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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: RichG on January 10, 2002, 11:44:08 AM
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Hopefully this will pass sometime.
Well as everyone knows consoles are re-engineered and re-released to cut down on cost and fix problems. The PS2 is no exception to this and therefore a few versions of PS2s are now out around the world.
Im curious as to what version your PS2 is, when you bought it, and if you had any problems with it.
Identifying your PS2...
With exception of the JAP models (which is 1000x), the other PS2s have a code written on the sticker on the back of the unit in the form 3000x.
x is a number which refers to the country. 1 = USA, 2 = AUS, 3 = UK, 4 = EURO...
So im guessing (for examples that) MM\'s ps2 is 30001, RACERS PS2 is 30002, 00seven\'s PS2 is 30003 and Samwise\'s PS2 is 30004.
Also note if you got a PS2 GT pack the code will be 3500x
Next is the version... in America they have v1, v2, v3, v4 and v5, whilst in UK and Euro they have v3, v4 and v5.
HOW TO IDENTIFY VERSIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN!!!!
V3 (Launch version for Europe, over a year old) = 10 screws on the bottom of the unit.
V4 (Released in March, DVD fixes and stuff) = 8 screws on the bottom of the unit.
Then came a special console known as 3000xR. So in UK it was known as 30003R whilst in america it was known as 30001R (see sticker where normal code would be).
30003R can come in both v4 and v5 flavours which both have 8 screws on bottom.
Remove expansion bay cover (doesn\'t invalidate warrentee, its just a cover on back which you can take on and off for extra hardware).
THE R MEANS THESE PS2s HAVE BETTER LASERS!!!!
30003R v4 - Metal rim on cover and no screw inside expansion bay.
30003R v5 - Plastic expansion bay cover and a screw inside.
V5 is the latest PS2. This PS2 doesn\'t run software like DVD region X and also has the latest drivers already installed (like what you get with DVD remote control).
The different PS2 versions have mainboards that are different. As new versions are released the mainboard is normally different to the previous version in a way that it makes it cheaper to produce for Sony and is more anti pirate like.
Apparently the better the version the more solid the unit. Less lip sync, less errors and better drive lasers etc.
So now identify your PS2, say when bought it and if you have had problems.
Mine is 30003 V3, bought on launch, had problems after about 12 months, had a lot of reconditioned v3\'s sent to me which have had problems as well.
Hope you find this post interesting, it should hopefully show that the new PS2s are more stable.
Richard.
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my number is SCPH-30003 ?
is that good ?
had it for comming up to a year now with no Problems ... yet knock on wood.
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3001, mine was purchased in march or april, got it in june for grad. present. How do u find out which version u have?
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Hehe, I had mine for over a year and had minimal problems that I fixed with a CD cleaner. Mine is a SCPH-30001. Older model but kicks ass :D
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mines a 30004, but that is my replaceent one, also when i pick gmt, its actually not gmt, it somewhere else, foreign, as ther is no gmt on mine
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Mine\'s a US launch (Oct 26th) version.....
And I\'m not at home to check the dang number. No problems:)
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:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
my number is SCPH-30003 ?
Well of course it is. I even said in the original post what number yours was. Re-read and find out what VERSION you have.
3001, mine was purchased in march or april, got it in june for grad. present. How do u find out which version u have?
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY READ THIS THREAD or just replied to get another post. :mad:
Hehe, I had mine for over a year and had minimal problems that I fixed with a CD cleaner. Mine is a SCPH-30001. Older model but kicks ass
Your version is ? :rolleyes:
mines a 30004, but that is my replaceent one, also when i pick gmt, its actually not gmt, it somewhere else, foreign, as ther is no gmt on mine
Hmm european machine there. Your version is?
DID ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY READ THAT THREAD I POSTED. I know it was long and all but still, all of them replies seemed rush.
DID YOU ALL JUST READ THE TOPIC AND THINK OOH ILL POST WHAT VERSION MY PS2? and then post 3000x which isnt version thats the MODEL NUMBER!!!!!
