On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:54:54 -0400, "Eric Cire"
wrote:

I'm thinking of opening up my old Playstation 2 console as I get constant
"disc read error" and so been looking at this repair guide video and noticed
on top of the Ps2 DVD drive it says a warning "Laser radiation when open" so
my question is:

Is there any laser radiation risk when the console/drive is turned off and
unplugged?

No power, no light, no problem. If you're seriously paranoid, you can
buy some cool looking laser eye protection safety glasses.
http://www.cyber-mag.com/station/laser.html

For PS2 CDROM repair instructions, see:
http://www.cyber-mag.com/station/laser.html
Tweaking the pots increases the laser driver current, which shortens
the lifetime. I've "fixed" some cdrom drives this way, only to have
some of them fail permanently after a few days.

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