Ps2 laser working like crazy

[Dustpuppy]

Ok, so far I have had time to clean the lens and played around little with the white cog. also I have greased the rods that the laser glides on.
It got better, but not all good. still little locking up on some games and original DVD movies still load slow. Yeah, origonal dvd movie discs will go to browser screen before it load. a backup on the very same movie will start before the browser screen. funny huh?
well, I just use that as a little test for if the loading gets better because I know it load the original movies just fine before, Yes I have a standalone dvd player for movies

Well, gonna see if up the power to the laser will make any difference next. In a day or so.

Is there another way to reach the pots without dismount half the reader unit?
Well, it might not be a big deal taking the rods away and lift the laser out to do it.