Doesnt like playing films

Will it play anything? The laser eye may need to be cleaned. Sometimes the drive will play DVDs but not games, or games and bluray movies, but not DVDs .... in that situation, the bluray laser may need to be replaced

Ur on the right track Dead laser

the laser is starting to go bad in the dvd drive. It takes more power for the drives laser to read and play a blu ray movie then it does to play a dvd game.

You can either replace the laser if you have the technical knowledge to take the dvd drive apart, or just replace the drive. You can usually find either one on ebay.

sounds like the blue ray lens fried, u should be able to find one on ebay or craigs list not hard to put in

I answer this question like ten times a day so don't feel bad.

The blu-ray laser in your PS3 is a three part laser (cd / dvd / blu-ray). They last only 1-3 years with average use. It's a Sony defect.

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call sony about this one 1-800-345-7669 you need a new blue ray drive

well .... try to install a coolermod in your system...

maybe overheat problem can freeze and you need to shut down your system...

need to power up the rpm of your coller...more ventilation to control overheat..this is coolermod!

Good Luck!

if your ps3 doesnt play ANY games or dvds, that may mean that the eye on the ps3(the thing that reads the disks and dvds) is malfunctioning, not moving efficiently enough to procces the disk, not recognizing the encrypted code on the disks, or the optical eye could even be scratched. the disk feed could also not be feeding the disk in far enough for the eye to read it. i would definitly suggest calling customer service and/or bringing the ps3 to an A+ certified technition to "diagnose" your problem.

Yes take it back. trading standards would say it's not fir for purpose. Mine is a few years old and plays both dvds and blu ray perfectly