hmmm...not to get involved or anything,but.....about 3 of my friends and my cousin's PS2 is messed up from what I'm beginning to call a "human virus".Let's see...here's the symptoms that I've heard so far ------
1. It's taking to long to get out of the browser menu..I have to click on browser and load my disc from there
2. Mine can only read flight simulators or PS1 cds only
3. My PS2 can't read any DVD type PS2 games,such as the ones with the blue bottoms
4. My PS2 won't load anything at all
and so that's all I've heard from my friends so far...I came to the conclusion that maybe all the PS2s were acting up because of a MAJOR bug of somesort that was set for after you've at least had it for a year...but now...here's what I've found out.All the friends that I've been talkin' to that has a messed up PS2...they've been shutting the power off from the back of it instead of holding down the power button on the front of the PS2,and waiting for it to go into that "standby" type mode,so you can THEN shut it off from the back.So far,I haven't had any trouble out of mine,cause I shut mine off the correct way...so,just for safety precautions,you should do it the correct way as well people.Thank you for your time
AE86Driver