Maahniac Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 My PS5 won't read discs (PS5 games, PS4 games or Blu-Ray movies)... or... sometimes it will. There's about a 25% chance it will read when it's in the vertical position, and about a 10% chance when it's in the horizontal position. And YES... I know which way to face the disc. The disc drive is incredibly noisy, and they are worrying sounds. The discs do no get scratched though, so at least there's that. When the console doesn't read the disc, nothing happens. Just noise. No disc icon, or anything, on screen. So it's not a "disc read error" situation. I'm almost certain this is a relatively simple thing to fix. It's probably just a screw or some stupid thing that hasn't been entirely correctly installed. Doing stuff like this myself COULD give me more problems though. I've talked to Sony, and they've offered to repair my console, but they've also told me that they might not have my console ready before January. So this entire situation sucks. Any advice? Does anyone have the same issue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 You're better off just sending the PS5 back and getting a new one, because it sounds like the drive is knackered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripple_Barnett Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Maahniac said: My PS5 won't read discs (PS5 games, PS4 games or Blu-Ray movies)... or... sometimes it will. There's about a 25% chance it will read when it's in the vertical position, and about a 10% chance when it's in the horizontal position. And YES... I know which way to face the disc. The disc drive is incredibly noisy, and they are worrying sounds. The discs do no get scratched though, so at least there's that. When the console doesn't read the disc, nothing happens. Just noise. No disc icon, or anything, on screen. So it's not a "disc read error" situation. I'm almost certain this is a relatively simple thing to fix. It's probably just a screw or some stupid thing that hasn't been entirely correctly installed. Doing stuff like this myself COULD give me more problems though. I've talked to Sony, and they've offered to repair my console, but they've also told me that they might not have my console ready before January. So this entire situation sucks. Any advice? Does anyone have the same issue? Sadly, getting your console repaired may be the only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seblegamer Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Maahniac said: My PS5 won't read discs (PS5 games, PS4 games or Blu-Ray movies)... or... sometimes it will. There's about a 25% chance it will read when it's in the vertical position, and about a 10% chance when it's in the horizontal position. And YES... I know which way to face the disc. The disc drive is incredibly noisy, and they are worrying sounds. The discs do no get scratched though, so at least there's that. When the console doesn't read the disc, nothing happens. Just noise. No disc icon, or anything, on screen. So it's not a "disc read error" situation. I'm almost certain this is a relatively simple thing to fix. It's probably just a screw or some stupid thing that hasn't been entirely correctly installed. Doing stuff like this myself COULD give me more problems though. I've talked to Sony, and they've offered to repair my console, but they've also told me that they might not have my console ready before January. So this entire situation sucks. Any advice? Does anyone have the same issue? Don't do anything by yourself bro, you will void the guarantee and there is a big chance that if you open it you won't be able to fix it yourself, and you will just have to pay yourself to fix it :/ That sucks a lot, but it's safer to let sony do their stuff, even if you have to wait until January sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maahniac Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Yeah ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalDudeRus Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Just send it back to PS5 for replacement and play some PS4 meahwhile. Nothing will change if you wait for 2 month to get new normal console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefalcon2210 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) Yeah dude send it back cause it sounds like you need a new one Edited November 20, 2020 by Bluefalcon2210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gommes_ Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Okay let's tackle this thing from the beginning. First: Are you sure that you own the PS5 disc version and not the digital one? I am sorry, I had to do it ? I'll show myself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maahniac Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 57 minutes ago, Gommes_ said: Okay let's tackle this thing from the beginning. First: Are you sure that you own the PS5 disc version and not the digital one? I am sorry, I had to do it I'll show myself out. ? Yes... I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnx-supak Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Have you tried to blow the disc reader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maahniac Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 I have another question. Is it true that the PS5 doesn't use the disc beyond the initial installation, as well as to register if the owner has the game or not? Does this mean that if I can get the PS5 to register the disc (like I can sometimes), I can play Spider-Man Miles Morales without any issues? I already have the game installed from one of the times it could read the disc. I have to wait until Wednesday before I can send it to Sony anyways, so I might as well try and see if I can play some games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maahniac Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Ok, so I've done a lot of testing, and I've found out something very strange. I've found out that when I've JUST turned on the PS5, it can read any disc, and I can play HOURS from it. No problem at all. But if I try to load a disc after the PS5 has been powered on for just a few minutes, it won't read any discs. If I insert a disc immediately after powering on the console, play from this disc for hours, then eject it and insert another, the console won't read that disc. So basically. The console will read whatever disc I insert right after powering the PS5 on, and absolutely nothing I insert after the PS5 has been on for a few minutes. Can anyone with technical knowledge give any sort of explanation to this weird issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Forrest_01 Posted November 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 11:43 AM, omnx-supak said: Have you tried to blow the disc reader? Not sure sexual favours are going to help much here... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikutai Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 20.11.2020 at 10:13 AM, Maahniac said: My PS5 won't read discs (PS5 games, PS4 games or Blu-Ray movies) Any advice? Buy a Playstation 5 with Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnx-supak Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 11:10 AM, Forrest_01 said: Not sure sexual favours are going to help much here... Shhhhhhhh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil757 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 27/11/2020 at 10:53 AM, Maahniac said: Ok, so I've done a lot of testing, and I've found out something very strange. I've found out that when I've JUST turned on the PS5, it can read any disc, and I can play HOURS from it. No problem at all. But if I try to load a disc after the PS5 has been powered on for just a few minutes, it won't read any discs. If I insert a disc immediately after powering on the console, play from this disc for hours, then eject it and insert another, the console won't read that disc. So basically. The console will read whatever disc I insert right after powering the PS5 on, and absolutely nothing I insert after the PS5 has been on for a few minutes. Can anyone with technical knowledge give any sort of explanation to this weird issue? Had a similar problem recently. Won't read disc or does but the game will hang on the very first screen. A reboot of the system works every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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