Nick Jones

I've installed a new laser in my PS2 Slim, but it hits a hard stop point halfway when traveling on the rail and won't read...

I looked more closely at the issue and found that on the return sensor for the new laser I received there were two metal tabs extending from the bottom. They weren’t very long but long enough to hit the ribbon when traveling out or back to center. I took and filed them down, but had other issues with the laser so I had the seller send another. Sure enough the new unit arrived the next day and didn’t have these two metal contacts. It’s like the new laser was from a completely different batch and just works great (without stopping halfway along the rail).

Old thread, similar question. I've removed the laser blob disc spins but laser only travels halfway back or forward (depending on where it was). What can I check that would prevent the laser from moving all the way on its rails?