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8. November 2005 @ 23:33

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My PS2 has started effing up.

It makes a bad clicking noise at certain points during games.

I cleaned the lense with alcohol and a q-tip. It improved the situation slightly. When playing Path Of Neo, before the clean it would barely run, it freezed up like every 5 seconds. After the clean, it pretty much works but the voice-overs are a bit out of time and it *occasionally* freezes up for a second or two, though I still can't get my back-up of Vice City to work at all, it freezes up during the first loading screen. These problems occur on back-ups and originals.

The weird thing is I can play DVD's with absolutely no problem; no bad noises or freezing up at all.

So what could be the drama? Did I not clean the laser sufficiently? I thought I did as I did a pretty damn thorough clean, could it be the laser is just plain worn out? I've also heard windex can work as a good laser cleaner, gets rid of smudges and streaks, should I give that a go?

Oh and BTW, has anyone got a Muppet chip? If so, how's it working out for you?

Thanks guys.

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9. November 2005 @ 03:11

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could well be the laser.

that really depends on how old the ps2 is and what type of discs u have been using 4 backups
if the discs have been really crappy 1's
or u have been trying to squeeze games on 2 cd'rs
then there prone to going.
it also could be the laser arm worn out that is usually what the clicking noise is
try and replace that 4 about £2.00
simple and easy job any1 can do it
or it could be the laser and a replacement is about £40 easy job also.

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