How to fix a jammed Wii drive

Teardown Lab - How to fix a jammed Wii drive
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[@resplendentpeace]

This was an EXCELLENT video. You move quickly, you speak quickly, and you think quickly, and you omitted the gratuitous background music. This is a model for how a how-to video should be made. Thanks very much for this.

[@donnacarter4798]

Wii disc jammed

[@podoclaste]

Just what I needed. Two years after we stopped using the Wii, we can play again. Three discs were jammed in it, including one PS2... Go figure. Thank you so much.

[@backofficeshow]

You are very welcome, so glad it helped

[@MD-ex7cg]

How?

[@Mnkyclb44]

My kids did the same thing and I was cleaning out the basement and seen I still had it now I want to un jam it !

[@JesterGP3]

Three yrs later and your video is still helping folks. First gen Wii's have gotten pretty pricey stateside with the slow death of many of these GameCubes. Picked one up for $30 that wouldn't eject. Was hoping for a game in there but it turned out to be a lens cleaner disc. Underneath that a kiddo had shoved in a receipt and it had completely wrapped itself around the laser. Got that out and it works like magic! Thank you my friend for making my kids very happy and for making me a hero-dad once again. 💪🤓🙌

[@backofficeshow]

Wonderful to hear I am making a difference, at least in this small way 😂 Fantastic to hear you got it going again!

[@dandrawsit4915]

These little systems are real troopers.

[@backofficeshow]

+Daniel Jason every time I see an old bashed one I feel the need to rescue it 😁

[@CheesyNugget]

I heard a story where one kids mum threw their wii across their room in rage, and all that happened was a couple scratches and a broken controller lid thing. Other than that, it worked. Later in his life he started collecting and he opend it up to compare it to a new or good condition one. And, it was fine. Wxactly like the good one.

[@SkyGamer911]

6:28 someone who was thinking "I could just deposit money into the wii disk hole for wii points"

[@penguinjay]

I leave your vid up in my tabs, and I load my pages every so often, so that beginning cracks me up a few times a week. Good stuff haha

[@backofficeshow]

Ha ha that's hilarious. Sometimes it freaks me out when a hidden tab starts putting something out on the speakers

[@forrestmetzger6130]

Thank you! I successfully removed a jammed disc thanks to your help. Nothing else was in the disc drive though.....just an old, worn-out machine which had already been replaced, so it was fun taking this one apart without having to worry about damaging it. Haha

[@backofficeshow]

Wonderful, I suspect like many systems, in a few years people will be wondering what happened to them, so it's great to keep them going

[@David-hp8fb]

Hi - thanks very much for the video. My 2 year old put an extra 2 (!) DVD’s in the wii and 3 just didn’t seem to work. So, followed your instructions up to getting the front case off, then simply used tweezers to pull the 2 extra dvds out. And the wii is back working now. Really appreciated and don’t have to buy another wii now! Thanks.

[@backofficeshow]

That's wonderful! Thank you so much for taking the time let me know.

[@silvanonsilverhorn8371]

Super helpful - our Wii lives again! Thank you!

[@erinmiller166]

Thank you! My husband and I used this video to take apart our new used wii last night and found a dora the explorer DS game 🙄 This fixed it!

[@sorepluto4329]

Thanks for the video. Found a Wii at a yard sale for $5 and it had 7 poker chips shoved in it, and was able to get it fully working a again

[@backofficeshow]

That's wonderful. It's a great little console

[@gant73]

Didnt need the help but now I know how to fix a jammed disc

[@gaillanham8754]

This helped me out so much. My 5 year old stuck a playing card in my 17 year olds wii that she's had forever and a day and was still in great condition. Now though I ended up with one screw left over while putting it back together lol. But I plugged it up and it works great again! Thank you so much for this video!!

[@Truepurple7]

What were you thinking when you had a 17 year old and a 5 year old? That's a huge age difference. Little kids are definitely the ones to watch out for.

[@MrMaiio123]

Thanks man! Great video. I wish all how-to's were like this

[@1nursecourtney629]

Followed your advice and 20 minutes later I have successfully dislodged 4 games and my wii still works!!!

[@backofficeshow]

4 games! Sounds like a record!!

[@Quin_Poe]

This was so helpful! My 3 year old brother shoved a Nintendo switch cartridge into the disc drive of the Wii and I was able to get it out after watching this, and the Wii worked good as new!

