Is There Anyway To Fix This Type Of Disc Read Error On A PS2?

[hiccupleftovers]

I started out today just lounging around and playing some PS2 games; some Killzone, a bit of Burnout, but mostly Gitarooman. Anyway, I come back home now after doing some errands, and to my dismay I find that no matter what disc I put into my PS2, I keep getting DREs. The disc can be used, old (one of my older games), and even new and doesn't make any difference; the damn thing won't play them. It is extremely irritating. I know that I have had DREs in the past, but it was only with one blue-bottomed disc (Contra) (and made a thread about that issue before), so it never really occured again with any other disc. My guess is that I probably have to realign the laser or something, but am really unsure and could really use some CAGs help. Maybe I don't have to deal with the laser or anything at all since it was working today in the morning.

[js1]

Well some of the things you can do(without taking the ps2 apart) you can vaccum out the vents W/ the hose attachment,you can use a can of compressed air , to blow out the dust, dirt,hair etc.. also try to use a dvd/cd lens cleaner. If you do decide to take it apart there are some nice help guides on the net..

The thing is with my ps2(that I just traded for on cag) it has no DRE's but when you play the games for a little bit it freezes!(it sucked when I was playing shadow of the colossus)

that is a problem I don't know how to fix,well I play most of my games off of the hard drive(main reason why I wanted a "fat" ps2) now, so I don't have to worry about it to much.

anyway , good luck.

[AdvOfJet]

I used this guide when I had problems with mine and it works like a charm now.

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars