Need help fixing PS2!

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Hello. Well, I still play on my PS2 considering the games are awesome. So, I need some help fixing it.

The problem is that the console reads certain discs, but some don't work (Including GT4, go figure...). I don't want to send it to Sony, but I also don't want to open it as my cousin broke his that way. So I need help. I don't mean it gets the infamous disc read error or red screen of death, I mean it says reading disc for one second and then it goes away. Some games like Dirt to Daytona and NFL Street work, yet games like GT4 and Dangerous Hunts don't. I had this PS2 for over 7 years, yet my PS1 which my sis got in 99' works like it was just bought a year ago. I cleaned my PS2 by blowing compressed air into the fan and doing disc cleaning with a repair disc, yet it's acting like it's older than dirt!

Any tutorials on fixing it without doing what I stated? Thanks.
 
If you want 5 dollars, maybe.

If you're going to go that route why not at least open it up and give things a shot. There are a million tutorials online on how to fix disc read problems on the PS2. I still have an original launch ps2 and every problem it has ever had has been solved by cleaning/adjusting the height of the lens.
 
Used ones are like $40 at gamestop. But as stated, opening it up is probably your most coste effecient resolution. If you can't fix it you can pick up another one on the cheap.
 
I had a strange problem with my GT4 disc. It froze whenever I won a prize car. I just bought a new copy and it works fine now. I know it's not exactly the same problem, but perhaps the same would work for you?
 

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