How To Take Apart Wii To Clean Laser

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How To Clean The Wii's Laser (Merely Use Circumspection)

• Thread starter Edfishy
• First engagement Mar ix, 2008

• #1

( If you're going to effort to clean the light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, please do so with caution. This will likely void any warranty, but it is withal useful to know how to perform domicile repairs on consoles)

Howdy there, nosotros picked up Smash Brothers Brawl final night at a midnight releasing and were shocked to find that our Wii couldn't read the disc. We've got a smoker in the house and it'due south a sure bet in that location was plenty of dust in in that location, and then it was a given the laser was likely too dusty to read the dual layered Smash Disc. Still, this was very disappointing and will issue in quite a few Wii and Smash Brawl returns.

We've taken apart both of our GameCube'south in the past to adjust the laser frequency dial then they would continue to read game discs, so we figured disassembling the Wii must be relatively similar. Unfortunately, the Wii uses a triwing screwdriver, which we weren't willing to wait to have shipped now that we had gone out and gotten Brawl early.

Fortunately, information technology appears that the "Husky 8-in-1 Precision Screwdriver" set appears to work if you apply a little force and fix it correctly into the triwing screw slots. Utilise the smallest Phillips bit included in the ready, as it seems to fit the best. The Husky bit did seem to start angle by the time were were finished with it, so just keep an heart on it.

Merely remove the screws on the outer shell, advisedly remove the panels until you tin conspicuously see the disc-loader, and then employ a cotton ear swab and a dab of rubbing alcohol to the laser'south lens (it'll look glassy and shiny, can't miss it). Use a unlike clean cotton ear swab to dry out the lens, put the Wii's panels dorsum together, and whalla, Brawl works once more for however long you can keep your Wii grit-complimentary.

The arrow is where y'all tin access the Wii's Laser lens, the "X" is about where the lens are located.

Once nosotros're done playing Brawl for a bit, I might post up consummate photographic instructions, but I don't call back that's terribly necessary. I would suggest yet that you sentinel a video of a Wii being disassembled on YouTube before attempting anything, and once again apply caution and don't do anything evidently destructive.

Disassembling a Wii:
http://www.youtube.com/lookout?v=g8epujddQTc

Pace by Step Guide to Disassemble a Wii (Only go to Step thirteen)
http://wii.ds-scene.net/?act=viewpto...thou=10&topic=377

Anywho, just wanted to let whatever of you who've had a similiar problem know that it's not also hard to fix.

• #2

I merely got Ball and it didn't work and so I chosen the number on the back of the booklet and they said the lens is probibly dusty and then ship it to us and the game and in about a week or two you'll have it back.

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can you lot tell me the time in the video
or take a screen cap of the function i demand to clean(then i dont screw it upward)

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• #7

Overnice, useful guide. I have a feeling this will be useful for me someday.

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Actually, whoever necroed this is astonishing. This thread tin help TONS of people who'due south wii is at present suffering.

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I honestly didn't know that the GCN used phillips screws. I thought it used the tri-wing ones.

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My god. Someone necroing was a good thing? I demand a sticky NAO!!1!ONE!!TWOMINUSONE!!

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This thread should be a sticky. If only i was aware of this 3mounths agone...

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this is incredible, someone necro'd a useful thread.

WTF JUST HAPPENED

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lookin forward to using this

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Actually, whoever necroed this is astonishing. This thread can help TONS of people who'due south wii is at present suffering.

Yes. Similar Mine.

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• #18

What does it hateful when the game reads just fine, but information technology doesn't read when I select Toon Link or Wario or they involved in whatever friction match the game won't read. Other then that it works just fine.

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^I'm thinking a scratch on the disk?

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slap-up info I will give that a try I am sure that is the trouble with my console,I take a ps2 equally well is the cleaning the same procedure.

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cleaner

methylated spirits alright to use.

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