I never owned a PS2... But I will love (mod) this one as my own

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[@BringusStudios]

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[@samuraimaster321]

bazonga I love the PS3 more!

[@bikeman1431]

a 10$ office chair from ebay is as ergonomic as this money furnace i still dont understand why people spend hundreds of dollars on chairs

[@intheworks47]

Cause the better gaming chair means you’re better gamer

[@soli-ethd]

This was the dumbest sponsor segue I've seen, and I've watched Linus Tech Tips 11/10, no notes

[@MsCerealCat]

What the hell why'd you have to call me out like that?

[@BigRigCreates]

That chat gpt intro was the most DougDoug delivery I’ve ever heard. Love it.

[@dashromero6615]

ChatGPT canonically makes it so that if you ask it to do a youtube intro involving a fat console, it will make it a DougDoug video

[@RisingRevengeance]

To be fair chatgpt was made just for dougdoug so ofc it sounds like him

[@drag0ngameon83]

The fallout part was hilarious

[@AwesomeHawthie]

it was copilot not chatgpt

[@BigRigCreates]

@@AwesomeHawthie F

[@trecto]

Brazil Mentioned! We REALLY love PS2 around here, i had 5 while growing up (2005-2015).

[@HenPlayer1]

Brazil Mentioned!

[@hyaenaGemah]

I still have my slimline model that I got in 2009. I've modded it with MX4SIO

[@joogled1839]

EVERYONE that was EVERYWHERE loved the ps2. shit is the bestselling console rn.

[@cyanidesoup]

brazil mentioned

[@asstimus-prime]

bro got the ps10

[@SimisearOfficial]

I’m pretty sure the issue with Half Life not being read is an issue of the Disc Reader dying, the issue stems from the part of the laser that reads CD’s

[@ILoveWomen]

From my experience, once the CD laser goes, it’s a matter of time before the DVD laser goes

[@jpxyUA]

it's a sign of either maintenance needed on the lens itself (good ol' alcohol rub) or the laser being on it's way out. Half Life is an early PS2 game, still on a CD, not a DVD. I've had 2 fat PS2s not reading CDs or PS1 discs. Cleared both and they played well. Didn't like scratched CDs much but that's to be expected, I've seen mad damage on PS1 discs.

[@Donut117]

Blue and black DVDs have trouble on a lot of older PS2s. This was an issue when trading them in, and some game stores wouldn't even take them if their DVD readers couldn't play certain games.

[@NamelessUnicorn]

It must be the flat cables going loose while the lens is moving to read the Half Life CD. I had the same issue, and I just had to make sure the flat cable from mainboard to the cd/dvd lens was pretty secured ^^

[@greyhope-loveridge6126]

Due to the sound I can hear, it's the clip that connects the dvd reader to the motor track to move it back and forth. The grinding sound is the motor trying to move the laser to another part of the disk extremely fast and resulting in the clip slipping off the track. I've fixed this issue 3 times in my current PS2.

[@gabe1673]

I have CONSISTENTLY laughed out loud at the “half life scientist screaming while absurd gore comes out of the wire I’m cutting” joke every time you do it

[@BringusStudios]

It's quickly becoming my favorite gag

[@imstupidbut]

thanks for spoiling it

[@willhutton1516]

@@BringusStudiosI mean, you are killing the purists out there. And they bleed. A LOT.

[@spitt0110]

Worth it

[@PowerSynopsis]

I love looking at the gaming bits. I'm such a pervert.

