GND wire came off

**easy123** · 05-23-2005,03:50 PM

So I opened up my pstwo yesterday (after 3 months of having to hear that disturbing racket from the pstwo's laser) and found that the gound wire that i soldered on one of the copper pads came off.

The thing (pstwo) can read originals fine without making any loud noises, but when I put in a backup, ie. ace combat 5, I would hear a louder that usual sound during the reading of the disc, though the loading speed is still the same as reading originals. I remembered that it wasn't like this when I put in the same backup the first time after I installed the chip(magic 5kx+).

I soldered the wire back on, but still no change to the noise when reading my backups.

So my questions are: Could that be the cause of my pstwo's laser going crazy when reading some of my backups? What is the main purpose of the ground wire? Is there any way to fix this problem such as installing summone's fix?

**nexus6** · 05-23-2005,08:46 PM

Originally Posted by easy123

What is the main purpose of the ground wire?

ever heard of electricity ?

**easy123** · 05-23-2005,09:43 PM

sorry, i am a noob when it comes to this kind of stuff. So could it be the cause to the noise?

**nexus6** · 05-24-2005,05:56 AM

I don't think so.
A loose wire could fry the mainboard if it were to touch something wrong.
Most PS2 make more noise when reading backups, especially the ones made on poor media. Try burning a new one on a ritek g04 and compare the noise level.
If everything works properly, you shouldn't bother anyway.

**easy123** · 05-24-2005,03:30 PM

i use verbatims(mcc 02) and tys(t02 g01), used quality scan from nero and they look awsome, maybe it's something to do with my nec 3500?

itstheyoo · 05-24-2005,03:54 PM

i wouldnt think it would be the nec its one of the best out there unless somethings knacked in it.

**easy123** · 06-03-2005,12:18 PM

OK, the noise levels are getting worse. Yesterday I put in a backup of Van Helsing and starwars battlefront(made on Tyg01 4x that i ordered from shop4tech), and the laser was moving back and forth like crazy during gameplay. Somebody help me plz.

cromag · 06-03-2005,02:22 PM

easy 123 do you have any fix installed on your ps two?

**easy123** · 06-03-2005,04:38 PM

nope

cromag · 06-03-2005,04:41 PM

thats the problem
you now probably have a laser that is going to die but im not the most expert guy in this maybe im totally wrong but in the modchipped pstwo is needed at least one fix like the summ0ne to protect your laser

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