HOW TO FIX PS2 DISC READ ERROR + MORE - RGA
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2017
- how to fix the PS2 disc read error, in this video we'll be talking about 3 ways to fix a PS2 that's not reading discs, and also on this broken ps2 there's a messed up CD tray, we'll also be covering how to fix that aswell. General PS2 repair information with it. Thank you for watching!
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my disc tray comes out only 1/4 out and then it gets stuck whatnto do?
Could I use nail polish remover?
Dude i need your help I did that and the disc read but when I wanted to start the game my dualshock dosent turn red . I think when I tore it apart messed up something and know the dual dualshocks dont connect and when I try to put it in I need to put it really hard to get it in pls help
came across this today. my friends ps2 didnt want to work so i decided to look at your vids to see a solution. ill let you know if it worked
My disk tray comes out and the closes again automatically
Man, I hope you see this 4 years later but damn, you just made my night. Because you of I can play Gran Turismo 4 all night just like the good old day! Thanks!
I did see it, and im so happy it worked for you😀😀😀
I am even later...😂. Trying anything to get my simpsons hit and run to work. Also, dvds will not play. I don't even get an error message lol. Blue games don't work either.
The Ps2 was the first console i took apart as a young kid. I was really into clear cases at the time so i learned about all the internals by dissembling and reassembling everything. Great vid.
Nobody asked u fo Ah back story
@@2dan033 nobody asked for you to reply a comment that you don't care about.
Thanks dude. Still helping people in 2022! Felt like i got ripped off getting mine for 50 off facebook marketplace. This helped make my week.
I'm glad it worked, if your it stops working you can always replace the laser in the future too, thanks for watching man!
Love that you pay attention to detail when cleaning these. My employees have a hard time doing that in my retro video game store.
Thank you, it's funny you should say that, lots of my repairs are for all the retro game stores in my state, man, they clean the outside good, but never the inside, i'm not sure if they think that's my job or not or something, i should talk to them about that. i do take alot of send in modifications too, which i even pay more attention to detail with, and you can see that on my newer videos on this channel! thank you for watching by the way
Yeah man subbed for sure!
@@RETROGAMINGARTS anybody know how to fix the higher pitched audio problem? its supposed to sound lower yet it is now a higher pitched and i noticed in one of my games, the music is higher pitched there and it is distacting. ANybody know how to fix this? THNANX!
It did not work to me😐
My dude you're a legend!
Fixed my fat PS2 that wouldn't read dual layer discs!
I'm new to all this what is a dual layer disc?
@@melloniefrazier2278 A dual layer disc is exactly what it sounds like. The discs have 2 different depths that the laser has to read and if the laser frequency isnt almost perfect, it can't read both layers.
@@danielschnabel5168 My ps2 got a problem that it just says "Reading the disc" all the time do you know a way to fix it?
@@herizefell1431 If the disk is spinning, the laser is likely not aligned, it's dirty, or it's dying.
Test blue disks as those are the first to stop working. If none work, look up guides to clean and re-align your laser.
@@danielschnabel5168 I bought it about more than 10 years ago. Its the first generation console but haven't use it for about 3 years. Might be too dirty though not sure
Thanks for the help, broke out my ps2 that I hadn't played in ages and kept getting that message, followed the video instructions and it worked like a charm, thanks now I'm full of nostalgia playing need for speed underground rn
Bro thank you so much. It’s 2022 and you are still helping people. After I did this it read my games!
Nice! Thanks man that worked great and was super easy to do. I even did it to my old PS2 just for the hell of it so now I got 2. Can't believe that was the problem for both of them.
Thanks for this video. My ps2 fat is back in commission. I'll definitely use this process not only for my ps2 but for all my other consoles as well👍
Thanks man! I was so sad when my ps2 wouldn't read my san andreas disc! Just needed a good cleaning. appreciate it man!
thank you! this helped me out big time. I was floored by how much dust I had built up inside the ps2
Damn broham, you just saved my quarantine. Take this sub why don't ya.
To elaborate- my PS2 "broke" years ago. I screw-drove it apart, hit it with the dust-off, and took a drunk q-tip to the laser assemblage, but no dice unfortunately. I bagged it up, along with all its cords & cables, and my various controllers.