[@flappyjay_gaming]

they are underage, making it even better /j

[@DsiPro1000]

Oh you PERV

[@DsiPro1000]

dirty

[@aceramey8245]

​@@flappyjay_gaming🤨

[@Electronic.Png1]

​@@flappyjay_gaming saw that /j a second too late

[@iramballanimations]

2:56 truly a world crispiest fries moment

[@Lumine_3d]

Are these the most crispiest screws ? Lets find out. [insert bone cracking sound]

[@poble]

turly

[@iramballanimations]

@@poble real

[@vaibhavsrivastav5045]

Bro gaves us time to make a group of 4 and think about it

[@lucid_ck]

crispiest screws had me dying

[@smyk9557]

9:23 we got Mrs. Bringus before GTA VI

[@penguinplayz6219]

@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthybruh its not that deep chill

[@NickGoblin]

If you hated replacing the fan, you'll absolutely despise replacing the clock battery. You have to take off all the shielding on the motherboard to replace a 2032 battery. Also, 700mb for the OPL partition is NOT enough if you plan on having box art for all your games. Once it fills up, OPL refuses to save settings (because there's no storage left). It did this to me after about 100 games, and when you realize how good the PS2 library is, 100 isn't a lot.

[@crafciak31]

It's not that bad if you ask me, I had fun taking PS2 apart to bare bones to swap the battery lol.

[@NickGoblin]

@@crafciak31 Those ribbon cables under the disc drive are too awful to ignore. Had to use tweezers to get em back in and it took way too long

[@asuperrandomguy8266]

I am from Brazil and i confirmed that ps2 is loved he. I grow up with it while the ps4 was being released. And to this you can still find ps2 for sale here.

[@asuperrandomguy8266]

Btw there a good chunk of games on ps2 with online working again thanks to the community. Now we just need to make the ps2 Netflix service work again and the ps2 will basically kill modern consoles 😎

[@blkkout]

Same here for us Indians. India loves old PS consoles. We still buy Ps2s and Ps3s around here and mod them with gams.

[@Yixdy]

sopa de macaco, uma delicia

[@yuramushi]

​@@Abdessamad889.Poor dumass that didn't grow up with a 2000s era console boohoo Seethe in rage as you stare at the ps5's release catalogue 12 and a half games lol

[@Ralzone]

@@Abdessamad889. just mod the ps2 to have 4k 60fps lol

[@FiatUno2003]

Here in Brazil, the PS2 is so popular that to this day, you can still find stores selling PS2 games. Here we have this thing called "popular market" where people sell everything you can imagine and in every one of these, you can easily find at least 5 people selling a bunch of PS2 games. And thanks to that we got gaming masterpieces like Bomba Patch, GTA São Paulo, GTA Rio de Janeiro, GTA 4 for PS2 and GTA Armageddon. As you can see, people around here loved GTA. If you had a PS2, you were obligated to have at least one GTA. I remember playing the shit out of GTA San Andreas on my PS2, so much so that I had to replace my San Andreas disk at least 5 times. Unfortunately, the disk reador of my PS2 that I had since I was a child broke and I'm too lazy to fix it. Maybe someday I will do it but today is not that day.

[@juniorbarranqueiro]

​@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthyjust to add info, the quality of the disks here in Brazil for that kind of stuff were really bad (the counterfeit market was really strong on the PS1/PS2 era, going even on the xbox360 market). Is almost certain that if you try to resurface that disk, the disk itself will break hahahahahahaha

[@anceptus]

Piracy and bootlegs are the pillars of Brazilian gaming.

[@juniorbarranqueiro]

@@anceptus amém irmão

[@651dands-dr2or]

Hi, I'm from Brazil and I wanted to say something that shocked me PS2 HAS NATIVE SUPPORT FOR LINUX (I'm sure a lot of people know but when I found out it was a mind blowing) (and I'm very grateful for mentioning Brazil, I've been following you for a while and seeing my country being mentioned is really cool, so Hello FROM BRAZIL)

[@Arctic_silverstreak]

I've heard about it but never seen one in action, given ps2 capability, what can you do with it?

[@SodomySnake]

@@Arctic_silverstreak Not much, but it's a fun curiosity. Imagine how limited an early '00s Linux distro would've been, and then imagine how much more limited it would be trying to run on a PS2. Basically you got a word processor and a paint program and that was it. Michael MJD (I think?) did a video where he got the Japan-only PS2 Linux kit and installed it, if you want to see one in action.

[@bruh-ux1ns]

PS3 had it for a bit too, I believe the US Military bought a bunch of them for server farms.

