WSoxShuf Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Im gonna be pisssed if it keeps freezing like this cause i cant play at all. The game completely locks up. It work fine last night, and for about 1 hour today. This is really pissin me off. It happened to me once also. also, there is a way to help out the PS2, by some procedure internally. Look it up on google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 It happened to me once also. also, there is a way to help out the PS2, by some procedure internally. Look it up on google. Yeah, look up "Disc Read Error". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Yeah, look up "Disc Read Error". Well it worked for about 10 minutes...but now its s*** again, you guys think i should open it up and try to clean it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 Well it worked for about 10 minutes...but now its s*** again, you guys think i should open it up and try to clean it up. Yes. On a side note, my CJ looks exactly like MR. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Still not working, god dammit it worked at my friends house and not at mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Still not working, god dammit it worked at my friends house and not at mine... i feel your pain beastly, i feel your pain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 i feel your pain beastly, i feel your pain At least you guys have the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 At least you guys have the game. Well the thing that pisses me off the most is it was working fine, then all of a sudden (after i beat some guy in pool) it stopped working. Then i turn it back on, works for 5-10 minutes, then it freezes. What the hell. All my other games work. And the DRE never happened to me before. I guess ill perform some surgery on my ps2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 (edited) Edit: sorry, double post Edited October 27, 2004 by chimpy2121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 alright after reading around...i am not gona open my ps2 up and f*** it up, ill prob just send it in to sony. but i gota try one more thing tonight. I tried a little diagnostics test and that didnt work. so now im gonna ttry this This was the trick that personally fixed all of my problem discs. I first heard of this trick in the September 2002 issue of GamePro. In every issue of GamePro, they have a one-page section called "Buyers Beware", which is a Q&A section where readers write in if they're having a problem with their games. As you might expect, a common problem in previous issues of GamePro has been the PS2's Disc Read Error. But in this issue, a reader named "Jim M." wrote the following letter to Buyer's Beware. Jim's tactic involved placing scotch tape on the face of the actual discs. By taking two 1-inch long pieces of scotch tape and putting them on opposite sides of the CD (as close to the CD hole as possible), the PS2 suddenly has an easier time reading discs. How is this possible, you ask? The disc is using the two symmetric pieces of tape to balance itself on the laser, making the disc easier to be read by the laser. According to Jim, an offset of balance on the disc can occur when dust builds on the magnetic rubber device that holds the disc in place. The tape fixes this. However, this trick didn't work for me...right away. After pondering for awhile, I took Jim's tactic one step further, and added TWO MORE strips of tape onto the two sides of the disc that previously had no tape on them. Lo and behold, it works! These two new strips of tape should still be 1-inch long and should still be as close to the CD hole as possible. I understand that these instructions may be confusing, without a diagram, so I made a little picture that will hopefully explain it better, which can be viewed at www.geocities.com/sonicquestcomic/ps2tapemethod.bmp. While this trick definitely worked for me, it doesn't work for everyone. Namely, I've heard that this trick only works for CD-based media, and not DVD-based media. if it doesnt work, i will call sony tomorrow and make em fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Yea...so that didnt work, looks like ill be calling sony tomorrow :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Yea...so that didnt work, looks like ill be calling sony tomorrow :headshake what's your series # on the PS2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 what's your series # on the PS2? 30001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 30001 that's what mine is too, i don't have the game yet, but from the sounds of things, it's a crapshoot with that model my friend has the same one and had it freeze on him once right after he got it after midnight, this morning he bought a lens cleaner and it's been fine since i'm waiting til finals are done to buy it, but i think i'm going to send it to sony before then, b/c i've had trouble with some dvds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxShuf Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Can I get some help. I just completed the mission with the BMX, the first one. They tell you to go back to CJ's, but where is that on the map, and what do they mean get new colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Can I get some help. I just completed the mission with the BMX, the first one. They tell you to go back to CJ's, but where is that on the map, and what do they mean get new colors? go to the clothes shop and buy some new clothes? Purdue, do you know how much the cleaners are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 go to the clothes shop and buy some new clothes? Purdue, do you know how much the cleaners are? not exactly sure, my friend is offline... but if i remember right, he paid $12-15 for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxShuf Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 go to the clothes shop and buy some new clothes? Purdue, do you know how much the cleaners are? where is the clothers store??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeandMirrors Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 SmokeandMirrors, what is your avatar? I was wondering when somebody would ask that. Anyway, it's Crusader, from the old Crusader: No Regret and No Remorse games. They came out around '96 I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 When you get to the mission "Just Business", prepare for a FUN ASS mission. I've had no PS2 problems, all your guys's PS2's probably need some tweaking as they're close to going DRE on you... I'm about 9% complete myself.. i have to agree...that mission was AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 and for you guys having DRE problems....i'm telling you, i've taken my ps2 apart a few times, cleaned the laser...it's easy as all hell and works.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 i have to agree...that mission was AWESOME. Yeah, that mission was great. They need an option where you can just play old missions for fun. I kicked some guys ass at pool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AssHatSoxFan Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 hopefully getting the game sometime today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 where is the clothers store??? Don't you have the big map if you really get lost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 where is the clothers store??? You don't have to go to the clothes shop right away. Just look on the map and their should be either a disc or a yellow blurb and you can go via that. Also, you can hit start and look on the map and set a target, thats what I did so I always know where it is (It gives you this big red target). Its in the Del Los Santos district or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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