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My Laser..is it dead yet?
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11. February 2006 @ 08:24 |
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Heylo.
My PS2 has started to play up, it has done this previously, and I payed a shop to fix it for £20. It worked fine after this. Great. But it happened again about a year later, so I cleaned it with some Isopropyl alcohol and adjusted the voltage.
It fixed it for a while, now it is playing up yet again. It sometimes boots up originals (which sometimes mess up), never boots up backup DVDs, and usually boots up PSX games.. but never boots up backups with swap magic (but if it does it takes about 7-8 tries and even after this it never usually works properly, it skips and all which it never used to do, (they are written onto 8x Verbatim at 4x and worked perfectly fine))
I was offered this deal at a shop - They will fit a new diode and new coils inside the laser, but if this does not fix it, they will not charge me.. any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
-Mike
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TMACRPG
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11. February 2006 @ 08:48 |
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While I may not be an expert in optical lenses and lasers, I can ask a few questions that may help you make your decision.
Not sure if the laser is dead, misaligned, etc. but if it's finnicky with originals, then something is wrong with it.
Are you willing to pay the price if the repair does work; and how much will it cost?
Because they're adding new coils and a diode, they are obviously going to have to re-align the whole apparatus, which is to your benefit. And possibly during the repair they might discover what the actual problem is.
If you're willing to pay the price for the repair, and you have confidence that this shop is competent and won't make the matter worse, then I'd surely take it. It's basically a win-win solution.
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11. February 2006 @ 09:17 |
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Yeah, it's £35-£40 if it succesful. Thanks :)
-Mike
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4. March 2006 @ 23:40 |
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Hi Guys
I have problem with my Slim PS2 laser lens it is not reading some of the games that it was reading before so I will replace the laser unit but what to do to avoid changing it again
maybe you don't have the answer but please help me out with that.
Thanks, regards
BNI
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5. March 2006 @ 00:53 |
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It might not need replaced if it is playing some games, chances are it probably just needs cleaned. Use some Isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip cotton stick and rub it round in a smooth circular motion.
-Mike
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10. March 2006 @ 07:58 |
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hey Mik3h, i have the same problem as you, except i can play normal games, it's just my backups with swap magic are really slow and skippy and choppy, some don't even load up! Can someone please tell me what to do? Thanks.
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10. March 2006 @ 08:56 |
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well guys from what i was told the first few gen. of ps2 have laser problems.i bought two ps2 and had the same problems.i went back and they gave me one that works fine.i think you should use that money to buy a use one from some shop and comes with 6 month warrenty.if anything goes wrong exchange for a new one.
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10. March 2006 @ 09:16 |
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10. March 2006 @ 23:44 |
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why there? It's a thread with a tutorial about using ftp with xbox?
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11. March 2006 @ 03:06 |
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11. March 2006 @ 03:54 |
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yh, i've seen that thread before but that doesn't help with my problem. Any other ideas?
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11. March 2006 @ 03:57 |
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What media are you using?
Did you read the guide properly? That discusses media. If your PS2 is playing backups, and you are using Swap Magic, it's probably the media ;)
Get some 8x Verbatim/Tuiyo Yuden DVD-R and burn at 4x. This will most likely fix your problem.
-Mike
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11. March 2006 @ 06:01 |
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no, it's not my media because i've used my same backups on my friend's ps2 and they work perfectly fine.
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11. March 2006 @ 07:12 |
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It's your laser then. Follow the guide (link) I posted and follow the laser repair section.
-Mike
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11. March 2006 @ 07:13 |
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i've done that but still fifa street 2 works extremely slowly with the patch.
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11. March 2006 @ 07:15 |
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I've heard there are several issues with that game..
If the game works perfectly at your friend's house, then try re-calibrating your laser and cleaning it. If to no avail, you will have to replace the laser.
-Mike
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11. March 2006 @ 07:16 |
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what do you mean by re-calibrating?
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11. March 2006 @ 07:20 |
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Re-aligning.
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11. March 2006 @ 07:22 |
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what method do you suggest i use to clean it?
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11. March 2006 @ 08:14 |
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Read the guide.
-Mike
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