oh oh dead wii

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Well just fired my poor wii up and stuck a game in,

result is a nasty grindy noice and then the disc is spat back out


wii boots up fine and everythign is normal just wont read discs,


although i cant blame ninty for this as my 3 yr old seems to have attacked it after i had to remove an upside down wifi driver cd from the wii covered in marmalade,

any tips for a quick fix?
 
lol was going to take it back to argos and argue sale o goods fit for purpose guff(only 3 month old) but cant find my reciept lol



probabaly stuck in the wii lol


what kind f drive does a wii use and can i butcher a generic drive to work as no where local has any in stoock and i dont know anywhere that repairs them yet
 
sormicoft said:
lol was going to take it back to argos and argue sale o goods fit for purpose guff(only 3 month old) but cant find my reciept lol



probabaly stuck in the wii lol


what kind f drive does a wii use and can i butcher a generic drive to work as no where local has any in stoock and i dont know anywhere that repairs them yet
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will one of those CD drive cleaner CD's work ? might be worth a crack
 
already tried that

anyone got any info on drive specs or a dissasembly guide
 
ho hum if its borked and i can get a replacement drive then this in getting bought

i like shiney :)


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sormicoft said:
lol was going to take it back to ***** and argue sale o goods fit for purpose guff(only 3 month old) but cant find my reciept lol



probabaly stuck in the wii lol


what kind f drive does a wii use and can i butcher a generic drive to work as no where local has any in stoock and i dont know anywhere that repairs them yet
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The catalogue number on the box is a receipt in itself.
 
Theoretically you don't need an actual receipt... proof of purchase, e.g. credit card statement, is supposed to sufficient. They should then be able to cross-reference the date/time stamps to confirm that a Wii was sold using that card on that date at that time, etc...

Good luck explaining this to the employee you speak to though.
 
thats the problem paid cash ,

box has a argos number stuck on it but not holding my breath


gonna try calling ninty tommorow and chance my arm ;)

i've got the marmalady disc out it just and ran a cleaning cd thru it but on closer inspection theres something rattling inside my poor wii
 
Give Nintendo UK a phone and ask them how much it would be for them to repair it.

They do this for people in the US at very good rates so i don't see why they would be any different here.
In some cases they have fixed things in 20mins whilst people have waited!
 
quick update phoned ninty no problemo getting it sorted, just pop it in the post addressed to the wii department :)
 
sormicoft said:
quick update phoned ninty no problemo getting it sorted, just pop it in the post addressed to the wii department :)
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Nintendo have been amazing with me when dealing with console replacements. Sony and MS could learn a hell of a lot from them.
 
sormicoft said:
lol was going to take it back to argos and argue sale o goods fit for purpose guff(only 3 month old) but cant find my reciept lol



probabaly stuck in the wii lol


what kind f drive does a wii use and can i butcher a generic drive to work as no where local has any in stoock and i dont know anywhere that repairs them yet
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my girlfriend have taken things back to argos before, without the reciept and they have replaced it no problem
 
Stick some bread in it, a lump of butter, leave it on for 3 mins and out should pop a tasty breakfast snack. Your Wii should be fine afterwards.


But don't blame me if it isn't
 
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