Hello, creator of the mod here! This is a really good tutorial video that I wish I saw way earlier. This was originally just a thing to install back when I did PS2 repairs, but decided to make it public. I was not expecting it to take off the way it did though. Glad to see it helping people though!
AHHH WUTSUP!? Thanks so much for watching! Trust me this was a life saver for my slim and so happy I came across it. Thanks so much for your ingenious idea, happy to promote it and spread the word!
Thanks to your mod, floppy and thanks to your video hylian, I was able to purchase and install this with success. I had my fears of opening up the console and doing this but now that it’s done, I feel so much more at ease knowing my discs will not be getting scratched up. A very simple but very very awesome mod. Thank you two very much!
I love it when someone who has a 3D printer actually uses it to make something useful that actually helps someone who has a problem, this is one of them.
Dude I recently made a video on a weird ps2 ball controller, and the game that came with it was brand new sealed. When I pulled it out, there was a ring around it. Man, I checked my ps2 as soon as I started playing this video, sure enough, that ribbon csble be rising! Thanks for the vid and advice, and thanks to the original creator too!
@@hylianlad Thanks for the advice but it didn't work. 🥲 Anyway, if you're interested, the title of the thread is: My solution for the Slim's "Ring of Death", with the search bar of the site you should find it.
I think the best way to preserve your PS2 and your discs is by using OPL to load games from some other media that's not your discs. It's just a matter of time, these machines aren't as reliable anymore. Today the ribbon cable got faulty, tomorrow the laser might fry up. It's best to move to solid state storage for old consoles that used optical drives, like ODEs and homebrew applications like OPL on the PS2 and Swiss on the GC etc
This happened to me some years ago. It did happen with a few of my discs before I noticed. Luckily the damage was very small on every disc except for the one I noticed at first. It was a brand new and scratch free disc. But again luckily I happened to have two copies of that exact game, and the others were only very lightly scratced and barely visible. It scared me so much that I softmodded the console and run the games from a USB trough SMB now.
@@hylianlad for some reason it made gear noises everytime I opened the ps2. I think the gears were trying to move the cd motor but it didn’t have power. Anyways very weird either way
Pretty cool can probably rig something instead of buying it. Only issue I can see is if the laser dies you might end up breaking it trying to remove it.
Not sure where you are, but one of the local retro gaming stores near me does disc resurfacing for about $5/disc. My copy of OG RE2 had a fairly deep scratch that didn't allow me to finish the game (I literally just beat the last boss and the system couldn't load the last cutscene), so I took it over to that place, they resurfaced it, and it worked great! Looked brand new, too. I think some GameStops do it as well. Either way, it's definitely worth looking in to if you're looking to save your copy of FFVII.
Thanks for the heads up! I'm in the Boston area and I believe a couple places near me offer this as a service too so I may look into it. Which direction did your scratches go on the disk out of curiosity? The problem with mine is that the scratches from the ribbon are in a ring shape and go completely around the disk in a perfect circle, which is exactly how data is read :/
Great mod, sadly it won't fit my 70003 with the wider SPU3170 laser unit, fortunately the glue on that hasn't gone yet but it's bound to happen eventually.
Just got mine in the mail on Friday. Just finished installing it today. That little screw for the new cover took me almost half an hour it did not wanna go in. It’s kinda lopsided and the cover is a lil shakey but it stayed in. Digimon world 4 here I come!
I have a mod chipped slim that because of the mod installation had the cable unglued and stuck back so the problem was boodted. But the unit is darned chipped slim this will likely save it
Thanks for the video. I just ordered one of these shields and will be following this tutorial when it arrives. I'm looking forward to playing my PS2 again, I shelved it a few years back after it destroyed a couple of games.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! I was thinking I was imagining that happening because it did not happen ALL th time. Thank you!
I just done it but without the Printed Part i put some tape to tape the Ribbon down. I've heard some weird Noises now when it Tries Loading the disc - what causes that? And how do i fix it? Damn i regret trying to do this now.
Yea I wouldn't use tape, depending on how wide the strip is it may force down the ribbon cable too much and halt the laser from properly moving. I'd honestly remove it and try this mod instead.
@@hylianlad Hey i fixed it i put too much tape in there it jammed it like you said haha. Hey bro i can't buy those Guards tho... can you send me one i will pay you? i tried to buy off Etsy the guy said he not posting to UK. So i can't buy the Ribbon Guard - if i could id defo do that Mod - would never have to change the Ribbon ever again! Thanks for commenting back bro
Thanks for addressing the part about the glue for the guide wearing off I was like WTH this is useless that glue will wear off too 😂. But I’m already thinking about using red loctite instead of crazy glue. This junk ps2 ruined my $300 game so I’ll definitely get this. Cheaper than buying another ps2 model without this issue
Hey I mean as long as you go slow and are gentle with the parts (particularly the ribbon cables) and keep the laser clean then I don't see why you couldn't do it!
That's because the 79000 model the ribbon cable was never held on by adhesive it was held on by plastic tabs holding it in place, so if you have a 79000 model you're basically safe from having any of your games scratched
STOP USING THE DISC DRIVE GET SD CARD MODS ON OLD SYSTEMS AND LEAVE YOUR GAMES SEALED IN THE BOX DISC DRIVES ARE OBSOLETE USE GOOGLE AND BUY AN ADAPTER
