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A console that will not read discs may have a dirty lens, a worn laser, a stuck tray or a fault elsewhere that only looks like a drive problem. Cleaning the lens is the usual first step, and tray and belt checks come next.

For PlayStation 2 read errors, The Retro Station cleans the laser lens on two consoles. Retro Console Repairs & Mods goes deeper and tunes a laser with PMAP over a USB to TTL cable, in a video aimed at confident repairers. Older drives turn up too. TheRetroChannel works on a PS1 laser assembly and links its service manual. New Retro Repair works through a Japanese Saturn with no power and a still drive.

Never look into a powered laser. Many consoles have a mains power board inside, with capacitors that keep a charge after unplugging, and isopropyl for lens work is flammable.

  7. Hobbyist or repairer

    Sony PS1 optical drive laser repairs

    TheRetroChannel

    A very unhappy PlayStation is the subject as TheRetroChannel turns to its laser assembly. The SCPH-9000 service manual is linked, and an earlier part covers the first faults.

  9. Hobbyist or repairer

    Sony PlayStation 2 Restoration

    Jan Beta

    After years of early 2000s dust, a fat PlayStation 2 is stripped down. Its DVD drive is cleaned, lubricated and fixed, case parts get a bath and a controller is cleaned.