Nintendo Wii U Controller Tear Down, Cracked Screen Fix, Button Cleaning. No Fluff.
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2014
- You need the Triwing screwdriver. Amazon has it cheap: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000...
Screw driver that is good for most of the other small screws: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008...
Here is the extended battery for your Wii U Controller on Amazon:www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E...
Replacement SCREEN HERE: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A...
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This video will show you everything you need to know about repairing your Nintendo Wii U controller. This is the controller with the screen in it, sometimes called the game-pad. Sometimes these systems break, and if you are out of warranty, the only thing you can do is repair it yourself. (Always at your own risk of course.)
Let me know if you have any questions. LIKE if the video helped you and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!!
Thank you for watching.
JerryRigEverything assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. JerryRigEverything recommends safe practices when working with power tools, automotive lifts, lifting tools, jack stands, electrical equipment, blunt instruments, chemicals, lubricants, expensive electronics, or any other tools or equipment seen or implied in this video. Due to factors beyond the control of JerryRigEverything, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not JerryRigEverything. Only attempt your own repairs if you can accept personal responsibility for the results, whether they are good or bad. - Ігри
Good enough for me. Repair shop claimed $85 to fix my gamepad. Amazingly, that’s the same cost to buy a used one. I decided to buy the buttons I needed and the screwdriver to open my gamepad. I watched your video and replaced my buttons for a grand total of $10. All fixed. I can now enjoy playing again.
You play wii u in 2019? Ok
@@deklangrant588 I never understood why the Wii U is so underrated. Except a few I have every major console from NES to PS4 pro. The Wii U is in my top 3. Amazing device
@@deklangrant588 why watch this video if you don't.
@@deklangrant588 still playing in 2020 🖕
Mermete8 I think I worded it wrong. I have absolutely nothing against people who play on the wii u. It has some outstanding games on it and I used to own one.
Whoa, no endless talking with useless lengthy pauses and looking for words, no bad camera, no bad lighting. Clear and direct instructions. Thumbs-up
Big ups on the video. This saved me some money and made my kids happy. For those who bought a screen with no digitizer, reuse your old one. Do this by using a hair dryer on low. You'll feel it start to give after 30 seconds or so. Be careful not to dirty up the strip because you'll end using what's on there to stick to your new screen.
The for hairdryer tip ! Worked great!
Jason Hemmer Awesome advice!! Thank you for commenting.
Thanks m8, you just saved my wallet to lose Lots of money, bro thank you ;)
JerryRigEverything hey jerry anyway you can make a video of putting it back together please
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I just finished replacing my screen, and everything is in perfectly working condition. I had never torn down and replaced anything in any kind of machine before. I used your video as well as some other videos to guide me through. Again, Thank You😅
Thank you for this video. I ordered the screen and it took me 10 min to fix something Nintendo wanted 100$ for. Really appreciate the time you took to make this. 20$ fix and some patience
A great run down; quick, to the point, not an annoying presentation.
I have some information I'd like to add for anyone doing just the digitizer. The original is actually what feels like a hard plastic surface that is attached to the metal frame holder over the LCD, the replacement seems to be a glass. Looking at the LCD assembly from the side one can see this layer on top of the metal. You do not need to remove the LCD from the metal case, just use a plastic separating tool or guitar pic to pry away the double sided tape holding it in. As long as you keep on the metal rim and away from the LCD surface, you should be fine. Second, there is a black trim on top of the digitizer that is affixed the same way. If you don't get this piece it's not too bad but you'll see the metal frame when you reassemble it. There are other things to note like keeping the correct orientation but you'll know when you put it back if the cable is on the wrong side. Making sure you remove the protective film, mine had three. one on top, one on bottom and another protecting the sticky layer. I just want to stress that once you get the LCD assembly out, all you're doing is separating that layer. I spent another 30 minutes carefully removing it from the case for no reason.
Had to replace the digitizer on mine, and this was the most succinct (and least terribly annoying) youtube video for the Wii U controller out there. Love the detail, love the style. No one needs to yell into a mic inside of a jet engine to relay this information, glad you caught onto that.
You just saved me $85. Thank you.
