. I opened mine up to replace the laser and thought i broke it. This video saved my ass.

[@HardWhereHero]

I LOVE YOU. like not in a gay way but in a "now i can set and chill and play my old games again" kinda way. I had a ps3 with very low hours that my older brother gifted me before he passed in 2015, I literally cried when my son broke the bluray drive. Turns out it was such a easy fix!!! TY!!!!

[@Gingerthehorse1404]

Bro I never comment on yt videos but you saved my ps3 man, it’s been killing me hours, ready to return it but all sorted now. Much love

[@theblukatlife]

what happened to yours? mine just stopped reading the disc all of a sudden

[@Gingerthehorse1404]

@@theblukatlife My problem was the little notch he talks about, it didnt sit right in the disc drive so, my disk would go in but not sit into the drive and read/spin, is yours disc spinning at all?

[@theblukatlife]

@@Gingerthehorse1404 I dont know I haven't check if it spins, I left it on playing mw3 and when I came back to play it stopped and stopped reading the discs

[@Gingerthehorse1404]

@@theblukatlife does the disc eject? if it does then and the disc spins, if it spins then its sitting in the slot but may not be reading

[@vincentcole6982]

Gang u came in clutch thank you my boi

[@Goomba_N64]

Dam Bro your fucken awesome. I bought a ps3 fat it worked fine but I was very dirty inside, so I took it apart cleaned it and put it back together then it would not work anymore It started getting the problems where it wouldn’t accept the games, what my issue was I didn’t aline that plastic part to that hole so it was not spinning. You saved me so much hassle and drama thank you so much for this update video

[@ghostfacekiller45]

You help save my big fat PS3 at 3 AM. Thank you so much.

[@davegill5039]

Top Man, i just took my ps3 down from the attic and this exact fault was happening, Thanks for a satisfying fix video

[@czareklipiec9906]

Thank the lord for legends like you sir

[@rickvath]

Broooooo! Thank you for putting this together. I have two CECH A01 because I wanted PS2 backwards compatibility. I’ve been swapping parts and thought it was a bad ribbon cable. Trying this tomorrow morning.

[@vikingwarrior6709]

Thanks man you just save my ass I was trying to figured out how and why it doesnt work but at the end it was all about the gear function.. Thanks again man!!!

[@wormdude5320]

That's my old account, glad it helped though stuff's annoying sometimes

[@joelramos7810]

Saved my ps3 from going into the trash. Thanks!

[@pupsiuspupuliukas2394]

Your video is great but I can't make out where to put that arm in on the lid or how to position it into the hole you are talking about.

[@matejmarcek1986]

I was struggling for days, you saved me thank you

[@joelemus7432]

yo thank you for this video, I was about to give up on fixing my ps3, and then i saw your video and it fixed it all, thank you

[@4thgenmcgee695]

Dude thank you so much, just bought a ps3 the other day (again) (2020) and it was not taking discs, opened it and now it takes discs but won’t spin lol... you saved me dude. , I love my new consoles but I always seem to run back to the ps3 lol.. 4th or 5th time owning a ps3.. lol these fats a becoming harder to find .. I see nothing but slims and super slims for sale

[@minedoe]

Bro is a life saver cant thank you enough

[@dertwerst]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Very useful. I might've eventually gotten the idea myself but I definitely would've been afraid to break something.

[@nicklol8065]

Thanks bro still teaching me in 2020 during deez covid days. You got a like and new sub.

[@TheRealSupraVision]

This is a great video. I have the same issue with it not inserting, I had my GPU reballed and my disk drive isn’t taking any disks, I’m going to open it up and do this.

[@twdexhibition4025]

bruh you're a lifesaver 🙏🏽🙏🏽 yes I'm still using PS3 in 2020

[@MostGratefulOwl]

Hope this works for my ps3. Had it apart already for lense cleaning and i missed something in reassembley. I didn't follow a video last time either I went through a step by step quide on the web somewhere. He forgot to mention being careful where to place the top

[@supersamuel64]

This video was fantastic. I found a quarter stuck in the disc drive followed all the steps went back together just fine. I panicked before because my disc got stuck so I cut the power off so now I’ll have to wait till I get home but it should work now

[@model18bussin]

Fixed my ps3 not spinning thanks to this! Awesome work!!

