# PlayStation 2 - Disk Read Error **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757 "2003-03-17T21:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/1 "2003-03-17T21:30:35Z")
\ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!\ Over the past few months I have been encountering more and more problems getting games and DVD’s to read in my PS2. I just bought the Getaway and am yet to play it because my system won’t read the disc. I took this problem to google and found out that there are tens of thousands of people just like me that get this message. Obviously I cleaned my system of dust and all that good stuff with nothing working. I called Sony tech support and they said they would either fix it for free or send me a new one for free, and all I have to do is send them the system. It is mighty kind of them to do this for free considering my system never had a warranty. I am just a bit urked that this is such a common problem. I don’t want to be without my PS2 for the 6-8 weeks it will take to get it back or get a new one. I dunno Just ranting…… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/2 "2003-03-17T21:32:11Z")
how long have ya had it? mine is over a year old, I’ve never had problems with it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/3 "2003-03-17T21:32:17Z")
just drink some beer. You’ll forget all about the PS2. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/4 "2003-03-17T21:32:42Z")
this happed to me to. either i would throw the disk across the room and some times i would clean it with a no lint rag ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/5 "2003-03-17T21:33:26Z")
☹ i feel for ya…getaway is awesome. just beat it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/6 "2003-03-17T21:33:30Z")
I bought it the day it launched in 2000 Maybe I will do that Jubba…its St. pattys day and I am about as Irish as you can be. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/7 "2003-03-17T21:33:37Z")
WHAO! THAT HAPPEND TO ME YESTERDAY! IT WONT WORK! I PUT IN MY DISK… AND THEN IT TAKES A LONG TIME… THEN IT SAYS DISK ERROR! IT JUST SUDDENLY HAPPEND, IT WAS WORKING ONE DAY, THEN IT WASN’T THE NEXT! HEP, HELP, EHLP! I have The Getaway, but luckly I got to play it some. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/8 "2003-03-17T21:34:00Z")
I know what you mean, well my buddy does anyway. I dont have a ps2 but he does and has the exact same problem you do. He sent is back but they charged him a standard fee of 80 bucks to fix it. Sounds like you are getting a deal forsure! My advice to you - send your ps2 away, go to wal-mart, buy a new one, keep the recipt and then take it back and say the \*\*\*\* thing stopped working AGAIN and that is the second one you have bought. Tell them you want your money back and there ya go! You arent without a playstation and you might get a new one in the mail for free 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/9 "2003-03-17T21:36:53Z")
I did consider that sure but I dont wanna rip off Sony. The system has brought me hundreds of hours of sheer violent fun. Plus its things like that that case them to initially charge $299.00 for the console to begin with. I guess its such a common problem now that Sony will fix it for free. I think I will just wait the 6-8 weeks to get it back. I still have GameCube and XBox w/Live… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/10 "2003-03-17T21:38:32Z")
Yeah its St Patricks day, its my birthday and I’m Irish (well 40%, but my g/f is 100%) so my entire floor is partying tonight… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/11 "2003-03-17T21:40:31Z")
HAPPY B-DAY man ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/12 "2003-03-17T21:46:08Z")
Took me 2 weeks when I sent mine in. . . . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/13 "2003-03-17T21:59:51Z")
Yeah man… That’s the only problem with this supposably “e-lite” system… I have 2 friends around here who had to send theirs back to get a new system… I love Sony and everything… But I’ll stick with my X-Box for now… Haven’t had a single problem on it yet… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/14 "2003-03-17T22:00:33Z")
PLAYSTATION 2 ORIGINAL GAME ERROR - TOO MANY SEQUALS - NOT ENOUGH TIME… Ⓜ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/15 "2003-03-17T22:17:35Z")
hmm, i get this too, but on my XBOX…but rarely ever…but when i do it sucsk so much! i am calling microsoft next time it happens. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/16 "2003-03-17T22:34:32Z")
nintendo does update its classics, but it does it with style… Ⓜ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/17 "2003-03-17T22:39:45Z")
yeah, you should always take good care of your cds and ps2, the’re part of your family. i personally have never heard of anyone with this error, it puzzles me… anyways, sry bud. just complain to sony and send it in or something, its far worth it for an awesome system… i just got dark cloud 2 and its so frikin awesome, graphics and gamplay, as long as you like rpg and adventure that is… :0 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/18 "2003-03-17T22:43:49Z")
Yeah, Vice city is starting to crash more often now…I’ve had it for less than a year. It is building up dust, which i should clean. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/19 "2003-03-18T01:33:41Z")
I called tech support and the guy said its a very common problem with the first version of the PS2 They were going to recall them, but thought it would be cheaper to deal with them when they crap the bed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757/20 "2003-03-18T02:10:53Z")
video games su\*\* anyway… [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-2-disk-read-error/15757.md?page=2)