Why is my game disk not spinning?

Why is my game disk not spinning?

I had my Playstation 2 'stored' in a drawer of my room. When I decided to rehook it to play after possibly 3-5 years, it was very dusty. I took the time to make sure I blew out remaining dust inside the console and on the surface, along with making sure my game disk was in decent condition to play. I found that my disk was not being read properly no matter how many times I tried, so I looked into detail to see if the laser was working, or if it was spinning. Surprisingly enough, the disk will not spin! The break that will release the disk does release it when the lid is closed, and the console should be detecting the lid is shut, but it just won't spin. It won't with movie DVDs, CDs, or game disks. The first time I tried it, the game worked fine, but then I tried making a new save from it, then the game froze. Therefore, it surely was spinning until the sudden stop after trying to make a new save. If further detail is needed, I will be glad to try to add it.

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bert [Entry]

"It goes back an forth when the lazer comes to it what's wrong

Update (02/12/2016)

My moter does not turn properly it goes back an forward on my PlayStation 2"

bert [Entry]

My ps2 got throad at the wall and it broke and the disc of the part broke

bert [Entry]

Same prollem here, ive been looking for my ps2 and my dad put it in a bin on top of 500 lbs of stuff. It will not spin.

bert [Entry]

Recently I pulled out my PS2 to work further on it since the parts came in. I replaced the battery and the motor. By the way don’t order any of motors here in the US because the ribbon cable is way too short. I had to order the correct part from China and they are becoming increasingly rare. Unless you pull one out of a DVD player or something. The laser works just fine even after replacing it. Even after installing a new motor nothing happened, no spin just a quick buzz sound which to my theory is the motor attempting to spin but unable due to a minor error that makes it spin. Best chance, it has to be the fuse. The fuse is located behind the motherboard which requires disassembling. This fuse is not your typical tube like fuse that you can just pluck out. They are tiny little fuses soldered into the motherboard. I don’t have a diagnostic to tell whether or not the fuses are bad. The naked eye is unable to see between a good fuse or a bad fuse. The fuse is what makes the motor function and if a fuse goes bad then it simply will not work. By the way there is multiple fuses so this kind of work gets real technical. Either find somebody who works on games consoles or start doing the research for repairs on Youtube and do the work yourself.