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"PlayStation 2: 26/01 - 25/02"

That's right sports fans, I've had my PS2 a month and the bleedin' thing has died on me. Well, more specifically, the DVD Drive has gone t***-up.

I've phoned Sony and should be getting a replacement on Tuesday.

-S

That's right sports fans, I've had my PS2 a month and the bleedin' thing has died on me. Well, more specifically, the DVD Drive has gone t***-up.

I've phoned Sony and should be getting a replacement on Tuesday.

-S

I hope it will arrive on Tuesday for you then! Sony have been doing very well with replacing damaged PS2's.

It appears that way doesn't it? To Sony's credit, they were extremeley helpful when I contacted them this morning.

Roll on Tuesday!

-S

Another one bites the dust....

How many people on here are on their second PS2 now?

Me!!!

Dec 22nd - Feb 23rd.

"Unable to read disc" was the message, almost came to blows in T**co replacing it, no joy, phoned Sony and getting one Wed.

But, to be honest, I can't force enthusiasm for it anymore.
So hurrah for Sony for supplying shoddy systems and replacing them quickly.
(Irony overload imminent)

Is this Sony's way of saying 'We shipped X consoles this month' - translating to 'We actually sold X/2 maybe X/3 consoles this month'.

I'm still on my first machine, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's only a matter of time.....

You could always "interfere" with your machine and get a new one, this time checked and free from gliches.

Just a suggestion though, obviously I wouldn't condone people ripping machine off from Sony just in case their's might not work in...ah hell yes I am.

Trash your system, phone SCEE and get a new one, that way you know it'll be ok.

Beats spending £300 and finding one day, for no good reason that it will not work at all.

I may be a little bitter right now.

I was receiving the same error message as you Goatboy, although there wasn't actually nothing wrong with my games, since the PS2 was working fine on the Friday whilst playing Tekken Tag.

Popped in ISS, that worked fine then I popped in SSX and BOOM! the drive died, it started making this clicking sound and was promptly booted to the Browser/Configuration Menu.

Oh well, tomorrow I *should* be receiving my replacement.

-S

Something I forgot to add - does anyone find it strange that the PS2's that have gone wrong have come a cropper with the same symptoms (I.e. Faulty Drive) and they saw fit to go wrong on the Friday?

Because I know of someone else who's PS2 went wrong on the Friday too. Oh, and a friend of mine who was visiting his local EB said that the Demo machine there went completely up-the-wall on the Saturday too.

Coincedence?

-S

Same with me.
Played WWF Smackdown 2 for a couple of hours, it paused and I reset it, fine. Paused again an hour later and got to start up section with config etc, and a clicking/whirring noise.
Oh how I laughed, the chuckles at having it stop for no reason whatsoever.
And the response from a major supermarket chain kept me rolling in smiles as well.

And SCEE are replacing it Wed.
Hurrah, apparently with a different laser system and improved drive mechanism.