Playstation 3 won't play games, dvd's or blueray movies

my ps3 wont load any of my games or movies and it always has the loading ball thing in the corner 

PLAYSTATION 3 WILL NOT PLAY GAMES OR DVD'S IT FROZE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME AND I TURNED MY CONSOLE OFF SINCE THEN IT WILL NOT PLAY

PS3 won't show any disc on the PS screen. HELP!!!!!!

Same problem... system less than 2 years old, not abused, well taken care of... just one day movie freezes. Now will only play regular DVDs.
Ridiculous. $500.00 for 17 months of play. So now we're supposed to spend another $150.00 plus tax. Not to mention the cost of Blu ray movies we've begun collecting, as well as ps3 overpriced games.

my system wont play anything? whats the deal

comes on can get on the internet but right when I put a movie in sceen goes black then i have to Manuel turn it off

I have the same problem updated my ps3 system and when it restarted it wouldnt play any disks at all, cd,dvd,bd or ps 2/3 games. I dont know if sony have a problem with the new update but i got my ps3 off ebay and it worked fine within 1hr of having it home it crashed and i have been told i cant have my money back as it worked on sale so im stuck

At first it would just freeze up all the time,now it wont even read the games or movies or cd's or anything

wtf is sony doing about this? at least microsuck stood behind there screwed up hard drive although the 2nd one they sent me now has red ring too. I now have a dead ps3 and xbox...


SONY WHAT THE FRICK?????

l have the same problem not playing games dvd or any **** at all so pissed off

mine did the same exact thing with that game

piece of **** wont play the dam games

I have the same problem one day it was working and the next day it stop working

i have the same problem and its a shame.nobody has money to keep giving away

I am not sure if what I am experiencing is the same but the game loads and plays but it will get stuck/freeze on a screen somewhere in the game.. then when I turn it the game is not there. So I will eject the disc and then put it back in and it will load maybe play a round of Multi-player Call of Duty then when I try to go to the Main Menu it will get stuck again.... if this isn't the same and you have a solution please point me in the right direction. THANKS

Sending it in to Sony is throwing away good money. I have read about others that have sent in their unit, paid the $150, and it failed again a couple weeks or months later. How many times should we pay $150 before they send us a system where we don't have to hold our breath every time we turn it on?

Sony already has the $400 I paid for the box as well as another $1000 in games but they want another $150 every couple of months so they can replace the laser? Just how stupid do they think we are? If I thought this was something I did that caused the system to fail I would not be so annoyed but the more I read about the PS3 on this site and others the more it looks like Sony put out a steaming pile of turds and they are tryng to pretend like it is our fault. Boy were we stupid. We trusted Sony to put out a quality product and stand behind it. As Chris Farley used to say, "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"

One other thing, apparently the "Blue Ray" technology Sony is using is not actual Blue Ray technology and their getting sued for violation of copy right. If Sony is using some kind of workaround to read Blue Ray discs or a sub standard Blue Ray tech it could explain why they're having so much trouble.

I'm not giving Sony a dime to fix this thing. They already have enough of my money. So I'm going to shelve it and wait. Sony just settled a PS2 class action for more than 8 million and the problems with the PS2 were nowhere near as common or annoying. Eventually some enterprising lawyer with a gaming fetish is going to buy a PS3, get screwed, and organize a PS3 class action. Why pay $150 now when I can send it in for free later?

If this is how Sony wants to handle the situation that's fine with me. I have to buy 2 new TV's due to the change from analog to digital, I'm going to need a new lap top fairly soon, and I need to buy a Blue Ray DVD player at some point. I also have Birthday and Christmas presents to buy. Wanna bet nothing in my shopping cart is going to have the word "Sony" on it. ;-)

I loaded the new 2.52 ver. from Sony that was on the Resident Evil 5 game disc. I played for an hour. When I came back 20 minutes later my PS3 would not play any games,cd's or dvd's. I contacted Sony and since I am out of warranty they want me to send the system back and for $150 they will fix their mistake. What a joke. They have actually found a way to make money on their f-ups. I get the canned rsponse about it being their policy. And we are so sorry you feel that we don't care. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. Fix your screw up for free. SHAME ON SONY!!!!!

I was playing Resident Evil 5 and the game froze. Now my PS3 will not play any form of disc.
All downloaded content still plays fine, just not discs!
Bloody annoying when you think how much you paid for a PS3!

man i have the same problem man that sucks.

i wanted to play a game and when i turn it on the sony entertainment shows and the backgroud but no icons

My Playstation 3 will not play games now. It was working fine before.

Have they fixed this problem yet because I am thinking of getting a PS3?

Playstation 3 won't play games, dvd's or blueray movie

dose the same thing no movies or games

ps3 wont play any disc

i put in ps3 games but they wont play, show up or start

turn on ps3, comes up ps3 then instead of lodaing upto the home page or game inserted it jst freezes

my ps3 wont play any type of games or movies and want to learn how to fix it without paying money

my ps3 wont play any games or any movies and i dont want to pay any money to fix it i just want instructions on how to fix it myself

SAME AS

Mine will play PS3 games but won't play Blu-ray disks or standard DVDs. (Looking at the postings it's beginning to sounds like an epidemic) - F

asd

Playstation 3 won't play games, or blueray movies. Standard dvds WILL play. Everything else seems to work ok also.

