PS2 ver. 3 loading problems (media?)

[fiedes]

I have a ver. 3 ps2 with a magic 3.1 which doesn't boot my dvd+r's very good. Every other time I try, the drive will stall before showing the playstation 2 logo, make weird loading noises, and bring up the red "insert ps2 disc" screen. I am currently using dvd+r's and have tried a single dvd-r with seemingly worse results than the + ones. Can it be a problem with my chip or is my ps2 too feeble to read burned dvd's? Original games and CD-r backups work fine.

Can anyone tell me what book type should be best for my unit version ?

[bighap]

Well the prob is definately your laser. You could try cleaning it, but it likely needs to be replaced.

[fiedes]

Hmm ok, I've tried cleaning the laser and set the read height and it works most of the time now. Is it possible that my unit will only read dvd+r's ? I've heard somewhere that the dvd-r's should be more compatible in general, but having only tried one disc I should maybe give it another chance ?

[TylerDurden]

If everyone only tried things once and then gave up after theyve failed, life would be pretty miserable.




Tyler!