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Currently, a piece of toast is winning this race due to the INTENSELY annoying 'disc read error' thing.
Sometimes games feel like loading for me when I tip it on end a bit, just HIGHLY irritating when it REFUSES to play any of the spooled movie sections from Zone Of The Enders...
Sometimes games feel like loading for me when I tip it on end a bit, just HIGHLY irritating when it REFUSES to play any of the spooled movie sections from Zone Of The Enders...
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Currently, a piece of toast is winning this race due to the INTENSELY annoying 'disc read error' thing.
Sometimes games feel like loading for me when I tip it on end a bit, just HIGHLY irritating when it REFUSES to play any of the spooled movie sections from Zone Of The Enders...
Sometimes games feel like loading for me when I tip it on end a bit, just HIGHLY irritating when it REFUSES to play any of the spooled movie sections from Zone Of The Enders...
DRE = Time for a new PS2 or a refurb from Sony, contact SCEE Support.
How much will that cost me?
Refurb is about £65 I think, if you go to the Support section of uk.playstation.com and type in disc read error and hit the button it'll tell you how to go about contacting them for one.
Alternatively, a lot of places will take in your old PS2 as part-ex for one of the nice new shiny silver ones :)
I'm now on my 2nd new black PS2, the last one lasted 26 months. I could have just got a new laser fitted (£65 again) or gone for a refurb, but EverQuest demanded that I get one immediately so I just bought a new one instead.
Alternatively, a lot of places will take in your old PS2 as part-ex for one of the nice new shiny silver ones :)
I'm now on my 2nd new black PS2, the last one lasted 26 months. I could have just got a new laser fitted (£65 again) or gone for a refurb, but EverQuest demanded that I get one immediately so I just bought a new one instead.
Meantime, toast always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet.
So if you strap a block of butter to your cat's back and drop it from a height, will it hover a few inches above the ground spinning round and round?
So if you strap a block of butter to your cat's back and drop it from a height, will it hover a few inches above the ground spinning round and round?
FantasyMeister wrote:
> Refurb is about £65 I think, if you go to the Support section of
> uk.playstation.com and type in disc read error and hit the button
> it'll tell you how to go about contacting them for one.
>
> Alternatively, a lot of places will take in your old PS2 as part-ex
> for one of the nice new shiny silver ones :)
>
> I'm now on my 2nd new black PS2, the last one lasted 26 months. I
> could have just got a new laser fitted (£65 again) or gone for
> a refurb, but EverQuest demanded that I get one immediately so I just
> bought a new one instead.
You know anywhere which do the part exchange for a nice new shiny silver one?
I've flicked through Ebay, you get SO many broken PS2's on there, plus a load of guides which apparently tell you how to fix up PS2's. I'm about as technical as, erm, a fish or something, so I don't think I'll be attempting that.
> Refurb is about £65 I think, if you go to the Support section of
> uk.playstation.com and type in disc read error and hit the button
> it'll tell you how to go about contacting them for one.
>
> Alternatively, a lot of places will take in your old PS2 as part-ex
> for one of the nice new shiny silver ones :)
>
> I'm now on my 2nd new black PS2, the last one lasted 26 months. I
> could have just got a new laser fitted (£65 again) or gone for
> a refurb, but EverQuest demanded that I get one immediately so I just
> bought a new one instead.
You know anywhere which do the part exchange for a nice new shiny silver one?
I've flicked through Ebay, you get SO many broken PS2's on there, plus a load of guides which apparently tell you how to fix up PS2's. I'm about as technical as, erm, a fish or something, so I don't think I'll be attempting that.
Any independant games retailer, plus Special Reserve do it now as well I think?
Oh really? I think I shall be enquiring about THIS!
These errors are a common problem.
Sony use hardware that convieniently goes faulty over a certain amount of use - this means they can make a lot of money by replacing this cheap part or by selling you a refurbished unit.
Hopefully, now people have realised this, they have switched to using longer lasting components in their new IR units.
I mean, £65 to replace a cheap part in the PS2 is a rip-off!
Sony use hardware that convieniently goes faulty over a certain amount of use - this means they can make a lot of money by replacing this cheap part or by selling you a refurbished unit.
Hopefully, now people have realised this, they have switched to using longer lasting components in their new IR units.
I mean, £65 to replace a cheap part in the PS2 is a rip-off!
I must be one of the minority then who's had their PS2 since launch and nothing has gone wrong with it.
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