Ps3 was freezing..so i bought a replacement lens..?

Question

my ps3 was freezing a lot while i play games..i cant finish a game in 2k8 online without it freezing.i can tell it will freeze when I'm in the game menu and the in game music stops..or while I'm playing a game and the commentator stops talking..usually while this is happening the blu ray drive seems to b making this weird noise as it tried to read the disc..after it freezes i have to reset my ps3..after i do this sometimes it cant read the cd..but after i let it rest for 5 mins it begins to read it again and i can play a bit till it freezes..

i checked online and a lot of ppl told me that its due to the ps3 heating up a lot and maybe caused sum dust to form onto the lens of the blu ray drive...so some ppl told me to open it up and clean the lens with pure alcahol..so i tried doing that..it worked for about a half hour then it started to get back to normal again..

so now im pissed off and decide to jus buy a whole new lens and decided to look up the lens on ebay and buy a replacement one.. so i went on ebay and ordered one for 40 bucks plus the 20 dollar shipping..i thought this would b a better solution then sending it to sony and paying them 160 bucks..so here i am waitng for my new lens to arrive in the mail...

WHAT DO U GUYS THINK MY CHANCES ARE THAT AFTER I REPLACE THE LENS THAT IT WILL WORK AGAIN?

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Answer 1

it might work if your a skilled technician when it comes to Reparing Drives, but other than that..kinda screwed. If you opened it up you break the warranty which sony gaurantees the system to work for like a year? also what if you s***w the installation? 160 might jump to 200, thank god for sony still, they replace or repair if you drop this off a mountain...(but theyll still charge you.)

Answer 2

If you're good with electronics - why not. If not - find someone who's good. ;-)