is this a playstation problem or a disk problem

story is , i left my sister playing gt3 on boxing day for a few hours, when i come back i find my ps2 game case\'s on the floor , now each time i play gt3 after one race i just get the flashing white box up after i;v finshed a race, now i know this flashing white box it to tell me that the ps2 is loading, but it just flash\'s there, there is some small marks on the gt3 cd (data side) but thay are about 1-3inch\'s from the eags of the cd
i did hire out tony hawks pro 3 and that some time hangs before i even get to the game.
i\'m not point a finger at my sister, but i got reasion to beleve that some how the ps2 has falen off the place i\'v put it on,
any idears, it\'s still under garnteay so i can send it back,

In my opionion it would just be the disks because if it was the PS2 it wouldn\'t even load the disk and give ya the disk read error signal.

Then again if any of your other games have the same problem it could be the hardware, clean the disk and try it again, try some other games and see what happens, if at any point while the PS2 is loading you hear a ticking sound or soft high pitch beeps or a knocking sound coming from the PS2 it\'s the hardware.

If you turn on the PS2 and it shows the squares floating and the game doesn\'t load before it goes to the browser that means the lens is getting dusty and can most likely lead to it craping out so take a cd-dvd lens cleaner and clean the lens, PS2\'s are notoriouse for thier dusty lens crap outs.


I have had to return 3 PS2\'s since OCT 26th of last year because of the dreaded disk read error so I would know lol, good luck to ya.

jut found out, that thps3 takes about 5 mins to load up
and my normal psx games run fine
so why dose gt3 take longer, thps3 has more scratches then gt3

oh forgot to welcome ya to the forums

and as for ya question...

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I have no clue why it takes longer, more info to load up I take it.

Welcome to the boards.

I\'ve started to catch up to Unknown\'s record of Sony messing about ness. They are one nasty company. If you want my advice DONT I REPEAT DONT swap the PS2 using the warrentee. You will end up with a reconditioned model even if they tell you they are sending new unit (long story). Take the unit back to the shop and with a bit of luck you will get a replacement from their stock.

It could be different where you are from. Im from England so my expirences are with Sony Europe / UK.

Your problem sounds like the disc to me though.

i am in the uk
i\'m going to my sisters house to see if the disk runs the same in her kids ps2,
i can;t take the ps2 back to the shop, mum got it from a catalog
so it\'s got to be sent back to them