That's what i like to hear!
***** Heck ya! Nice job.
Where did you guys find $80 or €70 gamepads I really wanna to know, all I find are at least €120 gamepads
What the fuck did you do to your GamePad in order to do this?
Thank you for this video. I just spent 2 hours replacing the touchscreen/digitizer combo, following this video every step of the way, and to my amazement it turned on and worked on the first try. It's nice to get this done for ~$25. Thanks again.
jwolle2 Very nice! Its a big project. Im impressed!
The tricky part not noted in the video with LCD replacement.
Use clean vinyl gloves when handling a new screen. It will save grief from trying to clean. Remove the cling wrap at last moment.
1. There is a bezel around the digitizer that you will need and have to remove from the broken screen. Run the razor around the outside after you remove it from the unit. It has adhesive and will be yucky.
2. There is a spongy gasket cushion between the LCD and digitizer that likely wasn't included in your replacement. Reuse the old one from the damaged unit. Failures to do this will make the screen go weird with heavy touch pressure.
what spongy thing?
Thats adhesive
I think he means the black rectangular padding on the back of the screen. Not the adhesive from the front.
Excellent, no nonsense video. HD-ness. Thank gosh!!
Thanks for demonstrating each individual part! I looked at one tutorial and read another and was unsure about how to remove the ribbons, but your video made it very clear! Thanks so much!
I didn't dare take my WiiU game pad apart until I saw a how to video. I decided to learn to fix my game pad's issues myself and spend $19 - $20 instead of $85 - $100. So this video was very helpful. Thanks.
i just love how nintendo wastes ALL of that extra space under the battery door
It's for the rich kids extra large battery.
@@neckashi6919 LOL
@@neckashi6919 AND SECRETS LOL
I'm late but I'm kind of thinking of doing a "dual boot" gamepad that has a Raspberry Pi in it to use on its own and the Wii U hardware
all the info I needed in six-and-a-half minutes. Awesome.
Denys Tremblay Thanks for watching!!
Thanks! Fixed my Wii U gamepad no problem! Note: The touch pad separated pretty easily, just take it really slow and once you get a gap in the sticky stuff it comes off slowly and cleanly. Be careful not to get any finger prints on the back side where you can't clean!!
Swinging by to say thanks from the year 2022, this video was a huge help
Thx for getting straight to the point unlike other 20 minute videos. (Joystick replacement)
Thank you so much!!! Worked perfectly! Now my kids can play with their Wii U again!!
phillip mcallister Awesome! Glad you got it working.
WJR not really garbage, could mod it and put a bunch of emulators on there, get plenty of games for free.
I hope they enjoyed it while it lasted
Even back then you were making quality videos. Thanks this helped alot
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! My analog stick wouldn't ever register the up input, and I used this video to remove and put back the analog stick which fixed it immediately!
I've been looking at a lot of Wii U gamepad videos, and yours is really professional. Thank you!
Good video, judging by how easy it is to broke a Wii U screen this is going to be a regular video for anyone who uses the console
My Right Analog Stick just started acting up. This really helped a lot. Thanks.
April 2023 and thus vid is still helping the rest of us that was late to the game... Thanks you. Bless up!
thank you so much! for the longest time i've had to deal with my broken left stick but this makes things alote easier
thanks for the walk through. I was able to find the problem to why the A button was constantly pressed. some kind of dried liquid. juice maybe. wiped it off and now my son is happy.
It is very nice that Nintendo "keyed" the buttons, not only for the correct button placement, but also for orientation.
Thanks for the video, it helped tremendously. I just replaced the LCD and used the same digitizer- there's no clasps, it's an adhesive that you can peal off; just FYI. Other than that, the video was great, thanks again!
Great Video! Concise and to the point. Saved me a bunch of greenbacks today! Thank you.
This helped me replace my broken LCD, thank you
though i lost the volume slider and the battery cover
thank you for this great video. replaced a broken screen with a working and gamepad looks like new now. have a great day.
Thank you so much for Posting this video, you saved us a ton of money all we had to spend was $7😊
thanks a lot for this. I managed two miss two screw atop the plastic bit that holds the screen, but im not gonna be bothered to fix that. It works just fine as it is. THX!
