


I was just playing a game and then it suddenly froze for no reason. I'm assuming this is a software problem, but I don't know how it got that way. I tried loading 3 different games, all with the same results. I went to "browser" and clicked on my memory card and it loads the memory card and then freezes (I tried this several times, always with the same result). It went to the screen where I can select "browser" or "system settings." I went to "system settings" and it's operating fine, but the graphics are a little screwed up. I got the crackling this time too, but none o the weird synthesized melody. I can hear the PS2 trying to read the game DVD, but after waiting a minute, the screen stayed black. So I pushed the reset button and the Sony PS2 screen comes up, but the sound starts crackling after a second and suddenly this weird synthesized melody (doo doooooooo) is playing over it. I pushed a bunch of buttons on the controller, but it was really frozen. I was just playing a game now and I went to save and right when I went to save, the screen froze. I've owned my PS2 for about 2 years now and I've never had any problems with it.
