Topic: A problem that must be addressed.

[Logic5]

The nintendo corporation has evidently something sinister up its sleeve, the disk error problem in the GC console that so many people are experiencing in america is evidently spreading. I encourage people to send emails and call nintendo and chew thier ears out asking them why we should have to pay $75 to have a factory defect repaired.
Heres the email I sent them, I encourage you to send similar messages to nintendo.

"You guys are ripping your loyal lifelong nintendo fans out of $$$ by putting that planned and organized worm in our gamecube, at first I thought it was just my gamecube that had this problem, but now that I look around on the internet it appears that this error is no accidental problem with the manufacturer. All my friends are having the same problems as I have experienced, I have called the nintendo crap repair line and all I get is the option of sending it in for $74.95 and have it "repaired". Why should we be expected to pay 75 dollars for a factory defect which you guys planted on purpose for no good reason?
As I have said we are and hope to be in the future loyal nintendo fans, we havn't bought any other non nintendo console in our lives.
You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC, I dont know of how many Saturday nights I have spent in agony over my crippled and lifeless gamecube.
This describes our problem.
I am getting the usual "not reading Disk" error message on my gamecube. The laser and motor appear to be working...the message appears on all games after a few minutes of play, some right away, yet if I open up the cover and close it again, play resumes fine as normal, unitl it does it again.
Yours truly
Nintendo Fan Association"
 

[mouse_clicker]

I've owned my Gamecube since launch and I haven't had a single problem with it. I have no fewer than 10 friends who own a Gamecube, none of which have had this problem. If you are getting a disc read error, I'm sorry you got a defective console, but this is by no means an "epidemic" and I have seen no evidence that it is spreading at all. If you would simply contact Nintendo's customer support, I'm sure they'd replace your entire console free of charge.

[seven_chaos]

What disk error problem?  My gamecube works perfectly and I've had it since the mindnight launch.

And c'mon, why the hell would Nintendo perpously plant a bug into their console.  ITS NINTENDO!  O and its the INTERNET, everything you read should be taken with a grain of salt.  Another point you should take in to consideration, is that PS2s are very crappy systems, all the people I know that bought them (recent and old) have had to get them repaired.  Just stop and think and let the anger subside and you'll see the light.

[Piposan]

I had the same problem with my gamecube at first but then after sending for FREE to nintento for repair, I never had that problem again. it's been about a year now and my gamecube has not crashed on me since then.  

[Dynamitega]

If it is true, then just buy a new one in the color you want for 99 bucks and get the Zelda bonus disk with it.

[Cap]

i too have had my gc since launch and never had a problem with it. theres always bound to be a cetain percentage of faulty systems, and this has been discussed before. i believe it is less then 1% of all gamecube's affected.

either way, nintendo must believe in the quality of their system, as i believe they are the only console with a one year warranty out of the box.

[joshnickerson]

"Nintendo Fan Association"

What makes you think we want to be associated with YOU? I've never had a problem with my cube. The only cube I've ever known to malfunction was the display at Wal-Mart, and that was because little kids were slamming the damn reset button constantly (which I've noticed most stores have now disconnected)

[Doerr]

I havent had a problem with my Gc othe then it freezing up once or twice but that was because of shoddy programming.
THE GC errors are so miniscule compared to PS2 errors it is no where near the amount of PS2s. I doubt 1% of GC owners are even infected with this.

[BlkPaladin]

My problem happened within the warrenty, then I took it down to the near repair shop and they replaced the entire unit for free. And I haven't had a problem since. (And the console is pretty beat up.)

[Bill Aurion]

Not a single problem with mine...And it's only frozen on one of my custom maps in TimeSplitters 2...

[Grey Ninja]

I have had a total of 2 "Cannot Read Disc" errors, and they both went away after I opened up the cover and reinserted the disc.  I have had my GCN since launch.  The GameCube might not be 100% reliable, but nothing is.  In comparison to the competition, GameCube is about a million times better.  You can't go two steps without meeting someone with a PS2 that won't read DVDs, or a PSX that won't read CDs.  I don't know a lot of people with Xboxs (thankfully), but the people I do know say that it overheats on them.  I know VERY few people with any problems running a GameCube.

[Luciferschild]

I haven't had this problem although the fan did stop working on mine which is an entirely different problem. I have a theory about this though. In the tech discussion forum this guy was saying how this disc spinner thing can have a spring get broken on the bottom so that it gets tilted and thus you get a can't read disk message. I think this might have something to do with pushing down on it when you take the game out, something I never do even though it tells you to. I wouldn't push on that thing just to be safe although this is just a guess as to what the problem could be. Anybody think this is a valid theory?

