Attempting to Fix Two Nintendo Wii Disc Read Errors

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3 жыл бұрын

In this video I attempt to fix two separate Nintendo Wii's which both have disc read errors.
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@Hutch2Much 2 жыл бұрын

i physically recoiled hearing the sound that second Wii made

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@Oxygohome Жыл бұрын

U soft.

@miguelquazar883 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen so many people replacing these drives on KZfaq. I decided to do a teardown and try to fix the drive instead. I found a Chuckee Cheese game card, 2 DVD's (Gene Wilder Double feature), insurance card, a nickel, a quarter, 2 stickers, a torilla chip and a piece of a balloon inside. Even after the drive made horrific noises that lead me to believe there was no way it work again. After removing all of the foreign objects, the drive would still not load or run a disc properly. I kept messing with it until I finally had 5 sucessful load/reads. It now works quietly and properly. The most time consuming and frustrating part about the whole process was not having a tri-wing screwdriver that was skinny enough to fit into the deep holes on the case It was a nightmare. I decided I will not put those screws back in but rather replace them with some Phillips head screws . The mystery part shown at 2:54 was the other problem. On my Black Wii which seems to be slightly different, there was a metal clip that slips over that White plastic mystery piece. I tried to put the clip on 3 different ways and nothing would load/run properly until the third try (the right way). After that it all worked perfectly. I had the correct Tri-wing 1/4 inch drive tip which worked until I had to get into the deep hole. I would highly recommend to anyone attempting this to take the time to order the tri-wing screwdriver online. It will make things much easier for you. Thanks for the video.

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Did you really find all of that in the drive? Holy shamoley that's wild!

@miguelquazar883 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack Yes. A young toddler accomplished this lol. But it was not done all at once. The drive stopped working years ago. it was definitely done over a few years. I had no idea how bad it was until deciding to fix it.

@Oxygohome Жыл бұрын

Sure bud.

@abrahamramirez8882 7 ай бұрын

@@Oxygohomeidk about the Wii drive but I know it's kinda possible on the PS4 drive lol my son had two ds games and a Popsicle stick in mine

@JacobShropshire 5 ай бұрын

That terminal is an anti-static connection and it’s bridged during factory assembly only. It prevents static from building up and frying laser diode’s

@FantasticQuack 5 ай бұрын

That makes sense thanks for the info!

@caleb1736 3 жыл бұрын

Hi I loved this vid I so enjoy watching you repair wii disc errors could you please do more wii repairs 😁

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

I work on whatever I can get my hands on. I'm sure there'll be more Wii's in the future. Thanks and glad you enjoy!

@marksworkbench8705 Жыл бұрын

I think that if you're going to open the disc drive, you might as well lubricate the metal shafts, stepper motor rod, and gears with some lithium grease.

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

The existing grease still looked okay on these but generally don't disagree if you have some handy. However if you're gonna do that you need to be prepared to remove the old stuff with a solvent before replacing it, otherwise you're just putting new grease on dirty grease.

@zweks 3 жыл бұрын

I tried fixing my Wii but all I did was open it up and give it a proper clean. Once done, it not only wasn't able to read discs, it also made a weird sound and a message popped saying that there was a problem and I should restart my Wii lol. Will try to follow what you do next time, if nothing works I guess it'll be time to get a new driver

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you get it working!

@Terminal_Apotos 3 жыл бұрын

Dude that happened to me. At least it was only $30 lol

@joemama1300 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@UserName-lw6tm Жыл бұрын

If it still can't be fixed, then just mod it.

@william9apr 3 жыл бұрын

Hi I love your videos

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

Well dang I might make some more for ya! Thanks for watching :)

@myguybry 2 жыл бұрын

I bought an Rvl-001 Wii at a flea market that has the same problem as the one you weren't able to fix. Any tips on finding a new drive? Having a hard time differentiating between drives that support Gamecube and those that don't...

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Reviews on this one say it can read cube games: www.amazon.com/Original-Nintendo-Replacement-INSTALLED-Y-screwdriver/dp/B0155J99MK

@fea28-19 2 жыл бұрын

When I put a disc in it will show it "reading" it but not make any noise and then it just says cannot read disc. I'm wondering if this is an issue with the laser or motor?

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to say based on this alone, could be a laser power issue, many possibilities.

@JacobShropshire 5 ай бұрын

That piece of plastic is actually from the plastic frame pieces. It’s a tab made to secure the game cube controller port in memory card doors. with it broken the doors are a little loose.

@FantasticQuack 4 ай бұрын

It does look like that so I won't say you're wrong!

