Is there a life expectancy on game consoles, namely Sony's Playstation 2? Is there a maximum amount of gameplay time prescribed? My boyfriend has had his since 2003 and, until recent, has never had a problem. About a night ago, we noticed complications when watching a movie. The DVD kept glitching throughout the entire film. In addition, the sound speed was never consistent with the picture speed (the characters were speaking much faster than their mouths were moving). Gradually, other problems emerged - the picture dragged a lot on turbulent areas of the film, the picture froze at times, etc. Now, in addition to movies, his games won't play either. The cimena starts, but the games won't load. "Disc Read Error" messages come up for every disc, both DVDs and games. He's tried cleaning his discs, restarting the console, cutting off the main power. Is it gone? What could be the problem? What else can be done?? Many thanks.
2007-01-31 13:32:37 · 3 answers · asked by evelynn waugh 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
I would call Sony, see if it is under any sort of warranty. It could be something as simple as a scratch on the lens. Has he tried using differen't DVD's rather than just 1? As far as the games go, my neighbor had a similar situation, and he just unplugged his PS2 and all the wires from the wall and system, and let it sit like that for about 24 - 30 hrs and it worked sometimes after that.
Another thing that it could be is that it could be the power box (attatched to the main plug) if you have the SlimLine. If he has a neighbor who is willing to let him try their powerbox for 30 seconds, that could also be the problem.
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2007-01-31 14:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by xaver32991 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the laser lens might be dirty. You can go to like game stop, holywood video, or walmart and buy a laser cleaning disc.
2007-01-31 23:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Mike C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this exact same thing happened to me 3 years ago and i fixed it myself. i had to buy the information online so i am not going to just give it to everbody online. and its long to write down too. so email me at dpac187@sbcglobal.net and i will give you my number and i will walk you through it.
2007-01-31 23:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