[@jbritain]

counterstrike must be run on the PS2

[@samuelstegall]

come to brazil

[@Velikann]

Bro the modding the ps2 is so dam fun it’s verry simple compared to other consoles and the community is also amazing for these. Glad you made a video about this

[@random_kid-gj2bw]

modding the wii is speedrunnable but the ps2 is pretty cool.

[@Velikann]

@@random_kid-gj2bw I’ve never seen it how do they even do it is it a sd card thing or is it something else

[@mk-ultra8873]

⁠@@Velikannit’s been super long since I did it (10 years) but, from what I remember all you do is put files (the exploit) on an SD card, go to your mail and run the letter bomb hack. You just open that mail and it starts to run it. You don’t even need an SD card you can change the DNS settings to start the exploit. There where a few more things you needed to do but, I remember 14 year old me not having any issues. I think you had to grab the MAC address of your wii for the hack as well. Easily doable within 5 or so minutes.

[@dhoome1234ify]

13:23 Bringus: suffers when removing ps2 according to iFixIt Macho Nacho: need help?

[@KuraV12]

Can i get an explanation of the inside joke?

[@dhoome1234ify]

@@KuraV12 Macho Nacho mods consoles, also he guides how to open said consoles when needed

[@KuraV12]

@@dhoome1234ify yeah i know that, i thought that there’s some joke that he screwed up the fan connector once or something and that there’s an inside joke about macho nacho and removing the fan in the ps2

[@ImaDireWolf]

Brazil mentioned now its time to mod a zeebo and install steam os in it

[@juniorbarranqueiro]

Now that's some bringus stuff to do hahahahahahha

[@explosivelybrilliant]

The PS2 actually can do "HD" output! Some games from the very end of the active lifespan of the console support it, too! I think the last Gran Turismo game that was supported on PS2 is one of those games. You do need to get a component AV cable to replace the default composite one in order to get HD output, though.

[@Delcaek]

GT4 on 1080i is still glorious. You don't even need the expensive component cable anymore either, there are HDMI adapters for 5 bucks that can output that all day long. You just need to blindly change output settings, but that's PS2 for you.

[@explosivelybrilliant]

@@Delcaek are those component cables expensive these days? Could swear I got mine for like $10 5 or 6 years ago. HDMI mods are great, though, regardless.

[@SoundToxin]

@@explosivelybrilliant The official ones are expensive but some third party ones may be cheaper (and not be as high quality).

[@francescocastaldo7469]

What i was about to say, but imho as long as you step away from composite even 480i will look way better

[@AbdAbdAbdAbd]

btw you don't even need an optical drive, any consumer-grade DVD drive can read PS2 CD/DVD games, that's usually how i rip them.

[@NickGoblin]

Good ol Imgburn and WinHIIP. I fuckin hate WinHIIP but I can't get HDL_dump to work as well, so I'll deal with a necessary evil.

[@redpheonix1000]

@@NickGoblin Try HDL Dump Helper GUI. It's far from perfect and one of it's quirks is that you have to add each game one by one, which is annoying if you have many games to add, but I've found it works the best.

[@davidgill7412]

​@@NickGoblin Not anymore. There's a version of OPL that supports exFAT formatted hard drives.

[@NickGoblin]

@@davidgill7412 Using an exFAT drive makes FreeHDBoot incompatible. No thanks.

[@j-pastel-yellow]

fun fact, you can literally just lift the entire thing out of the case, there’s no need to remove the optical drive. also, on my first (very worn out) ps2, i had to keep the top case off and press a screwdriver on the center of the disc drive to get it to boot anything

[@El_IsraPS2]

23:21 the disc dump feature is literally a lens killer btw. hdloader is pretty old, from 2004

[@leandrabarros3582]

I can confirm you can still find modded MATRIX PS2s BRAND NEEEEWWW in Brazil, its our little darling

[@juniorbarranqueiro]

