Help! Wii DVD drive won't work properly after lens replacement

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iffo

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14. November 2008 @ 17:04

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Hi,

I previously posted this info in another thread but I feel this is important enough to make a new one. Hopefully you can help me and anyone else with this problem.

So here's the situation: My Wii DVD laser lens was wearing out - wouldn't read media that was readable weeks ago, as well as newly copied discs on various speeds, burners and media types. I got a replacement laser lens and replaced the old one. And that's when the real problems started:

1. Without a disk in the console starts normally.

2. When I insert a disk there's immediately a "beep" sound, although I'm not sure if it's an actual "beep" or just a mechanical sound (either way it didn't make that sound before I opened the DVD drive). Also if I cold boot the Wii with a disk in, it starts with that beep sound again.

3. The disk then spins, and when the cover is removed I see the red light of the laser lens lights up.

4. after a second of normal spinning a clicking sound starts and goes on for several seconds. I can see the laser's red light going back and forth over the part of the disc near the center, obviously trying to read something.

5. The screen goes black and displays the general failure message.

You can see it all in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuiAvehBibE

BTW I didn't completely remove the two blobs of solder on the new lens, I just "dug" paths through them (just like the blob on the original lens was).

After checking everything couple of times with no success I decided to put the old lens back in and see if the problem was in the new one. Replaced it and the effect was almost the same except now it doesn't make the 'beep' sound when I insert a disc. However it still clicks and then goes to the error screen.

I have a Wiikey Clone installed, the DVD drive is D2B on a PAL console.

Any ideas what may be going wrong? Anything that I can try?

Thanks a lot for the help!

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