[@jonafic]

Since I'm a pokemon games collector I was trying to test a Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness I just bought, the disc didn't work, had to buy a cheap wii game, didn't work either.... So I came to youtube to check for wii drive issues, FOUND YOUR VIDEO, AND INSTEAD OF A COIN, THIS DAMN WII HAD A DAMN KEY CHAIN INSIDE!!! It even damaged my precious disc a little bit but fortunately, after this video I was able to remove it and everything worked like a charm... Thank you so much!!!

[@fionacrawford2052]

Love the Hanna Montana drip on the Wii!

[@stevenciancanelli6955]

Thanks for the info! My Wii won’t take a disc. It takes it it for a second gives a rattle then spits it out. Any advice on where to start

[@baalajimuthu7603]

Steven Ciancanelli ya mine too

[@baalajimuthu7603]

I don’t know want to do

[@gant73]

Check out his video on the disc drive cleaning it might help.with that

[@gant73]

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[@0_0-g4c]

Same with me, but i followed the video, and when i was at the disc part, i just sat there and played a little bit with it, like you know......and then out of no where it began working. magic :)

[@davetgm2488]

Thanks for the help mate! Turns out some lil kids had shoved cotton wool and tape into it (no clue how) but, it's working now. Thank you very much

[@backofficeshow]

Great news!! 👏

[@leeemery01]

I never thought I would find this video again

[@Trains4Fun]

Finally got the right tools to open up our wii. Found 2 copies of beauty and the beast dvd, 1 wiggles dvd and wii arcade zones. Kids will shove whatever they can fit.

[@jessicatonegatto6957]

Opened up our old Wii just to try and reset the door since we forced the last game out. I was too nervous to go further but your video was so easy to watch that I ended up just replacing the whole drive. Success! Kids got Mario party back and we didn't lose our stored retro games. Thank you!

[@backofficeshow]

That's fantastic news, another Wii lives!

[@Ganjulation]

Looks like Emily was having quite the party sticking that party mix cd in there with Wii play already inside, then sticking money in there. How easy is it to insert 2 CDs in the first place?

[@backofficeshow]

+Ganjulationess3DS it's almost impossible, she must have been really forcing it in, those crazy gals and their lemonade and iced cream parties!

[@gabrieltalaricomusic]

backofficeshow lol my wii doesn’t take GameCube games anymore it just spits it out 😂

[@backofficeshow]

You can still buy the CD drives add spares for the wii. It might be worth Picking up a replacement

[@gabrieltalaricomusic]

backofficeshow I did... sadly still didn’t work

[@backofficeshow]

Very strange indeed

[@roughdazecomebackkid387]

Right on fella! I appreciate your help. I got mine working again. Keep up the good work brother. 🙏🏽

[@salamnishellhole2160]

you helped me manage to not break something, good tutorial! subbed :)

[@billymcnutt116]

Sweet how-to video. I suspect my Wii also has two discs. I need to buy a tri-blade screwdriver, though.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

"This will be my fourth wee." Yes, I am the same, don't worry, it's an age thing.

[@backofficeshow]

It's settle for an integer number of wees in the night rather than fractional ones

[@playgroundrules3082]

I did everything in the video, the wii is ejecting again. But once I put a disk in, I can hear it trying to spin but it won’t. why?

[@backofficeshow]

Perhaps the drive motor is damaged

[@DrunkenGolfer]

Thank you for your video! It helped me extract a bus ticket from the drive, lol

[@daylight8373]

Very easy to follow along and surprisingly entertaining! Managed to take apart my wii very easily only to turn around and realize, oh it did eject the disc and in the span of a few seconds I'd SOMEHOW managed to forget that...🤦‍♀️ At least now I know how to take it apart should a disc ever actually get stuck!

[@brenth2858]

Thanks for the simple video! I have it all disassembled. My discs don't go further than 2/3 the way in and kick back out. Any ideas?

[@Erafune]

Oh come oooooooooon! All I wanted to know was what sorcery it is that pulls the disc into the drive! -.-

[@stephanierubalcado1111]

Worked Great thank you so much !! Too funny i actually had a penny in mine too !!

[@matthewmattchoo6621]

Thank You so very much!!! Potato chips and a plastic toy credit card is so bad for the Wii 😆 Now to put everything back together 🙄

[@liven4picken314]

Thank you can't wait to get into the wii & get it going again.

[@Cayden-m4y]

I'm not sure if you will respond but could you link the tools you used please I need to take mine apart

[@anakinskywalker189]

9:15 The screaming bro lol

[@libraryresource486]

hi is it possible for the Wii to boot and reach its homebrew channel without its game drive? Actually, I want to remove its drive to reduce its weight (light and portable).. kindly update me thank you.

