PS2 Disc Read Problem

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02.28.2012 9:04pm

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Testament
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My PS2 has developed a bad habit of not being able to read discs. I never get a DRE message, but sometimes (more often than not, these days) it will be unable to read a disc. Sometimes a reset is all that is required.

However, I have noticed that if I let the PS2 sit on the "home" screen, after approximately 2-3 minutes, the drive? will make a little noise and the disc will start spinning (it sounds like it's spinning faster) and the game will load just fine. This seems to work every time. I tried changing the disc speed to Fast, but it doesn't change anything. It happens with both PS1 & PS2 discs.

I haven't tried standing the unit vertical, yet, so maybe that will help.

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02.29.2012 3:54pm

Crono
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Have you tried cleaning the lense? It's a 10 minute fix if that helps but it could be something else. I've had similar issues with my first gen PS2 twice and both times a cleaning fixed it.

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02.29.2012 5:16pm

Fuuko Sakurada
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I had the same problem with my PS1 copy of Valkyrie Profile back when I had it ...problem got fixed when I bought a DVD lens cleaner cd and used it several times

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02.29.2012 5:22pm

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Testament
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Crono said:

Have you tried cleaning the lense? It's a 10 minute fix if that helps but it could be something else. I've had similar issues with my first gen PS2 twice and both times a cleaning fixed it.

I have ran a DVD lens cleaning disc a few times, but as far as opening it up and cleaning the lens, which is what I think you're asking, I have not. The lens cleaning disc seemed to help the first time I used it, months ago, but didn't do anything yesterday. It's just strange that it always reads the disc after sitting for a few minutes.

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