I PURCHASED RESIDENT EVIL 5 FOR MY PLAYSTATION 3 80GB . AND IT UPDATED MY SYSTEM TO THE MOST CURRENT VERSION . AFTER AN HOUR OF PLAYING , THE GAME FROZE. I REMOVED THE DISC , TURNED OFF THE GAME CONSOLE AND RESTARTED. NOW, IT WONT READ ANY GAMES OR DVD'S . IS SONY GOING TO COME UP WITH AN UPDATE TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM OR ARE THEY GOING TO FORCE US TO PAY THE $150.00 FOR SOMETHING THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR . ANY SUGGESTIONS?

I have the first 60gb ps3 and it has stopped playing DVD's and Blue Ray movies all together, however it still plays ps3 games. I'm trying a restore system and hoping its only a software fault and not the player.

I bought my PS3 on ebay i have had it for a month and it stoped reading blu ray movies wont play PS3 games any dvd or cd i paid 350 for this i got 9 games 2 controlers blue tooth last week, I updated to 2.30 no i have PS3 that only plays PS2 games after reading all these posts makes you wonder if sony dropped the ball on this one my wife laughed and said now you have two PS2s i will have to pay the 150 i wonder if this will happen again if anyone knows this let me know thanks,,,

when i put in a dvd or game it doesnt read it

my ps3 was working good,then last friday i performed update and now it doesn't work.it's like the disk isn't there. this is my 2nd console in 14 months.isent the first one back because of similar issue.

i was just palying a movie and it stop and i just toke it out to see why and when put a now cd in and it wont do anything i try all most every thing

My unit will not play dvd ir games I receive a error code 80010516

When I put a blueray movie or game disk in it does'nt read them. The circle spins in the corner of the screen as if it's loading then stops. Still no icon of a disc on my desktop. Regular movies and ps2 games work but this is a ps3 thats what I payed for. Need to know why this is happening, who to contact.

My PS3 won't even say that any game is in the console and won't load anything, games, music or dvds

my 80G PS3 started doing this over the weekend. Started with blu ray movies and now the games. for sure the most expensive DVD player I have ever purchased. any one start a complaint file with the better business bureau or start a law suit? I know Microsoft is in **** because of the three red rings on their Xbox 360. I don't think sony wants to be there too.

will not let my son play his games,he said they are just not loading.the problem started couple of days ago and nothing was changed.

wont play any games, movies, nothing.

Same problem with my 80g from the MGS4 bundle. Mine should be under warranty, but I no longer have the receipt, so I'm sol.

I was playing GTA4 and my game stopped playing, now nothing but regular movies will play, is ps3 a piece of **** or what!!!!

when i was playing Gta4 the game wouldnt load.I put in the disc in and out several times and it still didnt work.

my ps3 won't play any games

ill put a game in or any type of cd and the little laoding disk will come up but it wont laod

i have researched what can be done, and if my PS3 is not replaced i will take legal action.

wtf im gonna say to sony that im gonna take leagal action against them if they dont fix ma ps3, that should scare the **** out of them

I was playing call of duty 5 then i turned my system off so i could go to sleep then i woke up and i tryed to play a game and my system would not load the game. So then i tried to put in a different game and it still wouldnt work. Please tell me if you find a solution.
Thank You

i can't play any of my ps3 games, i've checked all the settings and nothing, i can go online and stuff but nothing else...

hi therei have the same problem ive only had my ps3 13 months an it broke already costing me 300 pound an awful lot of money my boy is only 8 an the machine is not played very ofen but just recently it stopped playing games an dvds please can you help me ive tryed email sony about well to be exact 14 times never onced replyed back how can i sort this problem out cos to me there is so many people with the same problem so surely it must be a manafacture fault if sony or do you no were i can get it fixed without costing a packet thank you very much

it is my ps3 iy wos playing a game iy fort it khrashed so iy took it out and chleened it and put it back in and it wodent play so iy triyed all my games and dvd novinked worked

I recently got a ps3 and played it the day i got it. It worked fine and then 2 days later i go to put my madden 09 in and it doesnt even read it. It goes in but doesnt read at all....what do i do?

jamed blueray disk

my playstation just stopped working today went to gamestop to go buy sf4 pop it in and now it will not play any game wtf.....

i can play ps2 games and some movies but i cant play any of my ps3 games i havent try any bluerays yet but i dont care for that

everything seems fine but once i pop any video game ( fifa 09, nfl09, cod4,etc) won't play as if there is no cd inside..
i dont know what the issue is but any help would be great

it wont let me play games

i play a game called gta4 ut it frezz at the beging of the pictures than i play onather game but a code pups up 80015014

Literally same exact problem here, I was playing Madden then it froze and now won't work.

games, blue ray dvd won't play on ps3

I am having problems with my PS
3, Its not playing any games or DVD's the only thing that appears on the screen is the menu as if there where no cd in. If anybody has any suggestions on how to fix this, feel free to let me know. Joe G. 925-206-8250.

My 40 GB has the same problem. First ever update applied with new game install. Game crashed after a few minutes. When I rebooted, I went to menu. As if disc is not in. Updated to 2.60. No change. Discs are not recognized - DVD, BD, or games. I find it hard to believe this is a coincidence. Sony broke something, and they're trying to either deny it, or make money from it. I emailed them 3 times. All I get is a form email with a link to their online service request - $149. They ****.

movies won't start and games sometimes load. If the games do load they sometimes freeze.

