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ANYWAY
Yes, that's happened to my PS2 in the past.
We sent it to be fixed, and they said there was a problem with the reader.
So keep on looking.
When my PS2 broke down,
it was the laser too.
So I took it on to a repair shop to get it replaced.
After that, a transister on the power supply board shorted.
So I had to buy a new one and solder it on myself,
because the repair shop "doesn't do" repair on individual boards.
One guy told me that if I was REALLY careful,
we could adjust the pots on the bottom of the laser,
to fix this one.
But purple is hesitant, because if it brakes, she won't have something to play her PS1 games in, (that doesn't have visual glitches)
Which is why I was looking for a replacement laser assembly part.
As it stands right now, it plays PS1 games,
it just takes FOREVER to load them.