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Playstation 2
Laser adjustment instructions
^Ryu^-ReVoLuTioN!
Information on the PS2 swapmethod has been released, but what to
do when you did everything by the book and keep getting a ticking
noise from the DVD drive, or skipping intro's? Adjust your laser
to read CDRs!
If you were already confident enough to open up your PS2 for the
swaptrick, you should have no problem performing this fairly easy
procedure. Of course, I will take no responsibility for any damage
that might result from this procedure.
Also, use high-quality CDRs like Philips Silver Premium, Verbatim or
anything that also works on a normal Playstation.
HOW TO DO IT:
-Open up your PS2 unit, also receive the bottom casing and the
metal shielding from the mainboard.
-Locate and remove the DVD drive's ribbon cable from the mainboard.
It's easy, just click the connector's black strip away from the
board and you can slide it out.
-Not only remove the cover and white disc from the DVD drive, but
also unscrew the whole drive unit itself from the PS2 and take it
out.
-Turn the PS2 upside down with its power connector and AV Multi Out
facing you.
-Get a Neo Geo cartridge box (or sonething else about 1 inch thick).
Use it to put on the DVD drive and connect the ribbon cable back to
the mainboard.
-Get an item like your mousepad (or anything else NOT metallic or
electrically conducting in any way with roughly the same dimensions
as the mainboard). Put it on the PS2's mainboard and flip the DVD
drive over on the mainboard with the ribbon cable still connected.
-If the downside of the laserunit itself is not visible, simply
turning on the PS2 for a few seconds will make it slide to the
center. Remember to shut the PS2 down again before progressing
further!
Now that you see the laserunit, located on the topright side of it
are two small silver screw like components. These are adjustable
resistors which you can use to adjust the properties of the lens.
Note very precisely in which direction they are both facing before
doing anything, so you can always restore the original siutation.
-Using a small screwdriver, make adjustments to these resistors
by CAREFULLY rotating them a bit each time until your backup copy
runs flawlessly;
1-boot up Util disc CD
2-swap with backup
3-if it will not run correctly or skips, power off and make adjustments
4-repeat until either the PS2 works or until you can't deal with
the frustration anymore, because this can take some time!
Any questions? Drop me a mail; dan.kusters@home.nl
