Wii mote crashing?

So, I dissassembled my Wii remote to clean the Dpad (it was gunky).

I put it back together and it drops all the time, sometimes can't synch for more than a second.

I take it apart, I look over everything, and it seems to be working okay now.

This is all with fresh batteries mind you.

I called Nintendo to set up a repair they want 54 dollars to repair a 40 dollar wiimote.

WTF?

What would cause the Wiimote to have problems like this? I have nothing bluetooth in this room mind you

 

static?

 

You must've broken something while taking it apart? The warranty doesn't expire for nothing when you open it up...

 

I have a Wii remote here that is back to front! The left and right do nothing while pointing up goes down and vice versa. The D-Pad and buttons all work fine but the motion sensor part is dead. The remote was never dropped or treated badly either. Just one day it went strange.

Yakumo

 

I've taken plenty of stuff apart with no issue.

There's nothing to break off either.

the circuit is like, one piece. Nothing to it besides the accelerameter on the back and the rumble motor. There's NOTHING. I think maybe it got some static shock.

 

Official hardware or cheap Chinese knockoff from dealextreme?

-hl718

 

official Nintendo remote. I sold my Wii a while back now but I still have the crazy remote.

 

Could the sensor inside the remote be upside down, Yakumo, if it has been disassembled? If not, give it a good smack.

 

It won't be that since it did work at one point but now it's dead.

 

PWND!!

 

Yeah I was like "...aren't they 40 dollars to buy brand new" They said "let me check...yeah we can ship a new one to you for 44 dollars, but you could probably get a good deal on one at like, Wal-Mart since it's christmas time."

 

you did void the warranty though, what did you expect? :icon_bigg

Getting it anew is always better anyway in my view, I hate refurbs.

 

I never told them I opened it up, I just told them I needed my Wiimote fixed.

 

I didn't mean it in a sneaky way though. Warranty seals are there for a reason: us normal people usually shouldn't mess around inside something if we really don't want to risk breaking it.

 

I just dont understand why the cost of repairing it was more than just buying a new one.

 

economy of scale. Repairs are far less common than sales, hence why they fractionally cost more. 1 dollar gets you more "new controller" than "severity of repair" on a graph.

 

ah.

makes me sad, I dunno if other people have a "favorite controller". But this was the Wii mote I played with almost EVERY time and I got the system at launch. -_-

 

It could be that the batteries aren't making a solid electrical connection and it's causing the remote to shut off temporarily. I'm not sure what the battery compartment of a Wiimote looks like, but if it has either a spring like piece of metal or metal coil, ensure it's out far enough that when you put the batteries in, they fit tightly. Also, check for any cracked solder joints around the area of the PCB where the battery connects.