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Old 07-23-2007, 09:52 PM  
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right, my lil'bro's Wii's memory card slot A isnt working. when u insert a memcard in it, Wii shuts down and wont start before memcard is unplugged. B works fine, but u cant use it for Gc games. The slot had a problem earlier where memcard got stuck and had to be pulled out with blood, gore and violence ;( fixes, anyone?

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Old 07-26-2007, 08:48 PM  
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Any time I try to access the Weather or News, I get the message "Wiiconnect24 is currently turned off."

I'm running v2.2u. Wiiconnect24 is on, Standby is on. The date/time are correct. The internet connection (wireless) is working fine. I can access wiishop without any issues. I've accepted the user agreement numerous times. Any ideas how to fix this? I've read a lot of people have this problem, have yet to see a solution. I took the battery out, waited 5 minutes, still the same problem.


I tried the following steps, still yielding the same result:

1. Turn on Wii.
2. Back up your game saves to SD card.
3. Turn off Wiiconnect24 in your settings.
4. Turn off Wii. Unplug Wii.
5. Take out battery in back of system.
6. Plug in Wii and turn on system.
7. Make sure Wiiconnect24 is still off and format Wii memory.
8. With battery still out, turn system back on and setup all your settings.
9. Turn on Wiiconnect24 and check to make sure your news channel and forecast channel will again update and run as normal. Don?t forget you will have to set up your internet connection and time and date settings again.
10. Turn off Wii. DO NOT UNPLUG.
11. Reinstall battery.


CMON NINTENDO, wake up and realize this is an ongoing problem with users!!!!
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Old 07-29-2007, 02:33 AM  
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Disc will not eject

Hi, I tried searching this forum, but with so many posts it was hard to find the answer.

My WII will not eject the disc that is in there. Any tips on getting the disc out. The drive only makes noise like it wants to eject but it just cant.

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Old 07-29-2007, 07:38 PM  
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Happened once to me.
A hardboot (took power cable off) solved the problem.
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Old 07-30-2007, 12:10 PM  
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The other day on RE4 I started up the file I'm at and was gonna play around without saving. I sold a bunch of my weapons and treasures really fast and then bought red 9 and uprgraded it and blacktail all the way as fast as I could. When I got out of merchant screen the whole tv screen went black and made a noise like a maybe some kinda alarm. Couldn't turn off wii so I had to unplug it. I reapeated all of that about 3 more times and the same thing always happened. So I finally tried that stuff but when I was buying and selling I went a little slower and nothing bad happened.
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Old 07-30-2007, 12:16 PM  
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The other day on RE4 I started up the file I'm at and was gonna play around without saving. I sold a bunch of my weapons and treasures really fast and then bought red 9 and uprgraded it and blacktail all the way as fast as I could. When I got out of merchant screen the whole tv screen went black and made a noise like a maybe some kinda alarm. Couldn't turn off wii so I had to unplug it. I reapeated all of that about 3 more times and the same thing always happened. So I finally tried that stuff but when I was buying and selling I went a little slower and nothing bad happened.

This has happened to me before but not during RE4, I was in the internet channel and it froze up and made a really annoying high pitch long beep. I tried to shut it like you did and had to unplug it aswell. I really wonder what caused this. Maybe a memory overflow. Ever since the wii has been working fine though. I really want to know what went on still
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Old 07-30-2007, 07:37 PM  
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theres a GC disc stuck inside my wii and i cant get it out the eject wont let it out idk what to do ):
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theres a GC disc stuck inside my wii and i cant get it out the eject wont let it out idk what to do ):

Try resetting your Wii (button below power button) while the console is turned off. If the disc will still not eject after that, send the Wii to Nintendo, they will return the Wii and the GC game.
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:15 AM  
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wiimote always says its out of batteries

Hello all,

Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. I got the wii about a month ago and everything was fine up till now. The wiimote that came with my system is acting funny. I was playing wii sports as usual yesterday when it told me that my batteries were low. I had a second wiimote so I took the batteries out of that one and put them into the one I was using (yes, I realize now that I could have just used the other controller) it indicated that it had two bars of power left. I thought that should last me about a couple hours at least. After about 15 mins i get the warning that the batteries are low again. Now I knew something was wrong so I took the batteries out of the one I was using and put them back into the one I took them from (I apologize if I confused anyone) now the batteries in my second controller is indicating the it had all 4 bars. I swapped them several times and ended up with the same result. My original wiimote says the batteries are dead but my other wiimote says the batteries are fine.

Has anyone gone through this before. Would appreciate any help.

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Old 08-14-2007, 04:41 AM  
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I've had a couple of "lockups" and in both cases, unplugging the unit from the wall corrected the problem.
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Old 08-15-2007, 12:30 AM  
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Hi, I'm new to these forums! OK, here's my problem.