The past two days, I've been listening to old rpg OSTs and watching let's plays of retro games and got inspired to pull the old thing out. Much to my chagrin, "DISK READ ERROR", and some mild ptsd of it completely crapping out ~6 years ago was all that awaited me. Quick search led to you, and turns out that guide I saw last time around failed to detail the bit about the adjustable white gear. After a dusting, a swabbing, and a meticulous adjusting of said gear, the miraculous occurred and I now have you to thank sir. Now I can dive into nostalgia myself, instead of simply sampling it vicariously.
For those requiring the "gear fix", turn it until it clicks loudly and "resets" as our friend shows in the video. Try it like that first, but if it still doesn't work- as was the case for mine, then from the beginning position, keep trying it after turning in intervals of 4 clicks. Eventually, it will start detecting PS2 disks again. At first, it may detect the disk, but keep looping back to the browser screen whenever you click on the disk. If that happens, you're in the right ballpark- just simply experiment with turning the gear in intervals of only 2 from that position, first backwards, then if that still doesn't work, 2 forwards from that position. Chances are, after two additional clicks from that position in either direction, your laser assemblage's height will be at the exact ideal level to begin detecting and properly reading the disks again. Hope this further helps those in similar positions checking out this video. Sorry for any possible confusion.
This is excellent. Thank you for leaving this. I made this video a while ago so it was before I had learned more. I greatly appreciate you filling in some blanks for others it means alot to me.
BRO U SAVED MY LIFE I HAVE A PS2 SLIM BUT FR ALL I HAD TO DO WAS CLEAN THE DISK CAMERA AND IT WORKED!!! I CAN PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS AGAIN 😭💀
In my case, PS1 games did not work, everything else did. Cleaning did not help so I had to adjust the lens to get PS1 games to work and did it pretty easily with the help of this tutorial. I can now enjoy Ape Escape on my PS2. Thank you!
Did you have to replace anything to make it work?
@@melloniefrazier2278 no i did not replace anything. Just adjusted the lens a bit
Wait so what do I have to do exactly? I have a fat ps2 and it’s not reading a ps1 disc
Well structured video bro, loved watching it !
Worked like a charm. Easy to follow instructions & done in less than an hour because I dusted the heck out of my console.
Only thing not mentioned, was the warranty tape at the back. Keep an eye out for that.
Great video!!!!
Im pretty sure the warranty on ps2s in general are outdated by now but i could understand if you want the console to look factory new
you fixed all my problems for my ps2 the laser was dead all i did was clean it boom now my games work again thank you soooo much for making this video. and i just liked the video and now im gonna subscribe thanks again for making my day better!
πολύ καλές οδηγίες , απλές και κατανοητές χωρίς να μακρηγορεί. επισκεύασα ένα fat playstation 2 και τώρα ο γιος μου παίζει παλιά ωραία βιντεοπαιχνίδια. Σε ευχαριστώ.
Alcohol is like a wonder drug for all things retro gaming lol. Last time I opened up a PS2, I found 3 dead roaches inside, which explained while the laser wasn't working because they seemed to have imploded. Must have crawled through the CD tray area, and died somehow getting stuck.
What is the WORST condition you've seen a system in that you've managed to successfully repair? Props to anyone who has the patience to clean systems like this.
Glad to have subbed - great stuff.
Thomas Torre hmm worst condition that ive repaird, ive fixed some xbox 360 controllers that where SO DIRTY i side, it looked like MUD, but ive found cockroaches in a ps2 one time... couldent repair it...
Thomas Torre good question lol. Thanks for checkin out my channel, oh and 91% alcohol.... its so important
cockroaches!? 🤢🤢
I've had to fix a bunch of PS2's that I buy used this way, though I never knew about the laser reset by putting in the three different types of disks, thanks for the info, I'll be trying that first next time.
An awesome very detailed & thorough
video, my dude! 😁👍👍
Cheers to you, my man! 🥃🥃
Happy this helped you
Wow,amazing,it worked,thankyou so much,it was so frustrating when i could only play some of my games,now they all work,hats off to you sir.😀
Hell yeah man you’re a life saver. Guitar Hero here we come!!!
