28th May 2010, 10:15 PM
Have you considered there's something wrong with your Gamecube? The laser alignment could be off, and worse, it's possible that the laser is "off" in such a way that the actual mounting is scratching your Gamecube disks. If that's the case, it could explain a number of those issues.
Keep in mind that the data is stored on the label side of the disk, directly under the label itself (those double sided ones store it in the very middle). Also, try looking at the disk from various different angles. Sometimes a scratch isn't visible without the right lighting, and of course they could still be scratched even if you can't see them. However, my main point is if you see any scratches on the label side, it's beyond repair. The data itself is very likely damaged at that point.
The annoying thing about the Wii is that due to it's inability to play music CDs (it likely doesn't have a CD laser anyway, though I can't be sure there) or DVDs (no excuse for that one, all the hardware is ready and waiting), you can't use any special laser lens cleaning disks in the system. If you try, it'll just fail to read the disk and likely never even move the laser past the part of the disk with the brush in it. The same can be said for the Gamecube, except that you can buy any soft brush for use on lenses and just brush the lens off yourself due to the way it opens. I'd really hate it if I'm exploited into buying some special "Wii laser cleaning disk", so I'd have the music CD with the cleaning lense for EVERY SINGLE OTHER DISK PLAYER IN MY ENTIRE HOUSE, and one JUST for the Wii.
Keep in mind that the data is stored on the label side of the disk, directly under the label itself (those double sided ones store it in the very middle). Also, try looking at the disk from various different angles. Sometimes a scratch isn't visible without the right lighting, and of course they could still be scratched even if you can't see them. However, my main point is if you see any scratches on the label side, it's beyond repair. The data itself is very likely damaged at that point.
The annoying thing about the Wii is that due to it's inability to play music CDs (it likely doesn't have a CD laser anyway, though I can't be sure there) or DVDs (no excuse for that one, all the hardware is ready and waiting), you can't use any special laser lens cleaning disks in the system. If you try, it'll just fail to read the disk and likely never even move the laser past the part of the disk with the brush in it. The same can be said for the Gamecube, except that you can buy any soft brush for use on lenses and just brush the lens off yourself due to the way it opens. I'd really hate it if I'm exploited into buying some special "Wii laser cleaning disk", so I'd have the music CD with the cleaning lense for EVERY SINGLE OTHER DISK PLAYER IN MY ENTIRE HOUSE, and one JUST for the Wii.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)