Onimusha 2 backup was working perfecly yesterday..
 

My original works fine, and my backup was also, it just suddenly stopped working, it would take minutes to load after equipping a weapon and sometimes never even boots! The original has no scratches neither does th backup, do you think I need a cd cleaner? I have tried my other dvd originals and backups and they boot fine.

The laser could need cleaning, but it is likely just a bad burn.

Hmm, but I burned the game just like I always do, none of my originals have any scracthes so I doubt it was a bad burn, i'll go pick myself a cd lens cleaner, thanks for the help Bighap.

maybe u was doing other things while the dvd was burning and cause it to not work right

Nope, all programs and dsl were closed.

if it worked one day and then doesnt the next, I can see 3 possible problems,

1, Mod has been knocked and has come lose. maby a wire isn't connected anymore?

2, Your laser has died or is in a worse state than it once was...

3 the information on the disk has become corrupt , the least likly of the 3 but can happen when **** media is used,

Check your mod, recallibrate your laser..

only use verbatim, Apple & ritek media as they are the most reflective they are more friendly to your laser...


LK

wot media r u using.

I had this problem a long time ago with cheap bad dvd-r media that would work perfectly one day and then seem to lose the write off it.

If u using cheap media then it has probably degraded beyond a reasonable reading threshold for the ps2 laser, where as yesterday it was just on the threshold.

have to agree with the media
especially cheap media if u left it in sunshine or similar

For some reason the game just started working, weird? But I use TDK dvd's btw.

Well TDK's are supposed to be quite good - strange happenings. In the future though, try and get some Apple, Verb or Ritek as they are quite simply the best.