Hacking Just got a PS3, Already need help :(

[rayben]

I just got a fat PS3 (40GB) from a friend, but It wont read any games.

I looked into that and read the ps3 recovery menu could possibly fix this.

So my problem is, I have a firmware from before the recovery menu was implemented, But id like to stay below 3.21 for linux. Is there any way I can upgrade to a specific firmware without getting the newest one?

Also, a PS3 noob question: Would the newest firmware kill my backward compatibility?(If I even have it)

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Upgraded to 3.15 via USB.
Tried the recovery menu, Still wont read discs.

 

[Livin in a box]

Laser has probably gone. You can fix it yourself by buying a new Blu-ray drive or laser; there are numerous tutorials available.

 

[HideoKojima]

Just mod it and play games digitally

 

[yeshuachrist]

(some of the new firmwares for cfw or ofw with hen (formerly han) .......... will brick your ps3 if the dvd drive isn't working, which is a real shame because going past 4.82 han on OFW (official firmware), you need to have a working dvd drive, or you get bricked!

 

[driverdis]

(some of the new firmwares for cfw or ofw with hen (formerly han) .......... will brick your ps3 if the dvd drive isn't working, which is a real shame because going past 4.82 han on OFW (official firmware), you need to have a working dvd drive, or you get bricked!

This is true if the logic board for the disc drive is dead. If a laser diode fails and it can’t read any games it will still update fine as the system still sees the drive.

OP can test this by putting a PS1 disc in the drive, since the drive has two laser diodes usually both are not fried so if the Blu-ray diode is bad but the logic board is fine the system will read the PS1 game.