Do "back-up's" mess up the laser in the PS2?

R0bTh3h4x0r · 08-14-2003,04:55 PM

I have a v7 PS2 with a brand-new DMS3 chip, that I installed last week ago. I works great!! Before that I had a v2 PS2 with a Magic 3.1 chip ( i broke that one....damn solder points way too small.) Anyway, one of my friends (my back-up supplier..lol) PLEASE DON'T BAN ME. He said that DVD backups mess up the laser inside. I use Verbatim brand DVD-R's. I see no problem at the time, but should I worry about it in the future?

**UltraDude** · 08-14-2003,04:58 PM

It's DVD-Rips that mess with the laser, if you use high quality DVD-R like Verbatim and Ritek you will be fine.

R0bTh3h4x0r · 08-14-2003,05:13 PM

Thanks UltraDude,

Before anyone thinks i'm a total n00b .... it's not true, installing and burning i'm fine with, but w/ all this information w/ rips and iso's come on. Anyway I got another question, Whats the difference between rips and back-ups, there both the same right?
rips come from pirates or something like that? idk... Verbatim is safe right, cause i spent a lot of time and MONEY on this sh*t, a dvd burner, a new PS2, and a DMS3 chip. I don't want to through it all away.

**loy** · 08-14-2003,05:43 PM

rips are full dvd games ripped to fit on to a cdr. they cause laser damage as it tends to make the laesr harder. Full Backups will only damage the laser if the media is crappy

**aZnSpOiLeR** · 08-14-2003,06:51 PM

Originally posted by loy
they cause laser damage as it tends to make the laesr harder.

Ummm, how is that true?
or can you explain it to me?

**UltraDude** · 08-14-2003,07:49 PM

the LBA is out of order on rips and causes the laser to find the files it needs instead of just going streight to it without much hassle.

R0bTh3h4x0r · 08-14-2003,08:10 PM

thanks all for your help- i got my first thread made, with a sh*t load of replies.

Thanks everyone

**aZnSpOiLeR** · 08-14-2003,08:27 PM

lol but what about regular cd game backups?

**UltraDude** · 08-14-2003,08:30 PM

man u can sum of crap all u want fact is ur ps2 will die faster then mine.

R0bTh3h4x0r · 08-14-2003,08:31 PM

now i'm lost

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