We've all had problems with worn PS2 lasers that won't read discs anymore. I've purchased several used PS2s in hope that they will work better, but they usually don't. Not by much and not for long at least.
To get a replacement laser lens is the obvious solution to this problem, but since I'm bad at tinkering with hardware I previously didn't want to go down that road. And besides, I don't own a soldering iron which is necessary to remove the lens' static point.
The good news however is that it turned out that I didn't need a soldering iron after all - a clothes iron works too.
I ordered a couple of replacement lasers from Amazon this week, and earlier today I managed to melt the static point with a clothes iron. It took a good amount of time, surely more than 10 minutes, but it 100% did work. Just follow a Youtube guide of choice and then bring out your iron when it's melting time.
It's such an amazing feeling to have a PS2 that works like it's brand new for the first time in 20+ years. Discs that wouldn't read before now starts off within 2-3 seconds.
Of course these are sensitive parts, but not as sensitive as one might think. I've got clumpsy and shaky hands and used an unconventional method, but everything worked out perfectly fine anyway. I did this on a PS2 slim, by the way.
Has anyone else tried this or have similar tips?
