Help! Playstation 2 broke? (1 Viewer)

[Nelson Au]

Guys-

I was curious if anyone here has experienced a problem with their Playstation 2 console that I'm having. I turned mine on yesterday and I usually leave the game disc in the machine. Grand Theft Auto-Vice City in this case.

I left the room and came back to find the game where I last left off, but a odd sound was coming from the machine and a message on the screen that said "Disc error, reload the game DVD". When I reloaded the disc, the game would not load and I can only see the Playstation screen asking what it wants to load from.

The sound is best described as sort of grinding, or rattling. The disc is clean and I tried disconnecting power and waiting. I tried tilting the console from vertical to horizontal and back. A friend suggested that maybe a belt came off its pulley on the DVD drive.

If sending it in for repair at a Sony repair facility will cost as much as a new one, I’ll go that route, but before I do that, maybe someone could suggest some options that I can try by opening it up. If it’s as simple as a belt, and it is accessible, I can do that. By the way, the machine is one year old and well beyond the 90 day warranty.

Thanks! Nelson

 

[Eric Alderson]

I heard using a can of compressed air can help. I had that same problem but with the blue bottomed discs. I had a replacement plan on it so I took it to the store and they gave me a new one. Hope this helps.

 

[Morgan Jolley]

Call Sony up. If they think it's their fault it broke and not yours, they fix it for free. They did this for me.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks for the input guys. I actually gave it a hard wack on the top and bottom of the case at the same time. I heard the disc inside seat and start to load up! This is not something I would normally do, but I didn't have much to loose. It just played fine for abour an hour now.

If it happens again, I'll call Sony and see if they will fix it.

Nelson

 

[Joe michaels]

Sounds like the lens carriage was stuck. I had that happen on a PSONE which was much easier to see. Some odd lunk of plastic got wedged in there but it still worked after removing it.

 

[Nelson Au]

Hey Joe-

Thanks for the input. That sounds like a likely reason for the noise, a stuck lens carriage. Hopefully it's okay now!

Nelson