Introduzione
Usa questa guida per sostituire un'unità DVD danneggiata. In base all'unità nuova che userai, potresti dover trasferire i quattro gommini dall'alloggiamneto dell'unità DVD.
Cosa ti serve
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Usa uno spudger in metallo per rimuovere le coperture in plastica bianca delle viti incastrate nella copertura inferiore vicino alla parte anteriore della Wii.
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Svita le due viti Tri-Wing da 8,3 mm nascoste sotto le coperture appena rimosse.
1/16 x 1 craftsman Phillips mini screwdriver works for this if you don’t have the tri-wing driver
I am using a 18ct empty egg carton to hold the screws/parts removed in the steps.
Larry’s idea about the bins was great and helpful.
Robots is right- you NEED a Y1. Just buy the thing with the drive. I didn’t, tried many other options, none worked. Had to order the thing separately with shipping. Mistake….
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Usa uno spudger in metallo per rimuovere il piedino in gomma incastrato sul lato della Wii vicino all'ingresso del lettore DVD.
All of the rubber feet on my very old Wii had literally melted into a gooey mess and just needed to be scraper off and cleaned with alcohol.
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Svita la vite a croce Phillips da 5,9 mm nascosta sotto il piedino appena rimosso.
please help! my lil sis got a disc stuck in my wii while it was off!!! please help fast!!!
does it turn on?
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Tira via delicatamente la copertura anteriore dalla Wii.
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Usa un paio di pinzette per scollegare il connettore in plastica del cavo dei LED dalla scheda madre.
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Rimuovi la copertura anteriore.
surprisingly, this was the trickiest step for me. I almost completely mangled the wires when my tweezers slipped as I was attempting to remove the connector.
I removed it with a spudger, gently lift from each side until it pops out.
For those reassembling
line up the pins push it in with your spudger gently until it's in. Then line up the front plate, push gently, confirm everything is where it should be and push firmly, I found it needed a strong push to sit flush with the other body panels.
I ended up using needle nose pliars on this step.
Awesome detailed guide made this very easy, thank you author!
Can someone direct me to what I need to do? My tweezers slipped and I cut one of the wires on the connector. Where can I find a new Y plug for the wii?
This was the hardest part for me. I tried using my fingernails, two different tweezers, and needle nose pliers, but I ended up cutting both the wires. Anyway, I put some electric tape over the exposed wires and just reassembled the system. Funny thing is that the LED still works and I have not noticed any difference. I'm not sure what those wires did, but they seem to not be important.
For people still wondering after all these years, :), The connector is for the blue leds around the dvd when loading and unloading a disk.
Niels -
I also broke off the flimsy wires at the connector. To NOT break the wires, alternate pressing on the right and left sides of the connector with a small flathead screwdriver. Be patient, it will eventually work itself free. There isn't enough to grab onto with the tweezers and you'll only succeed in having them slip off, grab the wires, and yank the wires out.
Good news is that if you do rip out the wires, no worries... I didn't reconnect them and the unit works just fine. I have no idea what those wires are even for. Power LED continues to work no problem.
This guide is really marvellous - works a treat. But I would definitely recommend needle nose pliers for this step rather than tweezers. It's really easy if you use pliers and potentially damaging if not, and you get it wrong. I had one sniff at it with tweezers then immediate nipped out to the garage for my pliers!
Needlenose pliers did the trick for us!
Needlenose pliers did it for us!
You can save yourself some trouble at this point and skip the rest of the disassembly: See that green tab to the left of the sd card slot? THAT’S the wifi board (and that green tab, in hindsight, seems designed to make it accessible without taking apart the whole device, don’t you think?) A little careful spudging, and you’ve got it out, ready to replace! (There’s a guy who shows the process on youtube, if you want to review first)
I got the connector out ok thanks to the suggestions here, but I couldn’t figure out how to reattach it. In the end, I just kind of threw it in and it worked fine.
Very clear instructions - thanks! Faceplate needed replacing after one of my son’s friends accidentally kicked it across the room. $10 bucks to fix, thanks to ebay and these instructions. I’d never heard of a “tri-wing” screw before.
