[colman77]

Scarecat, "Hi, I bought this game and it doesn't work help me" won't get you much.
Give us something to work with!!!
"Hi, I bought this game and it doesn't work, I read the thread and I'm still puzzled. My ps2 is a year old, and has started acting up lately. Games with silver bottoms don't work too well sometimes, but otherwise it's fine."

That's what we need!!! More info!! Also, show us that you care enough to spend some time reading the thread!!! I know it's long, but suck it up.

[scarecat]

hi i read the before i post my question.i wanted to know wanted anyone else had problem codebreaker version 7 having problem with the playstation2 reading it.i called pelican codebreaker maker no help.

[colman77]

If the problem is the disc and not your ps2, then take the disc back to wherever you bought it, have them try it out, and make them exchange it. If you bought it (recently) at any reputable store they should do this for you.

[sleekluxury]

Just got a PS2 for X-mas, and i think it's the best system out of the 3, but that may be because it's the only one of the 3 that i actually own.

[darkcloudguy]

i havent played my ps2 for a long time cuz all my good games dont work but now i tryied it and erverything worked and loaded really fast. I dont know how leaving it to gather dust could possibly make it any better but its worth a shot. my ps2 will probably go bad after like another week bt oh well. i got hosed.

[68wolfie]

I am depressed. I get the disk read error. I figure my PS2 is dying, so I go to the store and buy a refurb. Works great for a two days, now it doesn't read disks anymore, same error. I've tried the tape thing and angling the system. Now I stare at my system like some crack addict. I just bought the refurb 2 days ago. Then I run the error through my search engine and see all these people with the same problem. I really want to take both my systems, walk into my EB store, put them on the counter and walk out, never to be a PS2 user again.

[GamerMom]

My kids are so thrilled - our PS2 has been so tempermental and alot of games dont work. I was yelling at the kids for scratching them - then nothing with a blue bottem worked. I decided to do some "investigating" and found this site. I tried the tape trick around the 4 edges on top of the disks and THEY ALL WORK. Thanks so much for the tip !!!!

[rpgnrosyndoc]

we've got the DRE in the worst way!! I am so glad I found this forum! $ony doesn't care cause we're out of warantee and ours are not just blue games. it's all of them but a select few that we don't really ... well, we'd like the others to run much more.
we've tried the diagnostics on the system and have no idea what it's doing ot not doing but it hasn't seemed to help at all.
we've cracked the system and it actually made some other games work and some that had been, don't now. hmm..
I will keep perusing and looking for solutions, but one thing we did that I have not seen a post for is running spybot on them. I have spybot - search and destroy and it got at least one game working again. red faction seemed to be the first game to stop working -right from the get-go actually! spybot found 48 problems - i forgot to look at the log to see where they came from before i hit close! ARGH! but son of a gun, if red faction doesn't just work perfectly now!
it only fixed the one game so far. 1 out of 27. go spybot.
hope it helps someone else as well. spybot is shareware with a donation option.
i have too many games to switch to game cube or x-box, so keep coming with the solutions and suggestions and thanks ahead of time!

[colman77]

Wait a sec... What did you tell spybot to scan?? The Red Faction Disk? I'm confused.

[SleepyWeasel]

Hey,

Okay, upon reading some of these problems that people have encountered I've gotten a pretty good idea about everything, but I just want to name my problem and see if I can't get some straight forwardness.

So, to start: A few days ago my brother tried to play Smack Down on his PS2 only to find that it would not play and the words "disc read error" came up. So we put in my LOTR: The Return of the King game and found that it worked fine.

Later the next day I attempted to play my LOTR: The Fellowship of the Rings game, freshly bought and without flaw, only to find it didn't play at all. Now, when I tried GTA: Vice City it wouldn't work either and neither would RotK game that had worked only a day prior.

So I have to know? What's really up with that? I tried blowing into the disc tray but nothing is happening and my brother, being the idiot he is, has hit it on occasion which surely can't be helping it and all in all nothing is working. We've tried cleaning the CD's but if four games won't work there's got to be something wrong right?

So I ask you now, tell me what I can do because I am in such need to fix that damn thing and I don't think my brother wants to buy a new one, especially not after getting that one from his ex for free

Help!?

-S.W

[colman77]

First things first, If it's still under warranty, SEND IT IN. It's a sure fix, and this other stuff isn't.
Otherwirse, I suggest THIS [arstechnica.com] guide or THIS [techtv.com] guide. They're both basically the same, but I like techTV's methods better. Look 'em both over.
Good luck

[liberty53000]

that's exactly what was wrong with my system it wasn't playing
nba live 2001..but my step dad opened it up and adjusted something that he calls the "pots" he said he made them more sensitive,
and it plays.
unfortunately he made them to sensitive so it won't play anything but sports games,
but he's gonna adjust later today.

[ichi]

Ok so I hate my PS2. Well actually I love it I just hate all the problems I have been having with it. My PS2 will play all DVD format games and DVDs, but no purple disks. I have only been able to get it to play one PS1 format game. I got it to play that one by turning the wheel that adjusts the angle of the disk. My PS2 resets the wheel every time I turn off the power though. I got it to play FFV from the anthologies by adujsting the wheel, but I can't get it to play any other PS1 format games that way. I have tried for hours. I guess I will try the tape trick, but if that doesn't work I'm going to throw it in front of a semi.

[Cris_Cr0ss]

Originally posted by Mike9137:
Hi Smile,
There is no warranty expiration on this problem. I suggest that you call Sony at 1-800-345-7669. They can give you all the details.
Oddly enough, the one game that we were having problems with is now working! Good Luck.

Id still give it a shot maybe you will get a new one. just say that game wasn't loading and it is on your friends.

[FaBoLoUS]

i got i think the newest verson pf ps2 i bought it about 2 months ago and the P.O.S. is already giving me disk read error i tryed the cleaning of the lens thing but all it does now is says reading disk...... wtf if u can help it that would b great