Does the Playstation 3 operate without the bluray reader?

**JavaPauloMG** · 01-20-2011,01:41 PM

I have a Playstation 3, 60gb, Japanese, the first model, "YLOD". I did once the method of recovering it with a heat gun. It worked for a month and crashed again, so I ended up selling the bluray reader.

Now with these new versions of custom firmware, I'm thinking about using a backup manager.

Does anyone knows if the Playsation 3 can operate without the bluray player?

Thanks.

**chesh** · 01-20-2011,01:44 PM

Nope. It needs it to operate. Much like the 360, if it's not there, it refuses to run any programs. There was one person that was making an edited firmware that wouldn't do the blu-ray drive check, but the furthest it's going to get you is 3.41 (I think). Here's the link if you want to research the thread: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f149/blu...-55-cfw-74794/ (BluRay Drive bypass 3.55 CFW)

**afiser** · 01-20-2011,01:49 PM

well it kind of works. it turns on but it does not let you do much. i know stuff under the game category will not run but i haven't checked if videos and stuff will run or not.

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