Have the same problem. Was playin Maddon yesterday froze up on me. Now nothing no game, dvd nothing plays. Tried some of the suggestions and still nothing. Luckly I purchased the 2 year warranty from Wal Mart for 28.00. Sense mine is out off warranty. Want cost me a dime. Guess its now the best 28.00 I've ever spent. Thanks Wal Mart.

playin madden yesterday online when my game froze and now it want play any games or cds what happend?

i was playin madden 09 and my game froze now it want play any disc at all what happend to it?

Put in a BlueRay Dvd, played for about 10 minutes, then froze. Ejected the disc, tried a restart and it said cannot play disc. Showed what seems to be an error code - 80029941. Will not play any disc now.

I was playing call of duty 5 and my thing froze so i did not worry much about it. I went to play it again one day i turned it on to play a new game i just bought ( Fallout 3) and the disc icon that shows that the disc is loading doesn't even show up.

when i trty to play CODWW on my first account it dosn't work all that happens is the little loading thing is in the bottom corner and then i hear a little bleep and it goes blank....cant press anything on thew controller like it dosn't do anything and when i put in anyother game it works fine!!!!!! but when i go on my brothers account it works fine and i checked the disc and there no scrathes or anything and its all clean...PLEASE RESPOND i'm just like 1000 xp away from 65 what a day to happen!!!!

I was playing Madden 09 and my console froze also,when i turned it back on it would not play anything.

wont play anything

Playstation 3 wont play games or dvds

Same problem . Yesterday i was playing call of duty worlds at war and today it wont find the disc . Any disc !
Whats the F**king problem??

just updated to 2.6 and now my ps3 won't read anything at all

system turns on then playstation logo appears then just freezes

My nephew's PS3 just died. It won't read any games, dvds or anything, but the system console still works. Tried reformatting the hard drive, but that did not fix anything...

Any suggestions?

same here...worked fine yesterday...now wont play any game or dvd...

doesnt even accept the disc

I guess I got the Madden curse, and my face was not on the cover. My console wont start now.

Yep. Won't load any sort of disc media.

wont load games and no icon comes up

i have the same problem please help if you can..? wont play any discs froze while playing a blue ray!

update 2.60 now gmes wont start

while

Me too , I have already been charged the repair fee but I dont even
have a box yet !! They should at least wait till I ship them my ps3 for service before they debit my bank account .

If its really SONY's fault they need to man up and fix them all for free .

basically i was watching a blu-ray movie and got tired and went 2 bed halfway through the movie . The next day i went 2 watch the other half and nothing hapenned i put in PS3/PS2 games and normal DVD but nothing happens but the playstation does know there is a disc in there because the blue light at the front comes on and it lets me eject disks aswell.

If anyone as a solution please let me know

My ps3 froze during a blu-ray movie, so i ejected the dvd and tried loading another disc, INVALID DISC appeared on the screen, so I loaded in a game and it worked for like 1 minute then went blank for about 5 min and ejected the disc. I unplugged the console for 2 hours and plugged in back together, video game played, for about 30 min and then went to black again. The game did this on and off several times, now it won't play at all, I can still load system and log online, but drive is pretty much F#*ked. this sucks because my warranty just ran out less than a month ago. I'm without warranty and ps3 is not giving my want I want... I've invested so much with games and blu ray discs and I can't use either, this really sucks and now sony wants me to pay $149 to fix it, NOT FAIR! Something must come of this.
THAN I SEE THIS ARTICLE!
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-263098.aspx

I'm calling in tomorrow for sony to take care of this...
ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM?

Same thing just happen was online playing COD4 and blank screen and no more playing anything on the drive !!!

Airflow background comes up but i'm not using the airflow background, the x-crossbar won't show and the ps3 does not play anything. It still takes and ejects disks though

I was in the middle of playing Call of Duty online..the game froze, i restarted my counsel, put back in the COD game and it woudln't recognize the disk..i tried a few dvd's, bluray dvd's, and other games, and nothing would work.

Same problem but it occured during the new GTA game. Froze, restarted, wont read any disc now, then formatted system and still a problem.

game frooze and now it wont play anything

My playstation freezes on the loading screen. What do i do?

Playstation 3 won't play games, dvd's or blueray movies

When I go on to the loading screen it freezes with every game. Please help.

I AM SOOOOOOO ****%^ OFF!!!! I bought 2 PS3 systems, an 80 for my son and a 60 for my boyfriend. Neither of the systems had any problems until they played each other online with Call of Duty 5. Since then, my boyfriends' 60gb had to be reformatted and restored and it does work but it is slow and my son's 80gb does not work at all......it won't read bluray discs, cd's, games, etc. I have tried to format, restore, etc. and nothing is working. We have 3 error codes coming up....80010036 (corrupt data), 80029906, and 80010514 (on both PS3's). HELP!!!! We bought the 60 at a store and the warranty was up in December. They won't even look at it. The 80gb I got in April from someone on Ebay and it worked fine up until the Call of Duty 5 adventures!!!!!!! HELP

My PS3 will no longer recognize game discs when inserted. Do I smell class action lawsuit???

