My Ps2 is dieing,can i fix it?

[DC_Jay]

Ok.First off i was playing Virtua Fighter 4 (originil) today.It worked fine for about an hour or so but then in the middle of a fight the music stoped,and the game crashed as soon as the fight was over.I tried reseting my Ps2 and to my shock all i got was a black screen.I turned it off and left it alone for about 5 minutes and tried again.This time it started up fine and seemed to work properly again for about 10 minutes only for the exact same thing to happen again.This pattern keeps happening all the time now.

1.Game hangs
2.Reset ps2
3.If i get a black screen(9/10 times i do)wait 5 mins before turning it
back on
4.Game boots up again but crashs again 10 to 15 minutes later

What does it sound like to you guys?.I really hope i dont have to get a new ps2 .

btw,its a v3