Wii DVD Drive apparently dead

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  1. DavGerm4

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    The pictures that we gave above, may help with that! My friend's Wii wasn't reading the Discs, and so I did that trick that's in the Picture above, and his Wii works GREAT!
     
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    I did jump the fuse and used the pic up above as a reference. Before I jumped the fuse the drive did not even work. Now the drive works but it does not play any games. it just gives me the error message about not being able to read the disc. I cleaned the board up of any extra solder before I jumped the fuse. I don't know what else I can do. Unless i missed some stray solder that is grounding two leads together.
     
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    That could be a possibility! Look over the whole board, and check for any Solder that may have been left, or that just fell onto it! Also, make sure that the cables for the Drive are connected Correctly, and that nothing seems to be broken!
     
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    I took the wii apart and looked at the board on the drive. Everything looks good. No extra solder. i also performed a continuity check on the fuse I jumered and it was good as well. I put it all back together except the cover. I plugged it in and loaded a disc. the disc would not turn. It sounded like it was trying to turn but could not for some reason. I think the motor that turns the disc is shot. I pulled the preasure disc away from the top of the cd to see if it would spin. All i saw was the disc pulsing and the motor was making a clicking type noise. Any ideas?
     

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