Wii not spinning some discs

[EboMan7x]

So I've had my Wii for something like 5 years now and awhile ago for certain discs it wouldn't spin it, and the Wii says it can't read the disc. I don't know what the problem is though because the few games that it won't read don't really look scratched at all, but it is still running most games. So is it a disc thing or a console thing? Anybody else have this problem? Anybody know how to fix it?

 

[Jamash]

Look very carefully at the hole in the centre of the disc and see whether it's cracked, because that is usually the cause of the symptoms you're describing.

Basically, if you're not very careful taking discs out of their cases, or putting them back in, then you can crack the inside of the disc where it sits on the spindle of the DVD drive.

Even the tiniest crack will cause the disc not to be read by the drive, since the hole will be slightly too big for the spindle to grip properly and the disc will slip when the spindle tries to spin it, creating the disc read error.

If this is the case and your discs are cracked, then there's nothing you can do to fix it and you'd shouldn't even try to use the disc as it could shatter inside your console.

To prevent this from happening to any of your other discs, just keep them in a CD wallet rather than put them back in their cases, as it's the hard plastic spindles inside the cases which can crack the discs unless you fully depress them each and every time you take a disc out and put it back.

I've been keeping all of my game discs in a CD wallet for years for this reason and this reason alone.

 

[EboMan7x]

If this is the case and your discs are cracked, then there's nothing you can do to fix it and you'd shouldn't even try to use the disc as it could shatter inside your console.

Aw crap. Are you sure there isn't a way to fix it? The game that isn't working is a special edition Metroid Trilogy, that I bought for $70.

 

[Jamash]

If this is the case and your discs are cracked, then there's nothing you can do to fix it and you'd shouldn't even try to use the disc as it could shatter inside your console.

Aw crap. Are you sure there isn't a way to fix it? The game that isn't working is a special edition Metroid Trilogy, that I bought for $70.

As far as I know there isn't a way to fixed cracked discs, but to be honest I haven't looked into the matter very much because I immediately write off any discs that have even the smallest crack of this nature.

In my mind, even the smallest crack is a write-off because the entire integrity of the round disc has been compromised and because of the speeds and stresses a DVD drive subjects a disc to, that small crack will only get larger as the disc is spun.

I don't know enough about the read speed of a Wii's DVD drive to recommend trying to fix or use the disc, but if this was a 360 disc I wouldn't risk it because the speed at which the drive spins the disc would surely enlarge the crack and very possibly cause the disc to shatter inside the machine.

I'm not even sure if you could put some sticky tape over the crack to sure it up, because even if the hole in the disc is too large by the smallest margin, the disc won't sit on the spindle snugly and spin at the right speed.

The only legitimate avenue of action I can think of it to see whether the game publisher's offer a disc replacement service, in which you send off and get your damaged disc replaced for near cost price rather than having to buy the game again.