I have a playstation 3, which recently stopped working. It can't recognize any discs (games, dvds, blu ray movies), rest of the machine works fine. After searching the web I understand that this is a fairly common problem, allegedly involving a defective disc controller. Problem is I live in Nepal, where they wouldn't know a PS3 from a hole in the ground, and in any case I bought the dam_n thing in Dubai, so it is not covered by any warranty. However, I do travel to Thailand regularly. Does anyone know of a place in BKK, where they might be able to fix this. Thanks!

I have a playstation 3, which recently stopped working. It can't recognize any discs (games, dvds, blu ray movies), rest of the machine works fine. After searching the web I understand that this is a fairly common problem, allegedly involving a defective disc controller. Problem is I live in Nepal, where they wouldn't know a PS3 from a hole in the ground, and in any case I bought the dam_n thing in Dubai, so it is not covered by any warranty. However, I do travel to Thailand regularly. Does anyone know of a place in BKK, where they might be able to fix this. Thanks!

Try Pantip or MBK. There are a lot of shops that do modding and repairs of consoles there.

Thanks for the reply. I know the shops you are talking about, but do you know for a fact that they know how to repair a PS3? I know they are putting chips in xbox 360s, ps2s, etc, but that is a far cry from being able to diagnose and fix a problem on a PS3. Only reason I am belabouring the point is because it would be annoying to drag the console all the way from Kathmandu to Bangkok, only to find out that they can't do anything.

Thanks for the reply. I know the shops you are talking about, but do you know for a fact that they know how to repair a PS3? I know they are putting chips in xbox 360s, ps2s, etc, but that is a far cry from being able to diagnose and fix a problem on a PS3. Only reason I am belabouring the point is because it would be annoying to drag the console all the way from Kathmandu to Bangkok, only to find out that they can't do anything.

When the PS2 was out I saw shops that had many broken units and were fixing them up for sale. I would imagine that they still do this for PS3. It doesn't seem like u have many options so might as well give it a try.

Also you might try a Sony service center as a last resort. This may cost you more, but at least you can get it working again.