That won't damage the game? Sounds risky? But I don't really know how discs work...that's not exactly my area of speciality. I live in a small town but we do have a gamestop...does anyone know if they do the full disc repair?

On another note about my problem...I recently heard a rumor that older versions of the PS2 (basically the big ones) can't handle the texture maps from FFXII, but the chip that handles this in the Slim PS2 models can because it's a better chip. I don't know what chip it is...I'm still trying to figure it out on different forums. Anyway the rumor is that since the old PS2s can't really handle the texture maps your game will freeze sometimes while loading areas (which is the problem I'm having...btw I have an old PS2 Series 30001R). Does anyone know if this info is legit? If so what can I do to solve this problem? Someone on a FFXII network forum said that you should be able to just replace the chip (I'm no electrician so I don't know how difficult that would be...or if it's even legal) so it has the same as the slim models. However I have no idea what this chip is...how much it costs...or how to install it. Anyway I just wanted to know if anyone else has heard any of this and if they could verify if it is true or not.