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I would have tried a laser cleaner before doing anything. If you play 10 hours a day, it has collected a lot of dust. Your dvds never worked becasue you booted them incorrectly. You need to hold reset until the blue light comes on. If you bought your ps2 new in November, I highly doubt you have a 30001, it is probably a 39001. If it is a 30001, your problem doesn't suprise me. v1-v3 ps2s, which yours is if its a 30001, had terrible lasers, which is why your dvd games stopped working.