I think it's important to mention that there are many different versions of the PS2, including many different fat PS2s, so at least showing the SCPH-number should have been included. My SCPH-30004 (original EU release model), for example, looks completely different on the inside.
What is your problem bro, I have 17 yo PSU Codgen that powers Duron 600 Mhz and a MB with 7 PCI ports, Nvidia TNT 32MB. One think to remember is to keep you psu clean out of dust.
my 50003 no longer has power. it was on standby for many months and then it just died one day. no power, no light. what is the most common cause? and how can i fix it?
My system reads disc slow and if you put it up with a disc already in inserted it never goes to that immediately goes to the menu screen and you have to select browser to get it to read
Hi Illana, sadly I don't take consoles in any more. Because I am from South Africa and most of the people viewing the videos are overseas it makes it unfeasable. Of your in South Africa , try Defcon5
I set the dials at twelve o'clock and still not reading anything. I initially took it apart to solve the rattling sound. The games were fine before this but started freezing sometimes and PS2 would rattle. I fixed the rattling and now it won't read anything
So I picked up a 50001 model ps2 from ebay. I cleaned it thoroughly and replaced the battery. It plays ps1 games and the blue disc games with ease. The regular silver backed discs it sort of plays the intro... like on Silent Hill 2 the dude in the mirror.... except it just plays a .25 second at a time till it just just freezes. No error message or anything. I think with this video, I may be able to get it going on these disks. Thank you.
Do you still have the VGS software for transferring files over via the parallel port? I just pulled my system down from my attic - still works great! - and would like to do some transfers from a PC again if possible, but haven't been able to locate the software so far :-/ Zero luck finding it online so far!
We have a black screen issue with our Wii. It turns on, I press "A" on the initial screen. I get the full Wii Menu. But if I click on the disc icon (Wii Sports for example) OR if I click on Mii Channel, the next screen comes up (with, at the bottom, the options Wii MENU OR START). When I choose START, the screen goes black. At this point even pressing the power button will not turn off the Wii. If I unplug, then replug, the Wii is usable again, but I only get just as far as I described above. Any guidance you can offer would be most appreciated. Or perhaps I could send it to you to check it out. We currently have the Wii taken apart, but I do not see anything that might help. All I could think of was maybe to disconnect then reconnect the plugs that connect into the disk drive.
Sounds like there is some iOS corruption, I would try modmii and do a full system restore gbatemp.net/threads/best-way-to-mod-any-wii-modmii-for-windows-official-support-thread.207126/
Seriously thank you! Finally got to the point where I realized what the hel* is going on!! Also have a 50001 ps2, followed your video and I see it is reading CD (bluish-purple tinted discs no problem at all). The issue is with CDs (so the majority of ps2 discs lol) not focusing or reading those and freezing. Going to attempt the POT adjustment, maybe get a few more months out of it before having to replace the laser lol. ...thanks for the picture showing us which pot is which on the bottom of the laser. Haha, jk. Thank you tons for this video!!
This video is a lifesaver! I took apart my PS2 to clean it and replace the battery and the disc drive wouldn't read discs after. This video helped show what I did incorrectly when putting the disc drive back together. Thanks!!!
Hey, I have a peculiar problem with my console. Whenever I start it up with a disc inside it will say that the disc can't be read (red screen and the disc stops spinning), however if I take out the disc and then in again while the system is on it will read it. Could this also be a calibration issue? Thanks for the video btw. really good documentation!
That sounds like a calibration or laser issue, the first stage of reading a disc is verifying if it's genuine or not, if it can't very it you get the red screen. Start with a good clean, then calibration and if both fails replace the laser. Some early modchips also had this issue.
