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R32GTST/Mi heardthat fixed PS2's don,t last that long
I've got two I fixed. No problems at all.
R32GTST/Mi heardthat fixed PS2's don,t last that long
I would do that now, but im worried that I may screw up my PS2 even more than it is!.CAMAROBOY69Just take the 8 or 10 screws off the bottom of the case
Remove the top case.
Remove the 4 very tiny screws from the top of the laser cover
clean laser if there is dust on it-----or----
--grease the track
put back together
I have one of the oldest PS2 and I used to send mine away to get repaired. Finally I bought the flip top cover for it and now I can clean the laser within 2 seconds.
Here is a pic of the flip top that i have Flip top cover
Jimmy EnslashayYeah it's odd. It's had so much time playing alot of games. You've played so much GTA 2, GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, GT3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Midnight Club 2, etc etc etc. I expected yours to go down the same track as these other people's have, and just conk out.
I respect your PS2 Blake. It seems to be the strongest damn PS2 around. You've had it since it first came out, pretty much.![]()
FamineI bought mine on October 30th 2001. The sheer amount of hours I put in to GT3, not to mention my 14 completions of Vice City, and the fact I take it to work every Wednesday in a holdall, must make it one of the hardiest PS2s on Earth.
The other two were bought for £35 and £37.50 respectively on eBay and have had no problems since being repaired.
FamineTo play the kids at GT3.
The number of them who say they're going to beat me (most of them) compared to the number that actually do (none) is quite amusing.
The best kid I've raced was 14 seconds down after three laps of Trial Mountain in stock P001s.
What the heck did that have to do with this thread?FamineTo play the kids at GT3.
The number of them who say they're going to beat me (most of them) compared to the number that actually do (none) is quite amusing.
The best kid I've raced was 14 seconds down after three laps of Trial Mountain in stock P001s.
Well, he said his PS2 had survived a lot, including being transported to and from work once a week, so someone asked why he took it to and from work and he answered.CAMAROBOY69What the heck did that have to do with this thread?![]()
pimpin_tWhere abouts do you work. Sounds like a good place.
CAMAROBOYWhat the heck did that have to do with this thread?
Huh I just hope its doesnt happen to me when i am playing GT4.VTGT07I feel your pain. Had that happen to me last summer with GT3 🤬
Yeah, the day it dies will be a sad day.Jimmy EnslashayYeah it's odd. It's had so much time playing alot of games. You've played so much GTA 2, GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, GT3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Midnight Club 2, etc etc etc. I expected yours to go down the same track as these other people's have, and just conk out.
I respect your PS2 Blake. It seems to be the strongest damn PS2 around. You've had it since it first came out, pretty much.![]()
I was gonna try that, but the motor in mine was making a rally bad sound, so i assumed it was more than just a dirty laser.KieranMurphyHAHA! It's back up and running and it's now reading all the discs that it refused to read before. It took all of 10 minutes to fix it.
KM.
I don't think that those disc read errors are generally caused by a dirty laser lens. But I gave it a clean anyway when I had it opened up. The few PS2 fixing guides I've read said that over 90% of PS2 disc reading problems are caused by the laser head shifting slightly out of position. There's a little gear wheel inside the CD drive that allows you to adjust the distance between the lens and disc. You just have to tweak it and try it with discs you know it wouldn't read before until you get it right. I tried 2 differrent settings before I got it to successfully read 2 PS2 games it wouldn't before and 2 DVDs that wouldn't work either. Huzzah! It was really easy.R32GTST/MI was gonna try that, but the motor in mine was making a rally bad sound, so i assumed it was more than just a dirty laser.