Hardware Buy PS3 with defective laser/bddrive

[nem0rder]

I have seen cheap PS3 with defective laser/drive. Is it possible to run jailbreak and backup manager without a effective bluray drive?

 

[Rydian]

Yes. The jailbreak is done through the USB port, and the updated payloads don't need the drive to work anymore.

 

[bennyroger]

I thought you had to have a disk in the drive to make backups work from hd, even demo disk should be enough.......

 

[Rydian]

the updated payloads don't need the drive to work anymore.

 

[DaMummy]

ive tried this, i have a phat 40gb with broken blu ray(wont take or eject discs) and jailbreak works w/o any issues

 

[Sephxus]

Yes. You won't need a disk for most games, but some do, so be aware of that. However, jailbreaking your ps3 will make it more useful than ever before.