I remember when my mom bought me a PS1 from Americanas (is like a variety store for non Brazilian fellows) already modded and me as a kid didn't even know that the games I bought on the "3 for 5 bucks" aren't official. This where the days

[@leandrabarros3582]

@@juniorbarranqueiro SO TRUE!!! I remember the first time I saw a game running it was my uncle playing God of War on the living room tv. Great times

[@christianmino3753]

"so grab your screwdrivers and join us" Has to be the most Chat GPT written statement I have ever heard

[@jounalehtio2317]

Eternally blessed by your sfx and bgm choices

[@3m0n_hasan]

if it was nintendo you would be dead right now

[@HemingwayTheThird]

After discovering your channel, I watched every single one of your videos. I realized I need more because your videos are the one thing that makes my meal bearable. Thank you so much.

[@EmoKillsBest]

Super weird that you're doing this video when I've been doing a bunch of research lately on modding my fat ps2. I had a molded ps2 a few years ago but the movers "lost" over $2,000 of my gaming stuff. Glad to see this one getting new life.

[@crowmw8243]

Just reading that infuriated me. Did you get any compensation for the lost items??

[@EmoKillsBest]

@crowmw8243 Yup! I fought for over six months, and they ended up paying me a whopping $150. Turns out the "up to $10,000 in insurance" they (and most movers) offer is actually paid out as 10 cents PER POUND. So because my games, consoles, controllers, etc. didn't weigh nearly anything, they told me to fuck all the way off.

[@vyor8837]

​@@EmoKillsBest that's what a lawsuit is for dude

[@EmoKillsBest]

@vyor8837 In their contract, you have to do mediation first in the state that their headquarters was in, which was Florida. You also had to pay for the mediation up front, and if you won, you were reimbursed. Afterward, you could attempt a lawsuit. I talked with a lawyer about it, and they pretty much told me I was SOL because I'd spend more in airfare, hotels, and time than it would be to simply lick my wounds and move on. It hurt a lot, I lost a bunch of my childhood things, but I had just gotten married and moved my entire life from NY to OK and couldn't afford to pursue it.

[@incywincy2k]

Read that as meditation and was so confused why that would be in the contract​@@EmoKillsBest

[@58lol15]

WE DID IT BOYSSSSSSS, WE MADE BRINGUS MENTION ABOUT BRAZILLLLLL!!

[@Freddy_Ro1]

5:36 best ad ive ever seen in my entire life, im saving up for the chair ASAP

[@johnnygames927]

This is the first sponsored spot I’ve ever fully watched *AND LAUGHED*. Mind blowing.

[@EnjoySunlessDays]

It's been a LONG time since I had found a new (to me) channel and felt like I'd struck gold but I've binged the entire backlog and eagerly anticipate new releases. 10/10, no notes. Also, I've been shopping for a new office chair and that ad read really spoke to me 😏

[@pingasbungus4517]

thats how you know youve done a great job, when you got one or two screws left over, this means youve assembled it more efficiently than the factory could, kudos!!

[@ChoogyYT]

Those screws were absurdly crispy wow, great montage!

[@chasedixon6090]

Sponsor ads like yours are the reason why I still have hope for some marketing teams. They just need a Bringus

[@NamelessUnicorn]

I've modded my ps2 exactly like yours months ago (I'm from France). It was a pain to disassemble it and do the noctua mod (3d printed myself too). The sound from your cd/dvd reader must come from the "loosy" ide cable connected to from mainboard to the lens, it moves the cable as the lens moves to read the cd/dvd and when not reinserted correctly, it can come loose and bring issues. (I dissassembled my ps2 like 5 times until it was right) So only solution : dismantle your ps2 again and only connect your cd/dvd reader while powering on the ps2 until you get it right :D ! Good luck ! Btw, great video, I love your content !

[@specstor]

2:56 bro wanted us to try it

[@aidonny]

LETS GOOO PS2 CONTENT (it's a great feeling when your fav youtuber uploads another great video!)