I just left the connector alone and kept it connected while working on it. There is enough wire to allow you to do what you need if you are just careful not to snag it on anything.
I, too, left the connector attached and just took care that the loose faceplate did not stretch the (not crucial) wire when moving rest of the Wii.
This was the trickiest part, I almost broke the wires using tweezers and pliers, so instead use a flat end screwdriver to pry it out, when putting it back in use needlenose pliers to start it then use your fingernail to go the rest of the way.
Anyone know of a method to replace the connector if you end up breaking the wires? Bits of wire are stuck in the white plastic connector, so I'm wondering if I can buy a connector online somewhere without replacing the whole face plate. Thanks :)
I severed both wires. If you want to avoid removing the connector, you can lengthen the two wires by unserpentining them from the wire holder that's in the cover.
Make sure there is no SD card in your unit before pulling this off, otherwise it'll get stuck and you could snap your sd card in half!
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Apri la porta protettiva delle prese dei controller finché è perpendicolare con la cornice nera delle prese.
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Tira verso l'alto la porta protettiva per separarla dalla copertura esterna.
I wasn't able to reassemble the socket covers when I reversed this step..
While disassembling, I did as instructed pulling the covers upwards when they where perpendicular to the black cover plate but Nintendos instructions says to open the covers (so that they are perpendicular to the black cover plate) and then gently push the covers towards the console with your fingers on the outside of the cover opposite side of the hinges so that the cover hinges will pop out and then lift it up..
I'm not sure, but I think ignoring Nintendos instructions caused the hinge sockets to break for me, so replacing the controller/memory card socket covers will not work.
When reassembling, the cover can be placed perpendicular to the black cover plate and rest on the plastic hinge with a few millimeters between the cover and the console, and then they can be pushed down to click in place. But in my case they keep falling all the way down since there's no resistance and nothing to click into.
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Svita le due viti a croce Phillips da 4,1 mm rimanenti sul bordo superiore della cornice in plastica nera delle prese dei controller.
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Solleva la cornice dal bordo lungo più lontano dalle prese dei controller e rimuovila dalla Wii.
The 3rd hole is in step 3.
The bezel is the flat black plate. Removing the three screws that secure it allows you to remove it. If your cube is like mine, this plate likes where it lives and, even with the screws removed, managed to stay in situ without anything holding it.
Beware. The edge of the bezel, opposite these screws, has clips. Lift the bezel from the top edge, where the the screws are, to avoid breaking these clips.
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Svita le seguenti viti:
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Due viti a croce Phillips da 5 mm
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Una vite Tri-Wing da 8,2 mm
Instead of the Phillips screw on the left I had a very small one under a cover to the left of that!
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Rimuovi le due viti Tri-Wing da 8,2 mm nascoste sotto i piedini appena rimossi.
had a little trouble with theses screws. they were just barely too deep for my 54pies bit driver kit to reach. I ended up inserting a small wad of paper into the shaft of my driver so the tri-wing bit stuck out far enough to engage the screw. (I used the tweezers to remove the paper when I was done) :)
I can confirm, this works fantasticly!
Thank you
When putting the screws back in hold the tip still with the screw and carefully drop it in.
Thank you rbelknap, this is excellent advice for those using the ifixit branded driver.
You could also use the 4mm nut driver in the iFixit kit to turn the tri-wing driver. This will give you a little more reach.
How is no one talking about the included 4mm nut driver trick at Edward Tucker mentioned?! That is genius! Thanks mate!
Zabuza -
That's the idea that I needed. Agree with Zabuza.
cwdick -
Bingo. All of the other comments were unnecessary.
Because it doesn't come with the screw driver in the kit. Only has the tri wing and the cross tips.
This paper wad trick totally worked for me too!
Standard Tri-Wing bits will NOT fit into the holes. Make sure that you get one of the tool kits from iFixit (I just ordered the Mako Driver/Bit kit with 64 bits ) - the Tri-Wing bits in this kit have a narrow shaft that allows it to reach deep into narrow holes like these on the Wii . (Disclaimer - I have no association with iFixit).
I just sawed off a bit of the shank holder from the iFixit tool, in order for the bit to go deep enough into the case.
The tool still works fine.
The 4mm driver was the exact fix for this problem, no mods necessary
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Solleva la copertura esterna dal corpo della Wii.
This step could use at least another picture from the backside so it's clearer what comes up and what stays down.
I used a spudger around the edges of the outer case to gently ease it upward since I could not lift it out with my fingers. Then it came right out.
Good tip. Having, in the past, broken pieces that required a little persuasion, I attempted to "lift" the outer case, but it wouldn't budge. Using the spudger to persuade it worked like a charm. Also added this suggestion to Step 18 "Lift the drive shield."
hey marko that really helped me thanks\. als if you need help figuring which side is up, its the one with the nintendo engraving on it
A fan filter fell out at this step how do you put it back?
Edit: I figured it out it was from the side intake vent. Just line up the two notches with the pegs in the case to hold it in place
This is an awful guide
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Svita la piccola vite a croce Phillips che fissa la porta della batteria alla copertura inferiore.
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Sfila la porta della batteria dalla Wii.
The screw is a PH0000 (quadruple zero) requiring an exceptionally small Phillips screwdriver to remove. If this is your first time in here in a while, this may also be a great time to change the CR2032 battery.
I was able to use the ph0 no problem.
I used a 00 with no problem.
julie -
What does this battery do? I never knew there was a battery inside of the WIi.
thje battery is used to maintain timwe and date etc
my wii survived 15 years already with the same battery
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Svita la vite Tri-Wing da 8,2 mm nascosta sotto la porta della batteria.
The other drive cage hole is screwed in step 11, continue to reassemble.
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Svita le due viti Tri-Wing da 8,2 mm che tengono ferma la schermatura del lettore DVD vicino alle porte dei controller.
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Solleva la schermatura del lettore DVD e rimuovila dalla Wii.
Be careful not to cut your fingers on the sharp edges of this metal shield. My daughter actually scraped enough skin to cause blood to drip off her finger. Then we noticed her skin stuck to the metal edge. Yuk.
True story I did it to myself lol
If the drive shield needs a little extra persuasion, us a spudger around its perimeter. Also helps prevent cuts when force meets resistance on this metal shield.
There are spring steel tabs on both sides.
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Svita le quattro viti a croce Phillips #1 da 9 mm che fissano il lettore DVD alla copertura inferiore.
The two left hand screws were very difficult to relocate during reassembly. I was coaching my 8 year old through this, and this was probably the only step that he couldn't do. We dropped these screws several times, and used magnets to retrieve. Miniature needle-nose pliers gripping the 'washer' surface of the screw were too wide. We managed to purchase the 'button head' of these screws with the needle-nose and drop the screws into their hole, and push with the phillips until secure. I would like to hear how others install these screws, please.
I had the same problem as you and eventually found an easy way round it. I wrote this to be added to the instructions but it was rejected: "Once the DVD drive has been removed, remove the 4 rubber washers from the screws removed earlier and insert them into your new DVD drive. Because two of the screws are difficult to reach, it is best to insert these two screws into the washers and then slide them into place ready for securing to the base plate".
The rubber washer holds the two screws roughly in position, you can then reach them with your screwdriver through the two holes (about an inch away) and finish tightening them up.
Gary -
Helpful tip: Use a magnetized screwdriver for the 2 screws nearest the DVD face because they are set in deep sockets
During reassembly, it can be tricky to position the recessed screws. To temporarily magnetize your screwdriver, rub the tip against a magnet for 5-10 seconds. (A refrigerator magnet will do.) You should then be able to put the screw on the tip and gently lower it into position.
Thanks - the refrigerator magnet trick worked for me,
Another method for getting the front screws back in is to insert a small pair of tweezers through the DVD slot to guide the screw in. I just dropped the screw in between the tweezers which held the screw just above the hole. Then I was able to use the phillips screwdriver to guide the screw into the hole and screw it in. Done in just a few seconds.
Another option would be to stick a dab of hot glue on the screw to your screwdriver and then when the screw has been driven home either the glue stays on the driver and is easily removed or it stays on the screw and you just pull it off with tweezers or needle nose pliers.
