[Pa-furry] a tech question

[Chaz PilotWolf]

I do fix PS/2's if anyone is still looking for that.



On 2/25/07, Kyraeus <kyraeus at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I'm not the one who originally posted about working on PS2's, but in
> experience, that's usually tended to be a worn out motor/bad lens, or a
> combination of factors that cause it not to read the presence of a disc.
>
> I'll try not to get too technical, but either way, there's a good guide
> here, if you decide to go mucking around in your PS2, or just want to see
> what's involved, in case you pay someone to do this for you. That way you
> can gauge if you're being ripped off.
> http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars
>
> Now, that said, noone can be sure of your problem until they see the PS2
> open, so take this with a grain of salt, also if anyone else has ideas,
> please let em fly, I'm an amateur in this.
>
> Basically, if the problem is your lens or motor going bad/dead (as some of
> the PS2 units are pretty old, as far as console lifetimes go), you may
> want
> to consider a new/refurbished unit. For the price, wouldn't it just be
> better to have a whole new unit, rather than a beat-up old one with a new
> laser installed? I've seen parts on ebay, but the cost is prohibitive when
> you can get a refurb or someone else's old PS2 now with PS3 and XBox360
> out
> for around $50-100.
>
> The other possibility is that somehow the small gear adjusting the
> movement
> of the reading lens was moved. Located here:
> http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars/3 , there is a
> part
> of the earlier guide related to this.  Note... where they mention using
> multiple games/etc to test this, they do it because the PS2 could actually
> run a number of different types of discs. From the black-colored games
> discs, to DVDs, to the blue ones, or regular silver bottom cds. I would
> try
> to test this with as many as possible when you do, just to make sure that
> if
> you DO have to monkey with this gear's position, it's reading everything
> properly.
>
> Otherwise, I'd either see if you can sell the unit to someone who does
> repairs, and pick up a newer one, or see if you know anyone getting rid of
> theirs due to the new console wave.
>
> In addition, I'm actually looking to purchase a working used unit myself
> cheap, if anyone's in the market to sell. lemme know.
>
> Otherwise, hope this helps a bit, good luck!
>
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