Goddamn piece of

[Super Buu]

So yeah, my PS2 is being a little whore. It's fine when I turn it on, but usually somewhere between 15-30 minutes it starts to choke. By that I mean it will occasionally start to judder, making weird noises, causing the game to freeze until it stops. The duration is usually around 10-15 seconds. This gets more and more frequent as I continue playing, until the machine is making extremely loud noises and has basically frozen, at which point I throw the controller out of the window in frustration.

Do Sony have a warranty on these things, and will they usually fix them? I've had the PS2 for around 3 years now, not too long. I've taken pretty good care of it, apart from in the past few months keeping it on my floor at my dorm, which is carpeted. Still, it's not on a carpet now and it's still being a bitch.

I have all these sweet games I can't appreciate because of my PS2's bitchiness. Tell me what to do! ;_;

[Whompt]

Get a used one at the pawn shop for like $25.

[Bardock]

You'll probably need to buy another one. Sony is infamous for its buggy and unreliable products. Yours lasted longer than most.

That's why I don't recommend buying first generation PlayStations. Wait until they've fixed the initial problems.

[Raditzu]

Originally posted by Super Buu
Do Sony have a warranty on these things, and will they usually fix them? I've had the PS2 for around 3 years now, not too long. I've taken pretty good care of it, apart from in the past few months keeping it on my floor at my dorm, which is carpeted. Still, it's not on a carpet now and it's still being a bitch.

Waff probably knows. He had a similar problem with their PS2 and had to send it in to the manufacturer (twice, I think).

[Banned Dracula Man]

Is your PS2 a skinny one or a fat one? My skinny PS2 doest that at times, but not as extreme as yours.

[Toshiro]

I had a situation where my PS2 never read the bloody discs, thankfully I had a two year warrenty on it, sent it off, came back with a brand new CD Drive in it.

So yeah, provided you got the warrenty, and it's still useable, use it. Now.

Oh, and mine was an old school PS2 (bulky fucker)

[Hellfighter 17]

Risc read error (DRE), Gohan? I've had a DRE PS2 before, and what's happening to Super Buu's wans't exactly what happened to mine (That happened with my Vice City only, but that's because of the scratches plus the DRE).

[Super Buu]

Originally posted by Dracula Man
Is your PS2 a skinny one or a fat one? My skinny PS2 doest that at times, but not as extreme as yours.

Fatass.

And yeah, I was thinking of buying a new skinny PS2, but I really don't have cash to spare. I also like to avoid giving Sony money for the same shit I already bought wherever possible.

[Raditzu]

http://www.nz.playstation.com/support/wa...WLXBC5GIV0

That looked pretty official, and it sounds pretty standard, but I don't know whether or not its the real deal.

[Banned Dracula Man]

Originally posted by Super Buu

Originally posted by Dracula Man
Is your PS2 a skinny one or a fat one? My skinny PS2 doest that at times, but not as extreme as yours.

Fatass.

And yeah, I was thinking of buying a new skinny PS2, but I really don't have cash to spare. I also like to avoid giving Sony money for the same shit I already bought wherever possible.

Okay, just wondering. The newer skinny ones are less likely to have problems, no offense, and the fatter ones have a lot of bugs. But the skinny ones scratch up disks because they make them spinn, while the fat one just loads them.

[Super Buu]

You rock, Rad. But out of warranty fee?! Awww ... Seems like getting a slimline would be better.

Could it be something like dust build up inside the machine? And if so, any way of cleaning it out (preferably without opening it and voiding the warranty >_>)?

[Raz]

Originally posted by Super Buu
Could it be something like dust build up inside the machine? And if so, any way of cleaning it out (preferably without opening it and voiding the warranty >_>)?

Compressed air, they come in cans. I use them from time to time to clean the dust off my guitar so I imagine they'd work just as well for a PS2.

[Raditzu]

Out of warranty fees are actually pretty common, if they offer any out-of-warranty services at all.

[Bra]

I had my fat PS2 repaired twice for free. Both times out of warranty.

I now have a slimline 'cause the old one actually burned out and I was just tired of it.

[Dantes]

my friend had to send his back once, it cost 100 bucks tho.

[Bra]

When you call, MAKE SURE to insist it says "Disc Read Error" if that's the problem. If you don't continually insist that is the problem, the fix will not be free.

[Celipa]

My PS2 is a bulky one, and I've never had a problem with it. But I've always kept a backup plan in case I had:

Fill up a bowl of pure beetle blood, and pour it onto the machine. Proceed to scrub it in deeply with a washcloth or towel. Once finished with that, take an enchanted sword (or butcher knife, whatever's available) and plunge it down into the depths of the machine.

...

>.>

Won't fix any problems though.

[Mowgli]

Mine has a heart attack and takes a while to read discs. It also has trouble reading memory cards once in a while but yeah it still works.

[Saz]

The last few months my PS2 took like 5 minutes to start up a game, also Dvds stopped working. I did have it for 5 years though, I definately got good use out of it.

My advice, get a 360.

[Captain Silver]

I haven't played my GC or PS2 for ages. 360 FTW.