Amazing PS2 story!

d_Galloway · June 10, 2003, 4:46pm

Okay, probably not amazing, but still pretty cool.

After bitching about how TOD2 stopped working, I manually cleaned the inside of my PS2, slapped the thing back together, and tried FF Origins, which isn’t scratched even in the slightest. I got a Disc Read Error.

Pissed off, I went online and read some of the hardware FAQs at Gamefaqs. I then saw an interesting suggestion: turn the PS2 on its side. Since I had nothing left to lose, I did so and tried FF Origins again. It worked without a hitch.

Next I tried Deus Ex, which was a bit scratched from me playing it without sleep for nearly a week. It worked even better than before. And finally, to finish it off, I tried TOD2. It worked!

The moral: Gamefaqs can solve anything.

Greenlander · June 10, 2003, 4:50pm

I might have to try that with Robot Alchemic Drive, which hasn’t worked in a long time. walks away angered because he can’t play R.A.D, which was super cool

Crotanks · June 10, 2003, 6:49pm

Um…were you playing it with it setting vertically?

d_Galloway · June 10, 2003, 6:54pm

Cro: Originally, it was horizontal. Now it’s vertical.

Crotanks · June 10, 2003, 7:00pm

Hmm. I always leave mine horizontal and it plays all of my games fine. Oh well.

Chris-chris · June 10, 2003, 7:13pm

Yes. Mine use to be like that but now I have it up and down and it doesn’t even give me any trouble.

MegamanX2K · June 10, 2003, 7:15pm

Does anyone other than me find it disturbing that they paid $299 for something that has to be on its side to work properly, if then?

And what if it was the Gamecube? It’s a fucking CUBE! You’d be screwwwwwwwed!

Crotanks · June 10, 2003, 7:29pm

A little, but if it works I don’t have a problem with it.

Chris-chris · June 10, 2003, 7:32pm

Originally posted by MegamanX2K
And what if it was the Gamecube? It’s a fucking CUBE! You’d be screwwwwwwwed!

uh… you move it around on it’s sides until you find a spot where it’ll work… I gusses^_^;

GG_Crono · June 10, 2003, 7:35pm

I have a friend who’s dreamcast would run better if he turned it upside-down.

Greenlander · June 10, 2003, 7:52pm

You know what’s funny? Apply X’s statement, but subtract the FUCKING WORKING PART, BECAUSE I’M ABOUT TO TURN THE R.A.D CD INTO A MAKE SHIFT KNIFE AND KILL EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR SONY!!! Okay… I’m done venting.

Psi_Omega · June 10, 2003, 8:00pm

Speaking of game problems… which I guess we were… does anyone have a spare Legend of Mana? Mine got scratched by a careless friend. I have cleaned it approximately 172654843957395 times. I may be off by 1 or 2. Got any ideas? Other than buy a new one? That game is impossibly rare. Like a Final Fantasy 1 cartridge.

Kero_Hazel · June 10, 2003, 8:07pm

If it only plays games on its side or upside-down, your PS2 might need a voltage adjustment. If it only has problems with either PS1 or PS2 games, then you can be almost certain your problem is voltage-related.

Here’s a good doc that explains (amongst other things) how to alter the laser voltage. This fixed my PS2 right up when it refused to read my PS1 games.
http://faqs.ign.com/articles/390/390535p1.html

Shads · June 11, 2003, 8:45am

Originally posted by Psi_Omega
That game is impossibly rare. Like a Final Fantasy 1 cartridge.
Me: BAH! I need to find FF1… -.-
My nextdoor neighbour: I have it.
Me: OMFG HOOK ME UP!
HE GIVES IT TO ME

HEhehe ^^;

Cala · June 11, 2003, 8:54am

Originally posted by Psi_Omega
That game is impossibly rare. Like a Final Fantasy 1 cartridge.

I have one. Keeping it for memory’s sake. I’ll probably never sell it.

Zero · June 11, 2003, 10:41am

I always had my PS2 on the vertical side, it fits snugly between the piece of my drawer and my TV like that, no problem…yet.

Nulani · June 11, 2003, 5:30pm

Neato.
I haven’t had a problem with my GameCube yet so I haven’t had to turn it vertical, or upside down; it stands the right way up still: Which is probably just as well.

Pierson · June 12, 2003, 9:28am

But GameCube is impossibly small, and Nintendosooo much more reliable than Sony (if expensive everything-sold-seprately-buy-it-now bastards).

Anyway, 1 year guarentees take care of everything.

Trillian · June 12, 2003, 1:49pm

I had the same prob w/ playing Tekken 4 and with disk 3 of FF8…freaky software thing, I guess. O_o

Rinn · June 12, 2003, 1:58pm

I always hear these horror stories about how PS2s stop working becasue of dust and other junk after a few years. Which is strange becasue I’ve had mine since it was released, in an extremly dusty house, and have transported it many times between here and my father’s hous, and I’ve yet to have any problems whatsoever. Hell, my friends house is probably worse and it didn’t stop working until his dog pulled it off of his TV, twice.