My Wii no longer reads discs. [SOLVED! A Happy Ending!] Here's the story. My little brother was playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl when all of a sudden, the "An error has occurred" screen popped up. I thought nothing of it, and did as it told me to do. So I restart the Wii, and everything seems fine and dandy. I went to the Disc Channel and inserted the SSBB disc. I listened carefully to the disc drive's noises. After inserting the disc, I noticed that instead of loading the disc normally, it made clicking noises, as though it was "struggling" to read it. I then proceeded to try out other games (including GameCube games) that I owned. None of them worked. If it's worth mentioning, this exact problem has occurred with my cousin's Wii. I have the HBC and DVDx installed. I know it wasn't DVDx or the HBC that caused it, because my cousin doesn't have any homebrew installed. I'm at a loss as to what to do.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23634#msg-23634Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:00:03 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,25478#msg-25478 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,25478#msg-25478 Arikado OfftopicSat, 18 Jul 2009 03:23:50 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,25467#msg-25467 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,25467#msg-25467
Originally, I sent my Wii in without the GC cover (the hinges had broken off). Guess what? Nintendo was nice enough to take notice and provide me with a new one! =D

Overall, I have to say TWO thumbs up to Nintendo's Customer Service! =D]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicSat, 18 Jul 2009 01:18:01 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24388#msg-24388 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24388#msg-24388
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The HBC ID is HAXX. I'm not sure about DVDx, though....
DVDx's ID is... DVDX look in ALL the folders]]> metroid_maniac OfftopicFri, 10 Jul 2009 16:02:46 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24336#msg-24336 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24336#msg-24336
I noticed that when loading AnyTitle, after it was informing the Wii it was God (lol), it began to try and delete a ticket (it failed, btw). What was it that it was trying to delete?]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicFri, 10 Jul 2009 01:55:43 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24335#msg-24335 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24335#msg-24335 WaxyPumpkin72 OfftopicFri, 10 Jul 2009 01:28:12 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24333#msg-24333 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,24333#msg-24333
Anyone know what the ticket is for DVDx and the HBC? I will be sure to delete them through AnyTitle Deleter before I ship it off.]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicFri, 10 Jul 2009 00:54:39 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23846#msg-23846 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23846#msg-23846
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Again, my friend sent his in with homebrew channel still installed and it came back still on there.
I have heard of people with chipped wiis coming back and they took the chip out and sent it back with the wii...
Whats's the worst thing they can do? update you to 4.0 and take it off? big deal put it back on...
With my experience they do not change the state of the system, if they do take a NAND backup before you send it in and then restore it when you get it back...

Nintendo has been getting more harsh again homebrew on its system. Would you want to take that risk right now of them charging you ridiculous amounts of money for a free repair? I would personally agree to use AnyTitleDeleter and clear out HBC and DVDx. Even if Nintendo has been nice in the past about it all, it doesn't mean they won't get ignorant.

That's the exact reason why I decided to uninstall them. I'm not going to let this chance slip past me, especially when my Wii has gone out of warranty.]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicSun, 05 Jul 2009 21:24:54 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23842#msg-23842 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23842#msg-23842
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ninjafish1990
Again, my friend sent his in with homebrew channel still installed and it came back still on there.
I have heard of people with chipped wiis coming back and they took the chip out and sent it back with the wii...
Whats's the worst thing they can do? update you to 4.0 and take it off? big deal put it back on...
With my experience they do not change the state of the system, if they do take a NAND backup before you send it in and then restore it when you get it back...

Nintendo has been getting more harsh again homebrew on its system. Would you want to take that risk right now of them charging you ridiculous amounts of money for a free repair? I would personally agree to use AnyTitleDeleter and clear out HBC and DVDx. Even if Nintendo has been nice in the past about it all, it doesn't mean they won't get ignorant.]]> pinball Wizard OfftopicSun, 05 Jul 2009 20:22:24 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23828#msg-23828 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23828#msg-23828
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Okay, I've called Nintendo, and they said it's likely a problem with my Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. My Wii has no warranty left, and surprisingly, they said they would repair it for free!

I just uninstalled DVDx and deleted the HBC. I'm concerned that they'll find the ticket to the HBC, since I deleted via the Wii System Settings Menu. Is there anything I should do, or did it delete the ticket?
You could use any title deleter to delete the ticket.

Edit: In case you do use any title deleter, the title for the HBC is HAXX]]> WaxyPumpkin72 OfftopicSun, 05 Jul 2009 18:38:10 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23823#msg-23823 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23823#msg-23823I have heard of people with chipped wiis coming back and they took the chip out and sent it back with the wii...
Whats's the worst thing they can do? update you to 4.0 and take it off? big deal put it back on...
With my experience they do not change the state of the system, if they do take a NAND backup before you send it in and then restore it when you get it back...]]> ninjafish1990 OfftopicSun, 05 Jul 2009 18:17:19 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23817#msg-23817 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23817#msg-23817
I just uninstalled DVDx and deleted the HBC. I'm concerned that they'll find the ticket to the HBC, since I deleted via the Wii System Settings Menu. Is there anything I should do, or did it delete the ticket?]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicSun, 05 Jul 2009 16:57:06 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23652#msg-23652 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23652#msg-23652 WaxyPumpkin72 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 07:05:20 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23649#msg-23649 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23649#msg-23649(Disk Drive Crash)
(First site I found with a repair form and data about the "crashing" drives.)
My friend had this issue and sent his in (with HBC still intact)(and it returned not updated and still with HBC)]]> ninjafish1990 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 07:03:10 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23640#msg-23640 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23640#msg-23640 Arikado OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 05:21:10 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23637#msg-23637 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23637#msg-23637 WaxyPumpkin72 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:53 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23636#msg-23636 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23636#msg-23636
If those don't work, I will try uninstalling DVDx and see if that does anything.]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 04:59:29 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23635#msg-23635 Re: My Wii no longer reads discs.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23635#msg-23635
You could also try getting one of those disc drive cleaners. I'm pretty sure they sell them at gaming stores.]]> WaxyPumpkin72 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:29 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23634#msg-23634 My Wii no longer reads discs. [SOLVED! A Happy Ending!]http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,23634,23634#msg-23634
So I restart the Wii, and everything seems fine and dandy. I went to the Disc Channel and inserted the SSBB disc. I listened carefully to the disc drive's noises. After inserting the disc, I noticed that instead of loading the disc normally, it made clicking noises, as though it was "struggling" to read it. I then proceeded to try out other games (including GameCube games) that I owned. None of them worked.

If it's worth mentioning, this exact problem has occurred with my cousin's Wii.

I have the HBC and DVDx installed. I know it wasn't DVDx or the HBC that caused it, because my cousin doesn't have any homebrew installed. I'm at a loss as to what to do.]]> Sonicdude41 OfftopicSat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:42 +0200