Post by wiiwiiman on Dec 30, 2008 13:45:58 GMT -5
Here's the story:
I was playing Rockband on my Wii and I got called away from the television. However, rather than shutting down the system, I just turned off the television set and my amplifier. My friend called shortly after and I walked over to his house. When I got back, I went to bed. I woke up in the morning and walked downstairs and tried playing some Guitar Hero. The Wii wouldn't read the disc and came of with an error message. I tried several other discs with no luck. I then did some research on the Nintendo Website and figured out i had to send it to the Nintendo factory to get it repaired for around $100 because my warranty was up. I copied all my save data to an SD card (with the exception of Guitar Hero, which stubbornly refused to copy), and sent it away. About a week later (Fast!) the Wii appeared at the front door with a note that said they replaced the disc drive and all the data stored on the Wii was recovered.
According to my parents and my sister (who were watching a movie at the time the Wii malfunctioned), the Wii was quiet, but all the sudden starting making extremely loud and rough noises. NTS; turn wii off when not in use
tl;dr:
My wii disc drive malfunctioned and it cost $100 to get it fixed. Don't leave your wii on when not in use.
I was playing Rockband on my Wii and I got called away from the television. However, rather than shutting down the system, I just turned off the television set and my amplifier. My friend called shortly after and I walked over to his house. When I got back, I went to bed. I woke up in the morning and walked downstairs and tried playing some Guitar Hero. The Wii wouldn't read the disc and came of with an error message. I tried several other discs with no luck. I then did some research on the Nintendo Website and figured out i had to send it to the Nintendo factory to get it repaired for around $100 because my warranty was up. I copied all my save data to an SD card (with the exception of Guitar Hero, which stubbornly refused to copy), and sent it away. About a week later (Fast!) the Wii appeared at the front door with a note that said they replaced the disc drive and all the data stored on the Wii was recovered.
According to my parents and my sister (who were watching a movie at the time the Wii malfunctioned), the Wii was quiet, but all the sudden starting making extremely loud and rough noises. NTS; turn wii off when not in use
tl;dr:
My wii disc drive malfunctioned and it cost $100 to get it fixed. Don't leave your wii on when not in use.