If you are disassembling your Wii because, say, a two-year-old has shovelled pennies into it (yes, that was me) you will also need to partially disassemble the drive itself, which is not covered in this guide. Luckily it's really easy. Unscrew the 4-5 larger Philips/cross head screws on the top of the frame (NOT any of the smaller darker ones) around the edges, and the frame on top of the drive will lift right off. Be careful as there is cabling running to it, so don't yank it or pull it too far off. You will now be able to get any coins or other foreign objects out.
I didn't have a magnetic screwdriver, so I applied a tiny amount of fabric glue to the head of each screw, waited a minute for it to start to harden, inserted my non-mag screwdriver into the screw head, and the screw stuck to the screwdriver long enough to insert it into the hole.
Be advised that the posts that these screws go into are very fragile and may even break. Make sure to get the little plastic pieces out if you over tighten them or they are just brittle and broken to begin with. The screws seem to be long enough to work if you do break the posts off completely.
Be careful with these screws - they seem to be quite malleable and easy to strip.
I guess this is a warning applicable to anything that has to do with plastics, but this step in particular: Be extra careful not to overtighten these screws when reassembling the unit because the plastic sockets will easily break/shatter..
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Solleva il bordo del lettore DVD opposto alle prese dei controller quanto basta per accedere ai cavi sulla faccia inferiore.
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Tira attentamente il cavo di alimentazione del lettore DVD da sotto la copertura in plastica vicino al dissipatore.
When reversing these steps to reassemble the Wii, at this point it is possible to do a quick test before screwing the drive to the case. This will save you a lot of time if something is wrong.
Don't touch anything you don't have to while the case is off.
Carefully plug the power cable into the back of the Wii, then use a screwdriver to gently press the white button next to the glowing yellow LED on the front. You should hear the DVD drive power up and whir. Then press the white button again, wait for the yellow light to come back, and unplug the Wii.
If you didn't hear the drive start up, most likely one of the two ribbons isn't connected to the drive correctly. Doublecheck the previous 3 steps.
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Sfila il cavo di alimentazione del lettore DVD dalla sua presa sul lettore stesso.
When reversing this step, be careful re-inserting the connector. The pins are very delicate and if you aren't at the proper angle, you can bend them and ruin the drive.
The exact thing happened to me just now; I reinserted it at a (very slight) angle, and bent one of the pins at the end of the socket. Luckily, I was able to straighten it back up with a sewing needle. I made sure the spacing was consistent with the rest of the pins, and that I reinserted the connector as straight as I could, so it doesn’t happen again.
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Usa le unghie per ruotare verso l'alto l'aletta di bloccaggio del connettore del cavo a nastro del lettore dischi.
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Sfila il cavo a nastro del lettore dischi dalla sua presa.
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Rimuovi il lettore dischi dalla Wii.
When reversing this step, make sure the ribbon is all the way in. For some reason I found positioning it with my replacement drive was much harder than with my old drive. The gentlest tug after lowering the brown clip would show that the ribbon was not actually being held tightly. I thought for a while that the clip itself was broken, but eventually I got it to hold the ribbon correctly.
Be careful with this step. I too had difficulty re-inserting the ribbon. I even popped off the brown clip and thought I broke it. Thankfully it snapped back into place.
It is difficult to tell, but be aware that the brown piece is the retaining flap, not the light piece , which is the actual socket.
Careful! When reinstalling, I think I bent and broke the ribbon. The Wii doesn't respond upon power up - I think because it doesn't see the drive.
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Inserisci la punta di un cacciavite lungo e sottile all'interno del buco centrale del primo gommino sul retro dell'involucro dell'unità DVD.
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Tira lateralmente l'anellino per allontanarlo dall'involucro finchè non sarà libero.
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Ripeti la procedura dei passi precedenti per rimuovere il secondo occhiello di gomma posizionato sulla parte frontale dell'alloggiamento.
Thanks for the guide David! Fantastic instructions! Awesome illustrations! Ordered replacement drive from Amazon & fixed it in less than an hour. You've made many folks happy :)
I went to my local thrift shop and found a Wii for $10 they were willing to let me test before leaving, and with that working DVD drive, I was able to restore my old Wii! Now, I will plug some emulators in the spare one and see if I can get my $ back on a buy & sell. Without this walkthrough, none of that would have been possible! Thank you!!