My PS3 Stopped reading any discs (Games, bluray movies, dvds and cds) after freezing. Now I can't get any entertainment from my machine.

when i put a disc in it never shows up but demos can play fine

Should i dare to format my hard drive fully? Just got mine, backed up my files, but the scenerio plays out the same, I downloaded the update also and was playing far cry and I had a total freeze, shut it off from behind, and today tried a Guess What? Yep wont read any DVD's.
And as far as the guy saying hold your finger 5 seconds, let go then 2 seconds, then it beeps twice, shuts down and then comes back up with options, well has anyone else been able to do that, or did his system come with a free blunt?

have same problem. Been playing Madden NFL 08. Got almost through season game froze up. Ever since then been having problems playing other games and watching dvd's. Once got message saying corrupted data on nfl 08

I have the same problem

i tried to play madden 09 in my ps3 and my system just froze up and wont ever go to the menu screen this happened wice both times after i had another game in it for about an hour can some one plz help me???

my PS3 wont load play and PS3 Game ?? and its brand new , what am I doing wrong ? I have reset etc , but still wont load any ps3 game .. hysterical kids ..pls help a mom .

i had my ps3 fixed before for the same thing it did it again and sony didn't tell me what they fixed. 

was playing cod world at war game froze and now doesn't read games

was watching dvd now wont play games or dvd

DVD npot playing

ps3 not reading games

well i was playing guitar hero and it froze i terned the console off and now it won't read blue-ray, dvds, and PS3 games

my ps3 only plays ps2 games .................... what to do

playstaion 3 won't play games

My PS3 is having the same problem. Wont play PS3 games. Plays PS2 games just fine. Haven't called Sony, But I sure hope they plan on fixing this. Regardless of it being a bad lazer or corupt software. These machines cost too much money to break within a year. What a bunch of ****.

same problem with my ps3 60 gig would not play/read games after i updated it with resistance 2 game.

SAME HERE

when i try to play my ps3 games it comes on and the screen goes black then an error comes up like (800034583F) and if it does come on it freezes about 5 seconds at the menue after i press start . when i put in a ps2 game it comes right on with no problem.

PS3 just stopped playing games & blurays.  Games simply won't load and when i put in a bluray it comes up "invalid disc" or "unable to recognize disc".  Any suggestions on what to do?  Looks like I am not the only one with this issue

just won't play blu ray or ps3 games. will play everything else though. what's wrong

I was playing on gta4 and then i qut but left my playstation on for about an hour, i then went back to it to play gta 4 again and when istarted the game it said game start up failed, i then turned it off and back on again and it is now failing to register any discs that i put into it. What the hell is it doing?

my ps3 does not it own disc but it play ps2 disc
i don t know what is wrong with it.

I just got mine used and yeah, it doesn't even tell me I put a game in:(

my ps3 froze

I have the same problem as everyone else on this board. Can someone please let me know Sony's Service Tech's phone number. I refuse to pay for their error!!

every time we put games inside it won't read it

turned on my ps3 and it wouldn't acknowledge the fact that there was a game in the drive

my main menu works fine, but when i insert a game or movie a little circle appears in the right corner and that will be it

I juss bought a ps3 and updated it, but no matter what game i put in, the ps3 wont read it....The games look fine and clean, but the game i con wont even show up on the ps3..

Well, my PS3 has worked up to yesterday. I picked up the new Batman movie and now it only plays movies. I can hear the games, but not see them anymore.

I was play smackdown vs raw 09 and bout 4 times the game froze. I popped in a blueray disc, and that froze....anything i have in, eventually it freezes.

My console freezes quite regularly although not often during game play. Usually while surfing the internet. Once I shut it off from the back and I go to play a game immediately afterword the game load will freeze up. This what has worked for me. I shut the console down for at least a half hour to an hour and it works when I go to play a game. I believe it is problem with overheating. I have purchased the $25 intercooler and that seems to help.
Here is another scenario that happens: If I leave the game running for a long period of time and then go to surf the internet it tends to work fine. If I went straight to the internet without running the game I would get a freeze within 10 minutes. So all I can offer is keep your console cool and try to shut down correctly from the menu. I also notice that the graphics in the menu bar turn a yellowish green when the console gets overheated.

my ps3 started doin the same thing plays dvds but now wont play blu ray movies or my games. I just bought dark knight yesterday and put it in on the screen the message read invalid disc, so i put c.o.d. world at war that i have been playin since it came out and it wouldnt load it froze up

hellow my name is lewis.i went on ebay an look up the blue ray.it cost a bouth 85 dollar i took mines out of my systom an put the new one in now it work jest fin.thar are to kinds of blue ray here is the numbers.for the blue rays.one is 410ACA an the other number is 400A but will need to take your systom a loose an then take the blue ray a loose to put the new one in.it work for me

My PS3 hasn't been having problems since I got it in february. All of a sudden it can't play any PS3 games, but it can play Blu-ray Disc movies.

Was playing GTA and it froze. Thereafter no discs were being read. Filled out the online forms and have my original receipt, warranty still good until Feb 09. Waiting for the prepaid box to send back to Sony. WTF??? Seems like a large number of people have the same issue. Song needs to do a recall before people decide to pursue legal action...

hame problem with 2.53 and i think we need to flood the playstation forums! go onto the playstation website and create posts about all of these issues and even cross reference this site! i called today and they said that they havn't got any reports in!

