Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

14

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

5

  • Upper Case
  • 2 steps
  • Fan
  • 2 steps
  • Power Board
  • 3 steps
  • Disc Drive
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Unscrew the Bottom
  • Remove the two rubber feet at the back of the console to reveal the hidden screws.
  • Remove the four 6mm Phillips #0 screws.

Remove the two rubber feet at the back of the console to reveal the hidden screws.

Remove the four 6mm Phillips #0 screws.

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Step 2

              Remove the Cover
  • Turn the Wii mini right-side up. Then run a plastic opening tool around the middle edge of the console to loosen the top piece.
  • Gently lift the top piece of the console and set it aside.

Turn the Wii mini right-side up. Then run a plastic opening tool around the middle edge of the console to loosen the top piece.

Gently lift the top piece of the console and set it aside.

Step 3

              Unscrew the Fan
  • Turn the Wii mini around so that the back of the device is facing you.
  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 6mm screws on either side of the fan piece.
  • You may need to use tweezers to pull out the screws once they are loosened.

Turn the Wii mini around so that the back of the device is facing you.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 6mm screws on either side of the fan piece.

You may need to use tweezers to pull out the screws once they are loosened.

Step 4

              Detach the Fan Connector
  • Using your fingers, gently pull the top of the pin connector straight up to detach the fan from the console.
  • Do not wiggle the connector or cable while removing. This may cause the connector to come loose
  • Remove the fan piece and set it aside.

Using your fingers, gently pull the top of the pin connector straight up to detach the fan from the console.

Do not wiggle the connector or cable while removing. This may cause the connector to come loose

Remove the fan piece and set it aside.

Step 5

              Power Board
  • Using your fingers, slide out the blue ribbon cable from the the top of the power board.
  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 4mm screws at the top and bottom of the power board.

Using your fingers, slide out the blue ribbon cable from the the top of the power board.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 4mm screws at the top and bottom of the power board.

Step 6

  • Using your fingers, gently pull the pin connector to disconnect the power board from the disc drive.

Using your fingers, gently pull the pin connector to disconnect the power board from the disc drive.

Step 7

  • Lift the power board from the console and set it aside.

Lift the power board from the console and set it aside.

Step 8

              Disc Drive
  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the four 6mm screws.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the four 6mm screws.

Step 9

  • Lift the disc drive out of the console and set it aside.

Lift the disc drive out of the console and set it aside.

Step 10

              Unscrew the Tray
  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the 6mm screw at the top of the black tray.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the 6mm screw at the top of the black tray.

Step 11

              Remove the Tray
  • Using your fingers, pull the black plastic tray toward you to loosen it from the console.
  • Make sure the black square pieces are separated from the metal square pieces before trying to lift out the tray.
  • Once separated, lift the plastic tray out of the console and set it aside.
  • Trying to remove the tray before it is completely loosened may result in damage to the metal square pieces.

Using your fingers, pull the black plastic tray toward you to loosen it from the console.

Make sure the black square pieces are separated from the metal square pieces before trying to lift out the tray.

Once separated, lift the plastic tray out of the console and set it aside.

Trying to remove the tray before it is completely loosened may result in damage to the metal square pieces.

Step 12

              Unscrew the Metal Casing
  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the eleven 5mm screws holding the silver metal piece to the console.
  • These screws are indicated by small arrows on the metal tray. (See Photo #2)

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the eleven 5mm screws holding the silver metal piece to the console.

These screws are indicated by small arrows on the metal tray. (See Photo #2)

Step 13

              Remove Metal Casing
  • Lift out the metal tray and set it aside.

Lift out the metal tray and set it aside.

Step 14

              Remove Motherboard
  • Lift out the motherboard and set it aside.

Lift out the motherboard and set it aside.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Christopher Wortman - Jun 24, 2016

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Can you fit a Wii Motherboard inside this casing, and use the dvd drive, if so I have a few wiis with broken DVD drives I would like to repair and this would be a cheap solution.