Sometimes when it's reading from the cd it makes weird sounds. It usually recovers pretty soon and proceeds with loading the game. Is this a reason for concern?
What's wrong with my PS2???
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The thing is it's not the normal CD-spinning sound. It's more of a "something's vibrating" inside sound. Btw, I had my PS2 for almost 2 years and this started only 2 days ago.
My PS2 is in 2 pieces. I lift the cd top off, adjust the gears and then put the cd in and hope it works.
yea my ps2 has ebgun the vibrating noise also. sometimes it will freeze while loading a game too. i dunno why, but i believe it has something to do with teh mechanism inside, but i really dont wanna tear it apart although i prollly will end up doin it just to see whats wrong with it.
MIKE
MIKE
Well, it just stoped working altogether. I started madden and it loaded up fine. 30 seconds into the game all game dialog ceased and my PS2 started making that vibrating noise again. Few minutes later the game hung altogether and I had to restart the console. This happened several times.
Good gawd, do I have to buy a new PS now?
Good gawd, do I have to buy a new PS now?
I stiil find it hard to believe that Sony engineered such a crappy DVD-ROM drive for the PS2.
I remember reading, although I've never been able to find it since, a press release from around 1999 talking about how Sony had engineered a way to make optical drives for their at the time up and coming console with something like 30% fewer parts.
IMO most of the problems come from two distinct points:
A) The drive assembly is open to air, as is the laser. Check out pics of disassembeled units on the web. Compare with a PC DVD-ROM drive, where the unit itself is sealed, and the laser eye is sealed so that only the top lens is accessible. Not so on the PS2.
B) PC DVD-ROM drives auto-adjust their read voltage and wavelength to suit the disc inserted. This has been true since so-called 'multi-read' CD-ROMs capable of reading CD-RWs came onto the scene. The PS2s drive does not auto-adjust at all; it has two pots on a control board, one to control CD read voltage and one to control DVD read voltage.
What really fascinates me (I work at EB) is how these Sony sack-riders will bring us their broken PS2s and get a new one, without any sort of resentment at Sony. My, how the sheep have been trained.
I remember reading, although I've never been able to find it since, a press release from around 1999 talking about how Sony had engineered a way to make optical drives for their at the time up and coming console with something like 30% fewer parts.
IMO most of the problems come from two distinct points:
A) The drive assembly is open to air, as is the laser. Check out pics of disassembeled units on the web. Compare with a PC DVD-ROM drive, where the unit itself is sealed, and the laser eye is sealed so that only the top lens is accessible. Not so on the PS2.
B) PC DVD-ROM drives auto-adjust their read voltage and wavelength to suit the disc inserted. This has been true since so-called 'multi-read' CD-ROMs capable of reading CD-RWs came onto the scene. The PS2s drive does not auto-adjust at all; it has two pots on a control board, one to control CD read voltage and one to control DVD read voltage.
What really fascinates me (I work at EB) is how these Sony sack-riders will bring us their broken PS2s and get a new one, without any sort of resentment at Sony. My, how the sheep have been trained.
I ordered my PS2 on launch date (ordered it from amazon.com) and it stopped reading DVD's altogether almost a year ago. I now have a $300 PS1 (well that's how much I paid for it) and have no plans on getting it repaired or replaced. Needless to say, I love my cube to death. Long live nintendo :beer:
I also have 1st gen PS2.
The 1st controller port is not working now. It's not the controller since it works fine in the 2nd port.
Anyone knows how to fix this ?
The 1st controller port is not working now. It's not the controller since it works fine in the 2nd port.
Anyone knows how to fix this ?
Yeah, I do. I bought a brand new one from Funcoland (had a special deal going on which enticed me and my wife to get one). It lasted about two weeks before it started giving errors during games that it couldn't read the CD. We let it sit for a few days hoping it was just a fluke, and when we tried again, it wouldn't even detect the CD's after powering up the system anymore. Funcoland was nice and gay about it, even though we had only had it for the said two weeks, they only take returns/exchanges within seven days. Nintendo was great about it though, we called them and they had a Fed-Ex truck out at our house the next day at 10am picking it up for us. Not sure if we'll get a new one or a fixed old one, but either way, thumbs up for Nintendo.
Just for the record though, I've had my PS2 since Christmas of 2001 I believe. It's survived several falls from its shelf, and having my five year old cousin step on it (which destroyed my Final Fantasy X game. :disgust: ) Still runs perfect to this day, though it has a few battle scars on it.
If you're not afraid of electronics, here you go: http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/ps2_disc_read_error_a.txt
I suggest trying section 6.1
If you are set on the fact that you don't care though, I'll buy a working PS1 and trade your for your PS2, since you said you basically have a PS1
. I did the stuff in that section 6.1 a couple weeks ago, and my PS2 is running like I just pulled it out of the box.
Demon-Xanth
Lifer
- Feb 15, 2000
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Sony will waive repair fees on unmodded PS2s that get disk read errors.
If you call 1-800-345-SONY, you can get information on sending it in. You will have to pay the cost for shipping it there though.
If it's modded, you're SOL.
(yes, I did get mine fixed for free, even though it's almost a year and a half old)
If you call 1-800-345-SONY, you can get information on sending it in. You will have to pay the cost for shipping it there though.
If it's modded, you're SOL.
(yes, I did get mine fixed for free, even though it's almost a year and a half old)
StageLeft
No Lifer
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Dayum same damn thing I had and I'd bought mine shortly after it came out in 2000 as well. I tried two controllers also. I also bought some electrical grease - as per somebody's recommendation - to try to strengthen any loose connection that may have been occuring in the port. I couldn't fix it so I sold it. The guy who bought it you can check my heatware.com under Skoorb. I only have 8-9 people on there so you can see who bought it and try and PM him if you like - perhaps he ended up fixing the port; I'm not sure.
Is that for real??? Dayum though, being a dumbass I am I voided my warranty yesterday, but trying to fix it myself. I opened the case and poked around inside, but everything looked pretty stable...
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