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Ok, this is something of a strange one. I've not tracked the whole issue down, but let me give you some history about my Console first.
First things first: Purchased Used.
When I first got it, I noticed that the system was reluctant to play any games. It would, but not regularly. Finally, after a time it siezed and stopped completely. At the time, considering it was used, I figured I had nothing to lose and opted to pop the case. In fact, it seemed to have been pulled before.
Opening the case (and being VERY careful not to accidentally kill the ribbon cables) I found nothing major amiss. Still I did some minor diagnostic work on it and found a possible problem. It seemed the tray wasn't retracting into the machine fully. Tightening up a few screws solved this problem. Putting a disc in, I found that it'd work.
This was about a month ago. Now, the Console has started to randomly hang. Some games, Like mercenaries and GTA San Andraes, It plays fine with no hesitation. Others, like Fatal Frame 3 (purchased new) it will try to play. Key word there is TRY. sometimes the game boots fine and plays great. Other times, it'll randomly hang. As an experiment, while playing one such game, I decided to use the five finger wrench on it.
Ok, truthly, I was ticked at it and I slapped the machine soundly over the top. This caused it to continue on it's merry way without much trouble for the rest of the gaming session. (I have it set vertically).
Since then, It's been a common thing to hear a strange whirring sound when some games start. Randomly, the system will either start the game fine, hang at startup with a black screen, continually give me the "Playstation" logo and then go back to the "explore memory card" screen, or sometimes start long enough to suddenly freeze and need rebooting.
I'm not beyond pulling the case open again and tweaking anything that needs done. Problem is I'd like a general idea what might be causing this before I get my hands dirty.
Any thoughts?
Personally, I wonder if it could be one of the worm gears again, or even my needing to clean the lens. If it's not those two, what does that leave?
Edit:
Forgot to add this. It's a "fat" PS2, which if I can get beyond the various minor issues, I plan to do some mod work on. Part of why I bought it used was the intent to modify it later.
Do witches have to use spell checkers?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 2. February 2006 @ 18:06
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