Need Help. URGENTLY!!!

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Ok my PS2 slim was not reading GT4. So i tried to repair it and i set it back up all correctly and everything like that. Although when i tried to play a game, it made an awful screaching sound and when i went into the browser it said that the disc was being read. I checked back 10 min later and it hadn't changed. Please help i had been trying to fix one game and now my whole 25 game strong collection doesn't work.
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You haven't told us how you tried to repair it, that seems to be your problem.
 
There are some tracks in GT4 where the game just hangs for me but that is just the disc problem not my PS2 as other things run fine. First GT4 disc was giving problem in loading the game and now all other games ? :eek: It is your PS2 I guess. Some games shop can probably fix this problem
 
GT4 is a dual layer disk and harder to read than others.

Next time you could choose a more meaningful title for your thread.
 
I owned 2 PS2s and they both died due to the same problem: the disc drive started to fail. In fact, my first console started to give discs circular scratches for no apparent reason. I think this was because of my addiction to the GTA games. Because the gameworld was constantly being streamed from the CD as I played, this eventually took it's toll on the CD drive. It's because of this that I am very wary of PS3 open-world games where there is no install and the blu-ray drive is constantly working overtime. A good example of this is Burnout: Paradise. One of the PS3's best, but I refuse to play it for more than 30 mins at a time.
 
Ok then. Sorry i lost track of this thread which is why i created a new one. Very amatuer mistake. And i used this technique to clean it and i did not replace the laser i just took out the two leads that connect the laser to the system, because i did not know how to remove the actual laser. i cleaned it with cotton buds and methalated spirits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JwUyjFPOQ
But i have only put the 4 out of six screws in. It should not make a difference though due to the fact that the system is tight.
 
As someone possibly said in your other thread, GT4 was a harder disc than most for the PS2 to read so it is understandable that it may have been having a hard time reading it. This would cause it not to work and the others to work, by touching it I guess you must have done something to the laser when trying to fix it. There is no other reason why it would just stop working after you touched it. If it matters so much just take it to a repair shop or get someone to look at it for you.

EDIT: Rereading your post, perhaps you did something to the leads when you pulled them out?
 
I remember when I first got my PS2, I would always play Grand Theft Auto III. But I would leave my PS2 on all night so I wouldn't have to boot the game back up in the morning. Then in the morning, I would turn the TV on, and my guy would be standing outside the hospital, ready to play. But this of course ruined my PS2 to the point where it wouldn't want to read games. My intitial solution was to smack the top of the console with my hand until it started working again, but then eventually, it stopped reading games all together. And worse yet, it would scratch up every game I put in it! So eventually, I called Sony Customer Support, told them of my situation. And they told my to send the PS2 up to them in Irvine, California. A week later, my PS2 arrived at my front door, and it worked like new! And the best part was that it had a barcode on the side with my first and last name under it, which I thought was pretty cool.

So, the morale of the story, call Sony.

Though I will admit, since you opened it up and tried to fix it yourself, they might have some policy that says they can't work on it now.

I should also mention that Sony didn't charge for anything even though it was my fault the console wasn't working. They didn't even charge to ship it back to me!
 
Ok now i have given it a clean but the PS2 now sounds like it is a GT4 car on the rev limiter. Currently the game that is in is FIFA 07 and it is still reading, five minutes after i put it in.
 
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Ok now i have given it a clean but the PS2 now sounds like it is a GT4 car on the rev limiter. Currently the game that is in is FIFA 07 and it is still reading, five minutes after i put it in.
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I meant it is still trying to read in the browser
 
Buy a new console. They're dirt cheap these days, and it's guaranteed to fix your problem ;)
 

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