Brroken DVD drive

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s3ptic
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Brroken DVD drive

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Hi my PS2's DVD drive has recently broken, and I was just wondering if anyone knew of a cheap fix. I would be willing to spend up to 50 dollars to fix it if anyone has any ideas please share.
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vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

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Sorry I said the wrong thing, I think its the laser actually or something, because whenever you put in a CD/DVD it just says can't read disk. Sorry for being unclear in the first post.
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Well if its just a dirty lens you can get the cd/dvd disc cleaner kit. If that doesnt fix it then there is something else that has gone wrong, in that case it may not be worth investing the time finding a specific problem to fix, just replace the part. The PS2 is down to $100 used thats going to give you much cheaper parts on ebay so... up to you though.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

I am a geek.
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Post by vb_master »

My friend has a huge stockpile of PS2's he's on MSN only, so PM me so I can get you his MSN address.
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Post by gannon »

Have you tried adjusting the laser's height?
Also, if you here a grinding noise when you put a game in you might want to adjust the snake motor's spring.
s3ptic
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Post by s3ptic »

ok thanks for the rplys I'll try it out. I would get a new PS2, but I have a mod chip in it so that adds cost, and I don't want to get a new one.
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