Broke the front panel cable that connects to the motherboard on the Nintendo WII but everything seems to still work. Any ideas what it does?

SOURCE: My Nintendo Wii isn't working

If it's like that with all games it's almost certainly broken, call Nintendo if it's still under waranty.

SOURCE: Nintendo DS hinge broke

You can find the info for replacing the shell here:
http://site.powergamingparts.com/RepairNdsl.html

SOURCE: Can't get my Wii to connect to internet via LAN Adapter.

Hello,
First thing to verify is that your using the licensed wii lan adapter, then you can go to www.nintendo.com and click on the support link to look up the error codes your getting. Have you called into nintendo to ask if you have a compatible router? may want to try that as well.

SOURCE: Nintendo wii black and white screen

take it to nintendo. that happened to me 5 times

SOURCE: Nintendo Wii works fine on standard tv but not on hdtv.

FOUND THE PROBLEM !!!!! The problem appears to be the Freeview somehow interfering with the Wii signal. When the aeriel lead is removed the Wii works fine, and the audio/visual signal is great. When the aeriel lead is in I have the problems. I hope this solution proves to be of use to anyone else having similar problems.