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[ria_oaks]

Goddamned fucking piece of SHIT. My PS2 isn't working, again. A friend was going to come over tonight and we were going to play FFXII, and dammit but I was looking forward to it. Booted it up, and it's not working. PS1 games work fine, but PS2 games and DVDs don't work at all, least not the ones I've tried. I get a sorta clunking noise, and it says

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[bk635]

Most likely it was still broken from last time.

Clunking/clicking noise usually means that the laser is misaligned and is struggling to read the disc. (As a side note, if you ever hear your computer click on boot it usually means that the hard drive reader head is about to die; in other words, get to backing your shit up fast.)

Lens might be dirty, also.

I heard that playing DVD movies on the thing isn't a good idea. Movies have the disc spinning non-stop for a period of several hours while games only spin it when data needs to be read/loaded.

Maybe standing the unit vertically will help?

[ria_oaks]

Probably. But that was back in July, and it's been working fine ever since. And I was using it quite a bit for awhile there, to play FFXII, even leaving it on for about 8 hours while playing periodically one day. But yeah, I do watch quite a few DVDs on it, because I didn't have a DVD player in my room/don't have on in my new place. Maybe I'll buy a cheap DVD player; PS2 is crap for DVDs, anyway.

That's what I've heard, about the laser being misaligned. Odd that it started working again the first time, though. I dunno, I've seen several tutorials online about how to fix it yourself, but I don't want to risk that. I'll see if it works in a few days; if not, I guess I'll consider taking it somewhere. Don't want to spend the money on a new one; would prefer to spend it on a PSP. ^^;

I tried the vertical thing last time and it didn't work, so I don't hold out much hope... maybe I'll try, though.

[bk635]

Shit, was it really that long ago? Wow..

Mine throws a fit trying to play CD-based games. You should hear the noise it makes. >.>

I'd probably send it into Sony. $70, I think (or is it free?). If you take it into some guy, and he can't fix it, not only do you end up with a PS2 not covered by a warranty, but you still have to pay the guy for the service. :\ I wonder if the Sony Store (like the one at Park Royal) repairs these things..

You could probably get a cheap DVD player (or PS2, even) on Craigslist, or something.

Meh, consoles are made from shitty hardware - my friend's Wii died literally 3 days after he bought it.

[ria_oaks]

Yeah, I was bored so I read back through my LJ to find it (a rather entertaining experience; god I post a lot, and about amusing stupid shit). I have since tagged both posts as "fucking piece of shit playstation". It amuses me. :)

Heh, odd - mine does fine with CD-based games, but not DVD-based... crazy things.

I can't imagine that mine's covered by a warranty anymore, anyway - I've had it for 4+ years... I'll call around, if it comes to that, and ask for price quotes.

3 days? That's sad. o.o Funny, y'know - my Genesis, Saturn, and PS1 all still work perfectly (least afaik; my PS1 was fine last I tried, and I imagine my Sega systems still work fine), and I've had them for 8-12 years. I've had my PS2 four years, and it's crapping out. They really do make things worse these days, don't they? ^^;

[bk635]

Is this thing still broken?

[ria_oaks]

Yeah.

[bk635]

Ah. Yeah, I guess you would've posted something if it miraculously decided to start working again, huh? :\

Standing it on its side does nothing too?

[ria_oaks]

Yeah, I'll prob post if I get it working.

Nope, no luck with that. I'll keep trying periodically, maybe it'll miraculously start working again like last time...