MY mother used her last resourse to buy me a playstation 3. she is on oxagen 24 hrs a day. and i havent had this game console 3 months and it will not play games. i dont have the heart to tell her this. i have to pretend i am having fun on it when i cry many times because it doesnt work.i already had to wait to get it even though she brought it feb 08. i had to first bring my grades up which i did from B''s to A'S. NOW WHAT? HOW DO I GET THIS THING FIX. I TIRED A DISC CLEANER

I was playing Assassin's Creed and my 40gb PS3 froze up and now won't play any games.

That is exactly what happened to mine as well- I was even playing Madden 08! Any ideas?

I have had my PS3 for a year and 20 days. I have the 60GB HDD. Everything worked fine up until a couple of days ago and no matter what disc that I put into it, the wave is up in the right hand corner but no loading of the disc. I called Sony and spoke to three different reps who all stated that even if it is a day after the warranty, they will charge the $149 to repair. I have my receipt and luckily, I purchased an extended warranty from the place I bought it. However, I have seen several posts stating that Sony would replace theirs even if they had opened it or was out of warranty, but I have not had any such luck. I am very disappointed in Sony, due to this clearly being a problem that they know about. I asked the reps if Sony ever planned to fix the issue for free due to it being such a widely known problem. All of them stated that Sony will only honor the warranty up til 1 year, not a day after. If someone else is getting theirs replaced by Sony for free after their warranty, I wish that they would share the reps name for the rest of us. Already called the company who I bought extended warranty through and the prepaid shipping label is on the way. At least I still have my X-Box 360.

player wont read games..im pissed off and hope sony is not the cause of this. I have used this about 10 times only.......
$600 door stop now???

we were playing a game and then we whiched to another game. when we put in another game nothing happeded. the loading button goes on but nothing happends

well when i was playing assasin's creed it kept freezing all the time but one day i was playing it froze and i restarted my system then after that it stopped playing my games all of them

The games on my Ps3 wont work. They load then the screen goes blank. And If i finally manage to get on a game, if i press the PS button wanting to get back to the home menu not wanting to quit the game , the menu application's wont load... such as mail.  :(

ps3 wont play anygames

ps3 wont play games

Same thing, my playstation does not play anymore games, dvd's.

Playstation wont play playstation 3 games anymore. Use to work dont know what happened

i left my PS3 on over night to let demos download (as i have in the past with no problems) woke up this morning, installed demos, played them, FINE, went to try and play COD5 but the cd icon was not there, thought a simple restart would help but NOTHING, restored my entire system and still NOTHING, will not read ANYTHING

very annoying and dissapointing including i have no warranty on this system however i do have my receipt.

what is the method in fixing this problem

I am having the exact same problem the console only somtimes loads up so i can view the menu screen then when i try to load a game (Bluray disc) it rarely starts up and if it does it doesn't last long before it freezes. I some times have to reset the cosole 3 or 4 times before it reads the disk.

my ps3 will lode games.but then freez up
how can i fex it.or di need a nother blue ray dvd
help.

Same exact thing happened to me

Have same issue. PS3 starts, loads and opens up the wave screen. When a disc is inserted nothing happens.

my playstation 3 won,t play games, dvds or cds, doesn't show icon either

my next door neighbour has the same problem. He downloaded the update to play CoC5 online... just don't update your system 'til Sony sorts this mess out!

wont read any disc's

Never had any freeze, won't load problems until downloaded 2.52. Now my system is junk. This is unacceptable.

mine wont play games but it will play movies i dont no what the problem is.

BOOO SONY!

this **** fuckin pissin me off my ps3 is the ONLY thing i got for my b-day n now it doesnt read anythings it just randomly froze up then i turned it off turned it back on an hour later n it still would read either one of the games i have for it

Does anyone have a answer for this problem?????

my game would not read any disk i had this problem two weeks ago i send my game back to sony they return it working it played for two hour and started freezing again

I have the same problem, and nothing I did fixes it. Im getting the box to return it

after i got the update, i can't do anything but play demos HELP!!!

We can no longer play games or watch blu-ray movies when we have previously been able to ; can you help?

i was playing gta4 with cheats and it froze and know i cant play games and movies

Tried to load up LBP this morning and it wouldn't read the disk. Now my PS3 won't ready any disks. Is this a new issue?

i have the same problem, i just rent the new hulk bd and the stranger, then in the middle of the hulk, my ps stopped, unfortunately the next thing i did is plug the internet, then boom , here goes my ps3 ,  no of my blu ray disk can be recognized, it can read dvd though. so i called sony, they said i need some proof of purchase with date. So for those WHO WANT TO BUY  A PS3  SAVE THE RECEIT AND BUY THE WARRANTY.

wtf i have never had a problem with my ps3 but now no games workk.... damm i thought sony was trustworthy... 149$ for fixing a problem i did not cause...

no disks will play in my ps3

i got the up grade to play saints row 2 and it started freezing i thought it was from playing to long but it was the ps3 now no games work

playstation3 wont play playstation 3 games

After downloading the stupid 2.50 update my ps3 wont read my games. I called sony and the said it would cost 249 euro to fix, I asked why should I pay if they sent out the screwed up update in the first place. He just said 249 euro that's all i can do.
I am so disappointed in Sony..

Was playing pes 2009 just about to start another match and the game froze and i waited a minute, the disc was making the same noise over and over again, so i thought it had jammed, quit game ejected this restarted system nothing ejected disc put another disc in still nothing, powered down system then switched off at the back powered back up again nothing happened, one restore later still nothing, i guess it is buggered well done sony

games wont play as soon as you update it to 2.50. beware do not update it to that software

After the last update my playstation will not load any type of disc.

