Wii noise + disc scratching

So the other day my brothers and I were playing SSBM for the GC on the Wii.  We had it in vertical position and with wired controllers plugged in.  Of course, misfortune of misfortunes, one of us stepped on a GC controller.  The rest you can probably imagine; the thing scratched against our DVD player before falling, completely unplugged, to the carpeted floor below.  I was in panic, not wanting to see my $250 baby hurt.  Well, it worked (so I thought) just fine afterwards.  No problem except a couple nasty scratches on the side with the Nintendo logos

Oh, so wrong I was.

Slowly we started realizing that the thing was making a ton of noise.  With physical media in it sounded like- well, an X360.  The best way to hear the sound is by going to the video of a similar situation here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsmBFP1LtwA

It's OK, we thought.  Just some noise.  Sure, it's supposed to be almost dead silent, but we can handle a bit of noise.  Maybe we just didn't pay enough attention before?

Of course, next time we get a look at Wii Sports it's mechanically scratched.  Lines etched into the disc are on 1/4 of the disc, going almost in a revolution around the disc's center.

 Anyone else have a problem like this?  I guess I'll have to get the thing repaired...

If you say the right things Nintendo will also replace the disc. Sounds like some of the componets in the drive were knocked loose. You may want to use some cord extenders for the gamecube controllers. Tends to reduce pulling of the game console. meimnobody

I personally think if you drop your console, Nintendo shouldn't have to replace anything.

Get a classic controller you bumYourExpert

Thats not gonna help when you play GC games, genius

The same happends to my -.-, just than the only broke thing was the little door of the GC controllers

Nintendo should make GC controlles than plugin on the Wiimote.

i had that happen to my wii sports disc but the system only did it to this one cause i guess it was ,moved one to many times with it in the console do not leave a disc in it while moving it . i dont think my wii has any problems other wise , mine is silent , only makes some noise which is normal as it only does it when i play a gc game and its on a loading screen so it reads it fine i take out the games and nope no scratches period the only time you can scratch like the xbox360 is when the wii is moved and theres a cd spinning as with the case with my wii sports i dont care i didnt like that game any how but was a good freebie though it only has a small scratch i can fix that

mine fell once too, and i just realized after that it started scratching the discs, however, not making that LOUD noise, which is not normal.

plus when i got the wii, my wii sports was already scratched to hell.

You need to take it in for repair, myself I would open it up and look in the drive itself to see what is in the way.  The unit itself is pretty tight in terms of lots of screws to hold it together, and if you have a ring on the disc it means something is in the drive (one little piece) and it is scratching as the disc spins.  Possibly a piece of metal or plastic.  if the Wii is playing games fine, then probably taking out that piece that broke off will fix the disc scratching problem and the noise at the same time, and the wii will function normally after that.  But until you get that piece taken out, i wouldnt put another game into it for a while.

PS, to open it, you need a 00-triwing screw driver or take it to an electronics place and tell them the problem.

[QUOTE="YourExpert"]Get a classic controller you bumHoennhyruleguy

Thats not gonna help when you play GC games, genius

If you say the right things Nintendo will also replace the disc. Sounds like some of the componets in the drive were knocked loose. You may want to use some cord extenders for the gamecube controllers. Tends to reduce pulling of the game console. meimnobody

but sadly, it was technically your fault that it broke, so it's unlikely nintendo will fix it,you'll have to pay out of your own pocket

If you say the right things Nintendo will also replace the disc. Sounds like some of the componets in the drive were knocked loose. You may want to use some cord extenders for the gamecube controllers. Tends to reduce pulling of the game console. meimnobody

but sadly, it was technically your fault that it broke, so it's unlikely nintendo will fix it,you'll have to pay out of your own pocket