[@snakehead404]

I think the reason the fan plug on the noctua was snipped like that is it's a used return to Amazon from another customer and Amazon are notorious for just re-using returns and refunded products. An Amazon worker wouldn't have any idea the fan header was snipped.

[@Desenrrollado]

I find this so amusing since Star Wars Battlefront 2 was the exact first game my og xbox had inside it when I got it. My mom got it from a yardsale and it was all I played offline for years.

[@Nsix4]

optical media good. digital media good. you aren't gonna delete a disk, but you can't scratch digital.

[@sopvwastaken]

Great video mate as always, keep it up ;)

[@jackneely7772]

Batarong

[@nikm5628]

I had no issue disassembling these as a teenager... It's so funny watching you struggle 🤣🤣🤣

[@qtMure]

Hello Bringus! My dad put Linux on a PS2 back in 2001! This video brought great enjoyment to him and me! Thank you, good sir!

[@s0-s08]

with the network adapter you could run games from a shared folder from your pc, iv set up a raspberry pie as a host and have all my games on it, it's a faster way to load games then off the HD and you can have as much storage as you would want for games and cover art.

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

Also I think the ports were only 10/100 so gigabit speeds ain't happening for anybody expecting it.

[@s0-s08]

i'v ran into this problem many times, where the CD or DvD dont read. its a give away on how its making that sound when loading, it's skipping on the track. all you got to do is shim the laser track up and add some grease to the track. there is also pots on the laser you can adjust if it still dont read there marked with a C for cd and D for dvd.

[@radzs9939]

Bringus, can I just say you are my Daily Driver for watching Videos. Keep up with the Good Work.

[@samvimes9510]

The PS2 is easily my favorite console ever, I mowed lawns all summer to save up for one when I was 14. Man, let me tell you...booting up Jak and Daxter for the first time was mind blowing. The leap in graphics from the 5th gen to the 6th gen was insane. I remember playing Dead or Alive on an Xbox demo kiosk, and I was amazed by the snow on the ground. When your fighter moved around it actually created tracks in the snow.

[@CBready]

the video is on for 3 minutes and already 40 comments. thats real love

[@howdoesgame8879]

1:33 “I don’t know much about the PS2, but I know that there is a big ‘ol IDE hard drive right up in here” *Proceeds to play the audio from a Miniscribe SCSI hard drive from the 90’s*

[@adamtheman17]

i've done this with a 4tb hdd with all ps2 games on it and can say i love it, you can also install something that will mod the games to output 1080p but you also need a adapter

[@tylerevans1700]

Just found your channel; is dope bruh.. keep on keepin' on

[@olliep0pstar]

PS2 JUMPSCARE 😨

[@Ramon200000]

The PS2 can also do up to 1080i, tho not many games natively support it (the only one i know that does is Gran Turismo 4) but you can force it on any game with the Graphics Synthesizer Mode Selector tool.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

That is upscaled 1080i and not native, but it does look fairly good if you use an aftermarket scaler with deinterlacing software. There are four games in total that can use the high res mode.

[@dan_loeb]

that noctua fan was probably a return that was stocked back as new again. the previous owner probably did some weird cuts to the header to try to make it work for something they wanted to do, but they just returned it instead. amazon sells returns as new products all the time.

[@thebboy1200]

What a wonderful birthday surprise from my favorite KZbinr of all time 😁

[@SullySadface]

Watch those wrist rockets PS2 was such a golden era

[@katkid_]

" are theres the most crispy scraws"

[@dillonsworldroblox]

8:35 I once worked on a MacBook Pro 2011 with the same screws. No, it didn’t have graphics issues, it had issues with the HDD and OS.

