Wolfpup
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[quote name='crunchewy']Does anyone have a problem with the Wii creating circular scratches on their discs? By that I mean that the scratch goes around the disc, and clearly was put there as the disc rotated. We've had 3 games ruined by this (give "disc read" errors"), most recently Wii Sports Resort which we just got for xmas. We haven't bumped the system at all, yet this has happened. It's not all the time, but it clearly is happening. I've tried using the (official) cleaning disc, and of course cleaning the disc itself, without luck. I presume the disc read error is happening due to these scratches.[/quote]
That really stinks
I haven't heard of that happening with the Wii (my first Wii's drive died though), but it's semi-common with the Xbox and sounds like exactly the same thing. I've got my Wii flat now but I had it standing upright before too (put it flat just because the new one is making the same weird-dying sounds my first one did).
Personally I've long thought if a system ever physically wrecked my disc I'd dump it.
[quote name='shinryuu']I'm getting weird pixels/artifacts showing up on the screen now. Is that the whole GPU is screwed up thing? It's not permanent though. They disappear and reappear every few minutes. The Wii is about 3 years old now, so I doubt it's still under warranty. Would the best solution be to buy a new Wii?[/quote]
Yep, that sounds like a dying GPU. If you can stand how it looks you can probably keep using it until it goes completely, but be sure to back up your saves. (Personally I'd unplug it when you leave your home too, just because I've seen a GPU actually emit smoke/smells after doing that :lol
I doubt it's the cables but maybe composite doesn't have the resolution to display the artifacts yet (although probably it's just a coincidence).
That really stinks
Personally I've long thought if a system ever physically wrecked my disc I'd dump it.
[quote name='shinryuu']I'm getting weird pixels/artifacts showing up on the screen now. Is that the whole GPU is screwed up thing? It's not permanent though. They disappear and reappear every few minutes. The Wii is about 3 years old now, so I doubt it's still under warranty. Would the best solution be to buy a new Wii?[/quote]
Yep, that sounds like a dying GPU. If you can stand how it looks you can probably keep using it until it goes completely, but be sure to back up your saves. (Personally I'd unplug it when you leave your home too, just because I've seen a GPU actually emit smoke/smells after doing that :lol
I don't think I really noticed it when it was through composite... the colors look kinda washed out too. The cables are the official Nintendo ones too. =p
I doubt it's the cables but maybe composite doesn't have the resolution to display the artifacts yet (although probably it's just a coincidence).