[@swccbakersfieldca2076]

Yeahhhh I fixed it thanks to you. Just wanted to tell you “thank you and you are the man 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼”.

[@driverjoe27]

You are my fucking hero!!!!! I bought a "refurbished" PS3 and you just solved all my problems with it... Thank you very very much!!!

[@uriahvoltairealt]

Your video saved my bacon son. Thank you.

[@thundertears]

Thank you for helping me fix this issue with the ps3 it really helps me

[@Spideyinthegame]

This for sure saved me in 2024!

[@Vexisq]

Bro you are GOAT for this fix

[@charmerd1]

Thankyou so much!!! This helped me and my son restore our PS3. So happy

[@FunnyGA1ex]

Thanks man! Just waiting for the right Security Torq screw to come in the mail. Haha

[@omarvalderrama1314]

Thank u I thought I had to pull it apart n wash it with alcohol or something thank u so much ur a lifesaver

[@philipps258]

Awesome. So easy to fix. Thanks for the explanations!

[@SixFigureStreams]

just ordered some tools to take apart my ps3 i pray this method works

[@seabubbles225]

I found something to make it a little easier to align the gear to help the drive spin. Flip the arm that needs to be moved and watch the outside/top of the tray. You will see two small holes and you can see the arm go past them. I put a tiny screwdriver in the second hole after pushing the gear arm all the way over and that helped keep it in place when setting it back on the rest of the drive. I hope this is helpful to someone.

[@zenny_pickle1745]

Yo, I’m struggling with the instructions, I’m a bit slow

[@seabubbles225]

⁠@@zenny_pickle1745no worries, basically do everything up until 7:20 in the video. Instead of closing it and holding it down the way he does, I’d suggest putting something like a pencil or screwdriver through the hole he is mentioning so you can keep everything in place and close it more easily as opposed to carefully closing it. Sorry it has been a minute since I followed this video for instructions but I hope that is helpful

[@zenny_pickle1745]

@@seabubbles225 I’m confused on where the set whole is sorry

[@zenny_pickle1745]

@@seabubbles225 ouuuu I think I know what my problem is, it’s the part where the disc goes through, the arms axis move to a certain pause and then it can’t move further

[@ChristopherAlquicira]

This is dope bro helped me out for sure 😎👏🏽

[@ghostfacekiller45]

Fucking awesome. This still works in 2021. Your video is the only one with a clear explanation of how the gears work. My ps3 is running so much better after cleaning my blu ray drive lens. I was not able to get a disc back in until this vid. Thank you.

[@Svenvanzoelen]

Thank you bro! Got my drive working again!

[@GamerLife-hv5kx]

You helped me so much it was my first time doing something like this

[@SkywareEntertainments]

Thank you so much man, I was starting to think that I would have to get a new disc drive. Thanks

[@PromoVisionNZ]

Thank you. This was more than helpful

[@kafkef38]

I have ps3 slim i open it up for clean blu ray lens and put it together after the whole job i can not insert disc because that white plastic thing. How can i fix that? Anyone a idea?

[@alvamoll7]

You fix my problem!! Thank you very much!! You're a monster! So thankfull

[@DaveAndGray]

I need to pull mine back apart I didn't know about alingning that top part!!!

[@KHALIDAGOUJIL]

Much love bro for your feedback

[@kauthaman12]

I only have the disc doesn’t spin issue. I followed the steps and it takes my disc inside but still doesn’t spin. I made sure to line up the pins. Any idea what else it could be?

[@theowlsofouterheaven]

Did you figure it out? I haven't tried it yet but I will soon. I have the CECHA01 model.

