Who leaves their Wii on

dark samus · 11-15-2007, 10:40 PM

i have a fan for my wii, loud, but i know it's worth the noise

TennisLord · 11-15-2007, 10:42 PM

I want a fan for mine

dougydan · 11-15-2007, 11:12 PM

i alwas leave mine on standby its kinda fun to see when u have a message from your freinds and no the pixies come from the usb slot in your will and kinda steal your tv untill you awae (have you never realised how much your electric bill is?)

TennisLord · 11-15-2007, 11:27 PM

My parents always get mad at me for constantly turning off lights but it saves them money so I don't see why they get mad.

zapasant93 · 11-15-2007, 11:59 PM

meh, ide go either way, i do it from time to time

phillepino · 11-16-2007, 12:00 AM

it's on standby only, it will never over heat. Unless you put a stove next to it.

heymoe99 · 11-16-2007, 01:28 AM

there was an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (or someone in nintendo, actually i think someone from nintendo on G4TV, which has gone bad since MTV took over...) within the past year. He said something like.. "with the on 24 hour a day lifestyle we are in, we designed the Wii to do just that, be on 24/7/365." They also were talking about some of the other disign challenges and styling that went into the Wii. They wanted to make it the size of 2 DVD cases tall, use less power while on than the GameCube (which it does), ect...

WiiConnect24 always on for me.

another useless piece of knowledge, a PC uses the same amount of energy as a 100 Watt light bulb. it's the tv's and monitors that suck some power.

TennisLord · 11-16-2007, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by heymoe99

there was an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (or someone in nintendo, actually i think someone from nintendo on G4TV, which has gone bad since MTV took over...) within the past year. He said something like.. "with the on 24 hour a day lifestyle we are in, we designed the Wii to do just that, be on 24/7/365." They also were talking about some of the other disign challenges and styling that went into the Wii. They wanted to make it the size of 2 DVD cases tall, use less power while on than the GameCube (which it does), ect...

WiiConnect24 always on for me.

another useless piece of knowledge, a PC uses the same amount of energy as a 100 Watt light bulb. it's the tv's and monitors that suck some power.

Thanks for the info

NintendoGamer · 11-16-2007, 03:59 AM

Alrigh thanks a lot mines is horizontal though, i think its fine though for now, I am moving it soon

Mr.Herron · 11-17-2007, 07:36 PM

Mines always on standby.

Why the hell would nintendo create standby if the wii was going to overheat.

In other words.

It wont over heat.

Sylux · 11-17-2007, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Flower

I do. I love to see that blue light when I get an update!

Ya it's like getting a Christmas present

Nintendo93 · 11-17-2007, 10:47 PM

I leave mine on standby without Wiiconnect24 (red light) all the time.

Master777 · 11-18-2007, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by KaosAssassin

Ever since I connected to the internet it has been on standby unless there was a power failure

Unlike some of you though I don't think the blue light is hypnotic and I hate it when I wake up in the middle of the night to find it's on cuz then I have to get up turn the Wii on, find out why it's blue turn it off and go back to sleep

LOL!!! I hate the blue light when it comes on in the middle of the night. It would be better if they gave the updates during the day, like around noon or whatever.

LinksDarkSide · 11-18-2007, 06:28 AM

The blue light is awesome! I love watching it transition brightnesses. Bright... Brighter... Bright... Brighter...

poler132 · 11-18-2007, 07:11 AM

my wii is retarded the orange light dosent work anymore

craigkillercraig · 11-18-2007, 07:19 AM

Mines on 24/7, but I took an extra precaution and bought a cooling fan.

LinksDarkSide · 11-18-2007, 05:49 PM

Mine is on pretty much all the time. They never overheat, because they are not like Xboxes with the awkward shape that lets it overheat and melt. (Yes, I have a friend whose Xbox melted.) The engineers at Nintendo designed it so that it will never overheat unless placed on a TV set or something hot. That's also how they designed the gamecube, with it's shape it allows natural airflow without noisy fans.

jsampona · 11-18-2007, 05:56 PM

I just got the Wii, and my disc drive is not taking the disc. It's like the motor runs, but it keeps spitting the disc out. Does this happen to anybody?

Masta-J · 11-18-2007, 06:07 PM

i leave my wii on standby and if anyone's over-heats then i think they'd be the first

as for the wii ejecting the discs i think u should check if ur putting the discs in right, look at the troubleshooting guide in the wii book or cantact nintendo for help

Twerk_Ferg · 11-18-2007, 06:51 PM

Mine stays on standby, it stands vertical, and I love the blue light cuz it means I got messages from my cool wii pals. (ok.. 2 wii pals, big whoop, wanna fight about it?

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