Damn Sony!
If the problem is so well known, why dont they (SONY) do the right thing and recall the issue or replace it w/o the damn fee???
GRRR

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this is BS!!!!!!!!!!i donwnloaded the frikken firmware, go to play the game and nothing! WTF!!!!!

SAME THING HERE I DOWNLOADED THE UP DATE...NOW MY PS3 WON'T PLAY ANY DISCS...I HAVEN'T CALLED SONY YET MY CONSOL IS UNDER A YEAR BUT I LIVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY NOW......

My ps3 suddenly stopped playing any disc, i just turned it on one day and that was it. Is there a way to fix this problem?

i updated a game of nba 2k9 then while im playing it, it suddenly froze then i turned it off tried other disc but to my surprise, it won't read any disc. i just played like 30 mins. i dont know what went wrong, please help us!!!

wont play any kind of cds.

My PS3, will turn on, and do everything, including downloading game online, but it will not run any games. It starts them but freezes. I've tried every game I own, but it wotn read any..... Does the lense need to be cleaned or what??

We had to download some software so we could play Batman Lego. But when it was done and we went to play, it went to a screen and wouldnt let us press X so we could play!! Now like none of our games work!! Only Madden 09 and nothing else! HELP!

well i was playing smackdown vs raw 2008 and it frozen you i restarted it and nothing was coming up so i tried other games,films and ps2 games but nothing worked

Oh hey i have the exact same problem. My Playstation 3 40gb was brand new used only 4 to 5 times for short periods of time. Me and my brother was just playing with the system one time onthe 5th time the game frozed and i think he was playing some demo game when it frozed. He went and rebooted the system with the / sign. And thus when he went to put in Burnout Paradise the system doesnt say anything what so ever. It jus doesnt do anything . It doesnt even say Error or anything So I really find it annoying cause its new.

I turn the game on and it won't change over to any games. The swirvy line freezes and nothing else happens.

playing ncaa09 screen went black restarted system but now it doesn't bring up the game icon but brings up all the other icons

my ps3 wont play dvds

not playing any disc no more after starting Devil May cry 4

Playing Madden online.... game froze....waited for a few min.... had to turn system off and restart... end result - no blue ray but still plays standard dvd. System bought for Christmas and hasn't had extended usage.
Sad that Sony's quality has dropped ......

Was playing Assassins Creed and it froze. now it wont play any PS3 games, DVD or Blueray

Was playin GTA4 for a coupl days and then it freezes up and know I can't play that or the Bourne Conspiracy.

Last week, system kept freezing up during COD4. Now it will not ready any of the PS3 games or DVD blue ray movies. The latest upload has been done. Looked up issue from PS3 home page and followed troubleshooting guide with no success.

I have the same problem. I was playing GTA4 and it froze, and now it won't play any games or blu ray, but will play normal dvd's. I called sony and they told me to download the latest update. Problem is that I am in Iraq right now and can not download anything. Thanks Sony!!!!!!!

downloaded music from mp3 then was playing burnout paradice and froze ps3 will not play any games

I was playing GTA4 when my game froze. now it wont read any of my games or dvd's. iv'e been thinking of sending it to sony but i don't feel like paying $150 for their mess up. f*** you sony!

my playstation 3 will play dvd playstayion2 games but not blueray disk or play station3 disks

well, after a few days of my games starting up late while in the system and the discs also not reading correctly... they just wouldnt work anymore. not just one disc, the whole set of like twenty games i had. now the demos n stuff work, just discs wont play including DVD and Blu-Ray. so i am now trying to take it to my local game distributor. if they cant help me i'll call sony, because thats a big problem i guess... i even cleaned the discs like 3 or 4 or 5 times!!! still no luck.. this blows

had it lock up playing gta4 and wont read any disk now sony was about to charge me 149.00 for service (my wife threw the box and recept) after 3 hours at wal-mart got a reprint. so they are telling me to expect to be without my system for 3 to 4 weeks!!! lame and i am seeing online it will not even be my system coming back most likley a refurb! i am selling this piece of shit and getting another piece of shit being an x-box but it looks like the less of the 2 evil

I was playing Madden 08 when the game foze, after which i tired play again with the same outcome. I even tired playing some of my other games and they would freeze as well or even not be reconized. What can i do to fix it?

The only fix to this problem I found was to get in touch with sony and get them to swap it if under garentee, lucky for me mine was. If not you may have to spend a bit to fix it. But I haven't connected mine to the Internet since and it has been fine touch wood.

My PS3 started locking up on me and I had to turn it off then back on to get it to work. This started happening more and more frequently until it became a daily thing. After it became daily, a week later it would'nt read any games anymore, or dvd's, CD's, Blue Ray....nothing. What can be done?

me and my brother were playing nba live 08 and then it froze and so we tuned it off for a couple of minutes and then we tried to play again but it did not work so we turned it off and a day later we could not play it and now we cant play any games,or cds and i need help finding out how to fix it.

