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PS2 slim (V12) driving me crazy, HELP !

Any help from knowledgeable people, especially those who experienced the same problem and found a solution, would be greatly appreciated.

The PS2 plays all disc formats just fine except PURPLE dvd movies. Every time I play one of these, the machine keeps freezing up. I tried brand new discs so I'm sure it's not the disc that's causing the problem. I replaced the laser with a brand new one without luck. I tried these purple discs on other units (dvd players) and they played just fine. What can be causing this PS2 not to read purple discs ??? Anyone who can provide a real solution must be a genius !

Reply to
moonlite
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Wow you have an IBM PS2 with a dvd drive in it!??

Reply to
Michael Kennedy

I don't know what you mean by that. If you're trying to make fun of IBM, that was not funny. Please don't waste your time or mine if you don't have something useful to say.

Reply to
moonlite

We thought it was funny. Why don't you ask literate questions?

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Homer J Simpson

Obviously. PS2 was a series of computers from IBM that introduced the 6 pin mini din keyboard and mouse connectors, and the name was quite common before it was stolen for a cheap video game system. there is a very good chance that you have a PS2 keyboard and mouse, unless your computer has the USB version.

Since the original PS2 was long gone before DVD drives were available, it is rather funny. On the other hand, if you had stated that it was a video game, everyone would have known which system you were talking about.

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Michael A. Terrell

Ok, ok. This is a PLAYSTATION video game console made by Sony version

12 , i.e. the slim type. Maybe now we can get some helpful hints ? Thanks folks.
Reply to
moonlite

I was just giving you a hard time.. Are you using recordable media like a DVD-R, +R, RW? If you are it is probably an intentional malfunction so that it cannot play pirated content or it could be that the drive is simply not capable of reading it.

- Mike

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Michael Kennedy

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net:

*snip rest of post (Hey, no one's accused me of not trimming yet!)*

The only way I know how to distinguish between the IBM PS/2 and the Sony PS2 is the presence or absence of the slash between the S and 2.

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

More often than not, that's no longer a good indicator. It would be simpler if they didn't expect people to see what was in front of them, and them wanting to play 20 questions.

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Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell

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