My PS2 stopped working all of a sudden

Hi all,
First off, let me say that I read the thread on fixing disc read errors. I\'m not sure that my problem entirely fits into that category.
After having obtained a new game (retail - Destroy all Humans), I began to play. About a short while into the game, I died and needed to reload. This is when the problems began. A noise appeared in the drive bay (kind of like a high pitched fast chirp). The game never got pass the load screen. I waited a long while and nothing. I reset the machine and the same noise is still there. This time, the dvd will not load at all. The initial welcome screen went into the browser screen. I checked the browser. The machine can detect my two memory cards just fine, but keeps saying that it\'s trying to load from the dvd drive. At this point, I tried turning the machine off (not standby) then on again. . . no help. I tried other games (both retail and backup dvds). . . still nothing. Sometimes, the machine tells me that there is a read error, other times, it just keeps trying to read, forever (don\'t know why it\'s not always disc read error).
I then cleaned the laser lens. This didn\'t help either.
I did some research. The laser has been know to break in PS2s. Does this sound like a laser issue? How can I find out if the laser is broken? Can anything else be causing this problem (i.e. drive motor problem. . .)?
I\'ve had my ps2 for about 2 years now. It\'s a version 9, modded with a Magic V chip. I\'ve never had any problems with it until this occured. I don\'t think it\'s the mod chip\'s fault. Neither my retail dvds nor my backup dvds work.
Can anyone please offer some suggestions? Anything at all.
Thanks.

[Cerberus]

Funny you should mention your ps2 stopping playing, mine is starting to give me grief as well. I\'ve had it about 4 years now and it\'s not caused me the slightest problem before the last month or so

From reading what you say, your problem sounds very similar to mine. I notice it most when I\'m playing GTA SA, it takes a long time to load the short distance textures now, whereas before it loaded them instantly. Now when I drive into a new block on the map, the 3d mapping takes a ehile to com eup, and I find myself driving along a road with no markings or buildings. Also, when I\'m flying, large parts of the ground remain invisible, then they pop up intermittently.

I think I\'m getting the same noises as well from the disk drive when it\'s being read, it\'s a cross between a grinding sound and a rattling sound, almost like the disk isn\'t sitting properly in the space.

you broke you modded PS2
sad face

[Cerberus]

my ps2 isn\'t modded

Thank you for that insightful reply MM.
Got anything else USEFUL?

I just want to know if my porbel sounds like a laser issue.

yeah, piracy is lame and i hope your broken PS2 burns your house down

[Evi]

I agree. :thumb:

In what way is my problem related to piracy? You know nothing of me or what I do. Point of fact, EVERY game that I liked, I bought (that comes to a lot of games). A modded ps2 is in no way illegal, and I\'m not using it towards any illegal end. If you have nothing constructive to offer on my problem, then by all means don\'t say anything at all. If you feel the uncontrollable need to cram your unsolicited opinions down people\'s throats, then start a new thread.
My problem isn\'t isolated to modded ps2s, so if my broken ps2 is going to burns my house down, then sooner or later, yours is going to burn your house down too.
In any case, I will no longer dignify one of your responses with one of mine.
I invite any helpful suggestions.

Just found out from videogamerepair.com that it is a laser issue.
Thanks all (that includes you mm)!
If anyone has a similar problem. . . time to get a new part.
Later. . .

[Evi]

Have fun. All you had to do was search the internet.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by EviscerationX
Have fun. All you had to do was search the internet.

internet?

what\'s that?

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

so err, how many houses have u gone through mm?

at least i have a house, soully
and not a grass hut like you

A modded ps2 is in no way illegal

blah, blah, blah
you pirate PS2 games, get over yourself

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

and you knew i\'d get a grass hut before i did.

Originally posted by mm
at least i have a house, soully
and not a grass hut like you



blah, blah, blah
you pirate PS2 games, get over yourself

what if he modded it only to play all region games and not pirated copies?