Over time my Wii has become progressively louder. As the DVD spun it made a terrible buzzing sound… so loud it really bothered me. I finally took the time to disassemble it and here’s what I did to fix it.
1) Follow the instructions here to get to the drive: http://forums.lovingwii.com/nintendo-wii-hardware/425-guide-disassemble-nintendo-wii-video-pictures.html
Now I tried tweaking just about everything… but the only effective way to kill the noise was to jam a small piece of rolled up electrical tape between the drive housing and the spring loaded carrier. As illustrated here:
I had the Wii powered on and spinning while I did this… keep trying until it goes silent, eject the disk a few times to check and see if everything still works, and call it a day. Mine is now effectively silent.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:43 pm - Edit
Thank You!!! My Wii was making the same buzzing noise. This stopped the vibration and it is super quiet again!!
June 7th, 2008 at 2:52 pm - Edit
Thank you very much for posting. This fixed mine too!
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:26 pm - Edit
argh!
I closed up the wii and it started the noises again!!!
June 7th, 2008 at 4:25 pm - Edit
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Sorry to hear the noise returned. It is really sensitive to adjustment… I spent at least 2 hours getting my drive to be quiet AND stay quiet. It was like the beginning of Raider’s of the Ark, when Indy replaces the head with the bag of sand (minus the giant rolling stone & angry natives)
Good luck.