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Okay I'm experiencing an odd problem with my V3 PAL PS2 (DMS3 with BIOS 2.4b7)

Anyhow, a couple of weeks back it stopped reading DVD games and DVD-R completely.

All it would do is spin 3 times, clicking noise, spin 3 times, clicking noise, stop.

So I inspected the laser and found the secondary lens (the one underneath) to be scratched..."AR$E!" I thought...

So I bought and fitted a NEW laser...still won't read DVD's? WTF?

I even replaced the 50 pin silver data cable to the DVD drive - STILL won't read DVD's! GRR!

I know that the white cog is correct and the azimuth screw is correct as I marked their position before I removed the old laser and made sure they were back to their proper adjustment when I installed the new laser...

I've also checked the MOD wires on the DMS3 - they are all perfectly fine, no loose wires at all (besides, if there WERE any loose wires, my HDD wouldn't boot to HDD Explorer!)

Has anyone got any idea what could be causing my drive not to read DVD's? It's driving me spare!

A summary of what discs work / don't work is as follows: -

PSX originals: YES
PSX silvers: YES
PSX Black CDR's: YES
PSX 'other' CDR's: YES
PS2 Blue originals: YES
PS2 CDR's: YES
PS2 DVD5: No
PS2 DVD9: No
DVD5 movie: No
DVD9 movie: No
DVD-R: No

Anyone got any ideas?

P.S. if anyone suggests adjusting with an Oscilliscope - I don't own one...

-=3Dfx still rox!=-
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