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Gaming / Fixed My WII Game
« on: June 27, 2010, 09:01:20 AM »
Yes, I fixed a badly scratched WII game, Mario Cart WII.
What happened was my 1 year old decided to use the WII as a piggy bank and when powered on gouged the Mario Cart game that was in the WII.
Will what did I do to fix the game?
What you will need
A cheap DVD/CD Repair Machine (It has to be a repair machine, a cleaner machine will not work.)
1000 grit or more sandpaper (The higher the grit the finer.)
First off I ordered the Aleratec DVD/CD Disc Repair Pro machine which cost $35 dollars usual but I got it on sale for $25 on promotion and for using Google Checkout.
Will this worked ok but didn't make the game playable because it could not remove the deep gouges. I pressed the repair button beyond the lifetime of the replaceable repair pads. Still nothing, It was removing a little at a time but this way could of took years.
So what I did was went out and bought some 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. It is the grey sandpaper which is usually used for automotive paint finishing. You can pick a higher grit which may be better but this is all I could find.
Take your sand paper and run it under the running water for about 20 seconds. Take your CD and set your sink water to low stream. Take your sandpaper and begin sanding out the gouges in the CD, please make sure though you have water between the CD and sandpaper. It is possible to dry sand also but wet sanding is allot better IMHO. While your sanding make sure not to flex the CD too much or you might break it.
After all gouges and deep scratches are removed put the CD in the repair machine and if possible start from the repair pads for the worst CD's. Run it under that cycle a couple times and work your way up all the way to the cleaning pads. Now your game should look just like new, you also may notice that the game may seem more thinner than before, it is so be careful because it is more easier to break the deeper you had to go.
If your game still does not work even though the finish is nice and shinny, than likely the scratches go to the data layer and the disc is no good. I noticed on most newer disc the data layer looks to be in the middle of the CD. Most older CD's the data layer is on or closer to the printed side of the CD.
What happened was my 1 year old decided to use the WII as a piggy bank and when powered on gouged the Mario Cart game that was in the WII.
Will what did I do to fix the game?
What you will need
A cheap DVD/CD Repair Machine (It has to be a repair machine, a cleaner machine will not work.)
1000 grit or more sandpaper (The higher the grit the finer.)
First off I ordered the Aleratec DVD/CD Disc Repair Pro machine which cost $35 dollars usual but I got it on sale for $25 on promotion and for using Google Checkout.
Will this worked ok but didn't make the game playable because it could not remove the deep gouges. I pressed the repair button beyond the lifetime of the replaceable repair pads. Still nothing, It was removing a little at a time but this way could of took years.
So what I did was went out and bought some 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. It is the grey sandpaper which is usually used for automotive paint finishing. You can pick a higher grit which may be better but this is all I could find.
Take your sand paper and run it under the running water for about 20 seconds. Take your CD and set your sink water to low stream. Take your sandpaper and begin sanding out the gouges in the CD, please make sure though you have water between the CD and sandpaper. It is possible to dry sand also but wet sanding is allot better IMHO. While your sanding make sure not to flex the CD too much or you might break it.
After all gouges and deep scratches are removed put the CD in the repair machine and if possible start from the repair pads for the worst CD's. Run it under that cycle a couple times and work your way up all the way to the cleaning pads. Now your game should look just like new, you also may notice that the game may seem more thinner than before, it is so be careful because it is more easier to break the deeper you had to go.
If your game still does not work even though the finish is nice and shinny, than likely the scratches go to the data layer and the disc is no good. I noticed on most newer disc the data layer looks to be in the middle of the CD. Most older CD's the data layer is on or closer to the printed side of the CD.
