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dog broke ps2, trying to fix it
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1971ford
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10. December 2008 @ 22:47 |
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sorry for asking this, i see its all over the forums but ive tried everything suggested in other forums. i must be missing something.
so i was nice enough to let my friend borrow my ps2 for just one night, his dog then tripped over the cord bringing the ps2 crashing to the ground. now it has a "disk read error". so i got it back after several months and i took it apart.
there are two white dials that im adjusting to adjust the laser. i got a ps1 game to work (black bottom), but cant get any ps2 game to work (silver bottom) i have tried over and over adjusting the two dials and shutting the ps2 off between adjustments. hoping the laser will read the disk but it never does.
also, i turned my air compressor down really low and blew out all the dust that was in there. i remember the ps2 used to be really loud, you could really hear the disk spinning in there when we got it. no matter where the laser is though it doesnt get anywhere near as loud as it used to. i dont know what that means but though id share.
any suggestions? THANKS!
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11. December 2008 @ 15:30 |
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First off, the PS2 with the 2 dials are the hardest to align, usually impossible. If you got a PS2 game to work then it could be a voltage problem. On the underside of the laser you will see 2 knobs. I'm not sure which is the DVD one but you have to turn that one like 1 degree. Try that.
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1971ford
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11. December 2008 @ 18:34 |
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thanks for the reply.
i never got a ps2 game to work, i only got a ps1 game to work.
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11. December 2008 @ 18:46 |
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I might help you to get the PS2 part of it to work again. What does it do when you put in a PS2 game? Does it click or just fail to read the disc?
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1971ford
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11. December 2008 @ 22:51 |
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it wont making any real noticable sounds when you insert a ps2 game. i think it clicks really quietly though.
in the past few hours i tried adjusting the volt pot a 1/4 turn down, and a 1/4 up. didnt help. i also lubed the laser's tracks. i also removed the metal piece that connects the the rail that the laser uses to slide and i bent it so it will definately make enough contact, still the ps2 games dont work.
and after all that, the ps1 games dont work either. maybe i didnt adjust the volt pot's back exactly how they were or something.
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1971ford
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11. December 2008 @ 22:56 |
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oh and my friend just called me (the one that borrowed the ps2 when it broke) and told me he just won a free xbox 360 (+2 controllers/rockband) from a radio show. so ill probably be getting his old one! i still want to fix the ps2 though because theres certain games im dying to play again on it.
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12. December 2008 @ 11:47 |
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Does the laser still light up? What is the model number of the PS2?
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1971ford
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12. December 2008 @ 17:36 |
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when i turn the ps2 on, and remove the disk to watch the laser work before it gives the DRE, the disk spinner spins fine, the laser moves up and down (is this normal?) and it does light up, but it doesn't move up and down its tracks (is this normal too?), i would think it would have to run along the tracks to read the disk correctly. however i know i know it can move along the tracks because if i move the laser to the opposite side of the tracks then turn the ps2 on it moves down the tracks nearest to the disk spinner when trying to read the disk.
model number: scph-50001
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12. December 2008 @ 19:43 |
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Yea, the laser should move up and down its tracks. The fact that it lights up means that it still sorta works. Now the only thing I can suggest is to:
1. Keep trying to adjust voltage and 2 white dials, since you turned it 1/4 of the way you could have burned it out.
2. Buy a new laser and install it.
3. Buy a new PS2 used from ebay or Gamestop (If you're in the US) It costs about $50 at Gamestop. They might give you something if you trade in your old one.
Try to get it to read any type of media. If you can do that then we know the laser isn't burned out just yet.
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1971ford
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13. December 2008 @ 19:50 |
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well today i backed off the volt pots a tad and now ps1 games work again. still nothing close to a ps2 game working. why are ps1 working and ps2 games arnt? i know the ps1 disk has a black bottom and the ps2 have silver, but i dont know what that means.
and is there a factory setting that i could reset my ps2 to? didnt they all come from the factory adjusted the same, and if i adjusted it back to that shouldnt it work?. for example, say the factory adjusted the two white dials 6 clicks from bottom. couldnt i adjust my ps2 6 clicks from bottom and it would work?
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13. December 2008 @ 23:58 |
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Now since the PS1 games work again, I think there is a problem more with your voltage than your white gear alignments. Do you know which knob adjusts your DVD voltage and which adjusts your CD voltage?
I would do the following, this is how I got a 2 year dead laser back to life yesterday (Yay!)
-I didn't touch the white gears, I left them at whatever they were at (I had marked them before I had turned them)
-After I got it at the right spot nothing would read. I started adjusting the laser voltages. I adjusted both at the same time, a little at a time. Finally Audio CDs started to play. No PS1 games, PS2 games (silver or blue back) or DVDs.
-I kept adjusting until I got everything to work except for DVDs. It would spin the disc for a second and stop.
-I adjusted the DVD AND CD voltage a bit more and woo hoo! It started to read anything I threw at it. My final setting was turning both the voltage dials 1/4 of the way up (Adding voltage, I believe that was to the right.)
Try those and see if it works. All the above took me about a 1 hour (due to some stupidity I did in the middle like dropping a screw inside the system) Adjust your voltage a little at a time, don't go the full 1/4 at a time, your laser may not need it. Every time you adjust the voltage, try:
-PS1 game
-PS2 game silver back
-PS2 game blue back
-DVD Video
-Audio CD
-DVD+/-R with a movie or something (OPTIONAL)
-CD-R with music (OPTIONAL)
hope this helps, keep me posted.
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