Editing KES-400A

== Description ==
<div style="float:right">[[File:KES-400A-lateral-top.jpg|400px|thumb|left|KES-400A - lateral-top]]</div>

[[KES-400A]] is the laser mounted in [[KEM-400AAA]] slide, in Blu-Ray Drive model [[BD-400]] with daughterboards [[BMD-001]], [[BMD-002]], and [[BMD-003]]. Used in [[CECHAxx]], [[CECHBxx]], [[CECHCxx]], [[CECHExx]] [[CECHGxx]] PS3 models (all retail Fat PS3's manufactured before october 2007)

It has a single can with the CD, DVD, and blu-ray laser diodes inside.  The outgoing and return beams are separated by a pair of polarizing beam-splitter cubes.  The only moving parts are a lens on a micro stepper motor controlled linear stage, and the objective lens.

== Gallery ==
Most of the photographs and diagrams Courtesy of Leslie Wright and Samuel Goldwasser ([[User:Lasersam|lasersam]]) --- (http://repairfaq.org/sam/Blu-ray/site1/)
<GALLERY>
File:KES-400A - top.jpg|KES-400A - top
File:KES-400A-pic3.jpg|KES-400A - coils/lens block (top view)
File:KES-400A-pic2.jpg|KES-400A - coils/lens block (bottom view)
File:KES-400A-asphere1.jpg|KES-400A - loupe, coils, and magnets (top view)
File:KES-400A-zoneplate1.jpg|KES-400A - loupe, coils, and magnets (bottom view)
</GALLERY>

<GALLERY>
File:KES-400A-pcb-top.jpg|KES-400A - pcb-top
File:KES-400A-pcb-bottom.jpg|KES-400A - pcb-bottom
File:KES-400A-az.jpg|KES-400A - az
File:KES-400A-weird.jpg|KES-400A - weird
File:KES-400A-explosion.jpg|KES-400A - explosion
</GALLERY>

<GALLERY>
File:KES-400A-great-beginner-ld-laser sled.jpg|KES-400A - great beginner ld laser sled
File:KES-400A-close-up-annotated.jpg|KES-400A - closeup annotated
File:KES-400A-inside.jpg|KES-400A - inside
File:KES-400A-laser-base.jpg|KES-400A - laser-base
File:KES-400A-laser-pinout.jpg|KES-400A - laser diode pinout
</GALLERY>

* '''More Information: http://repairfaq.org/sam/Blu-ray/site1/'''

==Other Sony devices with a KES-400A laser ==

'''Sony Blu-Ray Player BDP-S300'''
*Notes:
**The motors (disc spin motor and tray in/out motor) are compatible with PS3 too
**The rest of the drive (slide, daugther board and mechanicals parts) are not compatibles with PS3

<GALLERY>
File:BluRay Player BDP-S300.jpg|BluRay Player BDP-S300 (front view)
BDP-100 Drive from BluRay Player BDP-S300.jpg|BDP-100 Drive from BluRay Player BDP-S300
</GALLERY>

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