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I should figure the senior moderators at this site would have a bit more tact than to troll people asking serious technical questions with unfunny eight-year-old memes. They're certainly setting a...

It doesn't help. I need more specific information.

I was reassembling my Wii after a disc drive repair job, when I noticed that the faceplate would not close, and heard a rattling noise when I tilted the system. When I opened the Wii back up a small,...

Alright, I talked to the seller about the problem. He says he's going to replace it with a drive that won't scratch discs after I send it back. Hope he follows through on that.

Strange development...I tested a blank CD-R in the drive, and got a different scratch pattern:

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For the record, the replacement drive has a completely differently shaped logic board and...

My camera is lent to a relative right now, so here's a drawing of roughly where the scratches appear (click to enlarge):

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There are no circular scratches, so this must be happening when the...

Sorry for creating another thread. I wouldn't have if I could edit thread titles.

I recently replaced my Wii's disc drive to fix the noise and disc reading problems. My new drive plays games fine,...

Update

I successfully disassembled the Wii and replaced the drive with the tools I already had! It was just a problem of leverage. I tried different angles and positions until I got it.

So far...

The smallest Phillips I have is a #0 and I can't get any grip with that. The local hardware store doesn't stock anything smaller. #000 is the smallest size, but I think that's only used in certain...

Didn't help at all. I'm going to have to get a properly sized Phillips head and give that a try before resorting to measures like drilling. What's the exact size I need?

I have a triwing and got all the exterior triwing screws out without any problems. The issue is those little phillips ones.

My Wii's DVD drive (bought at launch in 2006) is very noisy and can no longer play dual-layer discs, so I need to open it up and replace/repair it. Using the official cleaning kit didn't help.
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