Disc reading error... it finally happens to me.

[nocturnal YL]

You're soooooooooo kind, Nintendo.

While I was starting a replay in Brawl, I found that the console loads it slower than usual. Then it just shows the green screen of death (most other games use a black one) telling me to eject the disc, turn OFF the Wii and seek help from the ever-useless instruction booklet.

I restarted my Wii, but it can no longer read any Wii game (haven't tried GC ones) I put in.

I origianlly wanted to make a post about Wii's decreasing loading time, but it seems I don't have to now... the problem has worsen itself.

The retailer of my Wii said the warranty of my particular console follows Nintendo Co Ltd in Japan, so chances are I will have a Wiiless period for a while. The retailer said (when they sold the Wii to me) they would send the Wii to Japan if there's any problem to it.

My save data may be killed, but good thing that if it's the case, I can finally test out what's about the "Clear Data" option in Brawl.

I shall be taking an exam soon, so it's not like I'll be playing it for a good while; but this news is still quite shocking. Maybe I'll let them repair my console while I take my week-long exam?

...Or alternatively, I'll just try again a day later. If it's those dusty stuff that cause the problem, and if they're only blocking the read/write head for a short while, then maybe (for a low chance) gravity will handle stuff for me.

[Sqrt2]

I had one of those: I was playing PoR on the Wii when a message popped up that the disc couldn't be read. So I just ejected the disc, cleaned it on my T-shirt and then put it back in.

The game worked fine, and I haven't had another similar incident since...

[TV Eye]

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Why don't you just blow into it?

[nocturnal YL]

May 5, 2009 8:49:53 GMT -5 TV Eye said:

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Why don't you just blow into it?

....Will try when I have the chance. Nice suggestion.

I'm afraid of getting even more dust into the disc slot, which is why I didn't try. The soft plastic cover of the slot looks dusty too.



NOT EDIT - I tried. To no avail.

I don't know how to get air past the soft plastic cover (cover too soft to use external help to oven it up), plus the (utterly useless) manual indicates that I contact Nintendo for such problem.

...Which means I will have to take my console to repair.

Please anwer the following question(s) for me - if you know anything behind the closed doors of Nintendo, that is.

[1] What will they do?
　➟ <a> Repair my system (end)
　➟ <b> Replace my system (go to 2)

[2] Oh noes! My save files! What to do?
　➟ <a> Homebrew Channel (go to 3)
　➟ <b> Weep (end)

[3] But my warranty! I'll RUIN some intangible thing I don't even know what that is!
　➟ <a> Heck with it, continue hacking and pretend Nintendo never knows (go to 4)
　➟ <b> Go for some unauthorized repair stores (end)
　➟ <c> Considering its importance, just let your saves die (end)

[4] But I'm using Wii Menu 4.0?
　➟ <a> Wait until hackers solve it and the warranty expires (end)
　➟ <b> Any brilliant answer (please specify)

...You're so very, very kind, Nintendo.



BUMP AGAIN

The most damned thing of the history of everything occured:
I lost the receipt of my console.

...No words can describe my current feeling.

I recall buying my Wii somewhere in late May. Only days left before my lovely warranty expires.



SECOND-TO-LAST BUMP

I had to take it to some shop for repair, ater all. Goodbye, warranty.

I was given an option to replace my lens with an "official" one or a "third party" one. You probably know of my choice already.

I will go off and collect it now. For the first time in my life, I had to go to that computer shopping acrade in 3 consecutive days.

The whole thing costed me 500 HKD, or 64.5 USD, 42.5 GBP, 84.3 AUD, 47.27 EUR or 74.71 CAD. In my hometown, that covers approximately the price of 2 games. Talk about bad luck.



FINAL BUMPTASY!

I took my Wii back. Discs can now be read properly, and it appears to be less laggier too.

I tested it with a certain frequent-loading gmae, Fire Emblem 10. It tends to have rapid access to the disc because it loads character avators "on the fly" rather than preload them. It does affect playing time a little, and is thus a bad interface design. And this also means people with a non-optimized Wii are adversed is speed runs.

So far, no problems. The only thing that seems affected is the Message Board and the date. The repairer probably took the internal battery out in the process. Flash memory is unaffected. I have yet to try its online capability, but it should be alright too.

Now... does anyone have any bad luck with your systems?

[8bitretroshit]

My Wii refused to spit out Mario Galaxy a few days before Brawl's release. Turns out I knocked it on it's side a tad too many times. I 'fixed' it by accidently knocking it over on it's other side. Go me

[Flint]

As you might remember, something similar occurred to me, after exhausting all my options, I took it to an unlicensed repair center, they changed the laser, and now everything works fine (and this way all my saves were spared from being erased)
But befoe that all, I ordered the Wii lens cleaning kit, it really worked to make the system read the disks easier/faster but if your system no longer reads any disk, then it would be like mine and its to late for this to be the solution.

[nocturnal YL]

Nobody sells official peripherals in my regoin. I once considered trying those in-general CD/DVD cleaner (since these things all "clean the lens at high speed" ayway), but when those game shops told me the disc isn't even rotating at all, I guess it has to be repaired.

I'll never ever buy anything from the original store that sold me the Wii again. First lying about the "lol special magical 720p cable" and then suggesting a price 1.5 times of other shops for lens replacing...