Wii not working

[GummyBearOfDoom]

So I just got a wii this morning, I plug it in everythings working fine until I put in a game. Wii sports, zomg unable to read disc? So I look through the manual. I try a few things like cleaning off the disc restarting system blah blah blah. Then I finally put in my 2nd game to see if wii sports was broken. Wtf? They both aren't being read. So I visit the website it tells me to go to in the instruction manual. No help at all in there.

So ladies and gentlemen, it looks like I got shafted. If you have had the same problem please post or if you have a fix to the problem tell me.

[Makil]

Are you sure you're putting the discs in the right way?

[GummyBearOfDoom]

Yes.

[GummyBearOfDoom]

Are you sure you're putting the discs in the right way?

Thanks, I was being an idiot. I didn't realise it was something that simple. You were right. Now the posts of "Omg you dumb ass" can begin. But thank you Makil.

[Wind]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Makil]

Thanks, I was being an idiot. I didn't realise it was something that simple. You were right. Now the posts of "Omg you dumb ass" can begin. But thank you Makil.

xD It's okay. I actualy did that the first few times too without realising it.

[J-Stop]

xD It's okay. I actualy did that the first few times too without realising it.

Same here. It's easy to look back on it now and laugh my ass off, but it wasn't so funny two months ago when spending three hours in the freezing cold and dropping $250 on what I thought was a bricked system.

There have been launch problems with the Wii, though. Apparently putting the disc in wrong the first time could cause the system to fuck up. Fortunately mine just kind of fixed itself after a few tries of putting the disc in correctly.

[Gundampilotspaz]

I did the same thing.... once.....

It took the time to eject the disk and turn it over to fix the problem.

[Artie]

There have been launch problems with the Wii, though.

all systems have their problems at launch, it's gonna happen no matter what. it is just a good thing you guys figured out the problem before you either:

A: returned it

B: Threw it out

C: sold it on eBay

or D (my favorite thing to do to broken electronics): Go Office Space on it and trash it

[Gundampilotspaz]

or D (my favorite thing to do to broken electronics): Go Office Space on it and trash it

If you ever did that to a Wii I would kill you.

Seriously, your head would not longer be attached to your body when I had got done with you.

[Siendra]

I've talked to tons of people who have done this and never understood how they thought the data layer faced the side too thin to possibly contain the reader...

[Natsu]

I will never find out.

[Artie]

If you ever did that to a Wii I would kill you.

Seriously, your head would not longer be attached to your body when I had got done with you.

naw man. i would never do that to anything Nintendo. but the PS3 on the other hand....(I know i am gonna get flamed for this) I will go Office Space on and trash, even if it is not broken. just for fun!

[Ceraziefish]

I've talked to tons of people who have done this and never understood how they thought the data layer faced the side too thin to possibly contain the reader...

Hey man, I've seen some ridiculously thin portable CD players.

That being said, I can also understand someone putting it in wrong because they're going OMG WIIIIII

[J-Stop]

all systems have their problems at launch, it's gonna happen no matter what. it is just a good thing you guys figured out the problem before you either:

Nintendo is not really known for having launch problems, though.

but the PS3 on the other hand....(I know i am gonna get flamed for this) I will go Office Space on and trash, even if it is not broken. just for fun!

Won't be anyone missing out on them. Every large and small retail chain seem to be overstocked with them now.

That being said, I can also understand someone putting it in wrong because they're going OMG WIIIIII

Damn right. :hardgay:

[Svenska Aeroplan]

Ah well. At leat you weren't taking UMD games out of their "little white packages."

[Galkar]

I know I did it the first time I put Wii Sports in before I thoght about it for a second.

[GummyBearOfDoom]

I just set a high score in Bowling at 208 w00t w00t. Got 4 strikes ina row at one point in it.

[Artie]

Nintendo is not really known for having launch problems, though.

Won't be anyone missing out on them. Every large and small retail chain seem to be overstocked with them now.

true, they aren't. meh. I stand corrected, but still, I don't think it likes when you put it in backwards, that may not even be a launch prob, just a standard dumbass problem (no offense).

yea man, nobody seems to be buying PS3s.

[GummyBearOfDoom]

true, they aren't. meh. I stand corrected, but still, I don't think it likes when you put it in backwards, that may not even be a launch prob, just a standard dumbass problem (no offense).

yea man, nobody seems to be buying PS3s.

I put it in backwards like 10 times, nothing went wrong. What was Wii's problem at launch?

[Artie]

idk, that is what J-Stop said. I don't think that is a launch prob, i'm just thinking it's the luck of the draw you know?

[stranger]

heh, i did the same thing actually.. but for me, i was actually contemplating right before putting the disc in, thinking which way is the correct way... my first try was wrong

[J-Stop]

What was Wii's problem at launch?

There were two significant ones. One being that no matter what side the disc would be put in, the Wii would make a very loud 'crunching' type noise before ejecting the disc back out without playing it. This problem was also in some PS3 models as well.

The second one was when some people installed the first internet update, which would totally brick the system. Both problems could only be fixed by a quick call to NoA and getting a replacement.

What happened with mine was that I put both WiiSports and Fire Emblem the wrong way and it wouldn't read either of them. However after putting them in the right way, the Wii would still not read either of them. For some reason though after unplugging it and letting the system sit for awhile it magically read the games again.

That method couldn't help the people that had the first problem I mentioned above, as if you heard crunching sounds coming from the system, it ment that the Wii was already FUBAR.

[Artie]

that is a prob with the self loading property of the disk drive. some don't like to sit the disk right. then the internet updates, meh, luck of the draw? again?

[DreamerGirl]

This thread kinda goes with what I'm about to ask-

In case some of you didn't know, the wire that connects the sensor bar to the wii on my (brother's) wii has been trashed.

I ordered another one off Amazon but now they are saying they won't have it until March and I really don't know if I'm mentally able to wait that long. I read on the internet some people could make them though...?

Anyone know how to do this or another place I could order one instead? I can't find anything. >_<