Wii disc wont suck in and eject

thanks alot larrylje and nethawk- but lets not argue we all a afterdawn family
Larry do you know where i can buy a wii dvd drive from? i looked but nothing showed up, i got a pal wii. I think my dvd drive is bust i dont think i can fix it, the connector on the wii dvd drive has a bit missing as well. Someguy want it for £120-$240 for the spare parts lol.

Nethawk- how did you get the wii disc out of your drive, i need to do that, please reply asap. I think some fuse on the drive is blown like the link that larry gave us shows, if the ribbon cable is not for the power than that must be the problem.

Even though if i fluke the fix, it would probably break again because i will take out my wiikey for the wiip v2!

 

@ziggi_83

It seems that you can order the clamp part. Go to the link below for more information on how this guy replaced the Ribbon Clamp...

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=51625&highlight=repair

You can get the part from the below site...

http://www.molex.com/cgi-bin/bv/mol...flgcehedffgdfmk.0&channel=Products&Lang=en-US

 

thanks alot for that, thats the perfect help i needed
I have one last question, how do you replace a trace that has become half ripped out with the solder pad
Also how do you get solder to stick to the burnt or ruined solder pad mine does not work

 

Yea...um... there may be one problem to this theory.

Not sure, but I thought I'd throw in my two cents...


Last time I checked, the "eject" button on the IDE drive was part of the drive itself. Meaning... the drive had no reason to send the "eject" command to the computer through the parallel cable. It just does it internally, requiring only power to do the job.

The Wii is probably different. I have not opened mine yet, but i would assume that the "eject" button goes through some part of the main board instead of the main drive. This is just my assumption. The command MAY be sent through that ribbon cable, but then again, may not.


This is just what I think. I hope this sparks some ideas for everyone to fix theirs.

Thanks


rlelek