Hi, I'm joining this forum and asking a question on behalf of my uncle, who is deaf. His wii, which he's had since 06, has started to make this strange buzzing sound. Of course, since he's deaf, he never noticed it until he brought it over to my house, so I can't say how long it's been doing this. It only buzzes when a disc is inside, and so far, it doesn't seem to have any adverse effects on the console, discs, or data on the wii. Usually this would be an inconvinience for people since the sound would interfere with the game music, but again, he could care less about the buzzing noise.

My question is this: will the cause of this buzzing noise eventually break his console, corrupt his data or scratch the discs? If it doesn't, and is more of an irritance than anything, then he really has no reason to send it in to Nintendo or try a fix-it-yourself solution. But if something like this will eventually break his console or harm his discs, then I'd like to know so I can tell him to send it in to Nintendo, or to purchase a new Wii altogether.

Thank you for your help!

-Tigger