Im not angry its just I wrote all that and get 5 rushed responses which really have nout to do with the original thread.
/rant over.
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Ok mine has 8 screws in the bottom sorry RichG, I have to admit I was confused with ur thread, need to watch ur wording and piecing together of topics and related items buddy, that way no one gets confused:D
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Mine is a SCPH-30004 V4
I think.. :)
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so with me only getting mine 4 xmas and living in the UK i should be getting the R series right well damn mine is a 30003 hmm what should i do grrrrr not happy about this being given an older model sux
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Originally posted by mjps21983
Ok mine has 8 screws in the bottom sorry RichG, I have to admit I was confused with ur thread, need to watch ur wording and piecing together of topics and related items buddy, that way no one gets confused:D
Heh your blaming my thread... nah you just need to get some brains. :laughing:
Nah im only kidding. :D
Ok 8 screws... 30001 v4.
Mine is a SCPH-30004 V4
Woohoo someone understood. :hat:
so with me only getting mine 4 xmas and living in the UK i should be getting the R series right well damn mine is a 30003 hmm what should i do grrrrr not happy about this being given an older model sux
Yeah technically you should have the R series PS2. The fact that you don\'t have the R series PS2 means one of two things...
10 screws - 30003 v3 (Launch PS2).
8 screws - 30003 v4 (Released around March).
Either way it sucks because theres 2 versions ahead of that now and you should have at least got the R series. This means that as well as missing out on the updates of the machine you have the older laser therefore you may get the old disc read errors which have been reported on this forum time and time again.
Further more theres a chance of the old someone taking a PS2 back to a shop and them restocking it and selling it. It seems strange for a shop to be selling PS2s which have been around since Launch / March depending on version. I\'ve heard of people not getting V5 but getting V4 R series which is bad compared to V5 (when you spend same amount of money) but i\'ve never heard of anyone getting V3 or V4 without the R series at this late date.
I don\'t mean to sound negative and I wouldn\'t worry about it, well "I" would but thats just me. Your PS2 is probably fine. At the worst its one which someone has taken back to the shop (ie second hand) and they have restocked it. However on the other hand they might have just had a few none R in stock, afterall the people who work in the stock part of the shop can\'t really tell what PS2 your getting.
EDIT - Just read over that post. It sounds so negative. If the PS2 works I would try not to worry about it. You could prehaps exchange it but you run the risk of getting a none working console and then you would have to go back to the shop again.
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Hmm thx but im not having that im not losing out casue some guy didnt like the ps2 i\'ll give Toys R Us a ring 2morra any advise on what i should say?
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You replied quickly... I re-edited my post if you want to re-read it and I also added a EDIT section as well.
Hmmm excuses, excuses. Well you could come out with the old "it crashes after 2 hours of gaming", these are one of them excuses that the shops can\'t really test because they aren\'t going to play your machine for 2 hours. If you get a stock exchange now, they probably have got new stock, theres a chance you will get 30003R V5. You could also just tell them straight, all the information you know. However a PS2 is a PS2 and they may say that your PS2 is fine and not allow you to swap it then.
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yeah i read ur edit and i see your point but thie thing is it might be working fine now but what happens 13 months down the line when the guarantee is out of date and it brakes down its no good just buying a new 1 it took me 3 months to convince my dad to get this one (he h8\'s Consoles :( ) so i just spoke to him and we will just take it bak over weekend thx man
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SCPH-10000 Import and a SCPH-30001 US.
No problems with the exception of ICO. The horrible noise that it caused my machine to make made me return the game. And i really wanted to play it too.
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Originally posted by D3AD_RAGE
yeah i read ur edit and i see your point but thie thing is it might be working fine now but what happens 13 months down the line when the guarantee is out of date and it brakes down its no good just buying a new 1 it took me 3 months to convince my dad to get this one (he h8\'s Consoles :( ) so i just spoke to him and we will just take it bak over weekend thx man
Yeah the exact same thing happened with mine. Well I was lucky? as my PS2 broke down about a week before the warrentee ran out but it sure was a hassle getting a working one from Sony.
