Has anyone else\'s PS2 seem to die after about a month?

Dude I would stay at Sony\'s door on this one.  Keep calling until you piss everyone off.  Make sure that when you send this thing off you don\'t void your warranty.  Cause if it comes back still not working your up that creek, and you know which one I mean.

I hate to hear that happen to anyone especially since it means it could happen to me or someone else.

Yeah, I\'ll keep in touch with Sony.  About the voided warranty thing, you would hope that they\'d replace the warranty seal with a fresh one after making repairs to the console.  The Sony tech quoted me 15-20 business days on the phone (which works out to be about a month if you count out Saturday and Sunday), but I guess I have no choice but to ship it in.  I pay for the shipping one way.

The other option I have is crossing my fingers and hoping that my store will get a PS2 in stock within the next couple of weeks.  I spoke to my manager he says that they\'ll be setting one aside for me for my replacement plan if that\'s what I want to do.

So Sony said send it back to them huh?  Where is the shipping address?

[Edited by EmperorRob on 12-30-2000 at 02:06 AM]

ALL IS GOOD I GOT A NEW PSX2.  BUT TO ALL YOU THAT SAY THAT WE DONT TAKE CARE OF YOUR MACHINES YOU ARE ALL WRONG.  IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WIHT THEM I DOUBT THAT IT IS OUR FAULT.  I TALKED TO THE GUY AT MEDIA PLAY AND HE SAID THAT THEY ARE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MACHINES THAT WERE RELEASED THE DAY IT CAME OUT BASICALLY THE FIRST SHIPMENT AVALIABLE TO THE PUBLIC.  BUT NOT ALL ARE DOING IT. HE SAID THAT HE HAS HAD 3 OR 4 CALLS TO THE STORE ABOUT THE PSX2 WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS.

I believe that Sony has a service center for every region in the US.  I live in Arizona and the tech I spoke to told me to ship my PS2 to the following address:

Sony Service Center
14450 Myford Ave.
Irvine, CA 92606

You have to enclose a letter with the package with your name, street address, telephone number, PS2 model and serial numbers, and a description of your problem.  I think you actually have to speak to SCEA first before sending your console in for repairs though.

When did you send yours off and when did they say it would be back?

Hmmmmm, read the thread......  They say 15-20 business days AFTER the technician receives the console.  I didn\'t get around to going to UPS today so I have to wait until Monday to ship mine

I\'m curious b/c I\'m wondering if I\'ll have to send mine off as well.  These probs I\'ve been experiencing with Smackdown2 are recurring and after checking Sony\'s site it seems to be a design flaw in the PS2 that it won\'t play some games for PS1.  

Of course, if it\'s not a flaw, then I would like an exchange or a fix.

Guys, those of you who got their PS2s stopped working, after you finished playing with it did you put it in standby mode only or put it in standby mode then turn off the main switch? You see, I\'m living in UK and have a US PS2 (bought it through auction). It has only been 2 weeks since the nice man from Parce Force handed me the PS2 package.... at 8 in the morning.
Well, I took care of it like crazy and still running smoothly while hoping that nothing bad would come as of my effort guarding my PS2. I haven\'t tried watching DVDs though \'cos I haven\'t got the time to search for a Region 1 DVD. I only have 3 games so far, TTT, Smuggler\'s Run, and Dynasty Warriors(DW) 2. The one and only slow down I had was when playing DW2, it was like 40-50 of those angry troops stabbing me from front, sides and behind.
I read on the reply above that you\'ll get a 1 year warrany for a UK PS2. Then the only thing came accross my mind was that there are three stages where PS2 was distributed. First is Japan. Just tell me what happened during the course of the rise of the PS2 there? Problems: DVD-Magic Gate issues, Region "Glitch" issue, Memory Card Issues, Compatibility issues, and Jaggy games (well actually this one is software related).
Second is US. Learning from mistakes from the first rise, the games companies (such as Namco with their TTT), put anti-aliasing on their TTT, DVD drivers are built-in hence utility Disc was obselete (also to protect from Mod chip disc swapping region neutralizer), PCMCIA slot changed to Expansion Bay and so on. Then came up another problem (during their QC probably) that about 50% of PS2 will last no longer than 30-90 days (hence the 90 day warranty :crap: )
Then came the third stage, Europe. 3 times a charm, they learn from aaaaallll their mistakes and came up with a more perfect PS2, that\'s why we haven\'t heard any complaints from European PS2 users...... yet :rolleyes:

Man, they\'re Sony for crying out loud , they are known for their quality products! Are they desperate to release this PS2 that they ignore those flaws :boom:

Damn, I just hope my PS2 won\'t start acting up :sconf: . Hey, I\'ve got a five year planning ahead of us..... especially... ooohhh ..... THE BOUNCER!!!! :facelick:

Sony releases there date and said that there would be 1000 000 consoles after relizing that there was no way in hell that would happen they said that there was 500 000 consoles. It\'s pretty obvious that ALL the consoles where rushed through production, with all the REALLY delicate parts they are VERY prone to problems. I have 2 ps1\'s one is 4 years old and has been thrown ACROSS rooms has been dropped much higher than 7\' and is still ticking strong, the other I bought 6 months ago [ well my bros did] and while the lid was open it was kicked off and now has burn marks [ lit on fire while i was soldering sum stuff on] and has super glue practically everywhere and with the help of a toothpick I can STILL get the thing to work.
My ps2 which I bought on launch works flawlessly [ well except when I rented PAPILLION the other day and it wouldn\'t detect the disk i then cleaned it and it worked fine] and if it doesn\'t work I will make SURE SOny heres about it and either replaces or fix\'s it, i\'m not too worried about going a month or so without it because I havn\'t played the thing THAT much since there arn\'t any GOOD games out [ IMO ].

Nah My PS2 is still going strong.

I still play each of my Six games more then once. Midnight club is getting the most of my PS2 gaming time and also the DVD player is in overtime.My PS2 will be ALIVE again come March. Gotta get my hands on about 6 games this coming March for my PS2.

I\'m also starting to have reason to believe that they rushed the PS2 off the production lines because the quality doesn\'t seem to be there.  Like I mentioned earlier, I NEVER had problems with my PSX, with all of the abuse it had taken over the years.  Well, I\'m getting ready to ship off my PS2 tomorrow and we\'ll see what happens.  All I\'ve got to say at this point is that this problem better not recur or else I\'m going to be one angry person.  I\'ve owned several consoles and not one of them had stopped working due to defect (this one conks out in a month!).  

Maybe I\'m lucky but my PS2 hasn\'t hesitated to work at all. Even when I\'ve moved it from place to place. One day it was on the trunk of our car and it cooled down a little ( "cold" winter here - \'bout -15 degrees celsius ) and the games too. But they worked like new ones when I dried them out at home. Won\'t do it again for sure \'tho because there\'s a big risk of the machine breaking.

Still no problemo. And I hope nothing will happen. I\'ve had my PS for about three years and I\'ve moved it from place to place hundreds of times and it still works like a dream.

I hope PS2 is as strong device