Awesome guide! One question; can I reuse the two old cables or is that not recommended? I can’t find them in stock anywhere online.
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Per riassemblare il tutto, segui le istruzioni nell'ordine inverso.
Per riassemblare il tutto, segui le istruzioni nell'ordine inverso.
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Brilliant guide. I had the drive swapped in 10 mins and my son is over the moon.
My Wii stopped reading disks and there was a bad clicking noise when trying to read disks. I swapped it out with a new one by following this guide and it works perfectly now! I could not be more pleased. Great guide!
This was exact and awesome. I ordered a drive online and installed it using these very exact and useful instructions. worked perfectly, and two little people are quite happy. Thanks again.
I need the video here is one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qXRq8hB...
Excellent Guide!! Very descriptive.
Worked great. Replacing the DVD drive fixed my son's WII. In fact, just a week shy of his 15th birthday, he was able to replace the drive himself. First time he's tackled any repair like this. I just made sure he took his time and labeled and used the mag proj mat to keep track of the pieces.
Great step by step. Had to recover the old Wii after having licensed several songs on Rock Band 3, only to find that Nintendo only licenses to the console. Followed all steps, without hiccup, and and pleased to be playing tunes that I'd paid for and thought was just money thrown away. Not to mention I didn't want to send the thing in to Nintendo for $80..
Great guide. Now I can play my great library of Wii games again. My one trouble spot was step 6, which took me about 40 minutes to end up doing wrong. My Wii now works great again. The only thing is that when I put a Gamecube disk in, there is a loud, clicking noise that doesn't stop. It still plays, but I'm just going to stick to playing Wii games on my Wii. I still can't believe I had to wait a month for my tri-wing screwdriver to be imported from Asia (thanks Amazon).
Great experience. The order was filled and delivered in 4 days. The instructions with pictures were excellent. Step 6 was the trickiest. Forget the tweezers. Use the spudger and a small flat head screwdriver and pry the connector off side to side. I took about 1 hour. It is very straightforward but not for the novice.
Perfect! Next time won't be so cheap and order the complete set of tools instead of just the Tri-Wing screwdriver :)
Another victory over replacement economics :):)
One more thing. Since Wii s with a defective DVD drive would typically be older, I would advise at step 15 to recommend replacing the battery, it's quite standard and easy to find, type CR2032.
What does the battery power?
the battery powers the internal clock
so that you don't have to reset the time every time you plug it in :)
Good guide. I followed it but when I tried the DVD is not spinning. The DVD can be inserted and ejects nicely but it does not spin. I opened it up to step 22 again and checked the cables and connector, but it all looked fine. Anybody got a solution?
This was an excellent guide! I fixed my mother-in-laws Wii with this guide.
The guide worked really well. I had no problems replacing the drive. Unfortunately, I still get the disc read error from my Wii. Does anyone have any other ideas about how to fix it?
I read, after having problems with the first replacement drive, that it's pot luck with cheap DVD drives - whether the optics are really correctly aligned is anyone's guess. In my case, the drive occasionally read a Wii disk, but would usually cause an error on returning from a game to reading from the disk again. The signal that it failed to read a disk at all was a series of drive startup sounds, each followed by a loud click - I guess the optics failing to find something on the disk, retrying, and eventually returning to park position.
The only other thing I noticed is that the drive data cable can easily become bent when you reassemble the device. The kink in the data cable of our device did not prevent the second drive from working correctly. But I could imagine that a wire could be broken by such a kink.
Thanks - really great! Had to try twice, because the first replacement DVD drive was also bad. Only problem - I don't think that the front panel wires can be unplugged on my device. Eventually just left the front panel attached by it's wires. Parts and tools ordering over the web site is a real help as well.
This was a great guide! I fixed my family's Wii following this guide, and the disc drive has worked great ever since!
Does the PCB in the original drive need to be moved to the new one?