[@bettercallriggy]

Absolutely epic modding as always! The way you transformed that old PS2 fat into a modern gaming beast is just mind-blowing. 🤯 The custom paint job and the LED lights are the cherries on top. It's like watching a phoenix rise from the ashes of retro gaming consoles. Keep up the great work, and can't wait to see what you'll bring back to life next! 🔥🎮 #BringusStudiosMagic

[@artik90]

If a PlayStation 2 doesn't read the disc, turn it upside down or stand on its side

[@aarong9378]

I had two PS2s. Both were stolen. :(

[@timdasilvamickley]

oh no

[@tofleagamer1888]

Casual Romanian activity [ask your local Romanian if he stole it]

[@raigon_pawa]

Rip PS2s may their soul rest in piece

[@TinkleBallSniff]

My fault

[@sigilsealed7385]

24:00 when it makes those noises, you do indeed weigh down the lid, have to do that on my Slim models

[@dannkettle4106]

I showed my non-hardware-technical wife this video. She had no idea what you were doing but thought the video was funny. You have great presentation. We loved the sponsor segment too.

[@thomasmarsden1870]

Day 2 of asking for subscribers to be called the bringlers.

[@mamaluigimusic]

Bringles?

[@thomasmarsden1870]

@@mamaluigimusic yes. We are his bringles. The bringlers

[@julhizantwo2277]

6:54 Furries in an unexpected places

[@notkirb_]

finally found this comment

[@dave_s_vids]

I am not from Brazil, but loved the PS2 regardless! I remember my friend importing one from Japan when it first came out and playing some strange skiing game?! Great video as ever :)

[@fegoa]

i love my favorite retro chanel bringus studios. i fondly remember playing counter strike on my google meet "box" in '98, such cherished memories

[@vedantkumar9049]

Bro the half life CD didn't work because it's a pal version of the CD PAL versions are made for the European and Asian market your console is a North American console which accepts NTSC which is made for North America and Japanese market

[@eddielockhart2072]

It's clearly an NTSC copy, otherwise the ESRB rating wouldn't be on it. 🙄

[@LULU1422__]

@@eddielockhart2072my pal games have the ESRB on them

[@Abruptleader]

Hey bringus as someone who modded thier ps2 also the reason half life probably didnt read is that the laser on the ps2 disk drive is prone to failure. It can read dvds fine but cd's (especially blue back game cds like half life) it can struggle on.

[@James-dc6ft]

You put too much effort in your vids. Love it

[@toiartu]

As a furry i feel called out 😂 6:53

[@DrBagPhD]

Eyyy you got the chunkywunky HDD adapter with the built in modem, I love those. Got my slimmer network-only ones set up with modern SSDs too, it's great. Straight up played some online PS2 games with my friend this year and it's surreal as hell.

[@tyisafk]

It took me several seconds of staring at the crispy screws moment to actually realize the joke. Bravo

[@AV14624]

So, hyped.... been watching old vids on repeat.

[@Lorec03]

the fmcb really made it so much easier. i used to use "swap magic 3.6" which meant using TWO discs ... to protect my original media from scratching of couse >:)

[@retractingblinds]

Hey you didn't have to touch the DVD drive at all, just remove the controller port and the screws near the rear IO and you can easily pull the PS2 guts out. It's a nicely put together console that's very easy to work on. From there removing the power supply board screws and lifting it from its pins will give you easy access to the fan power connector. Also with the latest PS2 software we're loading games off of exfat storage, managing all their data on a PC and doing it right through windows explorer.

[@EmmaTheNympho]

I love your humor. Great video 👍

[@CMPLT_PLYZ]

I just discovered your channel recently and I love it. You're hilarious man. Your personality makes watching tech mod/repair videos actually entertaining to watch. Most videos of this content have some really lame monotone dude talking the whole time. They always put me to sleep. Not you thought. You sir, are an informative entertainer.

[@demasterlikas]

We thank you brother for another one piece of excitement video!

[@workshop94]

Something about that “yeah!” at 13:28 unlocked a core memory I think. My first guess is from a game called street sk8r but I’m not entirely sure. Ah well good video 👍🏼

[@Lauterec]

About that fan header, a set of curved hemostat pliers make removing fan cables like that a breeze. I use them everytime I need to disassemble a GPU or console.