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Well, lets just say that my Ps2 is the first model region, and it SUCKS ASS! :evil:
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I have a 15000 (JAP) and a 30002 (AUS)
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My ps2 is bundle with GT3,
Model, 35001.
I have one question, does this model use .18 or .25 micron chip? Hopefully, it was .18 which is more energy efficient and performance slightly better. So, does anybody know? Can somebody show me a site that talk about the new ps2 model with .18 micron chip. Thanks.:D
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You guys STILL aren\'t getting this thread. All your doing is posting your model number. Whats the point in that! I didn\'t right a thread about a page in length when all I could have said was "what does the sticker say on the back of the PS2".
The model number simply states what country the PS2 is from and has nothing to do with version number which states a) how new the PS2 is and b) what enchancements it has over previous PS2s.
THE ONLY PEOPLE who have understood this is Fastson & D3AD_RAGE.
IT ISN\'T that hard to understand. It makes me think that a lot of you have read the topic title and replied to that without reading the thread. Which still shows your ignorance as the thread title asks for the version not the model of the PS2.
If none of you can read the thread and spend 2 minutes looking at your own PS2 to find out WHICH VERSION it is then this thread mess well be closed. Least then I know I won\'t have helped anymore people getting extra posts (which it seems thats all they have replied for).
Don\'t mean to sound angry but this is the second time i\'ve gone over it. :rolleyes:
EDIT - know it all wannabe. Thats what im going on about. You need the version of your PS2 to find this out. As a guess i\'d say since yours is GT pack it will be version 4. This was the version where the micron was .18.
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Mine is a SCPH-30004.... but it seems to be giving be a heck of a lot of problems lately!!
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RichG said:
What version is your PS2? Lets all play this fun game.
Not so fun now is it??:laughing: :laughing: Just kidding;)
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I got mine on Oct 26th, 2000. The Launch Date.
Too lazy to check.
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Originally posted by dawid22
Mine is a SCPH-30004.... but it seems to be giving be a heck of a lot of problems lately!!
Prehaps thats because you are too dumb to get the model number. :rolleyes:
Not so fun now is it??
Your telling me!
Too lazy to check.
WELL WHY POST THEN! Hope you enjoy your post count you SPAMMER.
:mad: 00seven CLOSE THIS THREAD PLEASE IT SUCKS. :mad:
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Yeah, you started it. It sucks. :p
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well i got on the phone with toys r us told em about the crashing every 2 hours (looks away and giggles) they said they aint got no stock till the end of the month and by then my 28 day waranty would have ran out :/ then said to ring sony and would send a reconditiond model oh well forget that after what ive read about u guys and ur probs with sony if and that is and IF my ps2 ever gets a prob ill buy a new 1 hopefully by then the ps2\'s will only be £150ish anyway oh well
thx RichG m8 nice to know this sort of info its handy to know
i wont be shopping a toys r us anymore :)
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Originally posted by RichG
THE R MEANS THESE PS2s HAVE BETTER LASERS!!!!
ummmmmmm no....
the only thing the R means is that you dont need to save the info on your memory card so you can use the official sont dvd remote.
in other words the R has the info in the hard ware.
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No better lasers and the like. The erm... dodgee shops which do chips also sell PS2 component parts say if you bust your PS2 messing inside. They sell the standard laser (30003) and the R laser (30003R). The R laser won\'t fit in the standard PS2. It is an upgraded laser. Theres even more differences but I don\'t know them all but the R definatly means the PS2 has a upgraded laser along with other changes.
D3AD_RAGE: I feel you should be allowed to swap your PS2. I know you are lying to them but say that it was true, your PS2 crashes, you shouldn\'t have to have a second hand PS2 from Sony because you bought a new one from Toys R Us. Another words they have been crap over this situation. Can\'t they give you gift vouchers so you can get one when they come back in stock. I can\'t believe they haven\'t offered you anything else. I mean if you ring Sony your getting a second hand machine for your new machine you got a Christmas, its stupid! I would get back on the phone and tell em it aint your fault that they have no stock and that you would like your money back!
