My three year old decided to put a quarter in the disc area. I can hear it rattling around in there. Any ideas on how to get this out? There is a game in there as well. Don't want to turn it on and fry everything. This was my brother's, who recently passed away, and I don't want to lose his stuff that is on there, ie pictures and music ans such. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Thanks, I am may try to take the top off since at this point the warranty is void due to human error anyways! Can I transfer this stuff without turning it on? Or if I do turn it on will it fry only the drive? I am very stressed about this, more for sentimental reasons than for anything else.

I took the cover and just looked at, didn't touch anything and saw that it was beyond my own comfort level. This really sucks but I will try to do what you suggested, mine does automatically go to disc so I will see what I can do. Have I mentioned that I hate the slide drives for this very reason? Thanks a lot for your help, I am hoping to start it up and not destroy the whole thing!

I have girl (almost 3 yrs old) and I feared this same scenario ! If I had to tackle a disasemble I think I would set up a video recorder while doing it AND take video & pictures of each step. Remember electronics are very STATIC sensitive! My last suggestion would be considering, for " sentimental reasons than for anything else",to remove the HDD(hard drive) and use another PS3 to retrieve/transfer all data that you cherish to a flash drive(memory stick) It's only 1 screw to remove the HDD so before you power it up with data/files that are not backed up think about all your options. Hope that helped some... OH since controllers are wireless maybe a higher shelf is a better place where toddlers can't reach the system

Woo-hoo! My huhsband, who fixes robots and laser cutting head for a living, was able to disasseble it no problem. The dime, not quarter, was sitting right on top of a circuit board so it would have fried it for sure had I tried to just turn it on. Took a little screwing around to get it back together but is up and running. Anyways thanks for all the help, I am off to save all the stuff from the HDD, and I owe my hubby now too!

yeah, I know, I feel like an idiot for having it accessible or not explaining it to him. Lets keep out fingers crossed that nothing flakey goes on down the road cuz the warranty is def void now!