Hi. I have three Faulty PS2's, well I should say that I was given them for free. A local gaming shop near me is closing in order to move to another local, but much more busy, city. They were giving some things away for free on the last day, and I picked up three faulty PS2's (with some faulty controllers lol) and a Donkey Kong Country Returns and Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D standee thing.
But whatever, here's the three faulty PS2's with their problem(s). If anyone can help, it'd be greatly appreciated! Because to be honest I'm really not sure on what I'm doing. I didn't really want the faulty PS2's, but they were gonna chuck them away if nobody else wanted them...So I had to take them!
Faulty PS1 number 1
This is a Slim PS2. It plays PS2 games fine, but it won't play PS1 games or music CD's, basically no CD's at all. I don't know why this is. Cleaning the laser doesn't help lol...I know the tape trick would probably work, but I wouldn't wanna be putting tape on my PS1 games lol. And besides, it'd probably just make it worse overall and would just be a temporary fix.
I'm guessing it's to do with the laser assembly or something and that it can't run CDs since they go faster than DVDs.
Faulty PS2 number 2
This is a PHAT PS2. This one also has a issue with PS1 games. It plays my music CD's ok, but for PS1 gmaes it won't. It will play them, but after a while, like 30 minutes or so, it will say 'Please Insert a Playstation or Playstation 2 Format Disc' or something with every game I try, no matter what the condition.
Faulty PS2 number 3
This one isn't actually faulty technically. It runs all games absolutely fine, but it's very loud. I can see it has a lot of dust inside it so it probably just needs cleaning. Could be a lot of dust in the fans!
Thank you very much in advance for any help! It'll be very appreciated, since I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to this haha
Three Faulty PS2's
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korn16ftl3
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Re: Three Faulty PS2's
how many screws are on the bottom of each PS2? this determines the version PS2 you have.
as far as phats are concerned you will want to probably try this:
take off the top and remove the top of the DVD rom as well as taking the top of the DVD rom off so the laser is exposed also remove the circular magnetic ring in the top of the DVD rom.
eject the DVD rom drive and look for a white sprocket (this is only on cretin versions of PS2's tho i fail to remember what versions have it exactly i know its a phat PS2 thing tho) by the back of the DVD rom with what looks like an allen wrench hole.
once you have located the laser adjustment sprocket you will want 1 of each PS2 format disc that is available (DVD, PS1 game, Blue back PS2 game, Normal PS2 game, and a music DVD) from here pick a direction start adjusting the cog/sprocket until all format Discs are read
just keep in mind your particular model of phat PS2 may not have this adjustment wheel attached below is an image of the cog you are looking to adjust:
also this site sems to be centered around DIY repairs so have a look here:
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardw ... es/ps2diy/
as a side note click my BST link in my sig i have w dead parts phat PS2's up for sale/trade there if ya need parts
as far as phats are concerned you will want to probably try this:
take off the top and remove the top of the DVD rom as well as taking the top of the DVD rom off so the laser is exposed also remove the circular magnetic ring in the top of the DVD rom.
eject the DVD rom drive and look for a white sprocket (this is only on cretin versions of PS2's tho i fail to remember what versions have it exactly i know its a phat PS2 thing tho) by the back of the DVD rom with what looks like an allen wrench hole.
once you have located the laser adjustment sprocket you will want 1 of each PS2 format disc that is available (DVD, PS1 game, Blue back PS2 game, Normal PS2 game, and a music DVD) from here pick a direction start adjusting the cog/sprocket until all format Discs are read
just keep in mind your particular model of phat PS2 may not have this adjustment wheel attached below is an image of the cog you are looking to adjust:
also this site sems to be centered around DIY repairs so have a look here:
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardw ... es/ps2diy/
as a side note click my BST link in my sig i have w dead parts phat PS2's up for sale/trade there if ya need parts