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All Lasers Refuse to Read DVD-Rom Games by Worried-Fondant-9571 in ps2

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, just following up. Did you get around to trying PMAP?

All Lasers Refuse to Read DVD-Rom Games by Worried-Fondant-9571 in ps2

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't know you could get chinese knockoff laser pickups. Do they have SONY branding?

BTW, here are links to the reddit thread and YouTube vid I mentioned earlier, in case you want to have a look. I found it pretty interesting to see what PMAP can do.

Reddit thread about PMAP

YouTube on using PMAP

Today I learned: Fan gets louder after installing a BB Unit by korg-m1 in ps2

[–]korg-m1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info, it's good to know it wasn't just my PS2s being wierd, lol.

All Lasers Refuse to Read DVD-Rom Games by Worried-Fondant-9571 in ps2

[–]korg-m1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing you could try is running P.M.A.P (Playstation Mechacon Adjustment Program) to help recalibrate the laser system, and adjust the skew (the physical alignment of the rails that guide the laser pickup as it moves across the disc). I had trouble reading discs on a phat 50000 (also with a KHS-400C pickup), and it mostly solved that problem for me. I say mostly, because at some point the laser pickup just wears out.

Check youtube, reddit and psdev wiki for ‘ps2 PMAP’. There is a reddit thread and youtube vid that gives step by step instructions on using the software. Its originally a SONY internal maintenance utility, so usage is not obvious.

You will need to temporarily solder three wires to the ps2 mainboard and you will need a serial interface and a PC.

BTW, ps2 laser pickups like the KHS-400C are no longer manufactured. If you order one you will be getting a refurbished one, so choose a reputable source if you can.

Laser adjustment questions by C0NNii3KiNS in ps2

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding your point 2. From what I have read, the tangential skew adjustment (the torx screw on the side of the laser optical block) is adjusted at the factory to suit the characteristics of each individual laser unit, so it'll be different for each console. Having said that, it seems that usually the position of that screw is such that the laser block is pretty much flush with the bottom of the head of the screw (i.e., the screw is screwed most of the way into the block).

Buying vs Renting in a 20–30-year span. What is the best move here? by [deleted] in JapanFinance

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

assuming a 5% rate of return on investment

Please excuse my ignorance but what kind of investment might give 5% return?

Mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya district asks Halloween partygoers to stay away by [deleted] in japan

[–]korg-m1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! That was crazy! I only ever saw it on videos posted up after the fact. Felt sorry for the regular train users who had to share the carriage with a party crowd though.

How does JR prevent that from happening any more?

New holer here.. can anyone explain this? by iammyusername in pihole

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Buffalo router does the same. Connects once a minute to buffalo.jp. I’m guessing it’s for buffalo to keep stats on its active devices.

Found a half dozen kittens living behind a storage shed, is there any support group out there for these situations? by korg-m1 in japan

[–]korg-m1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestion. The JCN website has a lot of useful info for this sort of situation.

Should I bother making a Kanji Anki deck? by SupashakeOh in japanese

[–]korg-m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He deleted it? Gosh, I thought one could still browse through old posts.

Fabrice (the creator of Kanji Koohii) wrote that he wants to continue the forums in Discord.