PS3 Issue with PS3 CECHA

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Marty_Debiru

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I have a big collection of japanese PS2 games and decided to buy a NTCS-J PS3 CECHA backwards compatible to play them.

When it arrived it clearly had some problem with the reader, as it could not reas PS2 discs. It did worked fine with PS3 and PS1 discs. I sent it to my local console shop to get a new laser reader.
So here is the issue: now it works and reads PS2 discs, but only a few. For every 10 different games I try, only 1 works.
The one that works boot up immediately with no issue whatsoever, and the console runs great for hours. But for some reason it has issue reading other games. Mind you, those discs work perfectly fine on my PS2.

I already the tried fully restore option and to lay horizontally the console. The console know there's a discs and try to read it, the clock does the reading animation, but after 10 seconds it just stops.

Any help is welcomed. Thanks
 
Marty_Debiru said:
I have a big collection of japanese PS2 games and decided to buy a NTCS-J PS3 CECHA backwards compatible to play them.

When it arrived it clearly had some problem with the reader, as it could not reas PS2 discs. It did worked fine with PS3 and PS1 discs. I sent it to my local console shop to get a new laser reader.
So here is the issue: now it works and reads PS2 discs, but only a few. For every 10 different games I try, only 1 works.
The one that works boot up immediately with no issue whatsoever, and the console runs great for hours. But for some reason it has issue reading other games. Mind you, those discs work perfectly fine on my PS2.

I already the tried fully restore option and to lay horizontally the console. The console know there's a discs and try to read it, the clock does the reading animation, but after 10 seconds it just stops.

Any help is welcomed. Thanks
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Maybe Lazer height adjustment is a little off?,...it sometimes needs alignment when replacing dvd drive or just the Lazer.
 
Yugonibblit said:
Maybe Lazer height adjustment is a little off?,...it sometimes needs alignment when replacing dvd drive or just the Lazer.
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I'm guessing the shop did a correct job, as its one of the best in the city and like I said it reads perfectly fine some PS2 discs (they boot up inmediatelly). This is why I'm at a lost.
 
I mentioned this because I was in a similar situation so I did some adjustments when using the disc that would not boot and the one that would and I was able to resolve the problem not saying that this is your case or anyone did anything wrong, it was very time consuming for me to test back and forth between discs because if I got one to boot then the other disc would not boot back and forth till I got them both to boot.
 
Marty_Debiru said:
I have a big collection of japanese PS2 games and decided to buy a NTCS-J PS3 CECHA backwards compatible to play them.

When it arrived it clearly had some problem with the reader, as it could not reas PS2 discs. It did worked fine with PS3 and PS1 discs. I sent it to my local console shop to get a new laser reader.
So here is the issue: now it works and reads PS2 discs, but only a few. For every 10 different games I try, only 1 works.
The one that works boot up immediately with no issue whatsoever, and the console runs great for hours. But for some reason it has issue reading other games. Mind you, those discs work perfectly fine on my PS2.

I already the tried fully restore option and to lay horizontally the console. The console know there's a discs and try to read it, the clock does the reading animation, but after 10 seconds it just stops.

Any help is welcomed. Thanks
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Well I'm assuming if they literally replaced the laser lens then what you're dealing with is one of those cheap after market reverse engineered lasers as it isn't like Sony just sold lasers or something and people could just get them, that didn't exist. And these third party lasers are AWFUL, it doesn't seem to matter what console it is they seem to be a 2/5 ratio of good to bad because they have no quality control on them at all, they just manufacture to spec and send them out the door. Honestly the PS2 slim is one of the only consoles out there where you can buy brand new reverse engineered lasers that are consistently good. So chances are that's what you're dealing with here. If no PS2 games worked at all then that changes things as then you could be dealing with a component failure that deals with the onboard PS2 chip on the motherboard. But since some PS2 games do run, that shouldn't be your issue.
 
gogogadgetman77 said:
Well I'm assuming if they literally replaced the laser lens then what you're dealing with is one of those cheap after market reverse engineered lasers as it isn't like Sony just sold lasers or something and people could just get them, that didn't exist. And these third party lasers are AWFUL, it doesn't seem to matter what console it is they seem to be a 2/5 ratio of good to bad because they have no quality control on them at all, they just manufacture to spec and send them out the door. Honestly the PS2 slim is one of the only consoles out there where you can buy brand new reverse engineered lasers that are consistently good. So chances are that's what you're dealing with here. If no PS2 games worked at all then that changes things as then you could be dealing with a component failure that deals with the onboard PS2 chip on the motherboard. But since some PS2 games do run, that shouldn't be your issue.
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This sound plausible. Yes the laser they installed was some aftermarket china brand. As they told me it's impossible to find new sony ones.
Actually I had to sent the console 2 times to the shop, as the first laser worked for 30 minutes.
 
Marty_Debiru said:
This sound plausible. Yes the laser they installed was some aftermarket china brand. As they told me it's impossible to find new sony ones.
Actually I had to sent the console 2 times to the shop, as the first laser worked for 30 minutes.
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Yeah that is definitely the issue then, there is really no point getting those aftermarket lasers they are absolutely awful. If you do, you have to plan on buying at least 5 of them because its totally possible only 1 or 2 of them will actually be any good. Your best bet is buying an OEM drive from a reputable seller thats in good shape. Yes it's used but you are still better off.
 
gogogadgetman77 said:
Yeah that is definitely the issue then, there is really no point getting those aftermarket lasers they are absolutely awful. If you do, you have to plan on buying at least 5 of them because its totally possible only 1 or 2 of them will actually be any good. Your best bet is buying an OEM drive from a reputable seller thats in good shape. Yes it's used but you are still better off.
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I have been checkling the market for a drive, I need specifically the ps2 compatbiel drive right? Also I heard they need to be married to the console when installed?

At this point Im considering to just install an SSD and custom firmware and play the PS2 games straight from the internal storage as it looks is solely a drive issue.
 
GuilloteTesla said:
SSDs are not compatible with the PS3, and will have issues playing PS2 games: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/guide-ssd-for-playstation-3.42499/

Also, you will still need a working BD drive daughterboard to install full CFW, otherwise you will not be able to mount disc images.
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I'm a bit confussed. I already have another PHAT PS3 with an SSD and it works flawless. Or you mean its not compatible WITH PS2 games?

Regarding the BD, its in there and the blue ray reader works fine, its the PS2 reader who has issues. So it should be fine?
 
Marty_Debiru said:
I'm a bit confussed. I already have another PHAT PS3 with an SSD and it works flawless. Or you mean its not compatible WITH PS2 games?

Regarding the BD, its in there and the blue ray reader works fine, its the PS2 reader who has issues. So it should be fine?
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Read the thread I've linked. It's a hit-or-miss, some SSDs work, some don't. Some people don't have any issues now but get them after months of years of normal use.

In short, the PS3 is not compatible with SSDs because it wasn't designed with that technology in mind.
 
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