Comments | ratchetvirtuoso: Me a mechanic?

ratchetvirtuoso

Me a mechanic?

Jul 19, 2005 10:03

Back during finals week I lent my PlayStation 2 and TV to someone down the hall so they could watch Star Wars on DVD. Five minutes after I left the room, they came to tell me that the DVD wasn't working. So we tried a few things, but it kept saying "Disc read error." "Great," I thought. It's broken. I never tested it out again, though, because ( Read more... )

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qyve July 19 2005, 17:30:41 UTC

Huh...my roommates PS2 has the exact same problem...I think an expedition into that console is in order this evening....

ratchetvirtuoso July 19 2005, 18:46:05 UTC

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

That's the guide I used. I didn't use a can of compressed air, though, because I didn't have one and didn't want to travel far to get one. You will need a jeweler's screwdriver, though.

nazgul_number_7 July 19 2005, 17:52:05 UTC

Wow, you are a mighty man of tools. Go you. :D

artemis_gryffin July 20 2005, 00:06:10 UTC

I can just imagine your marketing campaign ... insomniatic college student wants to fix your PS2 for money!

klarenka July 20 2005, 13:15:04 UTC

You are now a true man. Except that instead of tinkering with carburetors and distributor caps, it's a PS2. Hey, to-may-to, to-mah-to.