Bad Lasers on New PS2's?

[HBK114]

I was just wondering if it's true that v9 and v10 PS2's have pretty crappy lasers compared to other PS2 versions. If so, and if possible, whats the best version to get?

[MoBiUs]

the best version is the V7 PS2s v1-6 have **** lasers not sure about v8 , sometimes v9 and v10 get blown LA Chip due to overheating but other than that they have good lasers(they use the same lasers as the V7)

[crazygamelover]

I would have to say a v7 is probably one that has not been mentioned as much as far as probs go but honestly there is a philosophy of mine I like to consider when I answer this question for you.

Lets use a major car dealer as an example. First of all the real quality of any given model depends on the assembly line. If John Doe comes to work on mind altering substances/alcohol or falls asleep on the job. The quality goes down the tubes. The same for a Doctor who goes through med school but partied all the time, just berely graduated, and now practices as a pediatrician....Now good ole Doc is treating patients even though he berely made it through school. Blah Blah Blah etc.......Does this really make every car/Doctor bad? Not really so actually you can get any model Ps2 and you may never have a prob ever, no matter what model. You could buy a v9 or 10 and never have a laser issue or you could be buying that 10% (bad quality) There is no real way to know exactually. Just take a leap of faith and hope for the best. I guess in a sence, you really cant fault any certain model at all. I still say the v7 has the least amount of probs that I have read so far though.

[ihaveanosebleed]

True, You don’t know what you’ll get but I think the percentage is way higher than 10% for getting an unreliable PS2. I keep saying no two lasers are the same, and that goes for burners and media as well. For cheap media, you might say no two sectors are the same.

They started selling V9’s around here last X-mas time, by March I think I’d adjusted more v9’s than all other PS2 versions put together. All the lasers I looked at tested over 1400 ohms on the DVD Pot and struggled to read a good Ritek burn. 1200 ohms had them reading good. I also tested all the lens coils in concern for the driver IC’s that were frying on some, mostly European consoles, I never found any bad coils.

I keep some burns of various quality around for evaluating PS2’s and I can tell you the typical V9 laser is nothing like the typical V7 laser even after adjusting. I have not confirmed this myself but from what I hear the V9 lasers are not ‘C’ type nor are they compatible for swapping.

[puppeteer666]

yea i's say buy a ps2 at eb refurb.
most those guys at eb are cool so they will let ya find the version ya want.
that's if ya have an eb retailer near you that is.

[cheryl771]

I got a v9 too. I got it the first week of june. It just started clicking a few days ago. I was told to reflash the chip. I did and it hasn't clicked since but I still have my suspicions of dying laser.

[seaneyb2003]

well 1-4 have crappy laser 400b 5-8 have 400c or type r lasers. And 9-10 have sanyo lasers

I feel that the v5-8 lasers are best as they read any media i throw at them.

i love my v7 still running strong!