Ever gotten those annoying Disc Read Error messages on your Playstation 2? If you have, I’ll bet the first time you saw one was on the 31st day you’ve had it ...

My PlayStation 2 has been having issues reading discs. After taking the damn thing apart, I discovered that the disc tends to slip during spin-up, which makes some pretty terrifying noises (but does ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

It's the end of an era for Sony and the PlayStation 2, as the company has revealed that it will be ending its PS2 repair program in Japan. That repair program is being ended nearly two decades after ...

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