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My ps2 has trouble reading CDR's, it can not read them at all. It has a little trouble with reading original CD games and it can read original DVD games. What is the problem? This is with a new replacement laser in a v7 PS2 with a DMS3 v2. What should I fool around with on my azimuth? I read that the DVD games are the machines hardest to load, so if it loads the DVD discs it should load all other media. The CDR Media I am using is good. It is Takiu Yuden 700mb cdr's.
You said the laser was a replacement, are you sure it was new? Many sites sell "reconditioned" lasers, I've had about a 50% success rate on these. If it's not listed specifically as new then it's probably not. You could try the other adjustments, but I would concentrate on the laser first. Best test you can do is get another V7 that works ok with CDR, take that laser out and try it. Then you can rule out the laser for sure...
I got a Type R laser from the console corner that came inside a baggy and inside a box that says like playstation, it looked genuine.
Well only Sony can provide a brand new laser. The ones sold online are just lasers that have been removed from systems with botched installs or some other major problem.
oh man, that was 60$!!!!
What should I do then, I fooled around with the azimuth a lot, and that didnt work. Both pot's are set to 1020ohms. Not different settings.
They all come in the box, but if your site didn't say the laser was new it probably wasn't. The best way to find your problem is to get a hold of a known good laser, out of another system or something, and install that. It's a pain, but the best way to tell if your trouble is with the laser or system...
the one's in the nice little blue box are not refurbished they are hongkong copy's and work fine from my expeirence with them the one's without the box are refurbished.
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It came in a little white box and in that was the laser inside like a plastic bag type thing. I know the white box said ps2 on the side. It looked preety official.
Sorry for the late reply.
The console corner says that they are all "Original Sony Lasers" but it does not say new. This could mean that they are referbished.