Wii DVD drive not spinning, but accepting/ejecting discs.

The Wii DVD drive doesn't spin, but does accept and ejects discs, I opened it up and found that the laser moves awkwardly and its movements are the ones causing the "clack clack clack" noise, so I recorded it to see if anyone could help. I never got any "can't read discs" message, nor any disc-reading problems, just one day I turned it on and it didn't spin the discs, and I heard the "clack clack clack" noise you can hear in the video.

Any ideas on what could be done?

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El lector de DVDs del Wii no lee los discos. Acepta y expulsa discos, pero no los gira para leerlos, lo unico que se escucha es "clack clack clack" (como pueden oir en el video). Abri la Wii y descubri que los lentes se mueven muy extraniamente y son los que causan el sonido.
El wii si leia discos, nunca tuve problemas leyendi discos, hasta que un dia la encendi y me encontre con el sonido, y ya nunca sirvio.

Alguna idea de lo que podria hacer?

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Wii
• DVD
• drive
• no
• spin
• discs
• gira
• discos
• lens

[marioemblem]

what I did was dissasembled the whole drive, and put it back together again. I don't know if that changed anything, but it just worked again.

[azazelgant]

Override fuse's On the back of the drive

[KeenoDemar25]

im having the same problem. i cant play COD4 or black ops on my wii

[DarkTormentor13]

having the same problem just hope i can fix this myself

[themanpure]

Mine still works for playing gamecube but not the wii.

[Redant23]

@apatrickmcdonald how exactly do I do that, after installing a new laser it won't spin, ?

[Redant23]

Mine was spinning then I changed the lens due to disc read error, and now it won't spin, I know everything is plugged in I tripled checked. Is there a certain way to put that lens back in, I thought I put it in right?

[ToughGamingSupport]

@goldengoose95 All due respect, thats bull shit.

[JonsweBers]

I fixed mine with the same problem by gently cleaning the laser bulb with a q-tip.

[nintendoandsega1990]

It happened like weeks ago when my brother played "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Game" and in gameplay, it was frozen unexpectedly. Then he pressed "RESET" button and played again from Wii Menu, and he can't because of the error message: "Unable to read the disc". So I tried all games (including Gamecube disc) and the message continues to appear and I can tell that it doesn't make spinning sound from the Wii console everytime I inserted the disc.

[nintendoandsega1990]

@goldengoose95 Then try Gophermods LLC.

[goldengoose95]

i have this problem

I was playing black ops for a while and then the screen turned black.

it told me that wii gisc error.

I brought the wii to a technician. and he said it cannot fix and to order the part is too expensive

[arvillano4]

i have a problem with my wii.it only read game cube disc and with the wii disc only appears in the disc chanel but when i start make a noisy sound inside and stop reading and appears the error thing.

I need help,this problem started 2 days ago

pd:sorry if i have bad english writing.

[pary16]

same thing!!! it wont spin so frustrating if anyone found a solution please tell me ): so sad i barely used the poor thing too

[monster1324ninja]

so i have the exact same problem from black ops and it wont spin for any games and i took it apart thinking i would clean the duct out and it would be better but it didnt work and has any one been able to get the wii fixed after warenty? even if it has been opened and is there a way to coex nintendo into fixing it or something for free

[Mattandtheboss13]

i have the probleme :s

watch?v=Cij_Ge524Ts

[apatrickmcdonald]

Dude you just RUINED that Guns & ROses disc. What you may need to do is adjust the Pot on the Laser. THe laser can' read the disc so it will mot spin.

[XFALCO14X]

makes the same noice

[XFALCO14X]

me to glad to see that am not alone

[shoneybooyah]

buy a new wii drive for about £ 12 easy

[saito235]

hola yo acabo de tener el mismo problema

quiero saber si pudiste solucionarlo y como?

[ComedyElAsianWay]

now I know the real problem with my wii!! It makes the exact same noise...

[enemY1990]

@TheKbk2013 If you are under warranty...else they charge 100 dollars.

Mine doesn't read double layers anymore (don't even spin), and a few normal discs are making problems as well, but it's always the same ones.

[TheKbk2013]

i got a free repair from nintendo just give them a call about your problem and thety will be happy to fix your problem

[israelgaribaldi]

@W0WlS The problem is with the Laser. The way you fix it is by adjusting the Laser "Pot" look it up on google. Im guessing the problem is that the laser is out of focus. This is especially true if you played Super Smash Brothers or Black Ops, theres been a lot of complaints about these games messing up the laser and thats because the games are dual layered. If you dont want to mess with the laser then just buy a new laser on ebay for 9 bucks (make sure the laser comes with the tool to open wii)

[jaycar2]

@1410942

use a verry smal flat screw driver from set and u should be able to fit between to of the heads