My ps3 froze up while I was driving during a mission in gta4 so i turned off the system and now it won't recognize that I have any games in it or dvd's or blueray dics wont load or even register that there in the ps3 at all.

my driver does nothing psp 3

samething happend to me but i upgraded to FW 2.9 (i think) . Played RFOM and Warhawk. while playing warhawk it froze. so i turned it off and switched back on but nthing works its like a brick

games froze for a while. now put a disk. nothing happens

my ps3 just keeps loading movies and games but does not let me play them any more is there dirt on the laser.

Same thing happened to me after COD4 froze. I shut the console down and now it won't recognize any games.

Rented Haze this Fridady for memorial day weekend. I put it in and was prompted to update my system I did what the promt said SO I COULD PLAY THE GAME. Now wont play any kind of a discs. Called sony, they said to to hook it up to the internet, and download the newest version via the internet. Did that, still no good!! will call sony tomorrow.

my ps3 is only 3 months old. my son messed with it by way of his psp, he swears he didnt change any settings, only installed some wallpapers. but nothing plays anymore. i insert any game or dvd and it doesnt even read it. it just shows the loading icon on the top right. i restored it to default settings and still doesnt work. =( it cant be a dirty laser. any help?

my ps3 will play movies and downloaded games but not ps3 game disks

it wont play notin

i was playing Madden 07, then my ps3 froze, ater that i took the game out and tried to put it back in, and it couldn't read it. I put another game in and it would not read it, i even tried a movie, but it would not read it

mate same thing here, i loaded up gta 4 , grand turismo 5 , n yea i presed the start button , screen went black , now carnt even listen to music cds on it

I bought the new GTA4 the day that it came out and I believe got to play it a whole two days and then tried to play it after I had to download version 2.3 onto my ps3 and I've got nothing. There is no option to play the game that even comes up or for a blue ray disc. I deleted the hard drive and started over thinking it was a diffrent problem. I tried to reset the whole system and still got nothing. I am calling sony today to see what is going on and since It's not under warranty and reading every one elses posts it seems like Ill be paying 150 for something that is their fault. Im super angry about this and I feel like they are ripping us off. Who really keeps receipts and knows where they are at. I feel like this issue should go public because not only did this happen to one person it has happened to many and playstation isnt sending out any type of warning to not download these versions. So now a counsole that I had to pay 500.00 for is worth 0.00 Thanks Sony Youre A Real Pal!!

same thing it just stoped playing any discs

I have had exactly the same problem with my PS3 just after purchasing and playing GTA 4 for a few days. The ps3 now no longer reads or accepts any disc whether its a dvd, blu ray or game. when i insert a disc nothing happens the console wont even recognise that a disc has been loaded. as i am now a month out of warranty i have tried to strip the console clean the lens and the internal features (as this worked for me previously when my ps2 had problems) but with no luck. i have no idea what to do as the best solution now. has anyone any ideas??

Ok i have been doing a lot of reading on thr forums and just have not found anything that will fix my PS3. Here is what happened! I bought a 60gig PS3 12/06 and have had no problems with it untill i purchased GTA 4 the day it was released. I started the game and ran the 3 gig install. Once the install was finished the game started. I got to the first cut screen and the PS3 went black and froze. I first tried the power button with no luck. I had to shut the switch off in the back. At that point i turned the system back on and now i can not see any Blu-ray disc or DVD's. I can see audio disc though! When the game is inserted i get the loading symbol in the upper right of the TV and it spins for about 30 to 60 seconds and then stops. At no time before, after or during the loading symbol does it recgonize the disc. The game will not pop up on the XMB neither will the movies. At this point i have check on the forums and can not find a solution. I have downloaded the http://www.ps3repairsguide.com/ and other than cleaning of the blu-ray lazer i have not found a solution. I am out of warranty and Sony tells me to send it in with $170 dollars to have them send me a refurbished unit. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Please let me know i hate not being able to play any of my games. PS i can still play the games that are downloaded to the HDD. I have also tried restore system defaults. Would a format really help? Should i wait till the next update is available? Please help me!!!!!!

60gig
Version: 2.30

PSN: FFF
spiderman669@gmail.com

Thanks

Brian

I cant play any games anymore either

Mine has done the same thing just last night after a couple of hours of play on GTA 4 (40 gig unit purchased in Dec '07 @ Best Buy the firmware is ver. 2.3.)

At this point the only solution is----
Call Sony, 1-800-345-7669. Hit the # 1 on the phone three times, #0 and then #1 again to speak to a CS rep. They will first ask questions and then want to walk you through some steps, and after about 13 to 18 minutes of "no, it still does not read any kind of discs at all, they will send you a postage paid coffin to return it in. (Basically, the Blu-Ray drive is DOA.)

brought the PS3 Friday, set it up Saturday, won't read discs Monday.

I was connected to the Internet last night and whilst I was playing a game the console just froze for no apparent reason. I restarted the PS3 and all looked normal until I came to play any of the blue ray games none work. I have only had the PS3 for less than a month it was and I'am sure something to do with an automatic update. I still have the receipt and will try to take it back to the shop but will stay clear of any automatic updates in the future.... SONY you really need to fix this NOW!

Updated Playstation 3 and now it won't play games.

i can play demos, but any disc i put in the system is not recognized, what time does Best Buy close?

it wont play any games and wont recognize the ps3 disc wen u put it in

the same problem... it is the new Blue Ray of Death of Sony!!!

cannot play any blue ray discs or any games. the cd does not start

Same problem, though the PS3 stopped playing DVDs and Blu-ray discs (not sure about games, don't have any) a few days about, and the 2.3 update did not fix it.

