Just thought I would post what I did when my Blue Ray failed on my 40GB PS3. A disk got jammed in it one day so I opened it to get it out and springs and cogs went flying! I tried like hell to rebuild it but had no luck so decided to get a replacement. However I found out that each Blue Ray player in a PS3 is 'tied' to the machine it was originally installed in so straight swapping is not possible. I tried it by using a Blue Ray player from a 60GB model that had the red flashing light error and my PS3 wouldn't acknowledge the drive at all. But with a flash of inspiration I swapped the PCB's that are on the bottom of the players (about 5 screws and 4 or 5 ribbon cables - easy done) and it works perfectly. If your drive is mechanically faulty then this is a good solution to a repair but if it has had a bad flash or software update then it's not going to work. Hope this helps some anyway. Phill.
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