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Old 25-02-2004, 04:40
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Third Party Version 1-4 laser development.

I’m looking for some bad V1-4 lasers to do some experiments on. If anyone would like to donate please PM. Also if anyone knows where to get technical data on the laser IC chip used in these versions as well if the chip was manufactured in a vacuum or any special gas.

I’m the kind of person that doesn’t like to see anything go to waste, and I figure there’s a hell of a lot of older PS2’s out there going to waste, perfectly good except for one junk component. It’s a kick it the teeth for any PS2 owner to have to spend a fortune replacing Sony’s defective lasers with another. You could buy 2 complete stand alone DVD Players from Wallmart for the retail price of Sony’s replacement lasers, and I think that is ridiculous. That just goes to show you how much Sony values their customers, they don’t!

A question I ask myself time and time again, where are the third party lasers? I would think the demand is very great. Imagine a third party company release a Laser replacement that works better, reads all media including RW’s, just like your $40 wall mart players and at a reasonable price. The Playstation community would be in frenzy for such a replacement!

PS2 owners got the shaft from Sony. It’s time another company saved these machines.
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Old 25-02-2004, 08:41
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What an absolutely STUNNING idea

(Shame it probably won't happen, but it would be fantastic if it did )
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Old 25-02-2004, 14:51
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is'nt sayno a thrid party they make ps2 lasers and i know there wal-mart s**t is cheap kinda like apex
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I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. Even if the third party one was kind of expensive that would be ok too as long as it read recordable media great and lasted forever. I know the Xbox guys have found ways of using other PC DVD rom and reworking them to work great with all media and very durable. Too bad some one hasn’t come up with something like that at least. But that will never happen because of the LA/BA chip that drives the PS2's DVD rom being one of a kind to Sony. Oh well maybe some day some body with cash will invest in a third party laser like you said ihaveanosebleed. Its funny you posted this, I was going to make a very similar post the other day and thought nah...
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A buddy of mine has a dead Ver1 PS2. Not sure whats wrong with it though. Said it just died and I didn't question him.

Any way, I'll ask if he still has it and see if I can rip the laser for ya.
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