PS3 40GB stopped reading discs after 15 months!

Try a CD Cleaning Disc. There are two laser optics in your CD changer, a low power tracking optic and a high power reading optic. If the reading optic gets dusty, the light becomes refracted, and the read fails and stops play or ejects the disc. The discs are available on Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart for less the $15. Do two cleans and it should fix it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cd+cleaning+disc

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You can clean the lens with a small amount of windex and put a little oil like 3 and 1 oil on the spindle motor shaft and on the sled rails. Good luck !

try getting new dvd drive

may be your moterboard fault.

I have the same issue, along with a Rear Check issue at power up, and the fan stopped working about a month ago, so three strikes and your out, I would not recommend this product due to the quality. My Oniko was purchased years ago and is still going strong, I moved to an apartment and wanted the wireless ease with the back speakers, never again with this brand. My Samsung LCD is acting up now too, it is only 15 months old, and won't power up right away takes like 5 attempts, unreal

If you purchased the item new you should be able to check with the store and see if the warranty is still good. Although, since the PC was purchased in DEC 2008, I don't think your warranty will still be valid.

I have had a lot of luck simply contacting the manufacturer's customer service department and explaining my issues. Basically if they want to keep a customer they will generally try to help. I received a new motherboard for an HP one time because I was having so much trouble. My PC was 3 years old at the time and NOT under warranty.

As for a solution, you will probably need to purchase another disc drive which can be obtained through your local PC repair shop, directly from the PC manufacturer, or you might try places such as www.tigerdirect.com.

Good luck!

sounds as though you need a new CD drive, the optics in your drive are not working correctly.

CD drives are available for cheap at any computer store or consumer electronics store.

very easy to replace, 4 screws hold it in, and plug in the cables to the new drive from the old one. please dont forget to rate!

Get into the Service Menu by entering 1397139 on the remote control like you did before and restore the original factory-set values stored in flash-memory back the way they were. One you do this your unit will function properly again. [email protected]

Original factory-settings

Option1: F2
Option2: 15
Option3: 93
Option4: CF
Option5: 94
Option6: C0
Option7: 04
Option8: 15

i spoke to sony on saturday and they said a patch is getting releasewd tomorrow tues 8th of jan to sort all disc reading errors. hope this helps