If the steps above don't work, and you don't want to take the drive to a professional repair shop, you'll need to disassemble the drive and clean the lens. Older versions are available at Google Code.Clean the lens. If you're having any issues, drop by the forums at and post your question. Rename the files to wii.dat and gc.dat and place them in the root directory of the device you will use to rip discs with. To manually obtain these files, download the latest version of the 'Datfiles, Cuesheets, and GDIs compilation' from Here. The Wii/GC DAT files from fail to download. When dumping GC Games, if you have a Wiikey/Modchip installed, make sure region patching is turned off, especially the 'Full GC Regionfree' feature that Wiikey has as it will produce bad rips. NTFS was broken on versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 - but was fixed in 1.0.4. USB or SD storage device (>1.35GB free space).in-program verification for known rips.MD5/SHA-1/CRC32/Disc version are saved to disk.File Splitting (Maximum file size (only on NTFS) or 1, 2, 3 GB).Gamecube / Wii / Wii Dual layer disc dumping.Hopefully random code dumps with Wiimote are gone.Added experimental BCA dumping (Wii disc only).Added in-program verification (see FAQ section).Compiled with the latest libFAT & libOGC.Fixed verification on second and subsequent files.Added SHA-1 and CRC32 calculation (all saved to disk).Fixed NTFS issues (failed to create file/etc).

Fixed rip completion time not showing up.Fixed Motor Off error message at the end of dumps.

Use proper DVD init from PPC and kill the starlet DVD IRQ (tueidj).

Fixed DAT file downloads (now re-hosted on ).

Fixed a potential bug when writing next chunk (tueidj).

Fixed time remaining to be accurate (tueidj).

Async read/write support for faster dumps (tueidj).

Fix potential issue when read error occurs.

Fix disc dumping on Wii U (Wii discs only of course).

GameCube version integrated into one codebase.

Disable DAT downloading from GameCube (no DNS support).

Fix build issues/warnings with latest devKitPPC.

Add SD2SP2 (GameCube Serial Port 2) support.

Fix DAT downloading issue (Wii DAT is > 1MB).

Fix crash on verify disk and other minor fixes.

ETA and read speed is now based on the data read in the last second.

Enable 32MHz mode on GameCube for slightly faster rips.

Option to remember settings for an entire ripping session.

zip archive to your card and run it via the Homebrew Channel.

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