[@lhimalcolm24]

did not help. still wouldn't load discs

[@luisfermendoza7935]

You just saved my life! Thanks! :D

[@donovanjackson6666]

Great video thank you, coming from 2023

[@guristaex3119]

Thank you so much ! My ps3 is working again

[@wilyanvazquez2229]

Aw it’s a great game the story mode was amazing your should try it again and see how it fits your boat

[@garbonzonspat]

Killer video. Fixed my console pronto

[@LEXxTALIONS7913]

Thank you very much. If wasn't you I probably waste money or maybe sell it for pieces my ps3! But after seeing this video I was able to fix. So once again thank you very much. 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@toycz]

Thanks, it helped me to repair the console!

[@TheLoneRanger1992]

Hi the blue bit on the end of the blu ray ribbon come off so I glued it back On an plugged it in but now I have no response when I try insert a disc it doesn’t pull it in or do anything. The ps3 still comes on it’s just the disc part isn’t working

[@SuperF0cus]

Bad contact of the ribbon, that cable is a dificult mess. try connecting again.

[@alessandroquazzico6565]

I have this problem. I followed the video and fixed it. But the defect recurs and the white hook remains blocked shortly after. What does it depend on?

[@junkmail1017]

Here I am 2024 followed your advise but still the disc don’t spin. Idk what I’m doing wrong 😔

[@revolloso]

¡Thanks a lot man! I don’t know how to thank you more!

[@Cam61449]

This helped me a lot because I had to remove two discs manually(I'm not sure how there were two) and afterwards it wouldn't let me put a different disc in. However After I fixed it , I tried to put the disc in and I think it was too weak to catch it and now it recognizes there's no disc, but it put that piece up again. Any advice on that?

[@mapena84]

Great video!!!!!!!!!!!! A+++++ for the hard work and great info..

[@gottenwheel14]

Saddly i have to get a new ps3 as the clip that holds the ribbon cable from the cd drive to the motherbord snapped off and theres nothing i can do to fix it so i took my hard drive out and had to bin the ps3

[@MrSergiozavala]

Cool man I was thinking about throwing it away thanks do you are probably going to get it back and running

[@juju5736]

Stil not spinning what now

[@Patheticbutharmless]

I don't know if this is going to work for me, I am on the "cusp" of trying it out. Hope it does. Anyways, regardless, you are one cool dude. Thank you.

[@Decxko]

Thank you so much i got it fixed on my 16 year old ps3 👍👍👍👍👍

[@marklopez4429]

How to adjust again you said the pig and a hole can’t see it on your video

[@leviblanchard8256]

Can it not spin and be fixed this way if it has never been opened? Or is this an issue only if its been opened and improperly put back together? What if its never been taken apart and doesnt spin?

[@Fuhrdaddy]

my kid put a quarter in the disc drive and it wont take discs etc.. any idea what I should do?

[@lucetabellarius89]

I love you man!!! Thank you!!

[@kurse87]

You sir are a godsend!

[@nevynfoust6671]

Hey man thanks so much you helped alot

[@cwengakhasibe]

Saigor no Gcobani nirongo kakhulu🔥🔥, hlala kwa over kaloku ✈️😂, celi gama lengoma

[@Maverick2Fly]

Thank you for this. God bless you.

[@chadbordelon8629]

I definitely need help! My disc is only going in half way then stops! I replaced the laser on it! Just not taking the disc!

[@SuperF0cus]

Thank you very much, great video.

[@NklaTsla]

Damn bro, all this effort and it didn't work for me, my Ps3 just doesn't want to take the disk in and I followed all your steps. Will try it again tomorrow and if it doesn't work the second time I need to buy another Ps3 :(

[@frantisekcerny6677]

you a legend dude

[@ascarlawis6753]

Show us well which hole should we put

[@ColePenner]

Is the arm supposed to be aligned over the smaller or larger hole? It’s hard to tell in the video

[@l2m773]

it should be in the T shaped grove

[@jdbrealgaming]

Haha.... My nigga... My PS3 was givin to me for free, and this just made it totally worth it!