I own a SCPH-10001 PS2, and the laser is kind of going bad. Amazing that it still works, but I kept good care of it, plus I don't use it a lot.
The issue with the laser probably stems from the fact that I played a lot of DVD+/-R movies burned using crappy lite-on firmware, but anyway, I just wanted to know how hard it is to fix the laser.
I think mine is just in need of recalibration, because it seems to READ data just fine; it just takes FOREVER to actually access the disc and I don't want the problem to get worse. For example, if I turn it on and there's already a disc in there, my PS2 would detect it instantly, like it is supposed to. More and more frequently, it instead goes to the browser/system settings screen and stays there for like 10-15 seconds. Then it finally detects the disc, and it is gradually getting worse (the number of times this occurs). Using the "diagnostics" option does absolutely nothing. Occasionally, although it is still rare, in between screens when a game is loading something, the DVD drive will shuffle back and forth one too many times, but it does nothing to disrupt gameplay (only loading times in between scenes). This tells me when it needs to skip ahead to a certain part of the disc, it takes time, but when it's actually reading data, there are no problems yet. But this problem rarely if ever happens, however I would expect it to get worse if I don't do something about it.
I want to open it up and fix it, but I don't know how, and I'm afraid I will mess up my PS2. I've built PC's, so it's not like I've never torn apart a machine before, but I'm totally clueless when it comes to PS2 repair; if anyone could give me some detailed advice I would appreciate it.
The issue with the laser probably stems from the fact that I played a lot of DVD+/-R movies burned using crappy lite-on firmware, but anyway, I just wanted to know how hard it is to fix the laser.
I think mine is just in need of recalibration, because it seems to READ data just fine; it just takes FOREVER to actually access the disc and I don't want the problem to get worse. For example, if I turn it on and there's already a disc in there, my PS2 would detect it instantly, like it is supposed to. More and more frequently, it instead goes to the browser/system settings screen and stays there for like 10-15 seconds. Then it finally detects the disc, and it is gradually getting worse (the number of times this occurs). Using the "diagnostics" option does absolutely nothing. Occasionally, although it is still rare, in between screens when a game is loading something, the DVD drive will shuffle back and forth one too many times, but it does nothing to disrupt gameplay (only loading times in between scenes). This tells me when it needs to skip ahead to a certain part of the disc, it takes time, but when it's actually reading data, there are no problems yet. But this problem rarely if ever happens, however I would expect it to get worse if I don't do something about it.
I want to open it up and fix it, but I don't know how, and I'm afraid I will mess up my PS2. I've built PC's, so it's not like I've never torn apart a machine before, but I'm totally clueless when it comes to PS2 repair; if anyone could give me some detailed advice I would appreciate it.
