GTA san andreas . Disc read error

i just used a laser cleaning disc, and i cleaned the laser.... but i still get the same error... i think ur right about the version difference.. i am going to burn using Stoan's settings.

 

hey can someone plz give me the tutorial for alcohol 120 i cant find it

 

here is what is wrong with my GTA:SA its jkinda ok but some times maps dissapear and when i go into and from cj'shouse,pizza stack ect its takers ages to load but IT ALWAYS DO LOAD ASINT FROZE YET what is the prob or is it just like that??
thx!!

 

I have a version 1 PS2 (lol got it the day it came out) and havent had any problems reading things at all. I have a swap method and I copied San Andreas onto Memorex dvd+r media with dvd decrypter. I too get error messages but I think its because of me burning the game at 4x. I havent had any problems with games copied at 4x and no problems with the memorex brand dvd+r's. I think the PS2 reads the disc a lot so once I get more dvd+r's I'm gonna try burning it at 2x with dvd decrypter and I'll tell you guys the results.

LATER

 

ok guys im trying to burn with alcohol 120 and its not working.ok when you click on image making to copy the game to hd,you pick your dvd reader and it gives you the disk info but i dont have the data type box there to pick ps2.i burned a copy already and i get where it boots up to the playstation 2 screen and thats it.could someone please help me out here.and i did check to make sure im running the latest ver.1.9.2 build 1705.

 

I rented GTA San Andreas from blockbuster and copied & burned it using DVD Decrypter & i have completed around 11 per cent of the game (around 15 missions complete) and the game has played EXACTLY like an original disc would, no jumps or pauses. I boot up using Swap Magic DVD 2.0 and use Piodata RITEK GO5 discs. Hopefully the rest of the game will flow smoothly as well.

 

Hi,
i had the same problem whit gta vice city.
I had made a on the fly copie and that same error showed up. Then i made an image of the game whit alcohol 120% and then i burned it whit alcohol.
There where no errors anymore.

 

Mcnoodle, the graphics dissapearing happens on the real disc to. A friend has told me when I mentioned my backup.

The loading times, yeah, coming out of CJ's house seems to take ages to load and other select places are the same. I think the long loading is because it's a burn.

The game has never froze completely. It freezes for like 2 seconds but the reason being is becuase the game around, ie scenery and textures for buildings are loading. That takes about 2 seconds and a box flashes up real quick, I managed to catch what it said... it says loading, and that happens on hte real disc and its rare.

The other error that is rare is when it freezes for a wee while and u get a message.. error reading gtasa disc, after that however it starts right back up again.

So the errors dont really hinder gameplay, maybe the graphics dissapearing does but as that happens on the real disc and it happens because as I said it freezes and says loading... so it's sweet.

 

yeh cool i know it says loading it just a bit annoying isnt it LOL
BTW i got mozilla and it rocks much better than i explorer GET IT!!
THX!!

 

I have a simular problem w/ My PS2 as you. I have one of the first versions and I get a "disc read error" when I try to watch a burned DVD, but my friend used the same program/media to create a DVD and it plays fine.

One suggestion was to have the laser calabrated. You said your friend had his cleaned but it may also have been re-alighned. Since mine and yours is older w/ more use the laser may be having a difficult time focusing on the data.

I have found plenty of do-it-yourslef calibration guides but I have not tried that because it require taking the machine appart, but I would be courious to know if this fix will work!

 

sorry to bring up an old thread but I too am recently experiencing problems with my GTA SA copy. Unfortunately I am at college so I cant get to my original one to see if I can rip it again and burn another copy. The thing w/ mine is that I burned a copy on Imation DVD-R and it worked flawelessly for a long time. In other words I was able to finish the whole game but in the end it said only 65% of the game was finished so I decided to take the game on again. This time though everytime I play the game in about 5-7 mins the game just freezes on me. I have a ps2 (50001 model assuming v7+) and using SwapMagic disks. The only difference I know is that I have a little scratch or a deep smudge on the disk which I have no idea how it got on there. You guyz think its coz of that the game is not working as it used to before. Any thoughts or help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

well the answer is obvious , no need of asking ....of cource its the cratch and only people with nothing to do play SA till they get 100%. searching lame horseshoes and stuff like that

 

to all thosse having disc read erors on ps2. visit http://stores.ebay.com/DOCTOR-PS2 and buy the damn thing for less than 4 bucks u can bring your ps2 back to life. i did it myself and my ps2 works like a charm.

 

what the hell does it do

 

All PS2 are different. Sounds odd but its true. Each laser has been used for different amounts of time so there is different wear and tear on each PS2 of even the same version. Try using the best media you can buy and burn slowly. I burned GTA4 on a Ritek G05 disk, Benq 4X disk and finally a Maxell 8X. The ritek and Benq disk all gave me the same problem of freezing and slow loading times. The Maxell was burned at 2X and it works fine. No freezing and loads very fast. They are all from the same image file. Therefore, i have concluded that MY PS2 likes Maxell's better than Ritek or Benq(all my ritek and Benq back-ups are giving me problems from time to time, but when I pop in the Maxell back-up, it works right away).

So my suggestion is to burn slowly on the best media you can find. However, you will have ot experiment on what YOUR PS2 likes.

My PS2 is a version 5 with a Duo 2 SE chip.

 

It just tells you how to clean your ps2 thoroughly. These guys are so sure their procedure will work that if it doesn't, they'll give you your money back.
Thanks for all of you guys' help, I found that the problem was my swap magic disc. it has a little blemish on the tracks. It still loads the games after a couple of attempts.

 

Another thing my Ps2 does not like or any of my DVD players are those stupid sticky labels. I have now switched to inkjet printables. I hope these are better. Most of my movies pixelate and freeze at the end now after a few months of having the labels on. I experiemented and removed the labels and they work again.

For the PS2, I backed up a copy of killzone on Benq media and labelled it. it worked for a few days then it took forever to load and then stopped loading. This is because the adhesive on the label was slightly warping hte disc as it dried. I removed the label and it works fine now. Go figure huh? SO if anyone is labelling their disc with sticky labels, be careful.

 

I find that I get problems when playing burnt games at 2X, this often happens, so I decided to Burn ALL my PS2 Games at 1X As I seem to have a higher success rate when burning at 1X.

Hope This Helps..