Thread: Wii can't read any discs (originals)

If the lense cleaner doesnt work I have decided I am going to buy a new wii dvd drive for $55 from ebay and try putting that in there. Then also keep hunting around for a cheep LG DVD Rom for the "just in case" scenario.

Has anyone replaced a DVD drive in these, am looking at [Only Registered Members May View Links| Click here to register] but need to know if there are any Gotchas with versions etc.

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Dan

id say save the money, get the games another way and putem on the hd

yeah I have that method already as a thought, however now I have about 30+ games sitting here that I can't even get over to my hard drive unless I buy one of the LG drives that works with wii games.

I don't like downloading games either, and added to that we have pretty lame Bandwidth limitations here. TBH I am not in it for the playing pirated games, I softmodded, mainly out of interest and the ability to move all my games to HD so I didnt have to get them out every time I wanted to play.

It's $55 for a new DVD rom and I am confident I can fit it pretty easily so I think it's a good fix if the lense cleaner doesnt work. Otherwise I will just buy a second hand LG

If you have 30+ games sitting there then I dont know why wonder if you should spend $55 on a replacement drive or not. It would seem that $55 isnt much for you. Even at $20 a piece you put out $1100 on games. lol, just buy it and save yourself a headache of trying all these "fixes" Those CDs that clean the lens arnt free or even cheap I think. At least $15

Orrrrr just get a new Wii, people selling them from $100 to $150 all over the place. If you need another remote+nunchuck thats $60 already, + your $55 drive, seems you cant go wrong buying a whole setup. I did that, I got 3 remotes, 2 nunchucks and a wii, few games, etc etc for $130. I came up on that deal

That is actually a stirling idea. I don't want to buy a new one (i dont want the 4.2 firmware) but a second hand one would actually be pretty good.....to ebay methinks

craigslist for the win

I am in Australia, unfortunately we have no craigslist, though I am contemplating a move to DC in 12 months, so maybe I should get one sent to a friend there

Originally Posted by Dannymh [Only Registered Members May View Links| Click here to register]

I am in Australia, unfortunately we have no craigslist, though I am contemplating a move to DC in 12 months, so maybe I should get one sent to a friend there

I would say just replace the dvd drive and be done with it, you wont find a 2nd hand wii for even double the drive price - what state you in ?