My man, you saved my PS2. I stopped using It when i was a kid. Thanks thanks thanks

You saved my old ps2, respect from Italy ✌🏼

I just got my PS2 down from the attic after being there for 20 years. To my regret, the disc would not read and would grind like hell. I found your video which saved my PS. Thank you very very much for the video and thorough walkthrough!

Thank you so much its working so good now gta San Andreas here I come thank you again

Tysm bro u saved my ps2 ❤ much love to u

This vid helped a ton!

Another laser revived, praise from Poland

This worked like a charm! Appreciate the plug for Jesus and End Times topics.

It worked for me! Thank you so much! But unfortunatly the reader is bad. It's only playing ps1 games.

感謝您的教學 我修復了 非常感謝 Taiwan love you

To anyone who has been storing their ps2 in the attic or stashed away for 15 years.. My ps2 was recognizing that the disc was there but was heavily grinding and not loading. But I figured that the gears have been stagnant for so long that perhaps letting them move a bit before committing to opening it up might work. Sure enough if you let the gears run a few times by inserting/ejecting - the gears will loosen and allow you to play. I am still getting some grinding but not as bad as it first was. I am able to play now. However, I could see this wearing out the gears if no action is taken and I use it heavily. Or perhaps the more I use it, the more it'll loosen up. But for those that want a couple hours of nostalgia without opening it all up - let those gears loosen up a bit! However, this video is definitely your safest bet to keep your ps2 running the longest if you're getting grinding noises.

Cardboard did the job! Thank you!

1:54 the middle screw on the bottom of the console would have a sticker on it if the console has not been taken apart before.

Worked for me thank you

Mine has the same problem with the rail plastic piece being loose making the same rattling sound. Gonna fix it with your video!

Bro this is alot to remember

About to go home n try this on mine .because i hate that loud noise it’s making and it won’t read ncaa2006 🙏🏽

You are the Man!

This is the most common things that would happen to the fat PS2 and that vibrating sound usually would result in disc damage but everyone says the PS2 slim damages discs worse and I don't believe that

To grease the rods and adding a 3/4mm tick cardboard under the spinning bar did it for me, thanks!!

I have Dej Jam Fight for Ny and Nba Live 08 and they were just working last week but not all of sudden neither will not load at all. My PS2 make little grinding noises even wen I'm playing but not all the time just very sudden every now and then ..... Would this work???! And also Ive seen more scratches than usual. Is the grinding little noise causing that ?

my ps2 doesn't even show the reading disk screen, it goes to the browser and system configuration screen

Hey great video, knew exactly what to do when I opened mine up. I cleaned, lubed, replaced the white teeth part with a new one and cleaned the lenses but it still makes the noise and won’t read discs. Any suggestions?

I wonder if this method lasts a while or it be better to replace the platic piece? Mine it works but sometimes, i feel that grinding noise while playing

Hello @Because Stuff Breaks with Justin Peters , after watching the video I did the same, and after cleaning the laser, my PS2 won't spin the discs or read them anymore, when I insert the disc, the laser moves and turns half a circle and nothing happens anymore, can you tell me where I went wrong?

The lithium grease won’t be a problem? I heard it could damage or warp metal or plastic.

my disc tray wont come out when i removed the covef

ive got a slim ps2 it does some grinding noises and wont read discs thought it was this issue when i opened it up the whole cable that connects to the optical drive is broken. the orange cable you see when you first open the console up. Is it possible to replace that?

I have my PS2 fat using an OPL to load games. The problem is, the unit itself making some grinding noise only just a second. Im not even using a disc on it. What is problem of my PS2 please help.

Gonna try this soon hopefully it works i love my PS2 best console ever

My PS2 reads all games perfectly, but it rattles due to poor contact of the micro switch for the end position of the laser unit. Do you know where I can get the micro switch as spare part? Thank you in advance.

Hi, the bit where you put cardboard under came right out, how can I plug this back in?

I want to try this but idk if the grease I have is correct. I've got lithium for lawn trimmers and silicone for airport guns. Are either of those ok?

how did you fix the disc trey grinding when ejecting?

Mine just makes a steady clicking sound and the game wont start

Still no luck for mine. I don't know what else to do besides look for a new laser assembly. Looks like it's the plastic part not the gear but I don't know where to find one except maybe eBay? I can manually move the laser up and down by hand turning the gear but as soon as I press the power button the gear goes all way to center of disc drive makes the grinding sound and then won't go up. I don't even understand how this broke as I just bought the thing and it was working fine for one day. I tore the PS2 down last night to replace the watch battery as that was dead and I want to keep time set. Put it all back together and put a disc in which loaded but then started grinding noise and disc not spinning. Just my luck.

Just took mines apart and there is no ribbon cable at all that connects to top part. ??? 😂 it turns on just making the clicking noise not reading disk. Should i stop now? Is the ribbon cabble needed?

thank you!

After I fixed the grinding noise now it won't read anything. I had to buy a PS2 slim

idk man i use a usb and it makes the sound when i start it and its freezes a lot in cut scenes what should i do?

Do you suggeat putting a bit of grease on the disc tray gears its self? The white plastic gears beside the disc drive belt?

I have a ps2 game from hell. It has bringed the death to 3 ps2 consoles for me. Every time I placed the disk. Each of my ps2 would that making that horrible rattling hurring noise, abd no longer being able to read any disks and keep being noisy. It's such a shame bc I loved that game but i don't want to kill my ps2 console again

Hi I have a problem with my fat ps2 and I wish you can help me. The problem is It reads discs fine but while playing it makes a loud click noise from time to time! Any reason why?? Thank you so much

Thanks bro this video helped a lot

Something is wrong with my PS2... It's a 50004 version but in "System Information" screen it says it's a 50003. 😑 What does it mean? Is it normal? I'm so confused. If someone has the same problem I would like to know what the heck is wrong with it!

did you apply white lithium grease to the metallic spiral part?

Is there a way to fix it without taking the console apart?

I tried everything