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

I guess I\'ll just have to send mine in pretty soon here then.  I do have a 2-year replacement plan on it from Best Buy (I got suckered into buying it because I work there), but the thing is they\'ll probably not even have a unit laying around to replace mine with.  Oh well.....

I have had mine since oct.26 and it works fine.  Weird that you guys are having problems with it.  I\'ve had it horzonital and vertical.  

I\'ve been running this thing vertically since the day I bought it (Nov. 8th I\'m pretty sure).  The really weird part about this whole mess is that the machine will play DVD movies flawlessly every time but is still finicky with PS2 software....  PSX games won\'t even boot at all anymore (even with the smooth texturing and fast disc speed OFF) and I\'m getting frustrated because my original PSX is broken (thanks to my brother).  I really want to play FFIX (I\'m almost done with the game, damnit!).

I\'m really starting to think that my brothers screwed up my PS2 because it seems like every time I leave them alone with my stuff something gets f\'ed up.  Let\'s see.....I\'ve been through 3 computer keyboards in this year ALONE (building a reasonably fast computer wasn\'t good enough for them......they continue to mess with mine when I\'m gone).  I make a effort to keep all my CDs and DVDs clean and free of scratches; that lasts for a while until my brothers get their hands on my stuff.  Man, I really need to move out.

I\'ve been lucky enough to not have any major problems yet other than an occasional game not reading the first time I put it in. One thing that worries me though is that my roommate has a tendency to just push the disc tray in instead of using the button. I\'ve heard that this can cause it to jam and I\'ve told him that, but he still does it. Has anyone else heard about problems caused in this way? Because if he does screw it up I\'m gonna take his to make up for it (it\'s still in the box and untouched...)

my pal ps2 blew up after 3 days. i had to wait 3 weeks for a replacement. i gave sony some s*** and they sent me a couple of games as compensation

Where did you guys get your PS2? I Bought mine at Babbages and after the Sony warranty is up you can purchase a Babbages warranty for 1 year.

Its probably cause you guys don\'t treat your ps2 with care.  I haven\'t gotten any problems with my ps2.

I feel all of your pain.  I have had my PSX2 since Oct.  I had no problems with it but all of a sudden I was watching Gladitor and half way through the movie I got that "Unable to read disc".  I thought nothing of it tookthe disc out and wiped it off it was fine.  But last week my PSX2 went skitzo.  It would read a game or a DVD.  All it would do was say reading disc forlike 10 sec and nothing would happen.  I brought it back to where I bought it from (Media Play), they tested it out and the same thing was happened again.  They took my info and they said that they have to talk to the corporate headquarters and they will call me tomorrow(FRIDAY).  They said that they will either get me another PSX2 or give me my money back.  Hopefully it will end up the way I want it too.  But Sony needs to do something about this problem and fix it fast.
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Listen, it\'s not sony\'s fault, if you take care of your system you wont have those probs. The day i got my ps2, i opened the box and took it out slowly and carefully and before i even unwrapped it i read the whole instructions booklet through. I then went into the main menu and made sure that everything was fine and got myself used to the system, then i chucked the disk in and played to my heart\'s desire! No problemo here

I agree with Zip77 i did the same as zip
i protect the machine with my life

Originally posted by Hapijakk
I agree with Zip77 i did the same as zip
i protect the machine with my life

Same w/ me wow i need to dust it off again.

You could put the damn thing in a bomb shelter! It doesnt mean something bad COULDNT possibly happen! Some things are flooks, and some are avoidable. The people that realize this are better off. It never just happens. There is always a reason or cause for anything.

My Ps2 (bought in the UK) has a 1 year guarantee.  I wonder why that should vary from country to country?  You can bet that it will go wrong 366 days after I bought it though - that is just my kind of luck!

i have had mine since launch and I too have had no problems with the machine.  I do keep very good care of my machine though.

Its probably cause you guys don\'t treat your ps2 with care. I haven\'t gotten any problems with my ps2.

That\'s a crock, man.  I take VERY good care of my PS2.  I dust it off every day, I don\'t use ANY 3rd-party accessories with it, I take all of the safeguards mentioned in the PS2 manual when operating it, etc., etc.  Electronics can indeed be prone to mechanical failure due to the workmanship of the actual product.  Example: My original PSX was treated like TOTAL **** by my family (disc door was always slammed down, discs were scratched to hell, it survived two mods, it was dropped from up to 6 feet several times); the really funny part was that the damn thing STILL kept on ticking.  I\'ve taken much better care of my new PS2 console and now its become a total nightmare.  Something\'s wrong here.  Not necessarily anyone\'s fault, but the problem still remains.    

Now, Sony releases the PS2, which ends up being a very RARE console during the holidays.  People like me buy it to find that it stops working to its specifications after a mere month (well, I guess I\'m sort of grateful that it happened before the piss-poor 90-day warranty on the US model).  Now what am I going to replace it with?  Nothing I guess, because nobody has it in stock.  So I guess I just have to send mine in for repairs (even though I have a piece of paper in my hands that\'s supposed to provide me with a replacement no questions asked).  Get a clue, Sony!  Fabrication excuses are just not good enough when it comes to consumer loyalty.  Sony fanboys PROBABLY don\'t like to hear this, especially if they have a PS2 that still works.

A lot of people like to think of Sony as a premium name for consumer electronics in general, but if the PS2 is REALLY this delicate (makes me wonder.....), I don\'t know what to think.  I\'ll just be happy when my machine works again.