[@kathie1128]

Thank you excellent tear down and repair video

[@bcarabott]

thanks so much man! my old wii broke so i got a replacement for christmas. got wii resort stuck in there and you managed to help me get it out after only $10 on ebay!

[@backofficeshow]

Brilliant, you can never save too many Wiis!

[@alissamundell3379]

5 year old video but my Wii is giving me ejection issues as well. It plays and reads discs just fine but no matter how many times I press the eject button, it won't spit the disc out. It's been giving me problems since 2018 or 2019 and it's really frustrating. I was able to get one disc out by holding the button for 5 seconds but now I can't get the current disc out no matter how many times I press eject. What should I do other than taking it apart?

[@dacgaming415-30P]

I live in the USA. my wii don't accept disk unless i put cd disk cleaner on the game then it loads. Could the eye be going out or just really dirty????

[@funmine7676]

Awesome video! But i do have a close, but unrelated problem. You know the wheel in the middle of the drive that kinda locks the discs in place (when you insert a disc) for me, its locked down and my disc cant fit in because of it. My eject button broke while i had a disc in. Anything helps, please

[@kencress1267]

Good job buddy

[@Jaime-cq4vq]

The spring that catches GameCube discs is broken so when you put a Wii game in the springs get stuck so if you put a GameCube disc I it Wii rattle in there so you Wii need to open it and put is back in place can you help me fix it

[@JemaFox]

Super helpful video! In combination with the iFixit guide for some of the additional screws, I was able to get my Wii open and rescue a GameCube disc that had gotten misaligned in the tray. The Wii just did not want to let go of it!

[@backofficeshow]

Perhaps it was a game the Wii particularly enjoys 😁

[@JemaFox]

@@backofficeshow It was my Baten Kaitos Origins. So I can see why it decided to eat it, because it's a game I enjoy it too. Thank you for the video!

[@TheInfinteGalaxy]

Thanks for the guide ❤❤ i had a sd card stuck 😅

[@InfernoFlakes]

Hey what tools did u use?

[@ZerefLorkhan]

I found running a thin card through the disc drive and pulling it out when it starts to spit the paper out it gets the disc out. But I was trying to get a GameCube game out of it.

[@caitlinstock1060]

What tool do you use for the screws with the prong head my small Phillips doesn’t work

[@backofficeshow]

It's a tri-blade extra driver, you can Google Nintendo screwdriver and it will probably come up

[@bluetopia42]

Lol, it was a coin here, too! xD Greetings from Germany.

[@TransitAndTeslas]

Why do kids always seem to stick coins in slot loading drives? Do they pretend they’re parking meters or something?

[@FigureFarter]

Maybe it's a second piggy bank

[@teedub1775]

Thanks your video helped me remove not one but three discs from a wii.. Wii works great now.. Off to Ebay it goes.. Lol..

[@backofficeshow]

Wow, that's a record!

[@teedub1775]

I was definitely shocked.. lol

[@backofficeshow]

@@teedub1775 Not surprised! I am surprised it still works, you think it would be all slack!

[@teedub1775]

Nope.. Once I removed the discs it worked fine.. lol

[@Chowderz64]

Wow a Wii, a game, some music, and some money, what a great day

[@backofficeshow]

The perfect find ,😁

[@juanm.hernandez9529]

Funcional! una vez que quitas la ultima tapa(la de arriba de la unidad dvd) puedes sacar el dvd solo dandole vueltas manualmente a la polea del motorcito(el de la pequeña banda arriba a la izq) con cuidado y listo. Thanks for the video, Like!

[@gregorybrook648]

Great video! Just managed to fix our Wii after a 2 year old forced 3 discs in!

[@backofficeshow]

So glad it helped!

[@junko1071]

I put pennies in my wii when I was little.

[@David-hp8fb]

Ha ha, that was literally the same as me. 2 year old added 2 extra discs to it. Fixed now.

[@SpringHybridOfficial]

thank you!!

[@mccartychristian3052]

So I know this video is old. But I’m struggling to get my wii to read my discs. They go in, quite noisily, and then spin a bit I presume and then get shot out again. Not sure what I should do. If you have an tips or ideas please that could help they would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[@backofficeshow]

I would crack open the Wii and check inside. If you are lucky it could be something simple like cleaning the laser head with a cuetip

[@Alexander_l322]

I have extracted a 2 pence piece from mine but the mechanism is Jammed up somehow so I can’t get it working! Looks like I’ll get a replacement drive from eBay or wish!

