Change media. Princo suck. Princo aka Bulkpaq aka choice dvd-r r generally bad media. Yep....I not arguing that some people get these dvd-r to boot fine but u gotta get out of this mindset that it ain't the fact that yr ps2 will boot it but what damage am i doing to the laser while I boot it.
Everyone here bends over backwards to recommend decent dvd-r media that won't damage yr ps2 but everyone still goes rushing out and buys the first media they come across and starts rammin it into their machine. I wouldn't put a princo anywhere near any of my ps2's. The reason My version 5 is now daughters and only has originals put in it was cos I used to use bulkpaq and after about 6 months the machine wouldn't even look at any dvd-r.
Traxdata and Ritek r the best media by far for any ps2 an I recommend u switch to them and your hanging problems will be solved.
Sorry, didn't mean to rant on!!! Regards