This PS2 freezing stuff reminds me of the time a decade ago when mine got bricked and when I turned it on again I saw that my memory card got completely annihilated, losing on 100%'ing the Castlevania games, Drakengard, all GTA games, MGS2 and 3, and Silent Hill 2 & 3. That was the only time I went to my bridge and grabbed a bottle of wine and drank it whole crying while blasting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77R1Wp6Y_5Y