Fixing playstation 2

[franks2089]

Everytime I try to play a game I get the disk read error. It happened to me once before and I sent it in for repair when it was still under warranty. Is there a way to fix it myself? I will try anything because I'm going to get another xbox 360 and a playstation 3 when it comes out.

[slinkyspine]

happend to me too. It's the laser thing that reads it unfortunatley theres no way in hell you can fix it but it was a cheap repair job

[MinnetonkaLax]

ive taken mine apart and cleaned the lens, it worked for a lil bit, then the whole playstation 2 basically fell apart, search google for it and ull be able to find instructions

[keenan]

yeah same thing has happened to me
so I havent played ps2 for liek 8 months
really increased my wall ball time though

[MinnetonkaLax]

jeez, kids these days...

LINKAGE....
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars

[ekajsk8er]

I'm having that problem right now. It only says that when I try to play Blast Lacrosse though. Yeah, I said it, I actually WANTED to play Blast. Maybe its a sign?

[RockfordAttack9]

On the XBOX, when that happens (which is I am assuming the disk cannot be read by the PS2) there is a big plug behind the XBOX that I just pull out for a few minutes and then plug back in. Works for XBOX maybe it will work for your PS2.

[justlaxin484]

my friend had one that made this clicky noise whenever we played it...he hit it with a pool stick, it kinda actually fixed it for a little bit then it died

[franks2089]

I fixed mine with the link above, now it works perfectly.

[Talent223]

I think sony recalled alot of ps2's because of that problem. Here's a link about it I got out of the newest game informer mag. http://www.ps2settlement.com/

[laxliveit]

how old was your ps2? i realize you fixed it now, but i'm wondering if they just start to break down after 3 years of use or so. mine plays fine, but instead of the game sounds just makes a loud buzzing noise. kind of sucks cuz we can't watch dvds.