have a previosly softmodded system that was updated to 4.2 from monsterhunter tri no longer reads any discs anyone know why 4.2 would knock out the drive system works fine other wise tried to do a fix i seen in a post here about unpatched ios's but all the ios's are unpatched except 36 but did not work even reinstalled them all except stubs as he did in his post ...but no help going swap out the drive later tonight and see if it does help but as i have seen others with this issue im sceptical it will work but never hurts to try any ideas woudl be helpfull been searching for answers since last night only have found one post here that had a fix but didnt work for me as statedhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54102#msg-54102Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:59:21 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54133#msg-54133 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54133#msg-54133 jbc007 Getting StartedTue, 01 Jun 2010 04:23:43 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54127#msg-54127 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54127#msg-54127
so I would say firmware was fine]]> death69inc Getting StartedTue, 01 Jun 2010 00:18:38 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54110#msg-54110 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54110#msg-54110 WikiFSX Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 13:49:56 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54108#msg-54108 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54108#msg-54108coincendence that is was the exact same timing as the update but shrugs
guess ill be ordering a new drive I may pull the laser from the other and see if it loads if so then ill only need to replace a laser

thanks for your comments

Update It was the laser love the timing
put laser from my other drive in this one and booted right up

1st place I should have looked but since it happened same time as the update was the last thing i looked at]]> death69inc Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 08:07:31 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54107#msg-54107 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54107#msg-54107
It's not the 4.2 update that killed your drive, as it is bad timing, older Wii DVD drives are known to go south after a while. Your only real option is to send it in to Nintendo or get a new drive and replace it yourself. Problem is, if you send it to Nintendo, they'll give you a new drive which can't read DVDs, so you couldn't watch a DVD via WiiMC or something]]> cactusjack901 Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 07:38:23 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54106#msg-54106 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54106#msg-54106
update
replaced drive from my other wii and it works fine ...

issue is what in the 4.2 update can kill the drive and is there a way to fix it
also used wii fit to test and it needed to update???? its at 4.2 wii fit was before that. must needed a ios that wasnt installed?

put old drive back
spinning up laser is lighting red
but keeps giving error unable to read disc but was working fine before the update
if there is a way to fix the drive I rather do that than replace the drive as I would need to order one

current setup
bootmii, hbc and 36 patched only no other modded ios's etc]]> death69inc Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 07:15:54 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54105#msg-54105 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54105#msg-54105 cactusjack901 Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 07:08:20 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54102#msg-54102 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,54102,54102#msg-54102no longer reads any discs

anyone know why 4.2 would knock out the drive

system works fine other wise
tried to do a fix i seen in a post here about unpatched ios's but all the ios's are unpatched except 36 but did not work even reinstalled them all except stubs as he did in his post ...but no help

going swap out the drive later tonight and see if it does help but as i have seen others with this issue im sceptical it will work but never hurts to try

any ideas woudl be helpfull been searching for answers since last night only have found one post here that had a fix but didnt work for me as stated]]> death69inc Getting StartedMon, 31 May 2010 06:04:25 +0200