PS2 Slim dies easily?

[shortylickens]

I got it about 3 years ago and hardly used it. Mostly for Final Fantasy X-2, which I really dont like very much, Final Fantasy 12, which I like even less, and now finally Dragon Quest 8, which is incredibly simple for a PS2 game but still manages to be fun.
In the past few weeks I have noticed this bad boy hicupping and stuttering an aweful lot, even when it hasnt been running very long. Tried flipping it over and aiming a Vornado fan at it. Nothing helps. Its always run a little warm in the past but never had any stutters playing games. Are these things designed to go bad after a certain amount of time?
Discs read just fine. Its when I go into games that pretty much all videos, 2D sprites and 3D scenes run slowly. They dont get better after a while. Will I need to buy a new one or is this a fixable issue?
Is this a common issue? I see lots of stuff online that suggests some Slimlines dont work well after a few years, but usually thats due to constant use without proper cooling, which certainly has not been my problem.

For reference, this is a SCPH-750001.

 

[jdport]

I don't know... mine died as well, but differently. I had mine turned off for quite sometime just shelved, since I had gotten an xbox360. And one day I decided I wanted to go back to play some of the guitar hero II songs (I didn'g get the xbox until GH3 came out).... I played one song and then in the middle of the second song, it just turned off and won't turn back on. When I press the power button, the green light comes on for about a half second and turns back off

Probably an easy fix for it, but I don't know much about repairing these so.. it sits on my shelf broken.

 

[RaiderJ]

You can mess with a gear in the slimlines that can adjust the lens angle.... you can probably google it and see what comes up. From my memory, there isn't any specific problem with that particular model of slimline. First versions of the slimline would die prematurely without a laser fix.

jdport - what model is your PS2? It might be a fuse or short that causes it to turn off immediately.