@krumbled_cookii7283 Жыл бұрын

im curious, what type of hook tool is it that youre using for removing the ribbon cables? it seems a lot easier than using your fingers lol

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

It's a dental tool (linked in vid description)

@sydalt3603 Жыл бұрын

I have 2 wii's, and they both have the disk read issue, im hoping I can get somebody to look into it! I dont trust myself opening it up 😅

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

Problem with the wii is that you can buy used/working ones for ~$40 so that often makes more sense than paying someone to fix a bad one. But they are extremely useful to the modding community even with a bad disc drive--people like to make portable wii/gamecubes with the main boards. You could sell them for parts to fund a working wii if you or your handy friends aren't comfortable working on it, just a suggestion!

@RobertoLimaYT2 2 жыл бұрын

My Wii still works to this day but when I try to put a disc in it, It makes an annoying sound from the drive the reason why it's because the faceplate was broken off it still can play SNES and N64 games.

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it still works anyway

@Crackey75 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@FantasticQuack 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@TMath916 Жыл бұрын

My son's wii has a dirty lens I think? I tried to take it apart but got stuck on the different type of screw. It plays some games fine, but super smash brothers doesn't work, and zelda twilight princess goes on for a minute and then gives an error. Do you think if I can take it apart and clean the fan it'll fix the issue? There's no crunching sounds, just the disc read error.

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

I would check the problem games themselves as a first step. If they look scuffed/scratched I would get them resurfaced and see if that fixes the issue. If the games aren't the problem, clean the lens with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol. If still no improvement, I'd look at adjusting the laser power potentiometer to a slightly lower resistance (for more laser power).

@abcd2683 Жыл бұрын

I have a Wii that reads one game (Wii Sports), but with another game (Wii Party) I get a disc reading error about 10 minutes into playing. When I eject the game and put it back in, it just gives me the error again, but this time right away. This doesn't happen to my other game, so I'm unsure as to what the problem is. Can it just be that the Wii Laser has trouble reading the information in one game and not the other or something?

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

Is the Wii Party disc noticeably more scratched/scuffed than the other games? You might just need to get that particular game resurfaced.

@krumbled_cookii7283 Жыл бұрын

5:03 lmao i broke the same exact wire when i tried looking at my wii for a similar issue had to learn to solder in order to patch it up haha

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

If you didn't break that wire then you were never inside the Wii ;)

@cz_ 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Wii that read discs when the top is off but when I put it back together it doesn’t read discs anymore do you know the problem? I also replaced the drive and the same thing is still happening. thanks in advance

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

That is very strange. Does it work with the top on but not screwed in place? something might be getting pressurized too much perhaps if a piece (like the large metal shielding) or component is loose or not aligned properly. Hard to say without seeing in person.

@mannaexperience 5 ай бұрын

Worked like a charm, thanks!!!

@FantasticQuack 4 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@tyman517 2 жыл бұрын

I have a problem with my WWE WrestleMania XIX game on the GameCube. Every other game works on my Wii and this game looks really good but only crashes when I start a exhibition match. Runs fine for career mode. Any ideas?

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

If every other game works fine then the issue is definitely the disc. If there are scratches, you can try getting it resurfaced, but there are other possible issues that may be less visible (like layer separation/rot or even hairline cracks).

@tyman517 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack thanks so much for the reply! I fixed my problem using homebrew :)

@Mysticgames136 3 жыл бұрын

Mine still reads discs after almost 9 years of having it when you put inside and run it if the game is kinda scratched it makes this loud sound

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting.. Glad it still works though!

@tnc1332 3 жыл бұрын

My Wii is like the one that failed, makes the same noise and message. I'm going to check it out later do you have any tips

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

I think you're talking about the one I was not able to fix. I won't say there wasn't a way to fix it, but sometimes it makes more sense to just replace the whole disc drive which you can get for < $18 shipped on ebay. Link: tinyurl.com/y5zvamab

@michaelgrace5436 2 жыл бұрын

Have u replaced a drive before I got a wii-001 and I swapped it with a refurb drive on eBay and it didn’t work. Everyone has said it’s just a clean swap and idk what I’m missing haha.

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

A new drive should fix it if the drive was the problem. I'd double check the connection.

@JacobShropshire 5 ай бұрын

Also laser swaps are very easy. And can fix an otherwise dead drive.

@FantasticQuack 4 ай бұрын

Easy sure but opening the Wii in the first place is simply annoying with all the odd screw types/locations compared to any other console. Combine that with their low value it's a tough sell to put too much time into these!