[@potsnobsteve8521]

Keep your Original PCB From your Disc Drive

[@Alexander_l322]

Pot Snob Steve did so and I decided to just for the pcb back in without the rest of the disc drive so the wii will still work without errors and put a 2.5 hdd inside where the disc drive once was so now it’s a wii with internal hdd and no disc drive apart from the board so it will still work! I though this is better since I already softmodded it!

[@Alexander_l322]

Pot Snob Steve thanks for letting me know though!

[@BavarianM]

Just ordered a spindle motor for mine My girlfriend gave me one that was broken came with games, Wii fit etc but didn't load games The bearing on the spindle is shot

[@FoxyAnimater]

I have a different issue with my wii, it boots and runs just fine, Homebrew and all, just can't insert or remove any disks... the mechonism for pulling the disk in failed and I don't have a tri-wing screwdriver... can anyone help me with that by chance?

[@matthewawesomeness7775]

Dude I have the same problem but freaking cars 2 the video game is stuck in there and the eject button is stuck

[@HumanoidTyphoon713]

it worked! thank you!

[@International110]

thanks for this tutorial!

[@dani1o25]

2 discs in a drive, dammit! And a coin! How did you do that, Emily?

[@leu_roboto]

thanks for the video!

[@Saistes]

Probably the disc but Smash works but Super Mario Bros Wii doesn't it would always say error any problems?

[@phylliskirwin7256]

What if there was a 10000000 Dollar bill In Thedisk drive

[@demarionduff3784]

Thank you

[@davidnetix]

So do we have an eject button *presses eject* *ad plays*

[@81rbutler]

Awesome, I am still loyal to my Wii. I play Gamecube games on it, but have had issues for a while. I just have to buy a small screwdriver like you have, I will give this a go, and let you know the results.

[@backofficeshow]

Please do, good luck!

[@NcM.7evside]

why does my wii bring in a cd perfectly, but... when i eject it, it makes this terrible noise and nothing happens, so all i do is just press eject over and over again, I opened it up and cleaned everything. this is still happening. it won't even load the game when i put it in. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!! I'M TOO POOR TO BUY ANOTHER WII PLUS THEY ARE HARDLY ON SALE ANYMORE. PLEASE DON'T TELL ME IT'S BROKEN.

[@backofficeshow]

First try cleaning any roller wheels in there. If they have polish or a glaze on them they will not be able to grab the disc

[@NcM.7evside]

@@backofficeshow thank u

[@onealldip2002]

Very helpful

[@kelzomaytee91]

My wii has been in storage a few years, i lt shows a red light when plugged in but when i press the power button or eject button it doesn’t power on, i would be grateful for and help you could give :)

[@Winniepohhh]

Let’s hope this works

[@FunnyGA1ex]

Here’s an idea, play the console, not WITH the console, then maybe it wouldn’t break and look like shit! :O

[@gildedhero5774]

Hello , I was just wondering if you knew the sizes of the tri wing and regular screw drive

[@backofficeshow]

They are both 360/x50 size

[@gildedhero5774]

Thank you so much :)

[@BobbyBanterz]

@@backofficeshow Where can I get these? I don't seem to be having luck on amazon (from canada)

[@RileyIL77]

Thank you from Carrollton, Mississippi! My wife and I are just recently divorced, and about a month and half ago, so told me their Wii I bought them around 6 years ago, and soft modded wouldn't take their 3 in one GameCube DVD with Super Mario Sunshine and couple Sonic games wouldn't go in it anymore. Also, around the US holiday Thanksgiving, she and I were going to play Super Mario Wii, and I realized half the Soft Mod Channels missing, so I looked the unit over and saw the SD card was missing. So we asked our 2 year old daughter, and she said in the Wii.... But somehow she stuck it in the Wii DVD drive, and 3 movie DVD's that my wife and I had been searching for before our separation in December. My 10 year old son is so happy and excited now. I sent pictures of everything our now 3 year old daughter stuck in the Wii.

[@backofficeshow]

That's great you got it working! Plenty of entertainment left in it 😁

[@Eduard21years]

Clean lentile

[@someoninte456]

I got some sticky residue on my windwaker disc and now its stuck. Would it be possible to take it out without taking off that metal cover that is covering the disc?

[@backofficeshow]

Soak it in some washing up liquid and water for an hour and gently rub it off with your fingers.. Dry with towel

[@someoninte456]

@@backofficeshow but how do i get it out of the wii. Also wow many youtubers dont reply to comments on 3 year old videos. Thanks!

[@backofficeshow]

Get it out in the same way. Dismantle it and keep dismantling until you can yank it

[@someoninte456]

@@backofficeshow Thank you!

