Yeah mine died about 8 months ago, one of the original 60 GBs, had so many more features than the slim ones, notably, PS2 backwards compatibility
You can buy this heat gun and try to fix the part where the laser reads but in my opinion its a huge hassle and most of the time doesnt even work, or works for a short time
Guile and PsychedelicLife both tried it im pretty sure when theirs broke