Hey Guys,
My PS2 Slim developed a problem recently. It doesn't want to acknowledge/load any discs, whether games or DVDs. It defaults to the system config screen.
I've googled a bit and seen that there are a couple possible causes for that. One being a misaligned laser? Another being something to do with the lid mechanism.
What seems to work as a bandaid fix is I can press down on the lid when the disc first starts to spin and sometimes (not always) it will load the disc properly. However this has not proved to be very reliable and only seems to work a 1/3 of the time.
BTW, the only thing that changed recently is I bought a PS3 in december, so I disconnected my PS2 and put it on the floor where it stayed for a couple weeks before I moved it to a different TV in another room. Prior to that I had zero issues with it.
Has anyone else experienced this with their PS2? Is there a simple fix that doesn't require shelling out big bucks for electronics repair?
Thanks.