[ev1l51xty51x]

Originally Posted by bluejeans My blu-ray drive is dead, it will recognize the name of the game in the drive but won't start it, would this affect starting a HDD game from the disc icon?

I don't think it will if the game shows up on your xmb.
I myself use an old Whipe Out HD disk with scratches on it. The game shows up but wont start at all. But my backups run fine from hdd.
If you're sure you're BDdrive is shot check this thread :
http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=474723

[Persian McLovin]

Originally Posted by SniperSnake are you on 3.55 cfw or 4.30 cfw? if on 3.55 your massivly outdated and finding fixed eboots is so 2011. on 360 you have to have a burner and blank dl dvds, if u have a bad burn you wasted time and money, ps3 its just copy/paste to a hdd and if shart dont work u delete and try again. on 4.30cfw every game should run with no fixes.

JTAG/RGH 360s say hai.

[zro214]

If your drive reads ps1 ps2 disc but not bluray it could be two things controller board on bd drive goin out which was my problem months ago or bd drive goin out or **** it might be a cable problem have looked into any of these wat ps3 model do you have im asuming if you use ps2 disc you have a old model

[oPolo]

Originally Posted by bluejeans About three quarters of games I've downloaded don't start for some reason, and it takes a lot of research to get just one working - sometimes there doesn't seem to be a definite fix. Things like black screen and error codes. I'm not trying to troll here, but if you have an xbox 360 with flashed firmware, you simply run the iso through a scan, select to fix if needed and burn it, nothing ever goes wrong. I really want to get into the ps3 scene, but it's a turn-off when half the time a game won't work as-is.

..."I really want to get into the ps3 scene, but it's a turn-off when half the time a game won't work as-is" maybe you should get into the scene, to figure out what the problem is?
It seems you set the baseline for game compability on the PS3's according to just your own experience... I have had success with perhaps 95-97% of the games I try without anything needed to be done.
Hint: If you got into the PS3 scene, you would propably figure it was because of your broken bluray drive and games not being able to run discless
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Originally Posted by Persian McLovin JTAG/RGH 360s say hai.

:D
JTAGs are also able to play xbox 360 games from network sources u la la! :D

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by zro214 If your drive reads ps1 ps2 disc but not bluray it could be two things controller board on bd drive goin out which was my problem months ago or bd drive goin out or **** it might be a cable problem have looked into any of these wat ps3 model do you have im asuming if you use ps2 disc you have a old model

on some fat ps3 the drive has got dual laser in the drive . 1 for reading bluray games and movies and the other laser to read dvd, music,ps2 games . and the sounds of it the bluray laser has gone

so iver he needs to clean the laser and if that dont work replace it ,
the logic board is fine ,if it wouldnt he wound'nt be able to run any homebrew eg mutiman etc


dual laser here




single laser here

[Rautz]

Originally Posted by oPolo :D JTAGs are also able to play xbox 360 games from network sources u la la! :D

So does my REX console u lal la!

[oPolo]

Originally Posted by Rautz So does my REX console u lal la!

...wat! Isn't it only cobra that allows you to play games from network sources?? o_0!

[Rautz]

@oPolo Nah any DEX can play from network. mmDM from Aldo is the business... Hence why I love REX firmware soooo much

[BobbyBangin]

The title to this thread is misleading. It should be about why is the PS3 hardware so unreliable. My CFW is completely reliable. It does everything OFW does and whole lot more that it doesn't. I have 100% game compatibility.

[bluejeans]

Originally Posted by zro214 If your drive reads ps1 ps2 disc but not bluray it could be two things controller board on bd drive goin out which was my problem months ago or bd drive goin out or **** it might be a cable problem have looked into any of these wat ps3 model do you have im asuming if you use ps2 disc you have a old model

60gb PAL phat backwards compatible. I didn't actually know anything was wrong with the bluray drive until just now, since it read cds/dvd's fine, and for online I have a slim to read discs. I'm trying to format a usb stick with ps3gen so I can use BDEMU but it throws a "format failed, use other tool" message at me. However, with rebug, two games that didn't work before, work fine now, even without bdemu.