Originally Posted by
resincake
Hi,
I was talking with a shop assistant in GameZone (Local shop), and he was saying that the Slim PS2s actually perform slightly better (faster) in games, than the older Fat models. Now, I'm pretty sure he is full of it, or just doesn't have a clue about PS2s in general. However, I am only a newbie myself, with the PS2, and so cannot be entirely certain either way.
Through an unfortunate accident my Slim (70003) PS2 was dropped, and stopped reading any disc, or even registering a disc was in the drive (Tried Originals & Backups). The Disc is spinning ok, so I guessed my laser was shot, but upon replacing it with a new one, it still read no discs, so having another slim (Same model) that is missing the complete drive, I put the complete drive (with new laser) in that PS2, but it still wouldn't read any disc. After this I thought I'd just get a new one, and got lucky on ebay, managing to get a Fat PS2 for £15.
So, my question is, does the Shop Assistant know what he is talking about, or, like I presumed, is he totally wrong?
Thanks in advance for any answers offered, and I apologise for such a stupid question, but I really am not sure, so figured it'd be best to confirm it with those that know best. :>
On a side note, if anyone can offer a suggestion on whats up with my Slim PS2, that'd be cool (I know the main board is good and the laser is new).