So backstory first. I got my first PS2 (a slimline) probably around in '05. It stopped reading discs after two days. Yeah, two days. So I figure it's a fluke and go exchange it since it's well under warranty.

My second slimline works fine for about a year, then stops reading discs again. It goes straight to the browser and if you select the disc icon it says that the disc cannot be read. Luckily, I had a two-year warranty from Best Buy and went to exchange it again (it was under manufacturer's warranty too, but I didn't want to ship it and wait who knows how long to get it back).

That one worked great too, but a little over a year (I'm guessing) passed and just a couple weeks ago it broke again. This time it stopped reading discs too, but it's also making a weird clicking sound when it does it. I'm gonna have to go exchange it again and buy another Best Buy 2-year warranty, but before I do...I wanna know, do I just have bad luck or am I doing something wrong?

By my description you'd think I throw my PS2 around the four corners of the room every week, but no, it barely moves from its position. It's located on the bottom shelf of this wooden cabinet thing that has two shelves, the top one where my GCN is and the bottom where the PS2 is, so it's not on carpet or anything.

As for ventilation, I think the fan's in the back and there's probably close to a foot of room back there, so is that good enough? The sides have a few inches between anything solid.

Dust is my next guess. I just dusted the PS2 itself and the area around it. It was a little dusty, but it wasn't exactly caked in dust either.

I don't want to violate the warranty so I don't want to try any repair procedures, but I just want to know before I go get another one, is there any maintenance I should be doing/have I done anything wrong? I just want to play mah games =O

So advice would be appreciated.