PS2 strange behaviour

[Bowness72]

Hi,
I have a playstation2 (slimline if that makes any difference) which was working fine up until a few months ago when all of a sudden it started saying it was unable to read disc. I have read articles on the internet suggesting it is a laser problem. The thing that is confusing me most is that it plays audio cd's but not dvd's and also plays some games discs. I thought it might be to do with the amount of use the game has had but some that it wont play have hardly ever been played.

Might there be a setting that I am not aware of that may have been altered by my young kids ?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Deluks]

Might be possible that it has 2 lasers, one for CD's one for DVD?

You can google it, I can't be ars**

 

[TonyWarrington]

Could try cleaning the lenses - maybe used compressed air gun.

Check disks for finger marks scratches etc

 

[Nulty]

had the same problem.

It was that the lens was dirty.

Didnt bother with the air gun, thought it was a lost cause so i used vodka and kleenex.

Hey presto i have a ps2 that i didnt expect to have back!

 

[Bowness72]

I tried one of those cleaning CD's but still doesn't work. What brand of Vodka did you use ? Not the good stuff I hope

 

[mattylad]

You only need enough to dab a cotton bud in.....

 

[TonyWarrington]

Smirnoff 100 proof

 

[Nulty]

thats right, i used a cotton bud.

makes no difference really. just be careful and use the bad vodka...

what am i saying, all vodka is bad!

 

[Softus]

This is classic PS2 behaviour. Sometimes the lens is dirty, sometimes the laser needs calibrating.

Abundant information on both of these is all over the Interwebby.