I feel really guilty that I call myself a hardcore God of War fan, but have yet to play the latest installment. It's not because I don't want to, I just couldn't. I bought the game at launch and when I got home my PS3 wouldn't read the disc! I figured out pretty quickly it was the laser. I looked around and saw the laser on eBay for about $35. I'm not entirely comfortable with me hardware skills so I put that option off. Then I looked on Craigslist and found a place that could repair it for $75. I was about to go that route but it was a lot of money that I didn't have. So after more than a month ( and a google link later) I decided to do it myself. I found a laser on eBay for $27 shipped. It took 2 days to receive is from about a 10 minute drive from my house! Below are a few pics. This isn't a how to guide, I was just excited to do it myself.
New laser
Open up!
It's exposed!
Out with the old, in with the new
Please cover up!
Test time
After three attempts I got the disc eject thing working properly. Now I can't wait to play some God of War then move on to Ni No Kuni!
If you attempt to do this yourself, just remember that Youtube is your friend.
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