Sony says that the original receipt is required for in-warranty service. This is unfortunate since you're asked to send this off to receive 5 free Blu-ray discs as part of a sales promotion from late 2007.

Currently I'm arguing with Sony about the fact that 40GB PS3 was only released in November 2007, so every 40GB model on the planet is still in warranty.

Yes, they're happy to repair it for $149, but this just seems wrong for the two reasons above.

im on my second ps3 now due to this problem... and now its happened again... phoned sony and they are exchanging my 60gb in 2 days.. good eh...ps3 no.3 in 6 months... but what happens when warranty runs out?????

no way just happened to me too wont read my games

Same problem, reciently purchased ps3 recieved 3 days ago, new in box from ebay. was immediatly prompted to update to v2.3 and now can only play blue-ray videos and games. No dvds, ps2, ps1, or cd can be found by ps3 called sony they suggested restore default settings still no good, even did full format for 4 hours and still no help. very frustrated I called sony again, was told this time that since it was purchased from ebay I had no warranty and it would cost me 149.00 to ship back to get repaired. Are you kidding me 3 days old, automatic update from sony themselves, now being told more money. Just to fix their mistake. what an amazing service they provide. please help

will play bluray movies but not games, games will begin to load then the console freezes and i have to unplug to get back to the xmb. this started after i updated to 2.30

so i called the support they are denying this claim of firmware problems don't know if this is because i am not under warranty or what but they are still saying that i have to pay $149. what do i got to do because like i said before i do not feel i have to pay 149 for their mess up. and sorry to say that link that was posted for the manual isn't working plus i wouldn't necessarily suggest anyone who would need to follow a manual to open up their system especially under warranty cause that voids the warranty.

sorry i keep posting as clarification new to the site.

I've got exactly the same problem with the ps3. New update just before playing on COD4. It went black, froze and I couldn't do anything with it. Now it doesn't recognise any disc I put in. Need an answer!!

Same problem, need an answer.

First tried the controller to see if it was dead so charged it for a couple hours, retried and it was still frozen would not read DVD,Playstation 3, or Blue Ray discs.
Turned system on and off with no luck.We than tried trouble shooting the tv to see if maybe that was the problem but it wasn't.
Ran through playstation3 settings,menu and it would not do anything.

was playing call of duty 4 and the game froze. now it wont recognize any games or cds.

I was playing COD4 yesterday morning after the "PS store update". I did everything the same like every other update that i have done since owning the PS. I started playing COD4 and about the 3rd or 4th game the system froze, it froze like i have never seen before. Ususally the screen will freeze and you can still hear the music or action in the background but the screen was frozen on your last action. This time the screen just went black and i couldn't turn the system off with the controller nor by touching the sensor in the front, i had to reach in the back of the PS and click on the manual off/on button. When i got the system back on the game icon was not listed as an option to play, i switched games to Assassin's Creed and the system was not able to read that game too. I tried Spiderman Blu-ray and another regular dvd and the system was not reading any disc's at all.
I waited after work to try messing with the system again hoping it would read the disc's so I can play, no such luck. I called Sony at the 1800# and they instructed me to do some kind of default reset while they were on the line, after all was said and done they were not able to fix nor figure out the problem over the phone. They said they will be sending me a prepaid postal box to mail back to them so they can either fix the problem or replace with a new one since i just bought this 40gb this past Christmas only 4 months ago!
I see I was not the only one with this problem!!!!!!!!!

I turned on my PS3, works fine. I then put in a disk and is taking ages to load or just freezes.... Any solutions to this or is it sony. I have a 60gb console..

All of a sudden stopped playing certain games, then all games, then DVD's. Don't have a receipt and downloaded newest software. Is Sony going to do anything for these problems?

same problem here, the audio output seemed have problems and cannot play DVD or even blue lay. Mess

After downloading a couple demos I started having problems with my console. Now it rarely plays ps3 game. I can play the demos and old ps2 games but nothing new. This seems like a common problem. Maybe there is something encrypted in the downloads that affects the system? the game is vitually useless @ this point.

I was playing a cd, my ps3 worked fine, tried to put dvd in next; now it won't play anything. it's a relief to see others having prob. I mean it sucks, but , at least i know it's not just me.

i was playing my game on ps3 n it was at the loading screen and it was takn longer than usual 2 load so i turned it off turned it bak on and now everytime i put a game in it wont start up how do i fix this

My system was working fine. Next day when trying to turn it on it froze when it started and now it won't do anything. The Sony main screen won't even come on. I've tried resetting, turning off an on, unhooking it etc... Nothing works.

Yep looks like Sony is going to have their hands full with this problem!! Console worked one minute then quit that game put in another and nothing. Won't play DVD's, BluRay Disc's or music CD's. The drive motor that spins the disc is not starting up.

My PS3 will not read any games or movies or CD's, it doesnt even spin 2 read tha discs.

Playing movie, movie freezes half way through. Now PS3 won't recognize any DVD/Cd that is inserted. Reset the system, confirmed that I had the latest download, inserted two other movies to confirm my netflix disc was not the problem. Powered off and on and still no success.

My Ps3 stopped playing games when i downloaded a demo. Now it wont play any games at all.

same here

mine did the same thing

wont read discs

ps3 wont read ps3 games> downloaded latest version. will read ps2 games however.