I just completed this repair on my daughter's Wii and its back to working good as new again. only took about 30 minutes. Not overly complex and difficult...just a lot of small screws.
Thanks for the great guide! Saved me from having to figure it out on my own.
Only went through step 18, as I needed to remove a daughter's bracelet that the son inserted into the drive - my step 19 was to take out the 5 screws holding the drive together - but I was reassembled and playing in about 20 min. A really well done and clear write up.
Caution: I tried repairing my Wii Classic with a drive from a Wii Family Edition. Now it won't play GameCube discs anymore. Besides buying another drive, does anyone else have any ideas on how to make this work? Or are the newer Wii Family Edition drives not able to play the smaller discs?
Great and very clear, you need to mark all of the screws, such as pots or as I did envelopes to hold the screws at each step. need to make sure you have the right screwdrivers - the philips ones seem very sensitive to using the correct size.
Ed sheeran music love
Fantastic!! Around an hour. Made an 11yo boy happiest kid on the planet. Thank you, David. :D
Excelent guide, thanks!
Where would one get all of the screwdrivers for this?
all u need to do is get the ifixit pro tech tool kit and the nintendo wii triwing screw driver on amazon thats it and its very easy to take apart the only difficult part is getting the ribbon and wire cable back onto the thing its easy to remove but hard to put back on
erik -
good idea because it it going to work
Good guide to fix DVD drive on Wii. Main trouble I had was to attach cable back to new DVD drive. Didn't realize that the second cable bacame longer and easier to use after hidden part was taken out of housing in last step to open.
Excellent guide. Very good visual to help user know hes’s in the right place. Putting it back together I had issues with the last two tri-wing / tiny screws and had to re-appropriate two of the longer tri-wing screws at key areas to hold the Wii together. It is solid, so I’m not worried. Thanks!
these instructions were spot on and very easy to follow. the illustrations were very helpful. thanks!!!
This was very helpful,i thought i had to buy a new console but thanks to this guide i can play my wii again,thank u so much!!
What a great guide! Easy to follow steps and great pictures. The only problem I ran into was on step 13 where the tri-wing screws are deep in a hole and my standard 1/4” drive bit wouldn’t fit into the hole. I ended up buying the Mako Driver set from ifixit.com (Mako Driver Kit - 64 Precision Bits) and I’m glad that I did - it is an AMAZING set. Thanks for the excellent repair guide!
A+ guide. One tiny tip - when putting the drive back in, if you don’t have a magnetic screwdriver, it is much easier to have the holes facing down and lift the screw to them for the front two holes (the grommitted ones that must go through the top of the drive first)
Great, easy guide. Process takes around 15 - 30 minutes, not 1 to 2
I don’t know what you do for a living but you should be writing instructional manuals. I Installed and repaired commercial kitchen equipment,as well as CNC machinery for 20 years. I have worked on everything from our toaster to light aircraft and this is the best set of instructions I have ever seen. Our WII was slightly different with regards to the DVD unit itself but not enough to matter
KUDOS ( I am not really sure what that really means but I think it’s a compliment)……LOL
Fantastic guide - extremely helpful. The Wii and it’s game history are back. Thank you!
Perfect! Thanks!
This was a great teardown, but unfortunately my results were not as successful. No fault of the author but looking for some guidance or clarification. As the Wii DVD Drives are out of stock currently I bought a “new” one off of eBay (maybe my first mistake). I used this guide how to replace it making sure my RVL-001 Wii got a compatible drive. After inserting multiple Wii and Game Cube discs I was met with a error screen. Contacting the seller he tells me that his technician said the drive I purchased was not Plug n’ Play and I would have to take the original “pcb drive logic (circuit) board” and put it one my “new” replacement DVD drive. In doing this the new drive will no even accept discs. This is concerning as I do not see this listed anywhere in the teardown; so, I’m thinking I got ripped off.
worked great. Thank You !
I swapped out the disk reader and it works but now none of the controllers work! Anyone have this happen to them? Any tips to trouble shoot?
Excellent guide! I like how this guide showed the removal of all the screws, a couple of previous guides I went over did not cover all of the places that screws were covered by paper stickers which left a little guesswork and some slight frustration as I removed stickers I didn’t need to trying to locate the last screw holding the case together. This guide covered it 100%
The step-by-step guide was perfect! Thank you. We’re back in business and having family fun!