[nitsu niflheim]

I have a launch system and not have had a single problem with the system.  I've had problems with my PS2, but never with a game, just DVD movies and it was rare, never a constant trouble.

[NintendoFanGirl]

I had a problem with my GC after I started playing Zelda WW.  I took it to Nintendo and they replaced it for free.  My warranty had also run out, but they still did it for me.  I've heard other people have had similar situations where their GC's were repaired/replaced for free.

[Hostile Creation]

Never had a problem, not even a freeze up.  My friend got the disc error thing, but he got it replaced free of charge, and that was a while back.

[jaz013]

I have that problem, but I cannot fixed, and my warranty was, well, null, since I got it in a popular market (San Juan de Dios, in Guadalajara). I have to buy another, now I have a Platinum one. I don't know, but I have the feeling that all beging whe I left the GC turned on with AC playing during about half hour (also, there was a floral adornment hanging above the system, and it fell down, so I belive that also have something to do with it). My firts GC frozen only two times (with Sonic 2 and THPS 3, and also I scrached my MX Superfly disk and every time it went back to the game select screen, it frozed with that dawn buzzing sound).

[cheers69]

yer my mate had a freezing problem and didnt have warranty and nintendo replaced it for free

[ClockworkTomato]

the person who started this thread is deliberately attempting to smear Nintendo with the same accusations that have been leveled against sony for years.  I have had my gamecube since day one and not a single complaint.

this slander thread should be closed.  im sorry but id bet this person doesn't even own a GC.  i see thread just like this in xbox forums as well.  what a joke, they cant all be defective.  

[Berny]

Same old same old. No problems with my purple bundle o' joy. 'Cept its crashed a few times on Metroid Prime, but I'm 99.9% cerain that's a game defect and not the Cube.

[Zach]

Man you are the most paranoid person I know, Just because your Gamecube wont work, That means nintendo purposely put a bug in it.  Even if it was an epidemic that doesn't mean it was put in there on purpose, thats like saying, My toaster burnt my toast, it must be a conspiracy.  Either you are Parnoid Or else trying to make people think poorly of nintendo.
   By the way, I have Owned my cube sinc launch and only had a problem when my cousin tripped a cord and knocked it off the table.

[yellowfellow]

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You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC, I dont know of how many Saturday nights I have spent in agony over my crippled and lifeless gamecube.

such melodrama and bull... and the only time i fire up my GC on a saturday is usually either four in the morning in a drunken stupor or well, never.

[Lasanga_man]

Now back up the flaming just a little bit, I have the same problem and I have already contacted nintendo, they told me that I would have to pay 75 dollars to fix it.  You keep telling him to contact nintendo and get a "free new one", when he already told you he contacted nintendo and told him he would have to pay 75 bucks! It might have been more than a little bit cheesy, but how about reading all of his message before giving him useless suggestions and flaming the crap out of him you idiots? Have you people no soul?
His post is real bizarre, "You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC", but he does bring up a good point: Why should I have to pay more than half the price of a new gamecube for a factory defect? Nintendo will not give me a free new one, what should I do?

[seven_chaos]

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Originally posted by: Lasanga_man
Now back up the flaming just a little bit, I have the same problem and I have already contacted nintendo, they told me that I would have to pay 75 dollars to fix it.  You keep telling him to contact nintendo and get a "free new one", when he already told you he contacted nintendo and told him he would have to pay 75 bucks! It might have been more than a little bit cheesy, but how about reading all of his message before giving him useless suggestions and flaming the crap out of him you idiots? Have you people no soul?
His post is real bizarre, "You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC", but he does bring up a good point: Why should I have to pay more than half the price of a new gamecube for a factory defect? Nintendo will not give me a free new one, what should I do?

Whats bizarre about his post is the fact that he states that Nintendo planted a bug in the Gamecubes on purpose to make a profit.  Look deep down in your hearts of hearts and you know that Nintendo would never do anything like that.  Its pretty stupid to think that to begin with.  My intention with a response was to only shed light on the subject from my point of view, if other people flamed then thats there problem.  As I said before, its the INTERNET, take everything you read with a grain of salt.

Back to your question.  I would call again and tell them your woes, just dont tell them its broke and it needs fixing.  The reps at Nintendo are actually very nice and if that dont work then just wait and buy a new gamecube with the Zelda bonus disc.

[PIAC]

i've had 42 gamecubes, all 93 of them had errors, true story.

[Lasanga_man]

I have already called twice and been told twice that I'll need to pay 75 bucks to have it fixed.  My warranty is expired, so I must fork over 75 dollars to pay for something that is their fault. I don't get it.