I have a launch model fat PS3 that served faithfully for many years. It finaly YLOD'd on me, and I reflowed it but then it started overheating incessently. Replaced thermal a few times, got a little better, but basically not usable, so I got a used slim... four months later it will not read BD games, occasionally it will read BD video, and usually will read DVD/CD just fine. I figure the laser is probably shot.

So, the $10,000 question is, can I swap the blu ray drive from my launch model into my slim, or some applicable part of it? Any help is greatly appreciated.