problem with second hand ps2

Rich43 · 13 May 2011 at 15:58

I got a second hand ps2 slim (yes 2, not 3) from ebay, it almost works fine.

It came with 31 games and some work fine in it, spins up and recognises them and others it gets stuck on "Reading disc..." and makes a click... (one second pause)... click.. etc noise.

They dont really seem to be all that scrached either, just a very tiny one if you look carefully, but my PC can read them fine. Seem to be well looked after CD's.

Ive tried a lens cleaner kit but it didnt help.

Any suggestions?

Liquiduk · 13 May 2011 at 16:00

a laser issue? Im not even sure if it is possible but look somewhere, where they fix up consoles?

Rich43 · 13 May 2011 at 16:05

You mean take it to some sort of repair shop? Not sure what kind of businesses fix them these days.

Edit: this is the item: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330558883400

Dannyb01y · 13 May 2011 at 16:09

The listing says fully operational, me wonders if they knew some games just dont work with it now its getting on a bit...

Rich43 · 13 May 2011 at 16:16

Does sony still provide support for the playstation 2? Is there some sort of number I can call?

Edit: Found some good videos on youtube, incl a better way to clean lens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGk3UltJ0s0&feature=related
and how to install a new laser, they only about £9 from ebay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JwUyjFPOQ
will try some more lens cleaning first but would rather not take it apart myself to install new lens as I dont trust myself too much lol, will keep that as a last resort.

One More Solo · 13 May 2011 at 16:48

Replaced the lens on my fat PS2 years back, wasn't hard.

Rich43 · 13 May 2011 at 16:56

I read up and people say its uber sensitive to scraches, like the tiniest scrach can make a game not load! Way more sensitive than a drive in your PC. Which could explain why I have a pile of working games and a pile of broken ones. Perhaps a new laser will fix this?

Edit: tested them all, 24 working, 6 broken

One More Solo · 13 May 2011 at 17:19

I would imagine so, my old PS2 played everything until GT4 came out and it refused to load it.

Rich43 · 13 May 2011 at 17:21

One More Solo said:
I would imagine so, my old PS2 played everything until GT4 came out and it refused to load it.

Holy! GT4 is the one mine wont play, very furstraring too as its one of my fravorates. Tempted to see if I can replace the discs with mint copies.

One More Solo · 13 May 2011 at 17:28

Rich43 said:
Holy! GT4 is the one mine wont play, very furstraring too as its one of my fravorates. Tempted to see if I can replace the discs with mint copies.

I think it's because GT4 is on a dual layer disc and an old laser can struggle to read them (relatively few PS2 games came on dual layer discs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_2_DVD-9_games).

westylakey · 13 May 2011 at 18:09

I used to clean mine with the ear cleaning bud. only had problems with proper scratched discs.