I just recently discovered a wierd "flaw" in my wii. Whenevr I play a wii game, there are these strange "pixelated" lines going down the tv screen whenever I go to a place that is really bright on all my games. (For example, I go near fire in Twilight Princess and the lines show). I know for sure that it isn't my TV since it does the same thing on multiple tv's. I tried blowing on the connection cords and cleaning my my game discs (even though it does it when I play on any of my games). Those little lines really bother me when they appear suddenly when I enter some sort of bright area in a game... Everything else works perfectly though. The thing is...this just started happening right after the new wii update... >.>

Do any of you know what the problem is? Should I contact Nintendo and maybe try and send it in for repairs? I don't want to see streaks of blurry lines when playing SSBB or Mario Galaxy. It's just so annoying... :P

Please help someone..
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Old 08-19-2007, 06:22 AM  
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Hello all,

Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. I got the wii about a month ago and everything was fine up till now. The wiimote that came with my system is acting funny. I was playing wii sports as usual yesterday when it told me that my batteries were low. I had a second wiimote so I took the batteries out of that one and put them into the one I was using (yes, I realize now that I could have just used the other controller) it indicated that it had two bars of power left. I thought that should last me about a couple hours at least. After about 15 mins i get the warning that the batteries are low again. Now I knew something was wrong so I took the batteries out of the one I was using and put them back into the one I took them from (I apologize if I confused anyone) now the batteries in my second controller is indicating the it had all 4 bars. I swapped them several times and ended up with the same result. My original wiimote says the batteries are dead but my other wiimote says the batteries are fine.

Has anyone gone through this before. Would appreciate any help.

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Like all problems, resort to hardware troubleshooting first then call Nintendo!

(If they won't replace the Wii-mote...)
Like most common battery operated devices, they are installed by means of spring compression. I would suggest starting there and inspect the tabs and spring coil connectors for damage, along with possible corrosion. Chances are delicate cleaning and/or "re-stretching" may resolve this issue if it's simply a bad connection. (Note: Weak connections and corrosion between the circuit can create resistance that in turn lowers the overall power output.)
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Old 08-24-2007, 03:26 AM  
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I have a Wii remote issue and I haven't had any luck finding a solution, any help would be great. Just bought Wii today and played Wii Sports about three hours when remote stopped swinging on bowling, baseball, tennis, etc. Other buttons work fine, and tried resyncing several times. Batteries are good, any suggestions?
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Old 08-31-2007, 02:43 PM  
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*sigh* So many problems reported here. It doesn't exactly fill me with confidence!!!

Ok, so at the end of July I bought a brand new Wii, it had a couple of days use and then sat idle due to a family holiday. On our return it worked for a couple more days and then it locked up. Both remotes showed all the blue lights and no longer would they communicate with the console. Despite numerous efforts they wouldn't resync and we were unable to use it at all. We took the whole lot back and exchanged it for a new one.

We have been using the new console for about four weeks. Now all of a sudden the second remote isn't working properly. It will control the menus and there is SOME movement of the cursor in the games but not full control. For example: It is not possible to select a game in Super Monkeyball because it wont show any sideways movement. In the hoop game it is possible to move the arrow from side to side but not to lock it down and throw the hoops!!! I have tried several Duracell batteries to no avail and the sensor is fine, I have done the led test. I am now looking to find the receipt to take the spare remote back.

It isn't connected to the internet. It just plays games....sometimes.

At this point I feel inclined to package up the console, spare remote, all three games and charger and send the whole lot back for a full refund as I really do not want to be dealing with a new problem, on average, every three weeks for something I have spent three hundred pounds on!!!

Is there an issue with reliabilty generally does anyone know? Also any thoughts as to what the problem with the remote might be appreciated
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Old 09-01-2007, 05:05 AM  
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One of my wiimotes has developed a problem wiuth the rumble. It is very soft, and the wiimote rattles now. My other wiimote rumbles much stronger. I replaced the bateries to no avail. I haven't dropped it or anything to damage it....anyone else have an issue with this?
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Old 09-02-2007, 09:34 PM  
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Ok so when i turn on my wii and am at the wii menu it has a buzzing noise, But when i go to a channel or something it isnt that loud. please help me
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Old 09-03-2007, 01:42 AM  
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After i did the latest update nothing would work,,, LoZ TP came as an error, no channels worked, but it fixed itself after i turned it off for a bit lol
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Old 09-03-2007, 11:04 PM  
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A new problem ?

Ok don't know if this has ever come up but in my browsing of the site i didn't see it.

So here it goes. I've tried this a few times in different scenarios, but i will be playing a game where it doesn't matter what i am doing but the Wii will just reboot. I'll be playing a game, the screen goes black and begins to reload the game like i just turned it on. This has also happened while being in the channels like news and weather.

My firmware is as up to date as it will get. My case is modded to Crystal LED Blue. The problem started to occur recently.

Any thoughts out there ?
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