Dodgy PS2

Setun · 28-06-2006 02:10PM #1

Does anyone know how to fix the Disc Read Errors on the PS2? I know it's a fairly old console, but I've kept it in good nick, and it still plays dvds. I recently found a copy of GTA:SA in my house <still don't know how I got it> and it infuriatingly refuses to play it. I've occasionally got these Error mesages before but now I can't play any games it seems.

Any Suggestions?

fec*kin crap playstations :mad:

dajaffa · 08-07-2006 06:16PM

I did mine ages ago, just googled "repair PS2", and looked til I found one.

Basically I removed the 8 rubber/plastic feet, undid the screws, and used an alcohol wipe to clean the bit that reads the disc. It's works a now, but it's dodgy if it's standing upright sometimes.

U'll indo the seal when y open it, but I'm guesing your warranty is up anyway

juanjo · 13-07-2006 10:42AM

ps2 has the worst disk reader ever. There are sum tutorials about how to clean (and even adjust) the lens in the internet. if not, you could get a spere lens to repair it, also in the internet.

I live around talbot street (in Dublin) and there's a tiny shop that sells second hand books and games, and there's a bloke there who repairs consoles and pc's.

projectmayhem · 13-07-2006 04:20PM

it can be fixed, i did it myself, but in the end i had to get a replacement because the fix really is only a temporary job.

best bet is either get a replacement, fix it in dodgy style or save for a ps3

Peter Collins · 02-08-2006 05:04PM

Yep, there's a great guide I was given in a previous post here which fixed it for about three months.

Whatever you do, though, don't move the lens as it told me to do . . .mine was goosed after that

In the end I bought a new slim ps2 for €140 in Dunnes and it was well worth it never to have those poxy errors again

shortys94 · 02-08-2006 06:19PM

just open it up, thats what i did, but before that i used to give it a hit or just change it to its upright position and it worked:P

shortie989 · 04-08-2006 11:40AM

i used one of those disc cleaners, u no it looks like a normal disc but has 2 tiny brushes on it, u can get them in most electronic or computer store.

beware it sill is dodgy but reads most discs, hooray wen d PS3 arrives no more of dis crap!

Dodgy PS2

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