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Keeping discs in your Wii: Good or Bad?
LBD_Nytetrayn
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Ok, this has been bugging me for awhile.
I read somewhere, probably a manual or something, that you aren't supposed to keep your game disc inside the Wii when not in use.
My question is, does anyone do it anyway? Is there any harm? I'm thinking it might be a standard warning, and I've kept games in my other systems when not in use. But the Wii seems to get a little... hot. So rather than risk something happening to a game I can't afford to replace, I opt for taking it out each time.
Am I overreacting, worrying too much? Because it is kind of a nuisance, and if I can keep the game in there, I'd rather just do that. But if there's some risk to the disc or the system, well, too bad for me then.
I'd just like to know the truth.
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Yes, I can handle the truth.
I read somewhere, probably a manual or something, that you aren't supposed to keep your game disc inside the Wii when not in use.
My question is, does anyone do it anyway? Is there any harm? I'm thinking it might be a standard warning, and I've kept games in my other systems when not in use. But the Wii seems to get a little... hot. So rather than risk something happening to a game I can't afford to replace, I opt for taking it out each time.
Am I overreacting, worrying too much? Because it is kind of a nuisance, and if I can keep the game in there, I'd rather just do that. But if there's some risk to the disc or the system, well, too bad for me then.
I'd just like to know the truth.
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Yes, I can handle the truth.
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But I keep the WC24 "standby connection" turned off. (The wii still gets online automatically to check messages when I turn it on though)
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I had wario ware in my wii since its release up till metroid 3 came out
still works fine
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I've had both GC and Wii discs in the drive for months, nothing bad has happened...
I remember noticing that discs seemed to feel warmer after being popped out after a week of wiiconnect idling than after actually playing... a DVD or CD is basically just two sheets of plastic glued together, I can totally see the plastic subtly warping or the glue being prematurely aged or otherwise stressed due to prolonged exposure.
Cause, y'know, I've had other devices make CDs or DVDs pretty warm to the touch but they're only exposed for however long the car ride is, or how long the CD is, or how long the movie is, etc. A week or month of constant exposure? Might not ultimately hurt but it suuure isn't doing any good.
I mean, I've seen CDs contorted into crazy shapes after an afternoon in the car, even though the wii-heat is way less intense even the slightest warping could cause the disc to spin all crazy and fuck shit up.
If the 'don't leave the disc in' thing is nintendo-official it's really just them covering their asses like the epilepsy warnings, doesn't mean some people haven't actually had seizures though, or thrown a wiimote through a screen or given someone a black eye flailing.
My 2 cents I guess.
Now that I think about it, I guess I don't really need to. I dunno.
But you probably already knew that.
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Don't leave discs in if you're moving your wii from house to house though, I forgot to take one out and upon plugging my Wii back in, the drive wouldn't read discs properly. It just sort of "clicked".
A bit of fiddling around (and opening the Wii up and fiddling around) and all was sorted.
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That's totally normal.
Also speaking of the Wii, horizontal or vertical? I haven't had any problems leaving the thing in the vertical stand, but I know the 360 doesn't play well if you stand it up (scratched discs and the fact that the only fucking air vents are on the bottom).
There really ought to be a general repository of this sort of information regarding consoles (and I suppose PCs too) to eliminate confusion.
This was 2 days after I stood in line to buy it at launch.
The Wii was in freefall.
And then hit the floor.
Wii and disk - perfectly fine.
Cat - notsomuch >:O
I had read the exact opposite elsewhere, and have my 360 vertical and freestanding from all other equipment in a desperate bid to avoid getting ringed. Any independent verification that its actually more heat-efficient to have the thing horizontally?
360 sucks air in through the part that is the bottom if you keep it verticle, so it is blocked if you have it that way.
I left Resident Evil 4 disc 1, with 24 Connect on, in for a month. When I removed the disk the disc label was warped and chipped.
None of it entered the Wii and I did send Nintendo just a friendly FYI. I wasn't angry or anything it would make sence considering you wouldn't keep your old Gamecube on for over a month.
But I can only see this happening on games disc without laser labels.
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