Wii Stopped Working

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It will boot to the main menu screen, and VC games work but it wont read ANY discs anymore. No Wii, no GC games, nothing.

I bought this the 1st week the Wii came out, so its 1st gen (whatever that means). Am I screwed? Anyone else encounter this and have a fix?

Never have I had a problem with a Nintendo product in 20+ years. I'm sad.
 
I had one do this. It was a bad laser... I bought a replacement drive off of ePay from a broken Wii...
 
From my experience, Ninty is good about repairs, even after the warranty is out. Give them a call, it may be a reasonable fix. Mine is a launch day unit as well and I had to send it back once before. They got it, fixed it, and had it back to me in less than a week total (overnighted to them, a day to fix, then overnighted back).
 
I know they did have some sort of recall on the lasers a while back.

If you were in a certain serial range they would replace the drive free of cost. Mine was mostly working, but starting chugging here and there. I got worried and they replaced the drive and sent it back to me.

Kinda sucky because they wanted me to send the unit and a game...(testing???)

So I sent my Super Smash Bros in the case and my Wii. Wrapped them both up nice in bubblewrap do prevent damage.

WHen I get it back, the Super Smash Bros cash was all sliced up... They must have just used a knife and hacked the bubble wrap off..:confused:
They sliced right through the paper and the clear plastic on the case....I was pretty bent.

Also the Wii itself had some nice slice marks, but not as bad as my game case....

So I took all the care to pack it properly, and they got messed up more than if I didn't even pack it probably...


EDIT:

That's right, it was when they released the dual layer discs... Forgot about that. Maybe they will fix still.
Here:



RETURNS ALERT FOR SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL

There is a potential that a very small percentage of customers who bought the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl game will attempt to return it believing it is defective.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!

Getting a new game will NOT fix the problem. as it is likely an issue with the Wii console itself.

Please contact Nintendo at support.nintendo.com or call 1-800-255-3700.

Nintendo will be able to take care of any problems you may experience with the game and system.

Frequently asked questions:

1.
Q: Will I have to send in my console to fix the problem?

A: Yes, both the game and the console need to be sent in for repair.

2.
Q: How long will this take?

A: Nintendo is upgrading inbound and outbound shipping to reduce the overall repair time to approximately one week. There is NO cost to the consumer for the repair OR freight.

3.
Q: Why do other games work and not SSBB?

A: SSBB utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity. If there is some contamination on the lens of the console disc drive, it may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc. (no one should attempt to clean the lens themselve
 
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Thanks for the info guys. Hopefully this will all get worked out. Nothing worse than a Friday night alone and sitting and staring at my SMG2 case :( Sucks!
 
replacing the drive is not that hard. there are plenty of replacement drives on ebay, they even come with the tri-wing screwdriver that you need to open the wii.

replacing the drive on a wii is easier than replacing the chassis on a sanyo, the screws are a lot smaller though
 
replacing the drive is not that hard. there are plenty of replacement drives on ebay, they even come with the tri-wing screwdriver that you need to open the wii.

replacing the drive on a wii is easier than replacing the chassis on a sanyo, the screws are a lot smaller though

Agreed, its a few screws and a few ribbon cables.
 
Very easy to replace. Hell just get it soft modded and buy an external HDD for it and run your games from there!

Seriously though it's easy to do. It's alot more then a "few" screws though and keep track of where they came from.
 
doesnt nintendo just take your broken system as a core and send you another refirbished system? you dont get yur same exact system back do you?
 
doesnt nintendo just take your broken system as a core and send you another refirbished system? you dont get yur same exact system back do you?

It depends on the repair, I believe, but even if they do, they are supposed to transfer all your data over to the new one. When I sent mine back, they told me that I'd receive the same hardware back, but for my particular issue, the motherboard had to be replaced anyway, which meant was was basically a new system in the end.
 
Mine died while playing Galaxy 2 on launch day. I got to play for all of two minutes and forty-four seconds.

Nintendo said I would need to send it in for repairs (for $75 plus shipping) and that they would probably have it back to me in about three weeks.

I bought a new black Wii yesterday.
 
Nintendo said I would need to send it in for repairs (for $75 plus shipping) and that they would probably have it back to me in about three weeks.

I bought a new black Wii yesterday.

The black Wii's look slick. $75 plus shipping? Whats the point? I wonder if they will say anything when I tell them Microsoft doesn't charge shit?
 
The black Wii's look slick. $75 plus shipping? Whats the point? I wonder if they will say anything when I tell them Microsoft doesn't charge shit?

No dice. $100 for repairs (with shipping) and 2-3 weeks. Microsoft didn't charge me for my 4 RROD XBOX's because they admitted to faulty manufacturing. Nintendo doesn't admit to any of that, so they charge you. Bummer.
 
I tried the lens cleaning kit first, hoping that that might fix the problem on the cheap, but... no joy.

The black one does look pretty sick. And I like this rubbery condom dealie on the remote... I think it helps my grip a bit.

BTW... Galaxy 2? Totally sweet.
 
BTW... Galaxy 2? Totally sweet.

So I have heard. I have the disc to look at everyday :( Its like the hot chick in school who would never put out no matter what you tried. What a dick tease.
 
No dice. $100 for repairs (with shipping) and 2-3 weeks. Microsoft didn't charge me for my 4 RROD XBOX's because they admitted to faulty manufacturing. Nintendo doesn't admit to any of that, so they charge you. Bummer.

So you called them, and they want to charge??? :mad:
 
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