Our new Indie Games subforum is now open for business in G&T. Go and check it out, you might land a code for a free game. If you're developing an indie game and want to post about it, follow these directions. If you don't, he'll break your legs! Our rules have been updated and given their own forum. Go and look at them! They are nice, and there may be new ones that you didn't know about! Hooray for The System! Nintendo Wii - Errors reading disks in Help / Advice Forum I've had the Wii since it came out in the US (probably around December 2006?) My kids love the darn thing but within the last four months or so, some games just won't play anymore and other things have lots of problems. For example, New Super Mario Brothers Wii won't even load at all. My Netflix disk is about 50/50 with whether it will load or give me the error that says remove the disk and restart. I have not modded the box and i do have it updated to the latest version from Nintendo. Some games will play just fine though, for example, Mario Party 8 doesn't seem to have any problems (so far), or mario sluggers.

I keep my games in fairly good condition so i do not believe that the problem are scratches on disks or anything like that. I'm thinking that the device is just old and probably needs to be replaced but i'm wondering if anyone else has any suggestions just in case there is a less expensive solution. I'm kind of hesitant to break the thing open because it does still work for some games but if there is something i can do to fix it and you could provide step by step instructions i'm willing to give it a try. Thanks in advance for any help/ideas. 3DS Friend Code: 0705-3757-3938PailryderAugust 20100 If you end up having to replace it, Dell has the black Wii on sale for $170 right now. I don't know how long the sale goes, but its up right now. matt has a problem When I had this same problem, the only troubleshooting tip the manual offered was "send in for repair" unfortunately. The drive on ours had gone bad. matt has a problemAugust 2010 I had problems with one specific Wii game not loading 80% of the time, so I exchanged it, and still had the problem.

It was Metroid Prime Trilogy. I think my laser was unable to read the dual-layered disk, but NSMBWii shouldn't be on one of those. I called Nintendo and they had me do some tests, and then told me that they'd send me a shipping label to have it repaired for free. My Wii was 3 years old, and out of warranty, and I was shocked that Nintendo was being so awesome. Sent it in, waited about 10 days, and I was playing MP:T just fine after that. Call them up and see what they say. I hope they do for you what they did for me. We had a launch Wii and ran in to the same problems. It would not play discs. It was past the warranty timeframe and they still offered to send it in and get it repaired. Of course, they replaced the disc drive. But I was very disappointed. It was playing games, but when a place "fixes" your system, you would think that they would clean it out while they have the cover off. But the same dust that was on the vents and around the fans was all still there. All they did was pop it open, replace the disc drive and send it back.

I complained with Nintendo and they went against their normal policy and sent us a brand new Wii and even transferred all of our account info (paid for games) to the new system.car air duct cleaning Then...we got a PS3 and I have hardly turned the Wii on. air purifiers for dust removalThe kids play theirs a lot though.toilet seat air purifier The only real advice I can give is a "voo doo fix"; IE, this worked for me, and a bunch of other people, but I don't really have any real reason why. At any rate, it's worth a try. Unplug the Wii COMPLETELY; all wires to and from the unit, including any controllers and cables. Then let it sit for a few hours, plug everything back in, and try again. However, if the problem is that unpredictable (some games always work, and others don't, and you can't find any scratches), I really doubt that would fix it.

It does remind me of a similar problem I had with a CD player years ago when the disc reader got dirty/dusty. To that end, maybe try a lens cleaning kit? Best Buy appears to sell them for the Wii for about ten bucks, and it's worth a shot before you write the unit off as dead. Sign In or Register to comment. WiiMC (Wii Media Center) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii. The GUI is powered by libwiigui. wilsoff was gracious enough to create an official Wii Channel. You can find it on the Downloads page. 3gp, asf, avi, bik, divx, dpg, dv, dvr-ms, evo, f4v, flc, fli, flv, iso, m1v, m2t, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mp4v, mpe, mpeg, mpg, mqv, nsv, nuv, ogm, qt, raw, rmvb, swf, trp, ts, vdr, vfw, viv, vob, vro, wmv, y4m (maximum allowed resolution: 1280x720) aac, ac3, aif, aiff, amr, ape, apl, asf, au, flac, m4a, m4b, m4p, mka, mp2, mp3, mpc, ogg, ra, ram, raw, rm, shn, tta, wav, wma, wv bmp, jpeg, jpg, png, gif asx, m3u, pls, plx, ram, smil

You must have an SD or USB device, even if you only want to play over the network. WiiMC's core (MPlayer) requires a scratch area. Basically it works as video playback does. You can switch subtitles and audio with d-pad up and down here as well! DVD playback does not work on new Wiis with the internal drive. If this is your case, then you can remove it from the media menu disabling DVD support in settings. Use a DVD lens cleaner kit, if your dual layer DVDs do not play!The Wii can't support anything over 480p. Do you have IOS58 installed? If not, use the IOS58 Installer. Is HBC using IOS58? If not, reinstall it. Finally, check that WiiMC is using IOS58. Start by reading all of the documentation - the answer you're looking for might be there. If not, search the WiiMC Forum to see if anyone has already asked the same question. Check out the Forum, your answer may be there. Otherwise, make a new post and wait patiently for a response. Please be aware that it's possible no-one will have an answer to your question.