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PCSX2 won't start any of my PS2 discs anymore

Was working fine for months, now it just shows a black screen or closes when I boot a game. Updated to the latest version and redumped my own BIOS from my console. Any ideas what settings to reset?
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johnnya Nov 09, 2026
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If you're booting straight off the discs, rip them to an ISO and run that instead. Disc reading is the flakiest part of PCSX2 and it can start failing after an update or a drive driver change. If ISOs do the same thing, reset the settings from the menu (or delete the inis folder), and check you don't have per-game overrides set in the game properties. Switching renderer between Vulkan, DX12 and OpenGL is the other quick test.
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