Messiah Red Screens

[cougar689]

Greetings one and all,

I'm probably going to get a lecture here but I'll ask any way...!

Modded my kids PS2 with a Messiah chip last year and now only his orginals and PS1 backups work. All his PS2 backups give him a 'Red Screen' asking about a Format Disk.....Uuuuummmm....help....

[spedmetal]

what version is your ps2

[cougar689]

Hi Spedmetal,

The model number is : SCPH-30003 and its PAL. So Version 3.

Just been to your site and tried your laser test:

A PS2 with a good laser booting an original silver (PS2 game that is silver on the bottom and not a back-up) game boots like this.
1) When you turn on the PS2 and hit eject it will go to the 'browser/system configuration' screen
2) Put in the PS2 original silver hit reset, you will see the 'Sony Entertainment' screen, the electrons will swirl and go straight to the
3) Playstation 2 screen
4) Then a short black screen
5) Then the game boots


and it did exactly as above for, I assume, a good laser.

[cougar689]

Update....

Stripped down the PS2 to give it a good clean, especially the laser eye. When I put it back together I tried a couple of PS2 backups (DVDs) and it worked fine !!!!

But after 5 minutes of playing and trying to load another backup it went back to not accepting PS2 backups again.

Originals and PS1 backups are fine still.

What is going on ? Do I need to strip it and clean it all the time ?

The laser test tried above indicated that the laser was OK.

Please help !!!!!

[spedmetal]

The test is not a 100% sure thing. Just a good guide to go by.

It sounds to me as if your laser is starting to fade and either needs adjusting or replacement. I would try adjusting it first of course.

V3 PS2's have garbage for lasers. this also includes V1,V2 and V4 PS2's. With the age of these units as will its rare to come across one that will still read recordable media well.

[cougar689]

Thanks Spedmetal,

New 'laser kits' are being sold in the UK for around £40 on ebay. Is it worth just buying one and replacing the old one ? Or will adjusting the old one fix the problem for good ?

If so do you know of a link that will give me simple guide to adjusting the laser ?

Thanks