Technical Support... PS2 only reads CDs and won't read DVDs

Maor · Post by **Maor** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:06 am

Hello,
I hope it's okay posting a technical question, it seems people here are very experienced.
I have a "fat" PS2. It reads all my backups of the original games from CDs, but not the original games (or their backups) on DVDs.
I have tried cleaning the lense and adjusting the cog (tutorial), but still same situation.
Any way to fix it without buying a new lens kit?

Thanks for any help...

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:11 am

You haven't run any discs encoded for a region other than your own, have you? I think once you switch regions too many times it 'locks' into the last one, which may not be your local region.

Try cleaning the lens again with rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip, and run a brand-new disc on it. If that doesn't work, you might need a new laser assembly.

Maor · Post by **Maor** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:58 pm

Thanks,
I did clean the lense with alcohol and a Q-tip, I guess it's dieing...
Oh well, once I'll figure out how to load games from my external HD (question here) I won't be needing the lense. I hope.