@anisanis2609 3 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks for the video. When I opened my wii, I found that both of the 2 plastic parts fell apart. One is clearly broken, and the second not sure. Iwant to try to replace it, but I can't figure out where it goes 🙄. Can someone help me on that please?

@FantasticQuack 2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear, this is a case where troubleshooting is almost impossible without being able to see in person :/

@80s_kid. 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Wii, i got a 500gb external hard drive, modded the wii and installed hd loader, do that and the laser won't matter anymore, one thing i never saw you try was clean the lens, i might have missed it.

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

I did try cleaning the lenses, but not sure if I mentioned it in the video. Interestingly, of all the disc read errors I've fixed on various consoles, I have not once found the issue to be a dirty lense.

@80s_kid. 3 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack i have 38 ps2's, bought them all as is, most of them i repaired, only 2 faults they had, dirty lens or worn laser arm guide, the only ps2 lasers i could never repair with a clean was the Khs400c with the yellow ring around the lens, they are garbage. i've fitted a 1tb hard drive to one of my ps2's and have McBoot, filled it full of games, i have about 200 games on disk, i also have about 15 ps1s, most of them work but they suffer with the worn plastic runner sending the focus off line, i got about 250 ps1 games, i have about 8 wii's they all work, i modded them myself, i have a 500gb full of games, i have bout 180 games on disk.. i stopped buying anything newer than these.

@joemama1300 2 жыл бұрын

With my Wii, it will accept discs and when it spins the disc it makes this loud clicking noise and then says an error has occurred and it tells me to eject the disc and turn off the console. Do you know how I may fix this problem?

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Have you looked inside the drive? Sounds like it could be a broken mechanical part

@joemama1300 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack I will definitely try that ty!

@howdymsp 2 жыл бұрын

Still have my wii since like 2012, until recently it stopped reading disc's

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Hope this video was useful and that you can get it fixed!

@lunala4753 3 жыл бұрын

What if we dont have a tri wing?

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

It is possible to remove them with a small flathead, but it can be tricky depending on how tight the screw is, and you increase risk of stripping the screw head. I would recommend just buying a tri-wing, they are ~$2.

@blindmario 3 жыл бұрын

My wii does something very strange. The disc goes in for a bit. Comes out halfway and then back in. It then comes out fully. Can someone help?

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Does it make any strange noises? Hard to know the issue based on this comment alone.

@blindmario 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack I got a new wii a few weeks ago so I threw my old one out.

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

@@blindmario That's a shame I would have gladly taken it off your hands

@helmetcamboy Жыл бұрын

The broken black plastic bit holds the side door hinge closed.

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

It looks similar but it was actually from the housing of the laser on the optical drive, there are normally two arms on the one side to glide along the steel shaft, and this unit now only has one.

@mudmudandmoremud 3 жыл бұрын

Mind If I try and send mine in bc I was playing brawl and after that it never worked and I tried so hard meaning I stayed up 17 hours fixing jt

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry it didn't work out, these issues can be tricky!

@Pandakids09 3 жыл бұрын

Better off modding the broken one

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

If the exterior were in better shape I might have done that! Ended up re-selling it for parts.

@champking20 2 жыл бұрын

Think ima do that for this one I picked up for $20. Not reading disc

@ToonyPixl 2 жыл бұрын

My Wii reads the disc, but when I play the 2nd island, it says that "Game disc couldn't read."

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Is it doing that on every game or just one in particular? If the latter, it is likely just a scratched disc in which case you can get it resurfaced.

@tylerrose7211 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack I have a unit doing the same, it will recognize all but one or two of my disks and you can play for a bit, but at some point it errors out like you pulled the disk out and asks for it to be reinserted. This occurs with multiple games, the disk surfaces are in a good condition too.

@coolindividual81 2 жыл бұрын

Ok so I have 2 Wiis (it's a long story) one I *just* got from my dad, and the other is one I grew up with. The new one *shouldn't* have any problems... but the one I grew up with was thrown into a dumpster by its previous owners before my dad found it and gave it to me. But for some reason, the brand new one won't read the Wii Sports it came with, while my old one plays it just fine. Both Wiis play other games completely fine, it's just the Wii Sports that won't play on my new Wii. Edit: it is only the 1 disc that does this. Also, it doesn't just tell me it can't read it, it FULLY tells me to take out the disc and turn off the Wii, which tells me that it isn't a disc problem Edit 2: the disc is VEEEEERY slightly scatched. Such a small amount that it shouldn't even matter at all. You can't even notice the scratch unless you look extremely close

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

That is very strange that it is only happening on one game. I'd need to do some research to offer better advice but a small tweak to the laser power might solve it.

