Please Help Me...
 

I have a problem with my PS2 V4 Pal.
I have a Messiah mod-chip, and this is my problem:
Music discs are working , PSX imports are working but PS2 imports and originals are working rarely. It usually take the PS2 few seconds to recognize the PS2 disc and then there is a black screen with white words:"Insert Disc".
What should I do ?

Thanks.

Sounds like you need to clean your laser. The dvd support is usualy the first to go because the laser is much more picky.

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1. were ps2 imports/originals working before?
2. how long have you had your machine modeed?
3. did a reliable person mod your machine?
4. are you able to take your PS2 back to the installer to get him to re-check the installation?

1. Yes, worked great.
2. 6 months, my PS2 is 1.6 years old
3. NO
4. I gave my Playstation to somebody else the last time that the machine made problems, and I know that the wires are OK. I open the Playstation today and saw that everything is OK.

Do you have any cd based(blue back) ps2 games? If so, do they work?

My PS2 Blue Back cd works. PS2 imports (Not original. A burned cd) work rarely.

Shpitz,

I'm just offering some humble advice here, but speaking from (bad) experience, I think this is a case of your ps 2 being in the wrong mode.

I'm not sure, but I think no matter what chip you've installed, you need to switch between ps 1 and ps 2 modes to play the respective formats.

Try switching modes, and see it the ps 2 disks will play.

I encountered a similar problem when I first bought my ps 2, too, where the ps 1 games would not start, and only the ps 2 ones would load. I later discovered I was just trying to boot the disks in the wrong format mode.

Then again, you DID say they actually booted, even if rarely so, which means it could be a completely different problem. No harm trying, though :)

Hope this help!

If your blue back works then you are having a dvd laser problem. A laser cleaner usualy solves this problem. It is simply a disc with brushes on it.

I've already tried the laser cleaner, it didn't do anything. Someone told me that I should clean it with a q-tip and a rubbing alcohol.

Geoduck, I don't think that the mode is the problem but I will try what you said anyway. Maybe your ps1 games didn't worked because you didn't clicked twice on the reset button.

I don't get it, why the PS1 and music discs always work and the PS2 discs work sometimes?