I\'m screwed

Since you\'ve said that you bought the PS2 8 months ago, I\'d say send it back to Sony and make them ship you a new one, or at least repair the one that you have.  Depending on where you got it, they may have improperly handled the product while it was shipping and stuff like that.  Whatever it is, if it\'s seriously scratching your discs, I\'d say send it to Sony.  There was originally a problem like this with the very first batch of PS2s, but since then, Sony has supposedly fixed the problem

Originally posted by Paul
Who here puts their PS2 vertically?? I\'m a horizontal guy.

I\'ve had my ps2 for a year, with the only problem being a slight grinding noise when my cd tray closes.  About 5 months ago I changed my entertainment center setup, and my ps2 setup from horizontal to vertical.  Since going vertical I haven\'t had any problems with dust and the grinding noise went away.

Vertical = no dust settling on the lens

I\'ve had mine since... the release date of the JPN version, and it\'s still chuggin nicely for me.. However I recently came across a noted problem with the first batch of JPN PS2s and Star Ocean 3.  Supposedly the game hangs up left and right.  GREAT.

But yeah, chuggin, chuggin...  Recently it even made me a cup of coffee

mine once scrathcehed the **** out of gt3, i just took it back, luckily it as eb, with no q asked, i said it was like it when i ought it.. id ring sony, get them to check your ps2