PS Troubles

Has anyone elses PS2's given up the ghost?
mine has faithfully served me ever since they came out and has just broken down

Hmm, you were quite lucky I reckon. I'm on my 4th :shk:

I had two original black ones, both lasted about a year each. I had a silvery blue one that died after about 5 months ( :shk::shk: ) and now a slimline one which is good, but has given up playing Gran Turismo 4, like my last one did before "giving up the ghost".

I think the new slim ones are more reliable than the old ones, but you were lucky to have lasted this long without needing a new one!

Its likely that all thats wrong is your laser is out of line. I bought mine off ebay as broken, realigned the laser (very easy), and have had no problems for nigh on two years. I've got a link to a website that details what you need to do, but its at home. I'll post it later

I should've mentioned that this is only for 'disc read error'

arstechnica.com...

wow!! 4th!
im thinking of taking it in to an EB and trading it in for a new one.
my PS2 is just suddenly freezing and then the screen goes funny and refuses to start up again for an hour.
and i only just got Black!:shk: