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Old 06-02-2007, 12:58 AM  
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ok my wii is dead, no power light what so ever, not even a red light, last time i played the system was like 3days ago and i downloaed streets of rage 2

make sure the outlet you are using has power, so try different outlets, make sure every cable is connected properly and if the power went out recently at your house and you don't have a surge protector, that might be a problem.

If this don't work, contact nintendo
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Anyone ever have their Wii's make motor noises while loading? It's such a scary sound.. and it only happens once in a while. Has this happened to anyone?

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Old 06-04-2007, 05:01 AM  
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I hadent played my wii for several weeks after I got it back from my sister, though I did play it several times at her place, and once or twice at mine before I Stopped playing it for a while.

My cousin may have played it and done something to it, I am not sure what the problem is.

When I hit "power" the light turns green then blinks and shuts off. Then it won't turn back on for a while, I switch plugs and it does it again. It managed to stay on for a little while (long enough to put all my game data onto an sd card), but now its not working again and I wanna play Super Paper Mario :-(

Is it broke, its not the plugs they work for sure since the TV is plugged into it, battery charger is plugged into the other one, and I tried one across the room that has nothing plugged into it and its doing the exact same thing.

May it have something to do with a Wii USB fan I bought at futureshop? It looks like a legitamite wii product. Should I take my wii to futureshop and say give me a new one NAO because I got the warrentee or is there something I can do?

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I've only had my Wii for a couple weeks, and already it seems to be dead. When I plug it in, the status light turns red. When I hit the power or eject button, it turns yellow for a second and then shuts off completely. After that, it won't respond to anything. If I unplug it and plug it back in, I can repeat this. I already had to send in my defective controller (the one in the box stopped working with a tilt issue), and now the console seems to be bricked. I haven't been able to find any references to anyone else having this problem... any suggestions, aside from mailing it off into Nintendo's black hole of a repair service?

It appears I am not the only person with this problem.

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Old 06-04-2007, 11:25 AM  
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Hii people, help!

My Wii keeps locking up and freezing even after 3 minutes of game play.

This happens during a game and sometimes a high pitch buzz comes through the TV speakers.

The freeze happens during games, when I enter the Mii channel and when I unplug the console to reset, the press 'A' button does not allways come up on the warning screen and it freezes again.

The air vent doesn’t seem to be blocked and the console was only purchased six weeks ago with this error happening over the last three weeks.

The Wii is not connected to the internet so I haven't downloaded any updates, if this is a problem can the updates be loaded onto the SD Card and loaded onto the Wii from there?

Had no response from Nintendo any idears?

Had nothing back from Nintendo.

Wii is now dead.

all i get is a green screen.

So be warned, If your Wii starts freezing regularly - then the end is near!
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Old 06-08-2007, 04:42 PM  
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Got a wii yesterday, second hand, but it came with a 3 year warranty so i wasnt worried. Began playing wiiplay and everything wokred fine, then i threw in a copy of Trauma Center played for a few minutes then it froze. Background music could still be heard, so i tried to reset it (reset button would not work, same with poer button) so i ejected the disc, and the music stopped. So i put the disc back in and the music of the scene just starts up again. this also happened with wiisports. So today I tried it again, it froze after 3 minutes, it was unplugged all nite, I felt the system and it was barely even warm. This happened in both the vertical and horizontal positions.
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Old 06-09-2007, 08:44 PM  
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Wii remote not working properly?

Only got my wii yesterday and everything worked A Ok! Now 2day the wife has been telling me that the motion senser on the remote isnt working properly, basically we only have wii sports and when playing golf/baseball/tennis/boxing you can not swing yet if you play bowling you can swing the bowling ball in the air?!

All the buttons on the remote work it's just the swing part that is not working properly. I have also gone into options and reconnected the remote.

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Old 06-10-2007, 03:59 PM  
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Be more specific with not working properly... I mean, in bowling and golf, it is not that easy as of tennis, you have to get the hang of it. But I'll say, play tennis and baseball, to see if its working, or if theres its a delay or just don't working at all...
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Old 06-11-2007, 12:41 AM  
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Got it working by giving it a good slap to the bottom
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Old 06-13-2007, 03:42 PM  
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You could hit the bottom, but it could dislodge a memory chip, causing damage that may not be covered by you warranty. I personally would go to the nintendo website and send a email to customer service.

The same problem happened to me a couple of months ago so I feel for you, If you do contact nintendo you probably need to mail the remote to them, that may be more expensive that just buying a wiimote. What I did was return the remote (I boughty an extra if you haven't figured out) and put in in the package. The Target store I went to took it without any hastle. That is the easy to fix you wiimote, remote, controller, etc.


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Old 06-13-2007, 04:14 PM  
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my wii's calender is all jacked up like it can never keep track of the proper day.
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Old 06-14-2007, 02:44 AM  
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no video

BIG PROBLEM:

I am unable to use my nintendo wii. had it since late january, and all of a sudden i get no video. my audio works fine, but i get absolutely no picture at all. its not the cord, tried several cords, all cords work on other wii systems. its the wii. i havent tampered with the thing, the audio/video jack looks fine, but when i plug the wii in all i get is audio. its frusterating because i cant figure out wether its firmware, or the A/V jack. does anyone out there have any ideas? PM me if youd like.
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BIG PROBLEM:

I am unable to use my nintendo wii. had it since late january, and all of a sudden i get no video. my audio works fine, but i get absolutely no picture at all. its not the cord, tried several cords, all cords work on other wii systems. its the wii. i havent tampered with the thing, the audio/video jack looks fine, but when i plug the wii in all i get is audio. its frusterating because i cant figure out wether its firmware, or the A/V jack. does anyone out there have any ideas? PM me if youd like.


send that shit back, but first try it on another tv
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Old 06-19-2007, 02:19 AM  
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send that shit back, but first try it on another tv

i tried on 4 tv's
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:42 AM  
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Component Video just... Died!

What with having an HD flat panel TV, I was using my Wii with an official component output lead. I spent a while watching stuff on Youtube, went downstairs, came back up, and the screen was showing "No Signal" but I could still hear the sound from the Wii menu. The TV still works fine.

I plugged the AV lead into the TV instead, that still works. The only thing that doesn't work is the component output, which sucks because the AV output looks really crap compared to the way it used to look.

A side effect I've noticed is that the Wii now runs considerably cooler than it did. Whether that indicates something that generates heat has stopped working or if the Wii has to work harder to run component video, I don't know. I don't know anyone else with a TV with component-in, so I'm going to get the lead checked tomorrow. Sounds like my Wii has a serious hangover

I suspect it may have overheated. I run it on it's side, but it's got plenty of room around it and it's on a dust-free glass surface. However, today was the hottest day of the year, complete with thunderstorms, so what with the heat and humidity, it might have been too much for the poor thing.

Anyone else had spontaneous component output failure?
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Old 06-30-2007, 02:47 PM  
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Plz can any one help
i hav had my wii since 8th december(uk) and 2day it broke i think
whn u turn the console on whn the health and safety screen whn i press A it makes a cracking noise and after about 30 seconds the wii menu comes up and makes a buzzing sound and everything is slow plz help
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Old 06-30-2007, 03:31 PM  
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Hey Folks,

I love my Wii, so much that I carry it around in its little wii box everywhere I go. Sadly, the bottom fell of the box and so did the Wii. I managed to slow its descent with my foot (ow) before it got all the way to the ground, but it hit it pretty hard.

The Wii got its top right faceplate corner a little flattened out and a small crack, but thats okay. The faceplate is now loose, it feels like I could take it off if I wanted. It does turn on and the channels all work (I don't know about the internet channel as I haven't ever gotten that hooked up) It no longer plays game discs.

I insert a disc, the wii itself, as if from an internal speaker, beeps once, waits a little bit, and then beeps many times. The disc channel will report that it is unable to read the disc.

What can I do? I doubt this is something covered by my warranty. What is customer service's likely response? How much/how long is repair? Is there someway to fix it myself?

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Old 06-30-2007, 08:46 PM  
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Mega Annoying Problem!!

Hi, i just bought a wii today with tiger woods 07 and it is perfect.....apart from one little anoying thing.

When i move my cursor/pointer into one of the corners of the screen, it go's jittery when i move it around. This only happens when i move it around in one of the corners and it happens mostly in the top left corner. Its less prominent in games, but the problem still exists.

If i go within a metre of the sensorbar, the problem is virtually non-exsistant. I have tryed everything, new batterys, re-sync, repositioning and i know about light sources and reflective surfaces.

Please HELP ME!!
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