PS3 Blu-Ray Drives

[thelolotov]

Alright, a month or two ago, a rogue HDMI switch came to life and went after my graphics card and PS3 with a chainsaw while praising Beelzebub.

Okay, not really, but it did mess up and deliver a nasty jolt to them, killing the PS3, and ruining my graphics card, I have since scolded it and put it in time out.

The only thing that appears to have been damaged in the PS3 is the motherboard, so I ordered a CECHA01 today, as I wanted to get one with BWC, the old one was a CECHG01, now, the one I ordered has a bad Blu-Ray drive, and I was wondering if I can just swap the controller boards and use the old one's Blu-Ray drive in the new one, I have seen two charts that say the CECHG01 and CECHA01 use the same drive, or at least laser assembly, I just wanted to know if anyone can tell me for sure, I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty.

Really would like to avoid dropping the dough on a new drive for this thing, but I'll do whatever is necessary, looking forward to being able to play all my PS games on one console.

[Niode]

Alright, a month or two ago, a rogue HDMI switch came to life and went after my graphics card and PS3 with a chainsaw while praising Beelzebub.

Okay, not really, but it did mess up and deliver a nasty jolt to them, killing the PS3, and ruining my graphics card, I have since scolded it and put it in time out.

The only thing that appears to have been damaged in the PS3 is the motherboard, so I ordered a CECHA01 today, as I wanted to get one with BWC, the old one was a CECHG01, now, the one I ordered has a bad Blu-Ray drive, and I was wondering if I can just swap the controller boards and use the old one's Blu-Ray drive in the new one, I have seen two charts that say the CECHG01 and CECHA01 use the same drive, or at least laser assembly, I just wanted to know if anyone can tell me for sure, I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty.

Really would like to avoid dropping the dough on a new drive for this thing, but I'll do whatever is necessary, looking forward to being able to play all my PS games on one console.

If the bluray assembly is fine you can switch controller boards. If that doesn't work then you need to have a CFW PS3 and there's an application out there that allows you to marry entire bluray drives (including the controller board) to the motherboard.