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Tried to fix a PS2 with rice vs proper tools and the difference was night and day lol
My brother handed me his old PS2 that wouldn't read discs last weekend and swore sticking it in a bag of rice overnight would fix the laser. I laughed but he was dead serious. So I let him do his rice thing while I ordered a $12 laser pot replacement kit off eBay. After 3 days his console still sounded like a dying blender. I cracked mine open, turned the little screw on the laser pot maybe 15 degrees with a multimeter, and boom it read everything first try. The rice method just made a mess inside the console. Has anyone else had friends try weird home remedies on retro gear that totally failed?
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noahgreen1mo ago
Wait, rice is for water damage not laser calibration haha
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corah751mo ago
lmaoo my friend actually did this once, she dropped her phone in the toilet and her boyfriend was like "rice trick" but she thought he meant put it in actual rice pudding so she left it in a bowl of rice pudding overnight. absolute disaster lol
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stellat461mo ago
Rice pudding lol that's a new one."
But seriously - did your brother admit the rice thing was stupid after you fixed yours?
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pat_murray531mo ago
My cousin did the same thing with his apple watch, left it in a bag of rice for like 3 days and it still didnt work lol. He was so mad when I told him it was a myth, but at least your brother learned his lesson eventually.
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