Hardware Buggered dvd rom drive

[exile]

My son decided he would shove like 4 discs at once into my wii and broke the dvd drive. Can I replace it with any wii drive? Or do I need to find out which model it is? It was a wii from launch.

Any suggestions on where to get a new one at the best price and a trusted place?

Thanks.

 

[ModchipCentral]

You can replace it with any drive.

We have brand new, literally brand spanking new, never used D2E drives on our website for $69.95 . www.ModchipCentral.com

You can also try ebay but theres tons of sellers selling refurbished drives and trying to pass them off as new.

 

[Elritha]

Any drive will do. Just be aware the newer ones won't accept disk backups.

 

[kobykaan]

maby USB loader and USB HD ?!

large USB hard drives are pretty cheap now

 

[accat131]

Your old drive may hold some potential worth to someone.If the board is still ok on the drive it could be removed and reused on one of the d3-2 drives..I doubt the board was damaged most likely the motor or mechanism.

 

[exile]

You can replace it with any drive.

We have brand new, literally brand spanking new, never used D2E drives on our website for $69.95 . www.ModchipCentral.com

You can also try ebay but theres tons of sellers selling refurbished drives and trying to pass them off as new.

Thanks for the information. I will check out your website for sure and see what I can find. I was unaware it would cost that much to replace (*looks to choke son*), but I suppose you pay what you must and cheaper than a new one.

Any drive will do. Just be aware the newer ones won't accept disk backups.

Do you happen to know how new I have to be aware of? Is there a model number or something that I should stay away from?

maby USB loader and USB HD ?!

large USB hard drives are pretty cheap now

Yes, I absolutely thought of that and figured now would be as good a time as any to do so. I already have a modchip in there, but it is an older wiikey. It also sounds like that new modchip the WODE will allow me to easily get by without the use of a dvd drive. I like having it fixed I think just so I know it is all working, but one of these alternatives seems better on the wallet for sure.


QUOTE(accat131 @ Dec 18 2009, 11:58 PM)

Your old drive may hold some potential worth to someone.If the board is still ok on the drive it could be removed and reused on one of the d3-2 drives..I doubt the board was damaged most likely the motor or mechanism.

Yes, I am sure the board is okay. It will read original games sometimes (just makes a horrible grinding noise) and pretty much failed on every backup I have now.