Mark Denovich

Wii Drive Noise Fixed

2008-01-26 23:10:15 · Mark Denovich Categories: Uncategorized

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.

Comments

DaveE 2008-04-11 15:43:10

Thank You!!! My Wii was making the same buzzing noise. This stopped the vibration and it is super quiet again!!

Anal 2008-06-07 14:52:27

Thank you very much for posting. This fixed mine too!

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Anal 2008-06-07 15:26:04

argh!
I closed up the wii and it started the noises again!!!

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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.

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yeh my wii used to make a lot of noise as well but i had a mess around inside and its a lot better now

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Thank you as well had the same problem was hearing this funny noise and now it is gone.

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It's amazing how quiet Wii can be.. after you've been hearing that terrible buzzing sound for a while.

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I stopped the vibration also and it worked! thank you!!

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Great! It cured my buzzing too, I used a bit of draught excluder :)

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