laser altered? - not sure at all, so long ago
cleaned laser? - yes
aint even tried cd-r media yet as it does it on originals, never hangs or crashes with no disc in, only when one is in does it act badly

Dug out my old Saturn from the attic and got my chip this morning from racketboy (thanx) but it seems that the laser unit on my Pal Model 2 is a bit faulty [Originals can load now and then, splash screen shops after 1-2 seconds, the gui can hang when reading a disc] I'm sure the one of the pots has ...