Wiikey problem - Backup disks unreadable after some time.

[Jophiel]

Wiikey problem - Backup disks unreadable after some time.

First of all, if this thread ends up being redundant, my apologies.

It was my first time soldering, and I'm not good at pinpoint solder so I asked for some help. I tried short wire installing but it ended half shortwire, half quicksolder. I was a bit sceptical about it, but in the end it worked. I tried bootdisk -> wiikey config and it ran alright.
Two days after, my Wii started rejecting backup disks. Originals worked fine, only backups did not work.
So, as a newbie as I am at solder, I'll ask you to review my bad solder task results and what there needs to be done.


Some info
- Wii Pal with Firmware 3.0E
- Half short-wire / Half quick-solder (points 1,2,5,6 with quicksolder method; 3,4 kind of short-wire method - points numbered as the wiikey installation guide diagram mentioned)
- No apparent short circuits
- Used Pleomax(samsung) DVD-R burned by Nero using 4x.
- Sometimes after ejecting and taking the backup DVD from the Wii, it tries to push the DVD back in for some time, as if the DVD was still there (or so I think).
- Some pictures of my lousy solder task:

Photo of Wiikey after installation (http://plz2fap.us/sauce/1190110975332.jpg)

Photo of Wiikey 2 days after installation - 1 (http://plz2fap.us/sauce/1190111370741.jpg)

Photo of Wiikey 2 days after installation - 2 (http://plz2fap.us/sauce/1190111428146.jpg)



Sorry for my bad english.

[manias]

use proper media.
tdk, verbatim,.. search for more brands, all dvd-r

[Jophiel]

use proper media.
tdk, verbatim,.. search for more brands, all dvd-r

Thanks for your tip. Meanwhile I cleaned up the flux near all the joints and it seems that the chip started working again, for now.

[Jophiel]

Thanks for your tip. Meanwhile I cleaned up the flux near all the joints and it seems that the chip started working again, for now.

It stopped working again yesterday, neither backups nor originals worked. I cleaned near the joints again and it started working. Again.

It's not the chip because it was working. Neither appears to be pleomax DVDs since both originals and backups didn't work, although I did bought a TDK DVDs and will start burning with them.

I'm going with the possible short circuit or bad connection since joint number 5 looks pretty weak to me. But it's just my n00b opinion. Any insight?

[manias]

It stopped working again yesterday, neither backups nor originals worked. I cleaned near the joints again and it started working. Again.

It's not the chip because it was working. Neither appears to be pleomax DVDs since both originals and backups didn't work, although I did bought a TDK DVDs and will start burning with them.

I'm going with the possible short circuit or bad connection since joint number 5 looks pretty weak to me. But it's just my n00b opinion. Any insight?

how annoying :/ seems to me that joint you clean around is the culprit :/