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Originally posted by D3AD_RAGE
well i got on the phone with toys r us told em about the crashing every 2 hours (looks away and giggles) they said they aint got no stock till the end of the month and by then my 28 day waranty would have ran out :/ then said to ring sony and would send a reconditiond model oh well forget that after what ive read about u guys and ur probs with sony if and that is and IF my ps2 ever gets a prob ill buy a new 1 hopefully by then the ps2\'s will only be £150ish anyway oh well
thx RichG m8 nice to know this sort of info its handy to know
i wont be shopping a toys r us anymore :)
simply take it back and explain to them that you would of taken it back earlier but , was told by " insert employyes name here" that toys r us wont be getting anymore in till the end of the month...even ring up again and go through it all agian, but get the employees name, so that you can say you was told by them!!!
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UPDATE:
my nan yeah thats right my nan has just been on the phone to them and she even rang toys r us head office only to be told its not their problem nothing they can do and when she said she will drive there and take it back herself the big headed guy on the end of the phone simply replyed " You will just be wasting you petrol" :/ hmmm makes you think twice about ever going there again
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ring up and ask to speak to the manager, then say you was rudely talked to by a certain person of the staff, and then explain it to the manager......usually works better
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Well after this story they won\'t be getting my custom. Although they didn\'t before anyway. :D
Hope you get it sorted D3.
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mines 30003 v3. i got it in the summer (june i think) i havent had any problems with it yet :) i was tempted to get the new version 5 model, but now that i hear dvd region x doesnt work on it i\'m not gonna bother cos i watch a lot of dvd\'s- mainly region 1 & 2 and i also like to watch them with an RGB picture signal! so v5 just aint gonna cut it for me.
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October 26 - US Launch...
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I purchased mine on 12-27-01.Been playing the heck out of it, no problems so far. Model no.= scph-30001 R,Date code=1c.Hey RichG,did you said that the latest drivers were installed for the dvd remote.Does this mean that if I were to buy the remote I won\'t have to store driver files on a memory card?You sound like you know way more than I do so I hope you can give me an answer. Thanks
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Yeah thats true. You won\'t need to store the drivers on your PS2 memory card.
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I have the SCPH-30001R. Just bought it last night. I come to the conclusion its either a ver4 or ver5. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks
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Is this thread still going. Let it die already. I don\'t know how many more how do I tell what version my PS2 is type posts I can take, WHEN ITS IN THE ORIGINAL THREAD!
Tacos: Do us a favour, read this thread. Esp my very first post. :)
Thanks!
NOW DIE THREAD DIE!
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I\'m sorry Rich. I tried to understand what you posted and I came to the conclusion that I have a version 4 or 5 but, I still don\'t know for sure which. Your original post didn\'t make it easy to tell which u.s version people had.
Thanks
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mine is a 3001 V4.... and I\'m noticing little problems...
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Originally posted by tacos
I\'m sorry Rich. I tried to understand what you posted and I came to the conclusion that I have a version 4 or 5 but, I still don\'t know for sure which. Your original post didn\'t make it easy to tell which u.s version people had.
Thanks
Im sorry! I didn\'t mean to come down too hard. I was just being grumpy! :)
For you tacos...
Look at the expansion bay on the back of the ps2. Remove its cover...
Version 4 - Metal rim around cover and no screw found inside the bay.
Version 5 - All plastic cover and you will find a screw inside the bay.
Hope this helps.
Rich.
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Thanks Rich! I have a version 5 I do believe. I have an all plastic expansion bay cover. I see a big screw in the middle of the expansion bay if that is what screw that you are preferring too. Thanks again.
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well i got mine today and i glanced at the model number on the back and i dont recall see\'n a R at the end and needless to say sure didnt check the number of screws on the bottom of it ;) will check tonite after work and post another reply by tomarrow.
Thanks for the info. Im a sucker for odd/useless information ;)~