[razblade77]

anyone had any luck?, upon inspecting the cable there is only a very small crunch on it but looks fine other then that but cant find a replacment cable anywhere. any ideas?

[SogeKingOP]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch the old drive (fat ps3) is using a photoled for that function, when you insert a disc the ps3 turns on, normal behavior. it is powered by 3.3V ever (always on) , the rest of the drive is using differen power lines.

Thanks for your input throughout the thread. I really appreciate it!

Originally Posted by playerkp420 @SogeKingOP - I found that extra ribbon I had, for your model. I will ship it out today.

Awesome. I did some research on this particular problem and narrowed it down to either that ribbon cable or the drive sensor BL1-012 (the chip with the switches that has the red/black wires.) Apparently the sensor is really sensitive to drops. In this case, maybe the package got tossed around too much

Gonna try out your ribbon cable first and hope that does it. If not, it has to be that sensor.

Originally Posted by razblade77 anyone had any luck?, upon inspecting the cable there is only a very small crunch on it but looks fine other then that but cant find a replacment cable anywhere. any ideas?

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[razblade77]

thanks for the update. let me know how how you do with the new cable. found a easy way conect that cable. open the top of drive then disconect ribbon cable and conect it to motherboard first the feed it back to the drive then close up the top.

[SogeKingOP]

Originally Posted by razblade77 thanks for the update. let me know how how you do with the new cable. found a easy way conect that cable. open the top of drive then disconect ribbon cable and conect it to motherboard first the feed it back to the drive then close up the top.

Will do. Yea that's how I'm doing it. A lot easier than trying to fit your fingers underneath the drive.

[razblade77]

Originally Posted by SogeKingOP Will do. Yea that's how I'm doing it. A lot easier than trying to fit your fingers underneath the drive.

any luck with the new cable?

[SogeKingOP]

Originally Posted by razblade77 any luck with the new cable?

Just got the ribbon cable. Didn't work

Gonna probably try replacing the sensor in the picture below next

Out of curiosity what slim model do you have and does it have blue LEDs by the eject button?

Have you tried tampering with these switches?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by SogeKingOP Just got the ribbon cable. Didn't work ...Have you tried tampering with these switches?

from what i know, if your ps3 thinks there's a disc inside while there's nothing in, then the system will also hang.

there's a service pdf for the fat's drive, you could use it as a guideline?

i think those switches are for 8cm detection and 12 cm detection, not sure...

[SogeKingOP]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch from what i know, if your ps3 thinks there's a disc inside while there's nothing in, then the system will also hang. there's a service pdf for the fat's drive, you could use it as a guideline? i think those switches are for 8cm detection and 12 cm detection, not sure...

Where can I find this PDF?

I'm trying to figure out if the sensor is broken. I don't have a volt meter at the moment but the fact that it can turn on the PS3 by hitting those two switches makes think otherwise. Shouldn't the motor be spinning when I hit those two switches though?

[razblade77]

Originally Posted by SogeKingOP Just got the ribbon cable. Didn't work Gonna probably try replacing the sensor in the picture below next Out of curiosity what slim model do you have and does it have blue LEDs by the eject button? Have you tried tampering with these switches?

i have the same model. what do u mean by blue leds? do u mean the mean the led on the eject button then yes its blue and truned on but is that not normal tho.i did drop my drive but it was a small drop, well seems like i need a new drive oh well.

[SogeKingOP]

Originally Posted by razblade77 i have the same model. what do u mean by blue leds? do u mean the mean the led on the eject button then yes its blue and truned on but is that not normal tho.i did drop my drive but it was a small drop, well seems like i need a new drive oh well.

I don't even get a blue LED...

Try hitting those two switches inside the drive and tell me what happens?