View Full Version : Loud PS2 and Dreamcast?
kainemaxwell
12-30-2002, 09:27 AM
Does anyone else's PS2 or DC make loud noises while its reading the discs?
Happy_Dude
12-30-2002, 09:49 AM
Yes
autobotracing
12-30-2002, 10:10 AM
yes ,somtimes
Cafeman
12-30-2002, 10:37 AM
Dreamcast has the loudest disc access I've ever heard. It's normal, and some games it's louder than others.
hamburgler
12-30-2002, 11:45 AM
nope that never happened to me on both systems.Maybe you need a new cd drive or it could be that your system is dying.Good luck figuring out what is happening to your systems Kaine23.
GENESISNES
12-30-2002, 12:11 PM
That Happened to me on my PS2. it made noises like a DC. I thought it was just a small little problem, but i overlooked it. Now, it wont read the discs. If your PS2 noises are THAT loud, than maybe you should have it looked at.
kainemaxwell
12-30-2002, 02:50 PM
I'm wondering if that's the vase with first-gen DC and PS2 systems myself actually. Anyway to tell by their serial #s?
digitalpress
12-30-2002, 02:53 PM
Yup.
My DC makes more noise than the PS2 but they're both pretty noisy. The DC is notoriously noisy, in fact!
Sylentwulf
12-30-2002, 02:53 PM
My DC is pretty loud, but I've never had a problem with my PS2.
kainemaxwell
12-30-2002, 05:29 PM
Yeah, I was trying out Jojo and couldn't belive how loud it was actually! PS2 gets loud sometimes during loading sequences..sometimes with Vice City or MK:DA. Is this a thing with first-gen systems or a general thing?
Arcade Antics
12-30-2002, 06:54 PM
Yeah, I was trying out Jojo and couldn't belive how loud it was actually! PS2 gets loud sometimes during loading sequences..sometimes with Vice City or MK:DA. Is this a thing with first-gen systems or a general thing?
General.
IGotTheDot
12-30-2002, 06:56 PM
I have heard that the DCs made in Japan are a bit quieter than the ones made in China. Is this a rumor?
kainemaxwell
12-30-2002, 07:39 PM
Thanks Antics, that's all I was really wondering since to me it seemed like a first-gen issue. Glad to know I'm not the only one then.
hamburgler
12-31-2002, 06:45 PM
call sony.maybe they might help you with you ps2 problems.
Nature Boy
01-02-2003, 08:50 AM
My PS2 is *extremely* loud while playing Tekken Tag Tournament. But I don't hear it at all with any other game. And TTT is quite a bit quieter if I lay my PS2 horizontally instead of vertically.
The DC is definitely a loud machine in general...
kainemaxwell
01-02-2003, 08:55 AM
Mine seems to click sometimes when playing Vice City lately..
omnedon
01-02-2003, 10:42 AM
PS2
Grinding noise with blue discs = slippage. That's all it is -slippage.
Easy crappy fix= put some thin stips of electrical tape evenly on the disc where the spindle will grab it. EVENLY! It can't wobble or it won't work. Nice tight disc grab after.
Harder fix= go inside, finely sandpaper the top white part of spindle, and compress air clean. Consider adding a small round fridge magnet (no kidding!) to top of white magnetic disc gripper. Also, clean the bottom black part of spindle (Cd sits on this) with good cellophane tape. This removes lint and finger grease from the spindle, helping it grab better.
Keep your fingers off the center of the discs! Finger oils seem to be exacerbating this issue, with the PS2 only. It seems many (but not all by any means) disc read errors are caused by this. Therer are other DRE issues plaguing the PS2, and I think I've found fixes for most.
Trixie
01-03-2003, 10:37 AM
My PS2 is "whisper quiet," but my Dreamcast is another story. It sounds like an old dot-matix printer printing on fan-fold paper! :hmm: :o
Six Switch
01-03-2003, 10:48 AM
My DC is pretty loud, but I've never had a problem with my PS2.
Same here.I have a launch system DC if that makes a difference. :hmm: :/ x_x
DeputyMoniker
09-07-2005, 08:41 AM
my...Dreamcast...sounds like an old dot-matix printer printing on fan-fold paper! :hmm: :o
Thats exactly how mine sounds. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT! BRRRRT!! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!
Has anybody found a way to quiet them down? Replace the laser drive? Loosen a screw? Wear earplugs?
Howie6925
09-07-2005, 10:38 AM
My DC is louder then my ps2 but my ps2 only makes noise when it loading non-dvd games. sort of sounds like it is spinning at a million mile an hour.
hydr0x
09-07-2005, 10:54 AM
Dreamcast has the loudest disc access I've ever heard. It's normal, and some games it's louder than others.
yeah, tell me, the DC is SO loud, it's incredible...
Wonder_Hamster
09-07-2005, 11:03 AM
Dreamcast has the loudest disc access I've ever heard. It's normal, and some games it's louder than others.
yeah, tell me, the DC is SO loud, it's incredible...
Seriously. Mine has woke people up on the other side of the house before. Why the crap are they so loud in the first place?
Xexyz
09-07-2005, 11:29 AM
Alright, either people are really starting to over exaggerate the loudness of the Sega DC, or I must just have a quiet one. Yes, it is the loudest of all my systems, but it won't wake people up on the other side of my house, let alone my sister who is sleeping in her room right next to mine...
Blackjax
09-07-2005, 01:33 PM
Dreamcast has the loudest disc access I've ever heard. It's normal, and some games it's louder than others.
yeah, tell me, the DC is SO loud, it's incredible...
Seriously. Mine has woke people up on the other side of the house before. Why the crap are they so loud in the first place?
She must be a really light sleeper...
But anyway, I don't think there's any difference any noise difference in the different releases... they're just all LOUD. Also, as they age they seem to get louder, but if its loud enough to wake other people in the house, there's something wrong with it. Around the time it was released, one of the magazines asked Sega why the DC was so loud, and of course they got the usual PR bullflop about being one of the side effects of having an advanced drive that stored more data than an average CD, however it does seem plausable it might be natural for a GD-ROM to make that much noise. When my burner is spinning at its maximum (52x) in read mode, it makes enough noise of its own.
Just a guess tho.
CrimsonNugget
09-07-2005, 03:35 PM
Around the time it was released, one of the magazines asked Sega why the DC was so loud, and of course they got the usual PR bullflop about being one of the side effects of having an advanced drive that stored more data than an average CD, however it does seem plausable it might be natural for a GD-ROM to make that much noise. When my burner is spinning at its maximum (52x) in read mode, it makes enough noise of its own.
I've said it once, I'll say it again. The Dreamcast used run-of-the-mill CD-ROM technology, the discs were just written differently and the drive was designed to compensate. GD-ROM drives don't spin very fast at all, just 12x. The noise is just a stupid design flaw.
Leo_A
09-07-2005, 11:55 PM
The DC is loud but not as loud as you're all making it out to be, and I've owned several. Its loud as game systems go, but it's not actually loud.
Nesmaster
09-08-2005, 02:48 AM
I just noticed this the other day while playing gta sa on my ps2. Sounded louder than it should be... but that's the only game so far :/
junglehunter
09-09-2005, 02:44 AM
The DC is loud but not as loud as you're all making it out to be, and I've owned several. Its loud as game systems go, but it's not actually loud.
You've got to be kidding me...
Do you have ears? O_O
Mine is loud.. Then again, it runs without a case to muffle it, so I get the full effect.
http://photobucket.com/albums/y126/jedc/dreamcast.jpg
I like it that way though, works better than when the top was on.. >_>
^ ^ lol
the louder the better !!!!