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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...
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.
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?
> 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.
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!