Great video, this fixed my problem. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this you are a life saver I was trying every different method but I just gave in and yours worked thanks
Thank you, thought I cleaned the laser properly and I did not so now it works, thanks again
That white wheel you point out at 3:10 doesn't have to be adjusted manually on this particular PS2. The PS2 you have is a launch SCPH-30001 and that white gear on these particular PS2s is actually adjusted automatically when you insert a disc by a small motor next to it.
You're right. Part of this channel is learning as I learn, so some old videos have wrong information and as videos get newer, and I learn more, better information comes.
Thanks this just saved me from buying a used ps2 for 50 bucks. And it was simple and easy
If you want to more easily determine the issue your ps2 has, put the game you want to play inside of the ps2 upside down. If the ps2 does not show an error message within 5 minutes or so, then you probably want to follow the fix showed in this video. If it does, your ps2 may just be having trouble processing the data on the disc. To fix this, I removed my memory card whilst the ps2 was reading the disc, then re insert the memory card when you know the ps2 has completed reading the disc. If this does not work, follow the guide in the video.
My problem is that it wont read the disc
Man you earned yourself a subscriber it worked. And i thought it was broken
HELL YA, THANK YOU!! this fixed up my ps2, and i immediately went downstairs to boot up my old DDR game :) hella out of shape, but it was so fun
Thanks this worked on my ps2 it needed to be cleaned and adjusted once I did that it worked fine I did not have alcohol so I used window cleaner instead
Thx. was able to fix my ps2 easily with your advice. Really appreciated!
good i'm glad :-)
Best 10min video I've watched
Thank you so much for the information just fixed my ps2 and worker’s great 👍🏻
thank you you litterally just helped me fix my ps2
I had been struggling on and off to get my old PS2 to read discs but I never thought about alternating discs. So I tried that and she’s back up and running. 😁
Great video man , very detailing
Awesome 😎
Didn't have the alcohol mentioned in the vid but I had rum lol. Worked the same. Much appreciated
I just wanna say thanks man this really worked I can play any game I want now ‼️
Excellent happy to hear that
This helped so much thank you. It wasn’t my later it was that cog wheel I had to spin
Thank you so much i finally fixed my old fat ps2 that didnt want to read the disc laying down only standing up xddd.again thank you! my relic is saved form the dead
Thank you sir your method worked. Saved my my PS2
Awesome, thanks a lot. It worked!
Cleaning the laser light worked for me. Thank you!
Great job man!
Thank you so much for this, lifesaver
This worked, thank you so much!
You sir are amazing! I am going to give it a try
Great video, you have great content
Mass40K thank you, lots more to come!
Thanks for the detailed video! 👍
Thanks for the vid it really helped
NICE! feel free to check out everything i do, lots and lots of stuff like this all over my channel
10/10 worked perfectly :D
It worked like a charm !
Thanks for the help in 2020 i have dissasemboed for the first time my ps2 and is working thanks.
My ps2 got a problem that it just says "Reading the disc" all the time do you know a way to fix it?
THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD! I HOPE IT WORKS
If cleaning it doesn't you can always swap the laser for a new one. New lasers are like 10 bucks maxed
What a great video!
Brian Miller thank you, lots more fixes to come
This helped. Thanks
Great Ps2 dvd disc drive restoration
Thank you so much. I can play my ps2 again.
Can you do a tutorial for PS3 60 GB's as well Retro Gaming Arts? By the by just subscribed -- Great video.
Thank you! it worked!!!
NICE! enjoy
Great video!!!
thank you, we do lots of console fixes and other content about video games here, thanks for watching!
I haven’t used my PS2 since 2004, it kept getting error messages when I tried to play any game.
First i thought the problem was CDs, thinking i played them to much and it reached the end of it’s life. Bought a new game assuming everything would go back to normal.....nope, still getting that error messages. That’s when i discovered the problem was the lens. 🤦🏻♀️
I got lazy, didn’t wanna fix it, figured I was never going use/need it so i ended up putting it away and forgot all about it until 2021.
