Innards of the my PS3.

Azza · 2 Jul 2007 at 23:38

Here are the innards of my PS3.

Ill get more pics when I have more battery power. I just done them quick so thats why they are poor pics and 'cos im losing battery power.

Blu-ray disc drive (right) and power supply (left)

Bottom of Blu-ray disc drive

Huge fan and heatsink

I shall try and get more pics when I can.

Also if any one has a spare PS3 mobo that works properly my MSN and Email are in trust dont care about the rest of it just the mobo.

Azza

acharris · 2 Jul 2007 at 23:44

Cool pics, but may I ask why you are after a working PS3 mobo, as if yours went faulty then surely it was still covered under the warranty and a PS3, import or european one would still be in warranty.

Also, I don't think many people will have any spare parts/broken PS3' hanging around as most still have working PS3 or returned them for replacements.

Anthony

Azza · 2 Jul 2007 at 23:51

acharris said:
Cool pics, but may I ask why you are after a working PS3 mobo, as if yours went faulty then surely it was still covered under the warranty and a PS3, import or european one would still be in warranty.

Also, I don't think many people will have any spare parts/broken PS3' hanging around as most still have working PS3 or returned them for replacements.

Anthony

Long story short I couldnt be bothered waiting for Sony to get back to me.

Plus im going to be putting it in a custom case so working or not working i would have voided the warranty any ways.

It developed the fault before i took it out of the case. So me taking it out of the case didnt cause the fault just incase you where all wondering.

And im not bothered about losing a free hundred quid. I should be able to get a new mobo in time so im not bothered.

Azza

"andy" · 3 Jul 2007 at 00:21

why didnt you just take it back too where you bought it .. got a replacement...put the working one in a custom case...

this all seems very silly

rp2000 · 3 Jul 2007 at 00:33

andy said:
why didnt you just take it back too where you bought it .. got a replacement...put the working one in a custom case...

this all seems very silly

tbh I think we may all be guilty of having things broken under warranty but never actually had repaired or just accepted it due to too much hassle/laziness. Granted I have never done it with something as expensive, but I guess it's relative to what you can afford.

rp2000

btw why does your forum name have speech marks around it? Always wondered...

Azza · 3 Jul 2007 at 00:35

andy said:
why didnt you just take it back too where you bought it .. got a replacement...put the working one in a custom case...

this all seems very silly

'Cos its from Hong Kong.

Joebob · 3 Jul 2007 at 14:02

Azza said:
Long story short I couldnt be bothered waiting for Sony to get back to me.

Plus im going to be putting it in a custom case so working or not working i would have voided the warranty any ways.

It developed the fault before i took it out of the case. So me taking it out of the case didnt cause the fault just incase you where all wondering.

And im not bothered about losing a free hundred quid. I should be able to get a new mobo in time so im not bothered.

Azza

Just out of interest. What case are you going to be putting it in?

Margaret · 3 Jul 2007 at 14:14

Reckon you could find a way of getting the Blu-Ray drive to work in a PC?

"andy" · 3 Jul 2007 at 15:59

rp2000 said:
btw why does your forum name have speech marks around it? Always wondered...

because i asked for my name to be changed from andy8271 to andy in a silly name change thread and one of the mods was been a silly bugger

JUMPURS · 3 Jul 2007 at 16:32

andy said:
because i asked for my name to be changed from andy8271 to andy in a silly name change thread and one of the mods was been a silly bugger

Or did you say can it be changed to "andy" and they took you litteraly with " and all? lol

Energize · 3 Jul 2007 at 17:27

Jihad said:
Reckon you could find a way of getting the Blu-Ray drive to work in a PC?

Considering you can get blu-ray drives for £150. It would be a very expensive blu-ray drive.

Kreeeee · 3 Jul 2007 at 19:01

Joebob said:
Just out of interest. What case are you going to be putting it in?

Hopefully a far less but ugly one

Joebob · 3 Jul 2007 at 19:35

Kreeeee said:
Hopefully a far less but ugly one

So definately not a 360 one then

Margaret · 3 Jul 2007 at 19:37

I wouldn't mind a less dust loving case, as for 360 the Elite case rocks my socks.

Joebob · 3 Jul 2007 at 19:42

I really like the PS3 case... it's just such a bloody static dust magnet!!!

Margaret · 3 Jul 2007 at 19:44

Luckily the way my PS3 is it only looks dusty when you have light shining directly at it, would be nice to be less dust loving though.

I can't help but wish they changed the font on the PS3 case too.

Azza · 3 Jul 2007 at 22:39

Joebob said:
Just out of interest. What case are you going to be putting it in?

Going to make some kind of custom acrylic/perspex case.

Not giving away too much as it will be a surprise.

Jihad said:
Reckon you could find a way of getting the Blu-Ray drive to work in a PC?

I was thinking about doing that but its in some silly ribbon format, I have no idea. I would have to contact Sony about it probabilly.

Kreeeee · 3 Jul 2007 at 22:46

Joebob said:
So definately not a 360 one then

Indeed not!

G-MAN2004 · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:48

Jihad said:
I can't help but wish they changed the font on the PS3 case too.

Also, how come the 'Playstation 3' text is not in the middle? Looks stupid pushed over near the front of the console.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:48

G-MAN2004 said:
Also, how come the 'Playstation 3' text is not in the middle? Looks stupid pushed over near the front of the console.

Just noticed that.