Torn optical ribbon

[slamgauge]

So in the process of taking apart my wii to install my mod chip, my hand slipped
and I discovered that I had torn the ribbon to the optical drive. It would not be
a big deal if I knew where to get another ribbon, however I do not.
I am hoping someone may be able to point me somewhere I may be able to
get a new ribbon.

It would be such a waste to brick my wii over one tiny little ribbon.

[evlspcmk]

my advice would be t ask one of the guys in one of the many "OH GOD I KILLED THE WII" topics to send you theirs... not like they can use it if their wii is dead right?

[slamgauge]

not a bad idea at all.
in my panic I had not thought of that.

[evlspcmk]

yea its funny how your ,ind works in a cirsis:D

[shroomie]

I may actually have a resolution for you, may not be the cheapest tho :(

if you got an old DVD player in the house, pop her open and there should be the exact same cable ready to steal for your pleasure.

I havent tried to use one of these, but I know from the umpteen dvd players I have opened in my time all of them have the same tiny optical cable.

[slamgauge]

if you could harvest a part like this from an old dvd player I am sure
mouser.com would have the part. I have no way of telling what the part number
is though. Might anyone else know?

[shroomie]

and right you are, you should be able to find it on mouse, I grabbed a spare one that I had (Kotobo brand) and looked it up, it's not on mouser itself, but found out that its called a "flat flexible cable"

mouser gives results when searching for it, but I dont know the exact match that would be for the Wii specifically (waiting for a triwing to get at my deep holes)

hope this helps

if you get really desperate, i have this one here which I think is 24 pins.. cant really tell its sooo hard for me to count the tiny pins and not go cross eyed :p

[foobar2k]

You need a 32 pin 0.5mm flat flex ribbon cable. Molex do them.

[Mastershredder]

There's a forum topic on either here or some of the other forums I check out where someone posted a site that sells the cables (a little longer than the wii's, but it still works). If I can find the link, i'll post it. Time for bed now.

[slamgauge]

and right you are, you should be able to find it on mouse, I grabbed a spare one that I had (Kotobo brand) and looked it up, it's not on mouser itself, but found out that its called a "flat flexible cable"

mouser gives results when searching for it, but I dont know the exact match that would be for the Wii specifically (waiting for a triwing to get at my deep holes)

hope this helps

if you get really desperate, i have this one here which I think is 24 pins.. cant really tell its sooo hard for me to count the tiny pins and not go cross eyed :p

Thanks a ton Shroomie, but I am quite sure it has 32 contacts.
But with the type of cable I am sure I will be able to find one somewhere.

You guys are being such a great help, I really appreciate it.

After searching molex I can come close to finding the cable, however
I am having a really hard time finding this specific part.
does anyone have a part number?

[lramos85]

0210200341 in the US but supposedly out of stock, I need one too.

[Towlie]

I've searched all over and so far no luck, have you found one yet? I am looking for one too.

[ichiro51zr]

Send me 250$ paypal and then ill talk

[redsquirrell]

i need one to replace a damaged (i think anyway) cable that goes intot he brown socket and connects underneath to the wii motherboard.

any ideas?