Now that the cable is no longer active in my home, It’s really, really boring without it. But damn I’m glad i never got rid of my PS2 for situations such as mine. Videos games are quite useful in a no cable zone home. lol 😆😜
Just hoping leaving my PS2 sit for so long it didn’t get worse. Gonna try this method.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂👍
Thank you very much .ps2 is better than others madden 2012 franchise mode ! The newer they get the restricted and complicated they get!
Just wanted to say, thank you so much for that guide, that’s one of the best ones I’ve ever seen! Was that a SCPH 30001 by any chance? :)
nice! i'm glad it helped, and honestly this videos so old i dont remember what scph it was, it was a VERY EARLY ps2 i remember. ive learned so much more about ps2's since this video also, i'm embarrassed about it
It is. It’s the original 10 screw version.
Looking back at this video, that is certainly a launch model! The tilt motor was removed from the 3002 and onwards (I believe) I guess it also had a KHS 400B laser block? Still like this video, nice to see a 10 screw PS2 model!
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHH
man I have a ps2 and it actually sometimes cant read disks!!!! Great vid, well be doing this lens cleanse on my next day off
jM[c]` NICE! Dont forget if cleaning the lens doesnt work, try the disc swap technique with ps1 and ps2 discs
most deff!! and if all else fails, Adjust the dial of doom
i also didnt know there was such grease that was for just plastics and metals!
jM[c]` LOL! dial of doom!
My issue is that my PS2 will only play games with blue or black undersides. Silver ones don’t work. I tried these methods and still no help. What do you suggest I do?
Thx and nice vid👍🏻
Thank you for watching! hope it helps
I'm going to try it right now
Have same exact console with two long screws and loose wires for the eject assembly
dude u did half of 1 lense of 2 lenses and the mirror and laser lenses itself lmao. u took 10 minutes explaining dirty tray rails so everybody can get the disc quicker to the laser that wont read lmao. great job.
Where do we find the second lense. Do all PS 2's have two lasers?
Mellonie Frazier the second underneath the top lens then theres a mirror the final lens at the laser. Take the whole laser assembly apart. Take your time and pay attention to what your doing. The laser assembly can be stripped down too just the frame rail. With all lenses and reflector mirror cleaning on both sides. Take your time and notice what hardware came from where . . the screws have did is
what?
Thank you paul
Great information
Thank you
This video helped me.
Good man
Outstanding!
+TorkManix thank you, any repair or mod you want to see? I think i asked you this before and you said 32x, and i did it, so now i hafto ask again lol
+TorkManix im going to be doing pretty much all repairs and mods, just dont kno witch order to do them in so help me out!
RETRO GAMING ARTS Yes! Anything on the Game Gear. I have a few with bad caps. A good video on replacement would be nice. Or even an AV mod.
Something short on some soldering tips, maybe how to avoid cold solder joints or proper temps to avoid damage to chips or the board. Especially desoldering, I have trouble with that.
Battery replacement on carts too. Genny, SNES, GameBoy, whatever is best for you.
Congrats on hitting over 500 subs too! Seems like just a month ago you were doing a video about hitting 200.
Worked!!!!
You did a great video man I'm having issues with my PlayStation right now my system is playing PlayStation 1 disc and music CDs but it won't play PlayStation 2 games or DVDs so I'm trying to see how can you help me fix this issue
Replacing the laser will fix your issue this is a bad video
Life Saver 🙏🏼
Awesome vid Mr. RGA. I have a PS2 that reads discs but they take a long time to load. They stop spinning for 60 seconds and then spin again and read just fine. I’ve tired cleaning and replacing the laser to no avail. Any ideas for what to try next? I’ve heard about the laser control IC chip that’s known to fail. Could that be the issue?
Thanks so much for the upload, it's a great video! Quick question, my console doesn't have the white knob that's supposed to move the laser up and down -- have you ever heard of that before? Unfortunately, cleaning the console and the laser didn't seem to work!
Buy new laser, search "ps2 replacment laser 400c" and you'll find one, and just swapping that in will do the trick
@@RETROGAMINGARTS Amazing, thanks so much, really appreciate it!
