02-26-2018, 09:40 PM
well, after trawling through google and guides and forums and hitting the wonderful 404 bedrock feeling like i've just watched inception back to back about 15 times here i am.....
so, usual short version of the same old story, ps2 disc drive dies, looks at emulation, finds pcsx2 then falls down a rabbit hole of technical information.....
basically, my ps2 is dead, one of the first of the original "fat" versions that hit the uk and i've kept it alive all these years, until the reminiscing bug caught me a few days ago to have another blast through ratchet and clank only to be met with a dead disc drive.
well, it's not completely dead, everything spins, and after cleaning the head moves ok, the laser flashes, but after every home-brew adjustment the internet has to offer it won't read anything, even brand new dvd's.
and this is where the catch 22 comes in- i want to go for emulation so i can play my games, and also back them up for the future. but as far as i can find all the guides out there cover either modded consoles, or using discs, needless to say my unmodded unreading console can do neither.
so basically i seem to have 3 options:
1. get the bios via usb, if that's even possible
2. get another console and remember to get the bios off before it breaks
3. give up and go back to playing borderlands on pc
so, usual short version of the same old story, ps2 disc drive dies, looks at emulation, finds pcsx2 then falls down a rabbit hole of technical information.....
basically, my ps2 is dead, one of the first of the original "fat" versions that hit the uk and i've kept it alive all these years, until the reminiscing bug caught me a few days ago to have another blast through ratchet and clank only to be met with a dead disc drive.
well, it's not completely dead, everything spins, and after cleaning the head moves ok, the laser flashes, but after every home-brew adjustment the internet has to offer it won't read anything, even brand new dvd's.
and this is where the catch 22 comes in- i want to go for emulation so i can play my games, and also back them up for the future. but as far as i can find all the guides out there cover either modded consoles, or using discs, needless to say my unmodded unreading console can do neither.
so basically i seem to have 3 options:
1. get the bios via usb, if that's even possible
2. get another console and remember to get the bios off before it breaks
3. give up and go back to playing borderlands on pc