[@backofficeshow]

To be fair it's my advise on most things, good luck!

[@brndnthedragon656]

Hey do you guys know where I could find a replacement for the GameCube port side panel for the wii? Like the ports are missing

[@backofficeshow]

I think eBay would be there place to look

[@brndnthedragon656]

@@backofficeshow just found out my wii didn’t come with GameCube ports :(

[@backofficeshow]

Does it have a different Isabel covering them? Maybe it was a later revision?

[@brndnthedragon656]

@@backofficeshow it was a later version

[@backofficeshow]

Ahh, I am sure it will be ready to find one with that panel

[@godlymegatron5698]

Worst case scenario if my drive is dead. I always have my beloved game cube games.

[@backofficeshow]

Another Wii U as a donor might be an option? They are probably giving them away these days

[@UGrvr]

Thanks for the video. Worked !!!

[@backofficeshow]

Fantastic news! Always nice to hear!!

[@Snuffey]

i just bought a used wii and when i try to put in a disc it only goes in like 2 thirds. there might be something stuck in there. havent looked yet but sure will do

[@backofficeshow]

Sounds like something in there, maybe a GameCube disc?

[@TomRutjes_]

I have the exact same problem, I started up my wii and took out the game that was in. I inserted another game and everything worked perfectly! After a while I took the game out and put another game in, the wii tries to get the disc in but it looks like its stuck. After a few seconds the wii spits the disc out!

[@brandonschooner8298]

thanks for this! I usually just repair NES and was going to order a new disc drive for this little sucker until I opened it and got 1 penny from it! appears to be a common issue for the Wii piggie bank models

[@backofficeshow]

My kids definitely give games consoles a hard time. I am amazed at how much abuse the WiiU takes. You would think the screen a week point, but it's survived some throws 😂

[@neonfurry32198]

(Make my life usefull) When i try putting the disc in it'll not fully take it in take it in then spit it out.. How the hell am i supposed to get the disc to go fully in? And DO NOT say i need a Tri wing Screwdriver I DONT HAVE IT

[@Sylveon9021]

13:04 the reason it stopped spinning is because it is not a wii or gamecube disc so it cannot be read by the wii console

[@Truepurple7]

You could still tell the disc drive still works because it actually spins the disc. As long as a disc spins, the disc drive is fine.

[@Andrewsherry53]

The screw on the inside is rlly hard to find a screwdriver because the Wii doesn’t want you to open it lol, good luck to you all I’m trying to figure mine out right now

[@kebabski3552]

I dont know if you'll ever read this comment but I have a problem with my wii. my wii wont read discs and I have tried anything exept going inside my wii

[@backofficeshow]

You will need to go inside and clean it

[@stevennn9508]

Thanks, the last part did it for me where you lifted up the thing with the sensor and started the wii without that top compartment on it.

[@reemademashki7656]

my original wii drive is broken i later replaced it with an new one that can read gamecube games since it was a white wii

[@shartfish1901]

This video fails to mention several hidden screws required to open the Wii

[@alicemadness999]

The dankpods of wii

[@radomiami]

Just ordered Tri-wing screwdrivers to fix my Wii. Wish me luck!

[@backofficeshow]

Good luck!

[@bossdup3137]

It’s fucking bullshit that you have to order special screwdrivers just to fix something you paid money for. Because apparently $250 new back in 2009 wasn’t enough money to have a working fucking console that actually functions.

[@lizzarliz]

I legit just got my one GameCube game stuck so this will be quite handy. Update: I strategically shook my Wii till the GameCube disc was in the right orientation and then pressed the eject button. (So hey...some problems call for the stupidest solutions) XD

[@Truepurple7]

I smashed a jammed Xbox One button and I put the button back in place properly and it worked after that. That is an another dumb solution that just works. Also, I never gotten a gamecube stuck in my wii and I had it for 12 years. You probably just have to put it in carefully.

[@NcM.7evside]

was that second disc not even a wii one, oh and, what if you already unjammed the 2 discs, but the thing still wont eject other games. Also the motor sounds terrible and broken

[@NatetheNintendofan]

You know those f****** tweezers will be handy for something even better #teamtweezers

[@Calooonzy]

Hi I need help my wii discs when I put them in stick out a bit then the wii ejects it could someone help me

[@jonboy_13]

What do the 2 clicks mean mine sounds the same

[@lehen9137]

Whats the exact name of the sxrew driver with the 3 prong. Can i get ot from lowes

[@backofficeshow]

Nintendo triwing

[@lehen9137]

@@backofficeshow thanks