As a heads, I've used the Arstechnical guide lcoated at http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars to fix mine twice since I've owned it. Gotta love the PS2, but damned if it ain't tempermental.

Pssst...Hi Chad

Not a F***ing chance in hell

i have run that this 24+ hours strait (GT4 indurance race) with no problems, i wouldnt dare with a slim

Yeah, the slims are hot enough such that games get bastardly hot after 20 minutes... and with my big model, I can run the game for eternity and the disc will be cool to the touch when I remove it.

It'* also a model from shortly after the PS2s came out, absolutely no reliability issues.

well, i dropped a cd lens cleaner in it, and it only made it worse. yes, worse. now it only works 5-10% of the time. when it is working, i run it on its side, leaning up against entertainment center, on top of the AC vent. i aint got no overheating issues, i will tell you that much. will google the read error fix, and let you guys know how it does

i just looked at the procedures, and noticed it was all for the regular ps2. does slim use the same system?

for the right price I would consider selling mine...

now that i dig around, i see some people have crap loads of problems, even though they baby it, while others abuse theirs, to find no problems at all. i ebayed, and alot of used ones are going <with shipping> about the same price as one from wal-mart brand new. the major problem i have noticed with the slim is heat dissapation issues, but if ran on top of my A/C vent <refridgerated air, cold air, the works> it runs cold. hopefully not too cold. i pull disc out, disc is cold after a while. i will try poking around under the hood and see if the slim has the adjustment that the regular has. until then, i hope i dont run over it with my car.

well, i took it apart, looked for the adjustment that the procedures highlite, and found nothing. so i thought what the heck, and pulled the battery connection. after a while, plugged it back in, put it back together, and it worked perfectly. dunno what taking it apart does, cause i didnt touch nothing but the battery, but oh well. till next time

I'm going to google that up when I get home tonight
I've heard of to many PS2s with problems I know that 2 of my friends had trouble with theirs and I've had problems with mine since soon after I got it.

Ed