Hey, warlock, I said I haave a standalone dvd player for movies. I oly test with one movie because I know it loded withouth problems before.

Yes, i read the post. All i am saying is dvd movies dont belong in a PS2. Its bad on the laser.

Almost as bad for the laser as backups!! :D

Thry looking here

I did a lengthy explanation on how to adjust the laser height for optimum performance and have had very good results without having to adjust pots.

Thanks Ottoman, I will probably do that tonight then when the kids sleep.
havn't had time yet for try the pots and what you said in that thread is indeed a nice way to do it....even if it is timeconsuming..

WHen you say from very bottom. do I just turn the cog until the unit drops down?

yep. with the ps2 the right way up turn either the cog or both cogs ( depending on model) so that the laser runners are in their lowest position ( laser furthest from the disc) and go from there :)

never did get that ps2 to work, got another 1 to do now aswell argh i hate doing it.

Ok, now I have tried the way ottoman described.
what can I say. the cog already at that spot. Right in the middle of the range.
Upped the laser by 5% and nothing really changed.. little better maybe..
But it doesn't sound like it gonna fly in the roof anymore.. I mean.. it was pretty loud before and I guess something got better.. it works more quiet now.
THink I'll leave it as this for awhile. if it gets any worse then I'll can mess with it some more.

On part I think might be little strange.
I have a 30004-R (V5) shall I really have a KHS-400C laser in it?
Didn't the R types have a different laser?

v5 has 2 different ones the unit i have atm is a r type but other v5's have the 400c range.

Yeah, but I thought all 30004-R the R model of the ps2 had R model lasers.
thats why I got little confused you know..

You sure you got a v5?? There are a few 3xxxR consoles that are in fact v4.

I'm pretty sure.. I followed the V5 diagram when installing the DUO chip atleast...