SSBB: Disc Read Error
by noize on Mar.10, 2008, under Misc
Ok, just so that I don’t have the comment run and mess in the other post here is more on what I’ve gathered. As I said before a Google shows up that this is a fairly common error. Now while I don’t have my browser history to find the exactly link I had came across last night, I do have a fair bit of memory, and found a few of them again.
Kotaku had a little blurb about it and points you to the Nintendo Repair Form to get the forms. Now keep in mind that Nintendos official stance on this is “A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive.”
Let us ponder this for a moment. At one time the slot loading drive of the system was a selling point as a method of keeping the discs and internals clean. I for a fact know my discs are clean and scratch free, I really do tend to take care of my games. Also I have a launch system, so it’s old. I have no problems with any other discs…. but I’m drifting here. IF it is as they say caused by a dirty lens, then ALL Nintendo Wii systems will at some point develop the problem of not being able to read dual layer dvd discs. Sooo either they need to develop and sell some little Wii cleaner disc, or let us know what is really wrong.
My own personal idea for the source of this problem is simple. The potentiometer isn’t adjusted right or a focal motor isn’t set right. When you send it in, they fix this and send it back. Or as some have stated, they replace the machine. Now I’m not really to keen on the idea of shipping my Wii back to Nintendo for a fix (yet). However if getting the disc to read is causing more ware on my Wii than it should, perhaps I should send it in.
[UPDATE] Here is the link I couldn’t find earlier @ Destructoid
