llesra

ive heard that ps2s have been designed to break over time and that the big original ps2s constantly overheat. thats why the small ps2 came out. nearly all my friends have had problems with their ps2s and have gotten new ones. has anybody else have any problems or have an explation to this?

Serg

Well... knock on wood, but my large PS2 is working just fine... I just put in about an hour on Guitar Hero... man that game rocks!!

darkknight1999

None of my friends or myself have had a problem. I even have one in my car and it works great! I have heard that though... I honestly hate the new one. I bought a new one to put in the car but I felt like I was going to break it so I changed the design of the sound system and installed the first larger one.

WCURoverD90

I have a large one and knock on wood it still works after about 3 or 4 years. I also have the slim one and i also felt like i would break it.

LRArt

I have mine since they were $300 . And I have no clue how long ago was that .


But I have no problems with.



But I heard the the conectors for the controler get pushed in and damaged , and the cd laser readers brake . I have no clue why that happens with this Plastation . I had PS1 for a long time and it never broke .
But I do have a PS2 that I bought for $40 with the modem in it , and it has a broken laser . So I have to look at it and see WTH it could be , cause I'm interested in Why?

But My Grand Turismo 3 package PS2 works just fine .

Oh I don't like the new PS2b cause it's not a slot load anymore . it's a top load like the PS1 . That's fine for PS1 , but I would like the PS2 to keep that feature .

nismo4life

What you've heard is the biggest lie ever.

The Playstation 2 is a delicate piece of hardware and all delicate pieces of hardware break after a while, or a ton of use. The DVD lasers crap out after so much abuse, Do you think it was designed for 12hrs of straight use? for 50 straight days? I know mine wasn't lol. It abused it for 3 years straight and it finally died out. Keep in mind generally the only problems these systems have are the Lens. The new Slim PS2 is the one that has other problems. The A/C adaptor is defective and Sony has issued a recall for certain Playstation series models. Now if you want to talk about a serious bug, the first batch of Xbox's were the ones that overheated and caught on fire. Scary

imported_chuckles

Ive heard the most of the old ones that broke were ones that the user set on its side. This is what i did with mmine and sure enough it dosent work anymore I have looked online and found sites that give step by step directions on how to fix the problem. Im just waiting for some free time to try and fix it.

LRArt

Can you share the web site link ?

nismo4life

im sorry but i find that to be garbage. The only thing that could of happened is the lens got de-calibrated. I have had my console on its side for at least 2 years and its still kickin.

imported_chuckles

Here is the link i have found. There arent any pictures but the instructions are pretty clear.


http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/79/85/

Serg

My controller works fine.. I did find some issue with it when using an extension cord and faulted the cord, not the controller, as once the cord was replaced it all worked fine.

Lilmonkey

I leave mine on for weeks and its still fine. Ive never had any problems with it except can't play alot of dvd's.

Bene

yeah, i dont get what these things have againts playing movies, you think they would have at least addressed this issue with the second generation PS2.

anyway, i think my old school PS2 would have been fine if it weren't for my younger siblings. and i had it on its side most of the time. my newer slim PS2 seems to work fine, but for some reason it wont play some of my older games. but it might be the games, ill have to pick up one of those disc resurfacer things.