Our Nintendo Wii DVD drive started making noise that was like a mini lawn mower had been installed in our console. Now I love a good virtual lawn mower as much as the next guy, but it was a major distraction when you could not hear the sound of the game.

The problem is actually well documented. If you want a good description of the problem check out http://www.opensenses.com/discussion/wii-drive-noise. I fixed the problem the risky way by bending metal near the hub. Screws or adjusting the hub assembly is better fix (now that I know I nearly killed the drive :-)). The hardest part was fabricating a tri-wing screwdriver to open the Nintendo Wii case by grinding down a small torqs bit. What a major pain.

However success is the sweet sound of silence. Life is good once more. Too bad I don’t have a lot of time for playing games. Now I need to get back to assembling my solar pool hot water heating array. That is my “BIG” project and it’s nearly done! -zs