Disk error on Wii

[DeonH]

Hi there and thanx for the help.

It has been almost 12 months since we have played on our Wii. One of the kids wanted to play a game this afternoon, and got this error message:
"An error has occurred. Press the Eject button and remove the disc, then turn the Wii console off and refer to the Wii Operations Manual for help Troubleshooting."
I have found this error to be very common amongst Wii users. Solutions vary from power off, clean disk and try again to replace the laser reader.
Has anyone here suffer from the same same and fixed it? Please advise to what the solution can be.

Regards

[demon angel]

Hi Deon.

If your Wii is an earlier model, it would have trouble playing dual-layer discs.
Basically the laser wont read the disc because of dust or dirt on the disc, or in the disc slot.
My first Wii did this and i managed to get away with just a clean.
Did you try others disc on the Wii, and see if those play?
If not then im afraid your Wii's laser has packed up.
You could then go to Cash Crusaders and get a second hand console for R599-799 or place a wanted ad for a console only.

Kind regards Demon Angel.

[gregmcc]

You will need to replace the wii's laser. It's fairly is simple to do if your handy. You just need a tri wing screwdriver. There are loads of sites that sell new wii lasers.

[DeonH]

Thanx to the both of you for valuable replies. I can confirm that we have tried it with all our Wii games and all cause the same error. From the last reply I take that the lasers are available in SA?

Best Regards, Deon.

[GforceD]

softmod and use a usb hard drive to play your games instead.

[demon angel]

softmod and use a usb hard drive to play your games instead.

The Wii WONT play backups off an external without a working DVD drive.
Only a Wii Sunkey mod chip could be soldered onto a broken wii to bypass the DVD check.
I learnt that the hard way.

Too expensive.

@Deon, try sending Maestro-za a private message.
He is our our console gaming expert, or else you will have to look at Amazon or Ebay for the laser and tri-wing screwdriver(might be pricey with shipping).

[gregmcc]

The triwing screw drivers are a ripoff locally - I got mine from ebay. A lot of the chinese suppliers are doing free shipping now. There are loads over playes on ebay selling lasers, or you can try divineo.cn

[Nephew_]

We had ours fixed for R400 at console repair shop in Edenvale, forgot the name now.

[LandyMan]

Hi all,

Our Wii started showing the same symptoms. First only with one disk that used to work perfectly, but lately its with all disks.
Are there repair shops around Sandton are that you guys know of that could sort this out? My laaitie is starting to show severe signs of Skylander-lessness

[Nephew_]

Hi all,

... Are there repair shops around Sandton are that you guys know of that could sort this out? ....

Try these guys. They are in Edenvale and Bedfordview, not too far from you.
http://planetgaming.co.za/contact-us

[lexor]

or import from here for $10 and do it yourself.

http://dx.com/s/wii+laser

[ChilliGirl]

The screwdrivers are rather cheap if bought from fleamarkets....