The tale of Monkeystyle's PS2
So like 2 years ago I bought a ps2 of my buddy. It was pretty cheap. 2 controllers, like 6 games, and a memory card for $150.
Anyway, it died on me about a month later. I remember using it the night before, then all of a sudden the next morning I was getiing the dreaded disc read error message.
So I called Sony, but since I had bought it from a friend I wasn't expecting much. It turned out though that I could send it to them and they'd fix it or send me a refurbished model.
I was like, okay, and I took all the info for shipping it. But afterwards I decided nahhh. I'll fix it myself.
Now, I'm no fool, I didn't just crack the thing open right away. I tried thinking about it, and I figured the problem was simple. It just needed a cleaning most likley. So I bought a lens cleaner, and I used it, and it was all good. So I popped in a random game. Mega Man anthology I think. And the bastard worked.
So I was like, slick, I wanna finish Re: Code Veronica now. So I put it in.
Disc Read Error.
Fuck.
Put Mega Man back in.
Disc Read Error.
It was at this point that I completely lost all patience with the machine and did what you should do to all things that annoy you. Shake it until you feel better. (Note to self: Do not shake baby.)
So I shook the shit out of it in a fit of anger after having come so close.
And then I figured what the hell, I'll try it.
The son of a bitch worked.
So, now I'm all. Ok, if I shook something that was out of place in place, I should be able to see what I did.
So I opened it up voiding my warranty, and saw the problem. The lens wasn't sitting in its proper place anymore. The rails were slightly bent. So I slid the thing back into place, closed it up, and put back in my game.
I was playing Splinter Cell at that time, just as a test. And I got to a loading screen, and all of a sudden It froze. I waited for like 5 minutes, but it didn't budge.
So once again, with frustration coursing through me. I hit the damn thing on the top. BASH!
The game hiccuped, and moved on from the loading screen.
Say what?
So I kept playing. Another loading screen, freezes again. A light pop on the top from me, and it keeps moving along nicely.
I whupped that machine back into line I tell you what.
And now 2 years later. I'm still beating it, and its still working.
The lesson to be learned here kids is: Violence is good.
So like 2 years ago I bought a ps2 of my buddy. It was pretty cheap. 2 controllers, like 6 games, and a memory card for $150.
Anyway, it died on me about a month later. I remember using it the night before, then all of a sudden the next morning I was getiing the dreaded disc read error message.
So I called Sony, but since I had bought it from a friend I wasn't expecting much. It turned out though that I could send it to them and they'd fix it or send me a refurbished model.
I was like, okay, and I took all the info for shipping it. But afterwards I decided nahhh. I'll fix it myself.
Now, I'm no fool, I didn't just crack the thing open right away. I tried thinking about it, and I figured the problem was simple. It just needed a cleaning most likley. So I bought a lens cleaner, and I used it, and it was all good. So I popped in a random game. Mega Man anthology I think. And the bastard worked.
So I was like, slick, I wanna finish Re: Code Veronica now. So I put it in.
Disc Read Error.
Fuck.
Put Mega Man back in.
Disc Read Error.
It was at this point that I completely lost all patience with the machine and did what you should do to all things that annoy you. Shake it until you feel better. (Note to self: Do not shake baby.)
So I shook the shit out of it in a fit of anger after having come so close.
And then I figured what the hell, I'll try it.
The son of a bitch worked.
So, now I'm all. Ok, if I shook something that was out of place in place, I should be able to see what I did.
So I opened it up voiding my warranty, and saw the problem. The lens wasn't sitting in its proper place anymore. The rails were slightly bent. So I slid the thing back into place, closed it up, and put back in my game.
I was playing Splinter Cell at that time, just as a test. And I got to a loading screen, and all of a sudden It froze. I waited for like 5 minutes, but it didn't budge.
So once again, with frustration coursing through me. I hit the damn thing on the top. BASH!
The game hiccuped, and moved on from the loading screen.
Say what?
So I kept playing. Another loading screen, freezes again. A light pop on the top from me, and it keeps moving along nicely.
I whupped that machine back into line I tell you what.
And now 2 years later. I'm still beating it, and its still working.
The lesson to be learned here kids is: Violence is good.
