LOL!
How funny!
Looks like you're gonna be my anger management for today
First of all, check out
http://www.gameconsolerepair.com/ps2parts.html
who sell a "Replacement laser elevation guide arm assembly. Very common part to break or get damaged from the "knife" trick. Extremely hard to find and fairly easy to install. "
hmmm.
Also, the dust subject is the most stupid thing i've heard in a long time!!!!!
Excuse me, but by the time you've finished doing the knife trick how much dust do you think has entered through your ps2 drive?? none?
And the solder issue, as long as amatures don't decide to do a 20+ wire install and get a pro to do the install then why would the solder come lose?
I've still got my saturn which was modded in 1995 and the solder aint caused any problem with that.
I can't be arsed wasting anymore time doin this cause bighap said it well enough.