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[SCPH-70004/3.10E] Worked a couple of times, now says "Unable to read disc"
| Spec | Detail |
|---|---|
| Console | SCPH-70004 |
| Browser | 1.40 |
| CD Player | 2.00 |
| PS Driver | 1.11 |
| DVD Player | 3.10E |
Was overjoyed when I managed to get the disk to run, but it seemed highly unstable and only worked about 2/3th of the time. Now though it doesn't seem to work at all and consistently boots me to the menu. When I open the browser it tells me it's "Unable to read the disc". I'm confused because there's nothing that can physically change on a PS2 other than the position of the laser, so I doubt I bricked something. Did everything in the troubleshooting guide including resetting the laser with a genuine DVD, didn't work.
As a sidenote, booting a genuine DVD does start with a similiar glitchy screen as when booting the exploit. Not sure if that is somehow related but it does give me a feeling I might've messed something up.
Any clues?
the clue is exploit is very unreliable and unstable i have right it on dvd-r and it won't run
What "genuine DVD" means? Is it:
- a PS2 game on a DVD-ROM disc
- DVD-Video disc
If you are constantly getting "Disc read error", "Unable to read the disc", when you put in a PS2 game or a DVD-Video something is not right...
In most causes PS2 should read original PS2 games on DVD-ROM.
When a laser starts to become weaker it has a problem with reading DVD-Video discs. You can try to clean the lens, sometimes it may helps. If that doesn't help, only replacing laser will solve the problem.
When PS2 stars to have problems with reading org PS2 games in most causes it is dying. As before you can clean it, but mostly it will not help.
This exploit is very stable.
I wrote it (All PS2 Slims - English language.iso) on a DVD-R (Verbatim) disc with 4x speed. Tested on SCPH-70004, SCPH-77004, SCPH-79003. All mentioned before consoles read it without a problem.
Many people in these days uses low quality discs. Mostly external or in laptops DVD\BD-writers are literally sh*t.
Better results you can get with desktop writers, so that is why I mostly recommend them. Additionally you can try to launch this exploit without any memory card.
Might've been a little unclear in my original post. I tried it wit a genuine DVD (Jurassic Park) and a PS2 game (Forza) , with and without a memory card inserted. Both the game and the DVD boot fine so I doubt it's the laser that's dying. The glitchy screen I was talking about only occurs when playing DVDs and is in a way similiar to what shows when the exploit boots. I'll try cleaning the lens regardless to see if that makes a difference.
I did use an external burner since none of my laptops, despite having six counting my girlfriends, came with a disk burner. Used 4x speed since that was as slow as it would go, using a Phillips DVD+R (4.7G). If cleaning the laser doesn't help I'll try and see if I can get a disk burned someplace else where they have better burners.
Forza on PS2? Are you ... kidding me?
Are we talking about PS2 or Xbox? Maybe this link will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forza_(series).
Also try DVD-R instead of DVD+R. Definitely do not use DVD-+RW. Try e.g. Verbatim DVD-R. If you have an ability to use desktop writer with low writing speed (4x), that will be awesome.
The problem is not the exploit, but the quality of your burn simply. It is as bad, that it already degraded your laser!
That simple it is really!
