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| hoshichiri:
I don't know what to tell you- I bought my ps2 in 2001, had to mail it in for repair due to laser death a few years in, and it's been running fine since. If I remember right, using it for things over than PS2 games does increase wear on the laser... by the time I had it fixed, I'd acquired a separate DVD player. Still used it for PS1 games for years though... one thing I did do differently than most of my friends, is keep it turned off. Like, I'd flip the switch on the back every time instead of leaving it in standby mode. Maybe that's a thing? No one makes CD system clones right now. There was a kickstarter for one a lil' while ago, but it didn't fund. I don't follow the emulation scene much, but I seem to recall some programs being able to read discs as opposed to ROMs. Perhaps your solution is a PC with a disc drive. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: hoshichiri on March 31, 2019, 11:20:14 am ---I don't know what to tell you- I bought my ps2 in 2001, had to mail it in for repair due to laser death a few years in, and it's been running fine since. If I remember right, using it for things over than PS2 games does increase wear on the laser... by the time I had it fixed, I'd acquired a separate DVD player. Still used it for PS1 games for years though... one thing I did do differently than most of my friends, is keep it turned off. Like, I'd flip the switch on the back every time instead of leaving it in standby mode. Maybe that's a thing? No one makes CD system clones right now. There was a kickstarter for one a lil' while ago, but it didn't fund. I don't follow the emulation scene much, but I seem to recall some programs being able to read discs as opposed to ROMs. Perhaps your solution is a PC with a disc drive. --- End quote --- It makes me jealous that you and several other people on here have fat PS2s that still play disks fine for the most part. The gradually failing disk drive has been my constant companion in PS2 ownership since the system came out, and with my most recent PS2 slim I thought for a while that it could be the one to break the cycle, but almost overnight it started having issues with more and more games until it just wouldn't do any of them. Unfortunately the Slim doesn't have a switch to power it off completely like the fats do, unless of course you unplug it after each use. I'm in the middle of various other things right now, but once I'm past that I'm strongly considering looking into diskless modding options and playing ISOs rather than the actual disks. Another thing I've considered is literally buying PS2 consoles whenever i come across them for cheap and stockpiling them so I have a ready supply of them to last me my entire life. Meanwhile I'll only be using them for PS2 games only, never anything else. And someone else mentioned deep cleaning them, which is essentially what I've done with every single one on the cusp of desperation after each console essentially stopped playing games completely or almost completely. I even attempted to repair my most recent PS2 buy increasing the laser strength, but unfortunately this didn't help at all. |
| telly:
I don't know how bad it was when you cleaned it, but you have to clean it immediately once it starts failing, not once it's failed completely or almost has. My fat PS2 was really slow at reading discs but would still work fine. I took it apart and cleaned it right away and it started working good as new again. Still works to this day and I still beat a couple games on it every year if you track through my 52 games list. Maybe I've just been lucky though. The problem that would sometimes plague my PS2 is that the disc drive wouldn't open properly. In addition to not being able to read blue discs. |
| hoshichiri:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on March 31, 2019, 11:55:22 am ---And someone else mentioned deep cleaning them, which is essentially what I've done with every single one on the cusp of desperation after each console essentially stopped playing games completely or almost completely. I even attempted to repair my most recent PS2 buy increasing the laser strength, but unfortunately this didn't help at all. --- End quote --- Cleaning isn't necessarily the answer, especially on fats with their lawsuit-winning laser issues. Which, incidentally, is how I got mine repaired for free. Adjusting the laser can help, but ultimately won't solve the problem. Replacing the laser is supposed to be your best option- but also a big pain in the butt due to the bevy of system variants out there. I think modding up a system to run from a solid state source is a great idea- especially since you could also keep buying PS2s on the cheap as well, meaning the modded unit would be your reliable backup. Random thought: what's your dust situation like? See, my system had to go in for repair, but my fiancé's launch unit ran so well, by the time the laser started dying the free repair period was long since over. I remember once going to dust his system (I'd read somewhere it helped keep them going), and being shocked at how clean it was compared to my newer unit. We decided it's likely becuase I have pets & he doesn't. Perhaps a geographical or household situation has resulted in higher dust that's clogging up your machines. |
| justin8301:
I've been a long time physical media collector but the sad truth is all this stuff is going to break down at some point. I recently picked up some flash carts after I had a GBA game actually just die on me and my next project is to put a SATA drive in my fat PS2. I'm a little paranoid about my laser wearing out or my discs rotting, but I would still like to be able to play the games I own on their original systems so I think modding is going to be the best option for me. |
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