I finally picked a PS2 over a Gamecube for my retro setup

Honestly, I was torn between the two for weeks, but I grabbed a used PS2 at a garage sale for $30 and it's been a beast for playing old Gran Turismo games. The library is just so much bigger, but has anyone else had trouble with the disc laser getting finicky after a few months?

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owens.anthony2d ago

Heard the laser issue is pretty common but swapping the cable usually fixes it.

samk772d ago

Ive owned probably 8 PS2s over the years between my own and fixing them for friends. That ribbon cable swap does work sometimes, but its mostly a bandaid for a dirty laser or a weak spindle motor. Ive had two where the laser itself just gave up after years of use, no cable in the world was gonna fix that. Also, that ribbon cable is super delicate, you sneeze wrong and you tear it. Id bet a lot of those "dead" consoles people tossed just needed a good cleaning and a laser potentiometer adjustment, not a cable.

king.eric2d ago

Wait, swapping the cable fixes it? Which cable exactly, the ribbon cable for the laser assembly? I've had two PS2s die on me because the laser just stopped reading discs out of nowhere, and I just assumed it was toast and tossed them. That's wild if a simple cable swap brings them back to life. Might have to dig through my old junk pile and see if I still have those consoles.