Nice, to the point video that should cover just about everything needed to tearing down the game pad. I always worry about the different cables and ribbons. Including full access to the Home, Power, and TV buttons would have been a nice inclusion, but this was exactly what I needed to clean up some sticky face buttons.
I love that Nintendo uses separate boards for the shoulder buttons. Much less likely to break.
Several years ago, I cracked my gamepad screen and during repair, I broke the ribbon cable socket for the touchscreen (an absolutely tiny piece of plastic). Never got to finish Xenoblade Chronicles X! I spent hours upon hours trying to figure out a solution. I tried ordering a new gamepad motherboard and got scammed by an ebay seller that sent a broken one. Lately, I've been think about just ordering a new one.
Well, today, several years later, on a whim, I decided to try to fix it again. AND I FINALLY DID IT! I peeled of some of the plastic on the ribbon cable, laid it over the connector, taped it down, and then added a bunch of padding on top so that pressure would be applied so the wireless make enough contact. Such a ghetto rigged solution, but I don't care! I'm so happy!
Do you still have your xenoblade chronicles game save?
@@shaunng69 Yep. Debating whether to start over though since it's been so long since I played. Finishing Pikmin 3 first.
how difficult was this to replace? the small ribbons scare me lol
@@shaunng69 It's not difficult at all, you just have to be very, very careful and gentle. The bigger ribbon cable connectors are easy to unlatch, but the small ones are literally just the tiniest pieces of plastic. I'm still not entirely sure, but I think the smallest ones don't "latch" open like the bigger ones, and you're just supposed to basically wiggle the ribbon out. That's probably where I went wrong. I'd suggest just watching other repair videos, and do EXACTLY what they do.
I spent about 30 minutes reseating the tiny tiny clip for the tiny tiny ribbon cable after it popped off. Used a pair of pointed tweezers and lots of squinting. Scary scary times though ;)
Great video, thank you for putting it together. It took me about 45 minutes from start to finish to put in a new screen.
Ryan Garrison Nice! Did you replace just the LCD? or the digitizer? Did you need to separate the two?
Thanks a lot for uploading this video.
Saved me a lot of possible accidental "science" while replacing my LCD haha.
I was able to split the Digitizer from the cracked LCD without much effort, the adhesive was very friendly.
Very nice. This is good to hear. I'm glad you got it fixed.
Great video, followed along and fixed an old Wii-U!
Bought a broken screen WiiU awhile back to fix and give to my nephew but his parents ended up buying a Switch, so I just put it aside. Figured the screen replacement would be fairly easy and it looks like I was right. Gonna fix this one up and sell it. Probably will break even. They're not nearly as rare and expensive as Nintendo handhelds
this is soooo helpful! Our wii-u left stick is broken and we don't know what to do all it does is makes you move to the side (in a game like Splatoon) Thx! :D
This is a good clear and concise video, thank you.
Useful all these years on. I just bought a used WiiU that had sticky buttons - I think the previous owner must have been eating sugary candy with it. it works, but its nasty. Using this guide, I took it apart to give it a thorough cleaning. Now, it's like-new.
Thanks, my kid gave this to me, and the joysticks need some love. This video will help me alot.
Thank you for your help this video help us fix our kids WII U screen, well actually my wife did the fixing and I just held the light.
My whole lcd screen cracked and thanks for this video it really helped =)
I actually have the Wii U High Capacity Battery. I love it.
Amazing since the wii u gamepad is not sold separately you will need to fix it , nice video bro
Thanks!
You, sir, are a saint. You just saved me the $100 that Nintendo would have charged me to simply clean off the action button flex cable. THANK YOU
Waw, that looks so easy. I guess I can fix my niece and nephew's stuck joystick easily.
thanks. i want to bring my childhood back. i have all my wii games that are also compatible with my old wii u.
Wow you have changed alot in 2019
Awesome video. My mother in law spilled a soda onto my gamepad years ago, and the buttons have always stuck ever since. I finally got a toolkit that can handle all the different screws used in game consoles now and after restoring my old SNES, I felt brave enough to tackle cleaning up the gamepad.
