How to fix PS2 disk read errors

I will show you how to fix PS2 disk read errors.
-Caution-
Your PS2 may not work once you put the PS2 back together so you try this at your own risk.
Make sure you put the PS2 back together exactally how it was before you took it apart.

Step 1 The first step

First you need to take out all those square things on the bottom of your PS2. I circled all the square things in the picture.

Comments

[Ds HaKa]

wow i could have figured this out on my own. I thought you were going to help with realignment lol

[SoranSo]

Good one. It always works for me.

[Solderguy]

Disk read errors are mostly caused by the laser dying and not by being dirty. Great instructable by the way.

[punkrules]

good instructable but i have tried this before and it didn't work for me. check out my ps2 instructable, you might find it useful :)

[Ph3nomin0n]

Do you think this will work If my swap magic dvd isnt being read?

[sick-al]

ar man... i had a ps2 slimline then i had that kind of problem, and i just chucked it! if only i had read this earlia... thanks eneyway.

[wolfmanthe]

i dont think you're supposed to touch the lens, but anyways, another method that usually works is to crack it open and spray the guts with keyboard dust remover.

[Scammah]

Another reason your ps2 stops reading is because of the calibration of the laser. While you have it open and after you have cleaned the laser you can try to recalibrate the laser. There are a lot of different sites that will tell you how to do that. Basically there will be a white wheel (sprocket) underneath the laser and by turning it clockwise slightly will usually fix it. The reason why the laser stops working is because it is losing it's strength or is off a little with the direction of the beam.

[gamer]

Sunglasses do not protect from laser radiation... By the way... replace: "lazer" with "laser" "skrew(s, driver)" with "screw(s, driver)" "togherher" with "together" "exactally" with "exactly" "radiatin" with "radiation" "cotten" with "cotton" "ways" with (I'm guessing) "was" "allways" with "always" Except for those small errors, very long procedure.... Although you don't really have a choice if you don't have the "Slimline PS2". Pictures aren't too bad. -gamer

[LHYellowJackets4]

Well the reason that I said to where sun glasses is because the sticker also said "Do not stare directly into beam. Thanx alot for pointing out those errors. LHYellowJackets4!

[gamer]

No problem! -gamer

[Vertigo666]

I had to do this on my normal PS2