Those launch PS3s have lasers that are dying. Don't wait for the yellow light of death (YLOD) to claim your discs. Use or IrisMAN to dump your games to an internal or external USB drive. Running games off an SSD (yes, you can put an SSD in a PS3—it reduces texture pop-in dramatically) is faster and quieter than spinning that old Blu-ray drive.
Those launch PS3s have lasers that are dying. Don't wait for the yellow light of death (YLOD) to claim your discs. Use or IrisMAN to dump your games to an internal or external USB drive. Running games off an SSD (yes, you can put an SSD in a PS3—it reduces texture pop-in dramatically) is faster and quieter than spinning that old Blu-ray drive.