[077407]

Originally Posted by xgame511 Here are my pic of the black 12v wire, ignore the other mods I have: Attachment 2028 Attachment 2029

The pic you have is too small can't really make much out of it is the 12v wire going from the psu to what?

Never mind my phone was not downloading the attachment for pic. Can see it nice and big now

i was thinking about doing something like this guy in youtube skip to 38 second Playstation 3 YLOD stock fan to PC heat sink modification - YouTube

solder the 12v wire to the bottom of the ps3 and run the wire to the drive. what type of wire should i buy to solder it? tomorrow I'll go buy the wire the the voltage meter.

[xgame511]

Originally Posted by 077407 The pic you have is too small can't really make much out of it is the 12v wire going from the psu to what? Never mind my phone was not downloading the attachment for pic. Can see it nice and big now i was thinking about doing something like this guy in youtube skip to 38 second Playstation 3 YLOD stock fan to PC heat sink modification - YouTube solder the 12v wire to the bottom of the ps3 and run the wire to the drive. what type of wire should i buy to solder it? tomorrow I'll go buy the wire the the voltage meter.

Type of wire shouldn't matter, just something that isn't to big. But solder doesn't seem to stick to that kind of metal for whatever reason.

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by xgame511 But solder doesn't seem to stick to that kind of metal for whatever reason.

are you talking about the metal prongs?, why the hell would he want to solder a wire to that prong, while on the other side of the board there's enough copper to solder to.



and this is just the 12V, who says the 12V is the issue, 5V is also needed....

[077407]

So I have the multimeter. How should I test the pins? When I put red wire from the multi meter to the 12v pin on the motherboard and the black wire from multimeter to the opposite pin I get a reading around 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 volt

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by 077407 When I put red wire from the multi meter to the 12v pin on the motherboard and the black wire from multimeter to the opposite pin I get a reading around 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 volt

you can measure on top of the connector that's plugged into the motherboard.

put the red probe into pin1 (black wire), and the black probe into the next pin (pin2, grey wire) , you should measure a steady 12V when the drive is operating.

for the 5V, put the black probe into pin3 (grey wire), and the red probe into pin 4(grey wire, this is the opposite of the black wire), and measure for the 5V
connector layout:
___
|o| black (12V)
|o| grey (ground)
|o| grey (ground)
|o| grey (5V)

[077407]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch you can measure on top of the connector that's plugged into the motherboard. put the red probe into pin1 (black wire), and the black probe into the next pin (pin2, grey wire) , you should measure a steady 12V when the drive is operating. for the 5V, put the black probe into pin3 (grey wire), and the red probe into pin 4(grey wire, this is the opposite of the black wire), and measure for the 5V connector layout: ___ |o| black (12V) |o| grey (ground) |o| grey (ground) |o| grey (5V)

Ok will try that I was measuring with the drive cable off.

Getting 3.5v for the 12v and 5.15v for the 5v. How do I test the middle two?

Which prong should I solder my wire to, to get the 12v wire

Thanks for all the help, i wire it to the prong and now my blu ray drive is working fine.

here a picture of my setup

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gfg1ljcbj...206_175304.jpg