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06-05-2007
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
Ok, over the past few days my PS2 has been playing up, it keeps saying "Please insert a Playstation or Playstation2 format disc", but, I have put in an original PS2 disc...  If I take the disc out, open & shut the lid about 15 times very quickly then pop the disc back in & reset, it works most of the time, but it's a pain in the rear as the last time I tried to get it to work it took 1/2 an hour to actually decide to load GTA: San Andreas!!!  I'd rather not have to replace anything inside, but instead get another SlimPS2 unit (the big black oldies seem to struggle with GTA:SA), but not a PS3 just yet (too damned expensive!!!), and of course, it's out of warranty...  So, any ideas? | ||
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06-05-2007
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin  Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs  Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
I don't know the equipment myself but it it takes cd roms then try a cd rom cleaning disk which will brush the dust off the reading lens | ||
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06-05-2007
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
As for CD-Roms, well, PS2/PS1/X CD-Roms yes, but the cleaning CDs are usually audio CDs with a couple of brushes attatched, which I found to be rubbish and is why I just use cotton buds, even if it requires dissasembly!!! I'm thinking that the laser assembly might be on it's way out... | |||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | ||||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
 or you may never have that luxury again
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06-05-2007
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
As for the cotton bud, I'm very gentle and spin the tip round whilst carefully moving it round the lens, I did the same to my old stereo (before I dropped it down the stairs!!!) which had a caked up lens, and 10 minutes of careful cleaning and it was fully functional again... But alas, the lens is clear as a whistle but it just keeps messing about when I switch it on... Once it's going it's fine, it's just the initial starting up that it acts up... | |||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | ||||
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12-07-2007
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | Turns out the PS2 is fine, it was my GTA San Andreas disc that was banjaxed!!! It was slightly warped and had a few scratches, so I've bought a new one and hey presto, it works perfectly!!! | ||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | |||
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25-09-2007
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My System: Triple Dragon with a Steerable 1 metre Dish with & Diablo wireless & Dragon cam ver 3 & 4 card a matrix rev a cas3 and a load more stuff the wife doesn't know I bought. | just got a ps3 god its complicated.... if you want to play online games its forever doing updates..its a ps not a bloody pc....stick with the 2 | ||
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25-09-2007
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25-09-2007
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My System: Triple Dragon with a Steerable 1 metre Dish with & Diablo wireless & Dragon cam ver 3 & 4 card a matrix rev a cas3 and a load more stuff the wife doesn't know I bought. | they are at a bargain price of £10 each at cash generator in Bury x box's too | ||
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25-09-2007
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