holy crap this video is perfect thank you mate. just got my ps2 running that ive been trying to get going for a few months. Absolutley amazing thanks so much ! :D
I have had a big journey with my ps2 "phat". I got it from sitting in the closet for about 10 years. It played only ps1 games, some early ps2 games but no purple or newer ps2 games at all. I opened the ps2 and a little black part that had "47 10V" Written on it dropped out. I did not know where it had dropped from. Then i cleaned the ps2 everywhere. I also cleaned the laser, and showed pictures of every electronic board on the console to some of my friends. One of my friends actually found out where that piece had fallen from. It was from the disc drive. I am a beginner at sodering and that was really hard thing to do because the pieces are so small, but i think i got them sodered decently. Then i reassembled my ps2 phat. I tested it with a DVD movie, old and new ps2 game, ps1 game and a purple disc. It played every one of them, but at the start it kept giving a disturbing grinding noise, and i sometimes needed to restart the system multiple times or turn it sideways or something you know, classic playing around a bit. Then i watched this video. I cleaned the other laser, looked at the cog (Mine has 1), but that did not effect it. What seemd to make a difference was the screw adjusting the angle of the laser. It felt like it was a trading game. At looser setting other games would grind and not work, and others something else happened with other games. The cog setting was definately better at 11 for me. I spent 5 hours looking for the right screw height for the laser, and finally i think i found a good spot. No major grinding noises, games start every time after around 1-3 seconds of the browser menu appearing, but now ps1 games take the longest. This seems to be the best compromise tho. Thanks for this video :D !
Good that i found this video. Had problems with my old PS2 reading some Discs. Thought i have to change the laser, but adjusting the one white plastic gear in the back helped and now all games are reading perfect. I have the SCPH-39004.
Hello I have the same console and I don't know how to set up with those two white gears up there. The laser is correct because I tried it on another console. I don't know how to adjust those two upper white gears. no matter how I set them, it loads the original disc and always says This disc cannot be played. how do i set them to work normally. i tried it on another console that has different mechanics and it works fine there. can you even draw how to place those two gears?
Let's say hypothetically it doesn't even bother spinning the disc when it's loaded into the tray. What would be the issue then? I ask because I just got as laser, didnt mess with the potentiometer and all I got were CD games working. Tried swapping my OG lasser back thinking "Maybe it was just out of calibration and the OG laser might work. Don't see the laser on either of them now. Im thinking maybe it's the controller as mentioned towards the end but I dont see any tutorials on how to fi/replace that. Help is much appreciated. Thank you
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Hi Kate, I am in South Africa so sending it here will cost a small fortune , not to mention sending it back, you can pick up a new drive on eBay for about $19-35 and simply swap the drive it's extremely easy and you can follow along on the video
Unfortunately you live stream when I'm typically in bed so I don't ever get to watch you. You're cute though and I wish I could reach through the internet and give you a hug for a little while. You sound like you need hugs. 🤗
I am sorry, I am working on trying different time zones , if you don't mind en asking what timezone are you in? Thank you so much for the hug! PS you can watch the vods here if that helps :) m.twitch.tv/fasman_live/videos
@@FaSMaN I actually live in Texas but due to my living situation I only get time alone to watch live streams or game or any of that stuff after everyone else in the house goes to sleep so I end up staying up overnight from 10pm -> 5am my time, which puts me pretty much in the typical day/night cycle for Australia even though I'm in the USA.. :/ And watching VODS isn't the same thing as being there to interact with ya while you're gaming and stuff.
Hi, I just replaced my lens, set the gears to 12 o'clock and made the screw lens horizontal. The DVD keeps spinning and said 'reading disk' but nothing happens. What can I try? Remember that a just both lens and removed the soldering
Hello, I have a ps2 39003 fat model which the new laser I have installed only plays cds dvds and silver backed games but not blue backed games. The laser is a khs-400r HD7 laser and I was wondering how I fix this issue please 🙏
Good morning Sadly I don't really fix consoles for people anymore. But maybe I can help where are you situated. If you're outside of South Africa it won't really be economical.
@@FaSMaN It won't read the disks (except for deal or no deal). I'm sure nobody has put anything in the slot so maybe the laser is bad, I just don't know. I can get a "refurbished" one for about $70. I don't know if that's a good deal because we've had this console for about 15 years.
My ps2 wasn't reading some dvds so I tried to increase the potentiometer, but I believe I went too hard on it and didn't turn the little screw with caution, and maybe lowered the resistance too much in one go? I don't know but now the disc spins very very slow and with fatigue, could that be it? I tried getting the potentiometer back to normal state but the damage seem to be done :(
