Hi, ps2 problems

[johnnybgood]

How do I adjust a laser? I don't know if I will mess with that if it will screw anything up, but I will buy one of those cleaning things. Oh, and I had my ps2 modded through your service and I would have to say you did a great job, it got here fast and all that. Peace.

[ottoman]

Um....If ur asking how to adjust then it probably best not to. Try the -R and cleaning disc b4 goin down that path...

[battybackup]

i had similar problem on my old ps2. the laser moves up and down the disc on a screw, there is a plastic piece that goes from the laser into the screw grooves thus when the screw turns the laser moves up and down using the grooves. i found that this plastic piece warps with the heat of continuous play and skips in the grooves making a clicking noise, causing the laser to stick and eventually stops working.
BAD DESIGN BY SONY SHOULD HAVE USED A METAL PIECE INSTEAD - OR MAYBE THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO HAPPEN, SO EVERY FEW YEARS YOU HAVE TO REPLACE YOUR SYSTEM?
(BAD DESIGN OR EXELLENT MARKETING BY SONY)

[johnnybgood]

Yeah, maybe that's what it is. Like sometimes it does it alot, other times I can play for a few hours and nothing happens, like last night when I played some NFL 2k5, and it did it right when I started the system, but I hit the top of the system a few times(not that hard)and suddenly it worked and it didn't do it again the whole time.

[battybackup]

banging the top is a bad idea! I used to do that and the disc would continue to work but after a few weeks of banging the ps2 stopped working all together.

[johnnybgood]

Originally Posted by battybackup

banging the top is a bad idea! I used to do that and the disc would continue to work but after a few weeks of banging the ps2 stopped working all together.

Well that's good to know now haha. Yeah, so what am I suppose to do, cause if I just leave it going it doesn't work? I suppose I should probably just get a new ps2 and have it modded again, of course I will have to get money for that. Oh well, I guess that is life, although first I will make backups of my games on dvd-rs and then get something to clean my laser, because the other day I tried the actual madden 06 game(not a backup) and it did the same thing, so it probably isn't the games I suppose. I will still change to dvd-r because people have said that they are the ones to use, but I will get one of those cleaning kits or whatever, and if it still does the stuff after that, I suppose i will probably just need to start over and use better dvds this time.

[battybackup]

I took my ps2 cover off, removed the plastic piece and heated it so i could bend it back into place. then i replaced it. this worked for the short term, but after a while the problem came back.
this is a short term fix eventually you will need a new system, but its got to be better than beating the sh*t out of your ps2.