Now, none of my buttons stick, and I'm pretty sure my MIL owes me about $20 in Q-Tips and Isopropyl Alcohol.
Amazing video. I'll store this away incase anything detrimental comes my game pads way!
Thanks, Zack. My kids busted the digitizer. Gotta replace the bluetooth module too!
Well, good vid but separating the digitizer would have made this a complete video. Thanks.
That button trick was used on the SNES pads, too.
Thanks SO much for this! My little brother pressed the screen too hard and left a dent in the middle of it. I'm gonna show this to my dad so he can replace the screen. Again thanks.
Good luck!
Word of warning to people attempting to do this. If you are going to replace the digitizer, keep in mind ther is a black plastic lining that is stuck to the wii's original one. I just finished replacing mine and it looks off now because it dosen't have the lning on it. But this is a great tutorial and thanks for posting it :)
Thanks! And thanks for the heads up about the lining. Im sure it will help others out.
Thank you easy to understand and straight to the point
Thank-you. You've just made me look like a hero to my kids :-)
just got the call from my wife "your son got so mad at a game he smashed the screen". your video may just save me a fortune!
I sure hope so!
Thanks to this awesome video, today i changed the cracked LCD from my Gamepad, thank you
Nice! Glad I could help out.
Excellent video and thank you for uploading. I'm planning on taking apart my Wii U Gamepad because the gamepad keeps losing connection. Is there a specific part I should replace to fix the range issue?
Thank you so much, after getting my gamepad repaired the right side never worked, and the ribbon cable was completely disconnected.
Huge help for replacing a broken screen. Cheers
Glad I could help!
Thanks so much for posting this. I was able to fix a busted ZL button in 2 minutes rather then spending 4 weeks and $100 to ship it to Nintendo. Cheers.
Nice! Glad you got it fixed!
JerryRigEverything Hi! I wanted to say that this video is really helpful! I just ordered a tri-wing screwdriver and a new touch screen digitizer because there are some scratches on the screen. But I wanted to ask, and I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this though, but is it possible for me to remove the digitizer and the LCD screen apart? Because I recently had read an article stating that they were "fused" together. But I also read another article stating that they are fused together, but can be removed because it's sort of like, glue-like substance. It would really help if you were to help me with this. :)
Nice video, simple and understandable.
In my case, the game pad had been dropped in water. After putting it in rice for a couple days I was able to fix it, but then the down button on the D pad was stuck. It turned out that the simple act of taking off the back cover and taking the D pad out and putting it back together fixed the problem. Sometimes you don't have to do much.
Ty now i know the name of the screwdriver and how to fix my wii u screen nice
Thank you so much for posting this awesome video! Can you please tell me where i can buy the zr switch assembly? Not having any luck searching the web....thank you in advance
Great iinstructions. Thanks for the clarity. However, in disconnecting the joystick, I inadvertently damaged the 6-pin jumper cable. Any sense where I can find a replacement?
Sorry - typo - 5-pin jumper
Holy shit, those are quite the range of connectors on that little board.. must be about 12 connectors in total. Thats sick.
SIC66SIC66 Its an interesting contraption for sure.
It's a nice tutorial JerryRigEverything but i have a different problem, just the right stick, while i'm playing it becomes crazy and starts to do the movement without touching it, would it be the possible solution, to clean it as well ? Thanks
What!?!? This came out 4 FRICKIN' YEARS AGO AND I STILL HAVE IT!?!? WHAT THE FRICK?
My brother and I had our gamepad screen broken a while back.
He's since left home, but he's coming back for the holidays.
During his stay we plan on fixing the gamepad and we'll have this video by our side each step of the way, maybe I'll comment again on how it goes.
Worst case scenario, we drop another 150-200 for a full replacement gamepad.
Noah Goodman-Claire Sounds good! It'll be good to hear your update. Make sure to leave it as a new comment so it doesn't get buried.
In the second hand electronics store in my town you get a new Wii u gamepad for $75
The Holiday plans fell through anyway. I sort of still plan on fixing it, but if I can find a second hand for a decent price then I might take that way instead.