[@KiteAndKeyProductions]

Did this a few years back. Its such a fun system to mod and reminisce with

[@CaioBarreto0411]

Cheers from Brazil! 🇧🇷❤️

[@bush2137]

The smo music is a really recognizable bringus studios intro part

[@imsucodeuva9969]

That was a great reference to Brazil, so the ps2 came oficially here around 2009 and was so expensive but some peoples buy and sell so many here even before the oficial launch with matrix on it and also way more cheap because of that we love this "play" so much, was cheap and good and everyone you buy already is unlocked

[@kendrakirai]

The 2.5" drive caddy is just supposed to hold it so that it doesn't droop, and put stress on the connectors, there's no other need for it. It doesn't need to *mount* anything, just keep it from hanging there. Though you CAN mount it to the adapter itself, which becomes all the actual mounting you need.

[@OCDRex11]

Did this a few months back. Loved every minute of it - what I did and this video. My only issue is getting all the games onto the HDD. Somehow I cobbled it together and downloaded like 350 to the HDD but I could never get the artwork to work. And looking at 350 games in a list is as lame as not modding a PS2 Fatsy!

[@bluemi858]

Hey Bringus! Awesome vids man.

[@apollolux]

As someone who _manually_ went through the process of making a FMCB memory card and popping an IDE Maxtor hard drive into my PS2 years ago, you can't fathom how quickly I clicked on this video after it showed up in my feed! XD

[@Sunscreen723]

The Ps2 was the best thing for me and my family ... we played with it so much ,PES 2005 ,PES 2010 , WWE ,WRC 2004 ,oh the memories ..

[@Fenrir414]

@23:22 I have a game called Star Wars Episode II Pod Racer, it literally did the same because it is a Blue disc. It did the same with both the FAT and Slim version. Anything other than a normal disc from my experience it gets angry for sure and denied the read from time to time. It has something to do with the laser trying to get a focus lock and failing miserably most of the time. That is where the grinding sound comes into play. Also, the reason is because it has to spin faster and thus due to the mounts holding the laser assembly or spindle, it vibrates due to the increased speed.

[@johannpliessnig82]

dude, i'm from brazil and a just bought a ps2 to remember some games. what a delicius console

[@ShyGal_Lilly]

dreamcast does have a harddrive mod, called the TerraOnion MODE, you could also use a GDEMU to replace the optical disc drive for an sd card for like 30 dollars

[@bigcheese6417]

The blue discs require faster spin speeds, which if your disc drive is dying, it won't read. The later discs that are dvd's require a slower spin speed that's why SWBF read.

[@elbeetlebeasto]

You should try cleaning the laser lens and lubricate the rails that lens assembly sits on with some molytone grease. Grease the gears on the loading mechanism while you're at it

[@SumeaBizarro]

The screwholes were not likely there for the sata HDD adapter since the action of screwing in the Network adapter with the bracket would tighten it and offer non-slack support for the drive, and as someone who let a full IDE 3.5 inch go free around there, you want anything way more than nothing.

[@the_boyender700]

You videos are awesome and funny asf and you deserve more subs ❤️

[@arutezza]

25:56 the PS2 can support 1080i too, its just very limited on what games support it, one of which is Gran Turismo 4 which was like a console seller at the time looks glorious on a HD widescreen crt

[@SiliconExarch]

The 1080i mode doesn't actually change the framebuffer resolution used by the game, so 480p looks just as good if not better on a progressive CRT monitor/EDTV or through a modern upscaler like the RetroTINK

[@joaquimferreira968]

0:07, In Brazil there are several pirated games for the PS2, almost all Brazilians have a PS2 of different models, there are even PS2 unlocks

[@craigblackie2034]

I used to softmod Xboxs without any extra tools. Let the xbox boot then swap the IDE cable to your computer without powering down. Use the linux tool to write the softmod to the Xbox HDD and you're off to the races.

[@ALCALPONE888]

I'm new to your channel I enjoy your content and I subbed to your other channel very good stuff keep up the great work

[@ADSteam1994]

I kinda felt like yelling usr opl manager on your pc to back uo the game. But love the video bringus keep them coming.