abcGoodefg Nintendo Wii DVD Drive Replacement Disc Drive Repair Part with Opening Tool

Cheap and easy way to keep your old Wii working - the optical drive is the most obvious component to fail. This is the second time Ive had to replace one. Not exactly easy to disassemble a Wii to do the replacement , but thats not the fault of this product here.

Received a D4ver.2 unit. Plugged it up and works fine. Unit is clean and no signs of wear/abuse. Will follow up in future with update and reliability.

I got this today and had it installed in my sons Wii in about 30 min give or take. The wii was giving a cant read disk error code . Swapped out the drive with this one and we are back in business. If you are even a little bit handy you can get this done. Watch a couple YouTube videos and get after it . Oh and if you dont have tri wing screwdriver set you will need to get one . I got mine right here on Amazon set of 5 for like 8 dollars.

Worked

Easy kit to replace the DVD reader on my Wii, once the Wii was opened up. This solved my issue. I followed the ifixit guide (text and pictures), but there are plenty of videos out there too. This kit came with the rubber grommets already which saved a few steps. The screws were too tight or corroded on my Wii, so RIP smudger and triwing screw driver, they lasted halfway. I saw another review mention filing the tip on the screwdriver down and I wish I had tried that first. The Philips head worked fine and survived. I’d also recommend having utility tweezers. Other than that, this kit has everything to switch out the DVD reader. I fired it up and it works fine. It seems a bit quieter than the old one was before it died. I only took a star because the tools were weak and I really could have used a more reliable triwing. Will have to see how long it holds up! Hopefully a long time, because I’m not too eager to track all those screws again. Saved me a few bucks fixing a part than replacing an old system.

This product was exactly as described. My Wii console was unable to read disc. I was worried I had to buy a totally new system, but this made it so I didnt have to buy a retired system. Nintendo no longer sells. It was easy to install after watching a YouTube video.

Our Wii console had the issue where the system would start up and display the Wii menu on the TV, but the tile for the DVD game disc would never load the small preview and would show an error about reading the disc when you tried to select it. After following some detailed drive replacement instructions online (and cursing those Tri-wing screws left and right), I finally got it replaced. The Wii works normally now and the kids have been playing off and on for a couple weeks. So far, so good! My only tip would be to be very careful with the tri-wing screws. Some of mine were in rather tight and both the tri-wing driver and the tri-wing screws would round out and wear out. Ultimately, I had to use my dremel to very carefully cut a straight flat slot in the last tri-wing screw in order to get it out. Then, I did the same to all of the other screws in order to be able to reassemble. If you can find flat or Phillips replacements for the various screws, I would recommended doing that. But that tip is irrelevant of this DVD drive part. So far the part is doing as advertised.

Our system hadnt been used in a while, mainly because the system was very temperamental about accepting and reading game disks. I found a site that walked through the steps to replace the drive (ifixit.com) and then ordered this replacement drive. Product appeared to be new, contrary to a few reviews here. Product arrived in just a few days, and the instructions on the other site were easy enough to follow, and replacement took about an hour or so. Note: you will need Tri-wing screwdriver for the replacement, and using separate containers for screws and parts is very helpful when disassembling and reassembling. Once everything was back together, the system fired up and works like new. Couldnt be happier.

The replacement drive works and, fortunately, is relatively easy to install, even with no previous experience fixing consoles or devices. However, I initially thought it to be broken because the drive was not accepting any disks. I finally noticed that it was missing the white strip that was present on my already broken drive (and the advertised photo), and was able to carefully transfer it over so that it is fully functional. It appears that I am not the first one with this issue. As mentioned by others, the product appears to be used and possibly removed from other broken Wiis (which may explain the missing part). I cannot speak to the quality of the tools included, as I used my own. The response to my request for help by the seller was for me to purchase another drive and then they would refund me $20.

Exactly what I needed tonget the old wii up and running again