Darla Little - May 3
Pretty sure I did everything right but for some reason the drive doesn’t actually suck the disk in, and the eject button doesn’t work either. Do you think it’s a bad part or is there a step that people commonly mess up that I should go back and double check?
Very well done! Since I took apart my Wii 5 months ago, this is just what I needed to put it back together. Thanks!
Thanks for such an awesome breakdown. Some of the additional notes by others were really useful, as well.
Very helpful and was easy to follow.
Guida perfetta. Grazi mille!
Perfect explanation . Thanks!
It worked! Thank :)
Just received a new drive from Ifixit, and followed the guide to replace the original that wouldn’t load disks anymore. Very clear instructions and a fairly simple repair. Now the wii will load and eject disks but will not spin them up. After the disk is taken in and seated there are a couple of clicks, then nothing. Is it possible the replacement I got is bad out of the box?
Great guide, got my old wii up and working again with a new disc drive!
Thank you for this guide! Got my Wii up and running again in 2 hrs.
Now, what else can I fix around the house…. ;)
This guide worked great! It took me about an hour and I had to get a dozen small dishes out to hold various screws as I was taking them out. Swapped my broken drive with a new one from iFixit and have had no problems at all.
Superb guide! Resurrected my Wii that hasn't worked in ages!
Thank you! Just completed this repair on my old Wii, took less than an hour and back to functioning! Very glad for the picture showing the ribbon cable before it was disconnected for peace of mind during reassembly that I didn’t need to try again and get the ribbon a little further.
This was so much fun! I’m a 70+ grandma and this guide helped me fix my Wii so my grandkids can now compete with me when they come over. I used the little squares in my tool pack lid and wrote in the step number with a pencil to hold the screws for that step. When it was time to put it all back together it was really easy to reassemble everything. I proudly placed an I FIXED IT sticker on the Wii case. Thanks for a great guide for my first repair.
perfect instructions. Thank you for the contribution!
Great guide! I was able to get a new drive in a Wii that wouldn't read the disk, and now it works perfectly!!! Here I come, legend of Zelda!!!
I just completed this and had no trouble; but i recommend reading through the steps and the comments before starting so you have all the needed supplies (egg carton, small battery, tweezers, etc) before starting. And it took me about an hour going rather methodically.
No idea if anyone will read this in 2022, but here it goes!
I was replacing the optical drive of my wii with a new one I purchased online. The new drive worked beautifully, but as I was reassembling, I had trouble with some of the screws from Step 19. I tried to direct the screw's passage to the bottom panel with the help of a small donut-shaped magnet around the screw driver. It was a simple magnet we use to post things to the fridge. However, this strategy didn't work so I took a break. When I returned I found that the wii was not turning on at all anymore. Is it possible that the magnet damaged the wii's motherboard?
Thanks for any pointers!
Yeah, that's how it should be. Wii repair for dummies :-) Thank you for the great guide, especially in the name of my kids!
Guides like this is what makes ifixit.com such a great site! Very easy to follow! One word of advice for anyone that is going to do this: make sure you keep track of which screws you remove at each step. Some of them are VERY close in size and it's easy to get them mixed up. I just got some double sided tape, paper and pen. At each step I wrote down the step number and applied a piece of tape to the paper. Then I "stuck" each screw to the tape.
My grandson and I finished replacing the Wii drive in an about hour and a half, and actually got all the screws back where they belong. Wii is back and up and running.
Fantastic guide, excellent detail and order of operations.
Die Abdeckungen sind geklebt, stecken also nicht.
Ludger - Replica
Don’t mistakenly remove the rubber case feet
Bob Trout - Replica
I just did. That picture could be better.
B G -
Thanks I almost removed the rubber feet
Lushane - Replica
If you’re wondering what to use for this, the main blade of a pocket knife from the corner of the plastic works well.
Cameron Holman - Replica
As you remove the hardware in each step, place them together on a sheet of paper and circle them with the step number.
Tom J - Replica