@victornunez5470 2 жыл бұрын

That's the same thing for me except my black wii won't read any games at all it makes a weird grinding sound but my white Wii won't read Mario kart like it does but as soon as I get into a race it says to take the disc out and turn off power

@stevenyarnell9317 Жыл бұрын

I got somewhat of the same thing going on with a wii and ps1

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

PS1 might just need a laser pot reflow/adjustment

@Phoenix_error27 2 жыл бұрын

I had this same problem

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you got it fixed!

@spiderhey1535 2 жыл бұрын

Is there anyone that can help with my problem?(mine doesn't even take the Wii games, it just goes in comes out goes back in the throws the disc out)

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Any luck googling this issue? I've never ran into this problem but it could be something as simple as dust or debris clogging up a mechanism that needs to be cleaned out.

@spiderhey1535 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack no (I kinda fixed it cause a game cube game if mine got stuck so I used a disc with cardboard and now it's taking the games but not reading any of them

@r1brosrm327 3 жыл бұрын

With my wii, it shows the fail to read disc sign and when I turn it off, there is a small black static that is rather obvious on the grey screen. Please help my

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I understand the problem based on this description. Feel free to email me with mroe detail.

@davidcarter1157 Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe that you can’t find a worm gear for that on eBay or Amazon… I have a few Wii’s that I could of salvaged for ya. I absolutely hate working on a wii.

@FantasticQuack Жыл бұрын

Agreed, I made one other Wii video after this one and I think it might be the last time. Way less enjoyable working on these vs almost anything else.

@epicness69992 2 жыл бұрын

i dont have a tri wing screwdriver so yeah i cant get it open

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

If the screws aren't super tight you can sometimes get the job done with a perfect-size flathead. I'd recommend just buying a tri wing, they're a couple bucks or less.

@epicness69992 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack yeah i think my wii just is broken so bad that you cant fix it but i will keep trying

@imeatingyourmother 2 жыл бұрын

I replaced my boyfriend's disk drive with my childhood wii's and it worked for about a month until today we got the unable to read disk error message. It accepts disks, but makes an odd clicking noise when attempting to read. Is it worth taking apart again, or should I buy a replacement disk drive? Thank you!

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

For me it's always worth taking apart. For some it might make more sense just to get a new drive and save the extra effort.

@Z64bit 8 ай бұрын

You do have to open it to put the new drive in anyway so may as well try to fix it first

@izehumaheyiba2182 3 жыл бұрын

Will a Cordless drill fix my wii disc drive and my ps2 Dualshock controllers and my black logetich controller and my orange GameCube joystick on the left ?.

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

A cordless drill will fix a lot of things, but probably not your video games.

@izehumaheyiba2182 3 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack I know if it q Cordless drill has a short screw spinner to take out the screws from your console controllers.

@fredericonemesio540 2 жыл бұрын

boa tarde parceiro eu tenho um nintendo wii e ele aparece essa mensagem na tela do jogo mario kart U NA BLE TO RE AD ThE D iSC ChECK ThE Wi OPERATiONS NANUA foR hel TROUBLEShOOTiNG. o que pode ser porque o meu video game ele e travado

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Is it only Mario Kart having the issue? If other games have the same problem you may have a bad disc drive. If it is just the one game then it may need to be resurfaced.

@markguymon39 2 жыл бұрын

my will will make a loud scratchy noise when you insert the disc and then take me to wii manual page

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds similar to the issue here

@robertcarldecker 2 жыл бұрын

Been having a problem reading GameCube games on my unit.

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

But reads wii? Could just be a simple lens pot adjustment needed in that case.

@robertcarldecker 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack ok. Thanks. I’ll try another game.

@dunkthepeach2170 2 жыл бұрын

This is the exact game I'm trying to play too 😭😂😭😂 It recognizes the game and all but it won't read the game disk Luckily mine isn't making any weird noise and it reads any other game but this game is in perfect condition so I'm so confused

@FantasticQuack 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the drives just die, if the issue isn't obvious it usually makes more sense to just replace the drive vs spending hours troubleshooting. Hope you can get it fixed up!

@dunkthepeach2170 2 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack thanks!

@rodie_studios 3 жыл бұрын

i tried this but it doesn't do anything anymore... got it 10 Days ago for my birthday...

@FantasticQuack 3 жыл бұрын

What did you try to do? If it's not responding at all now it's likely something just didn't get plugged back in.

@rodie_studios 3 жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack well... it does but when it takes the disk it keeps pushing the disk back further and further although it already reached the end (btw the rest works fine like the main menu and stuff)