Noah Goodman-Claire, what ended up happening?
@@P1aceHo1derName you just replied to a 3 year old comment, do you think he's going to drop everything to tell you the story?
which type of try-wing do i need? y1(1mm) or y2 (2mm)? will both work?
it is a y1 screw
I just wanted to drop a quick line and say great write-up! I was able to get in without issue and clean the X A B and Y Buttons and their sockets with ease using this. Don't let friends drink sticky sodas and beers near your tablet!
Great video, thanks. As of today, not seeing where to find a new digitizer/screen though. You put a link to the triwing and a link to an extended battery in the description but that's it.
Hey, thanks for the heads up! I got that screen listed in the video description. Good luck!
JerryRigEverything Excellent. Got the screen and replaced it. Took about an hour to take everything apart and put it back together (those tiny ribbon cables sure put up a fight to get reconnected). Works great now, thanks a bunch!
Hey Man nice video. I was wondering where do you find the White button inserts to repair the buttons?? Thank you!
I ordered a digitizer and it had bubbles between the glass, resulting in a "ghost" touch on the screen. Theres probably no fix for this is there? Great breakdown video by the way.
Thanks man. You saved me from spending $175 on a new gamepad
Very nice, well put together video. Question: my ZL button has been sticking (albeit very slightly) lately. Is this something that could be fixed by taking apart the controller? I'd like to know if it's possible before I buy one of the tri wing screwdrivers
It might have something stuck inside of it. You can always try cleaning it out.
you sir are a saint
How i can replace the rumble/vibrator thing?
Tanks jerry, yous videos help me for ret off people and down money money
Thank you for the upload. I have a question. I dropped my gamepad and when I picked it up it looked like the display was cracked but the screen is not cracked. It won't turn on anymore but occasionally I can get the light to turn on but nothing else works. I also cannot turn the light back off when I manage to turn it on. What do you think I broke and how should I go about fixing it? All buttons work fine and the screen as mentioned isn't cracked.
Great just fixed mine but popped off the door to the bottom most ribbon. Couldn't get it back on with a magnifne Glass but it seems to work so far.
Hey Jerry. Your video really helped me replace my screen. However, after replacing I find I get a buzzing noise from the gamepad and it won't power up. Any idea what it could be. I took apart the pad and double checked the connections and everything is good.
Good job; thanks. I am an electronic tech and know how easy those flat cable connectors break, so with additional replacement parts on-hand, I would be nervous. I am waiting for my kid to break his - lol.
On my gamepad the left analog stick is a bit "pushed in". It feels like it kinda sunk in. When the controller is shaken it makes a clicking noise (not the buttons, it is from the analog stick). The left stick is lower than the right, but both still work. Why is this? Is the analog stick just placed lower in my gamepad. Also when I pull the analog stick up it clicks. Thanks!
Have a question?? The 2 tiny ribbon connectors 1 on top on the left side of the wide ribbon and the one on right next to the left analog stick connector. The tiny grey plastic clip that holds the ribbon in place. How do you reconnect them if you accidentally knock them off while lifting them. Unfortunately I didn't find this good video on disconnecting them till after I had to guess. All the other videos skipped pulling those off so I had to guess. Needless to say I didn't guess right.
This is harder than I thought it was going to be. I was hoping to do a shell swap, keeping my black buttons to a white Game Pad, but me and ribbon cables don't mix too well...I'm still going to at least try.
I’m wanting to replace the housing shell, front and back and maybe the battery but this all looks so hard and terrifying lol. I may try it but I’m nervous. I’ve never done anything like this at all before.
I bought the screen linked in the description, does it have the digitizer or do I need any extra work before I put it in?
Hey jerry I followed this and was able to replace a screen with our instructions. I was only stumped with the screen itself, because the part I got was odd, It worked out in the end because I knew what I was doing, but if possible could you go in depth on the actual separation and replacement of the screen? Thanks!
Always cool to see gaming hardware, any chance of a ps3 at all. Now I'm getting a next gen I'm really looking to mod mine. Good work as always man, keep it up:)
I got one on my shelf. Ill try to tear it down sometime this week.
Thank you it helped.
love the game pad thanks