Bad Lasers on New PS2's?

[skub]

hahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha, thats ****ing hilarious

[ihaveanosebleed]

There seems to be a few posts about V9’s clicking now and I remember fixing a V9 lasers that would get stuck trying to return to the hub. The sled sticking would cause the worm gear to produce a horrible sound.
This V9 was quite dusty inside so I cleaned everything and greased the sled rods. I noticed the V9 lasers have a flimsy metal arm that runs to the worm gear with plastic clip and this one looked like it was bent up slightly so that it was providing very little pressure on the worm. The other PS2 versions have a more rigid plastic arm with metal worm pins. I took the laser out and bent the metal arm down a bit to provide more pressure. Seemed to work good after that and I’ve never had it come back so it must be doing fine.

V9’s aren’t too bad after doing some drive tweaks. It would be my second choice over a V7 and the “C” type laser. It will be interesting to see how their laser age during the next year or so. The high factory POT settings mighty indicate a strong life, requiring less voltage to operate. Then again it might indicate that the V9 laser IC can’t handle voltage as good as a “C” Type laser.

[crazygamelover]

From the posts replies in this thread, it would appear that v7 is the best choice.

[lufcfan]

It may work, but I think you'll agree you just shouldn't have to do such a thing. Sony should be ashamed of themselves for producing those cheap crap drive assemblies

[ottoman]

Well, at present they are but they r gettin a bit old now. It used to be v5's that were the best but as they get old the CDR reading capabilities get dodgy so as v7's get older i suspect a weakness will show through. (If u look on kelcoo there is a website that still sells new v7 PS2's)

To be honest if yr buying a new PS2 u have to go for the latest version (10) simply because of the extras thrown in it(Quieter,built in IR reciever etc), however the first thing I would do is carry out the romeo mod!

Regards

[ihaveanosebleed]

So to have a decent V9 system we need to:

- Adjust the POT to 1200 ohms or about -15%
- Fix the Cogs from moving
- Fix tension on worm gear arm
- Romeo Mod for safe LA voltage

There’s also another Mod I’ve been doing to minimize dust from blowing through the drive assembly.Going to check them for dust in a few months to see how good it’s working.

[ottoman]

No, just the romeo mod. Very simple to do. The crap lasers are a 50/50 thing. Some have good ones, some have bad depending on what batch yr ps2 comes from. had to recal my v9 laser after 9 months but was just a height adjustment and it works fine again now (mine has the crap laser fitted). Would definitely carry out romeo mod though!