Great video, I did all that you mentioned and mine is still having issues, it'll read a couple games as well as play maybe one of em but errors on the rest, any idea why? Thinking the laser may be on its way out but not sure
Hey man what size screw driver did you use to open the tray? I noticed the screws are different sizes. Just was curious what size you used for the smaller screws
I have a problem with my ps2 games lagging, as in environments won't pop in consistently and will stay blurry for a long time. It also freezes frequently. Will this help with that as well?
What size screwdriver did you use to take the dvd case off? I can't find one small enough.
This works!
Cool, never heard of lithium grease
+gotbletu lithium grease is my go to for ALL disc based consoles
i might have to get a bottle for my OG Xbox; those tray usually stuck
+gotbletu yea, they do, clean the little rubberband inside them too, it gets real dirty for some reason
It's been around for 100 years. They use it on "no drip" applications... like garage doors and such.
Great video. I have read that you should dilute the 91% isopropyl alcohol with 50% water. Is that right or do you just just the isopropyl alcohol as is? Thanks !
i just did a fix on my ps2 i thought may help others. i still use a ps2 because the ONLY game i ever play is Gran Turismo. Around 6 months or so ago, it started to not load the game and i`d press reset a few times and eventually load, but got so bad, i just stopped playing it till last week, when i descided to have a look, nothing ventured :) i tried something which was the same issue i had with my cd player last year and worked, so i removed the lid off the ps2 and the black plate over the top of the laser. i cleaned the laser with lighter fuel and a cotton bud, but i also did one thing that is very often over-looked and was the issue with my cd player, which was the two stainless steel pins that the laser moves up and down on. In this instance, just like the cd player, both pins were bone dry, so i applied some white grease to the pins with a small artists brush, put the lid back on and it now plays perfect every time, it`s made a world of difference! One thing though to bare in mind, DON`T spray the grease on the runners, use a small paint brush, otherwise you`ll get grease all over the laser :)
hope this helps someone.
Mine was mint condition/spotless but I still disassembled and wiped with alcohol. I’m still having issues with RSOD. Any advice?
im gonna try this and ill let you know how it turns out by updating this comment EDIT: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO ITS WORKING PERFECTLY NOW!
Hell yes
That gear which changes the height of the laser, to be used as a last resort - do you know what the factory default setting is? I didn't mark it before tweaking it. I'm currently testing each notch haha.
Another great video for the average user to get some more miles out of their console.
Thank you! That's the goal, more miles out of consoles. And if cleaning it doesnt work, you can always replace laser
Do you use rubbing alcohol when cleaning all dust or just plain Qtips?
I had to purchase a new laser in order to get it to work in the end. Had to get hold of Lens Changer and Macboot with Ulaunch on. So could update the Lens driver to the correct one I had installed.
Thank you so much for the help. I was super scared to take off the warranty label at first, but after learning they shut this cleaning service down I wanted to go through and do a once over on the playstation to get a feel for knowing what I've been playing on for 17 years and if it needed service.
BIG QUESTION THOUGH, after going through the once over, cleaning and everything, my blue discs still wont work on my PS2 without putting a little masking tape on the inside edge. I didn't do the last resort cleaning method since that one seems a little scary to only being able to do it a few times, but I'm lost since I cleaned everything else, and all disc work except blue. Black and silver discs work just fine though. Any advice would be much appreciated
You need a new laser, most likely a 400c will be your laser, it was the most used in ps2s. The blue disc is CD format. As is ps1, and ps1 discs are DVD format. On the bottom of your laser there willbe 2 small dials, you can gently twist one to increase the CD lasers power. This is called pot tweaking. I would research it a bit before you do it. But it should have positive results, and if it doesnt, buy a new laser
I will give it a try and let you know. Thank you!
Casey Robertson did it work?
Thanks bro
Now my dad and little brother can play a ps2 in the living room
😀😀😀
I use window clean at work perfectly
Great work! In 6:16 when you installed the right cover, can I run the disk without installing that cover? Because there is some noise in that area.
Yes you can
And thank you for checking out my channel
you just safe my fat ps2 thanks