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  • @SkippyTheSkeptic I have a question, i wanna try to call customer service but i live in the Philippines? we dont have the UPS

  • WTF was this about!???? Im looking for a "How to fix an overheated Wii" video and instead I get this jaggoff tellin me how to call the freakin customer service number!!!! What kind of B.S. is this???? FOH!!! Kill yourself!.....NOW!!!!

  • Thanks for the help man!

  • Easy fix. Unplug it. Wait till it's cold. Plug it back in.

  • I am using a separate power supply for a cooling vacuum system I developed. Can'y use the wii without it.

  • @ninja77657 me to bs right

  • right lolz

  • That "lost christianities" book looks interesting...

  • bleach shattered blade has it reeely bad

  • Overheated Wii? Fix it by not buying the most shitty video game to ever exist.

  • What if i live in brazil and have an hacked wii?

    im pretty much fucked

  • idk if it overheated or not but a while ago it was working now when i plug it in it doesn't even have the red light on

  • Good vid, thanks

  • when im playing the wii it turns off on me it gets hot on the side does that mean its overheating

  • U r so nerdy it want to vomit

  • Thanks man, I really appreciate the video. Very informative.

  • wait what if the warranty is expired?

  • My firend broke my wii and my dad is blaming me and my wii is overheated need help need to fix it for free to

  • hello im having a problem with my wii i am not exactly sure if it is an over heating problem when ever i am playing a game i can play for a few hours but then it will say the disk is unreadable but if i wait till the next day i can again play for a bit untillm the disk becomes unreadable again

  • I'm not sure if my Wii is overheated or not. What happens to my Wii, is that every time I play Call of Duty, it automatically ejects the disc. I need help, and FAST.

  • I have a softmodded wii and I have this problem, and my warranty has ran out so to me this video is useless.

    Also if you have this problem you should go on free running the game, the hole screen is practically flooded with little black pixels its horrible.

  • Hey Skippy, my Wii is having the exact same problems that your video is describing. One thing you didn't mention tho is the cost of repairs. My Wii's warranty expired a while ago. Is this the kind of thing that Nintendo will still fix for free?

  • Hey Skippy, my Wii is having the exact same problems that your video is describing. One thing you didn't mention tho is the cost of repairs. My Wii's warranty expired a while ago. Is this the kind of thing that Nintendo will still fix for free?

  • I don't think you can save your Wii save games to an SD card...?

  • Actually, they transfer the Virtual Console License to the newer Wii now.

  • hi...my wii overheated...like its dead..it wont turn on...mario party is stuck in there :( ... what is the cheapest way i can fix it...(i dont want ot do it myself)...i looked online but i dont trust them...plzzz help i love my wii

  • just get an intercooler!

  • Any intercooler that actually draws power from the Wii itself can damage your system even more. Worse yet, if NOA figures out you've been using one (Some early models would sometimes leave distinctive scorch marks on the case) , they consider your warranty to be voided because you "modded" you Wii.

    That's a risk I'm not personally willing to take, although I'll admit that I know some people who use Intercoolers and think they're the best thing since toast.

  • Hi, my wii is overheated and full bricked i want to send it for repair but are they delete all save games and other stuff on my wii?

  • I'd recommend backing up your saves to an SD card. As I recall, and honestly this was a couple years ago, I had to re-download my Virtual Console games when I got my Wii back. (I didn't have to pay for them a second time, I just had to download them again.)

  • Nintendo said that they cant repair my full bricked wii they wont give me a new one for free but i dont want a new because all my saves friends and other stuff is gone then....is there a way to get the saves from a broken wii on a SD card or something else???

  • If you have any softmodding/homebrew data installed you will most likely either get it sent back with a fee or be asked to pay more to have it fixes due to the software modifications.

  • Haha yeah, ok. A cooler add-on only draws additional DC current that can, in RARE cases, deprive the systems components from obtaining their needed electrical current to operate functionally.

  • @SkippyTheSkeptic no you cut your wii in half and put it in a blender and make a freaking smoothey with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • @SkippyTheSkeptic Remove your videos now you bitch fucking bastard retard!

  • u dont get it go ask gamestop idiot

  • He has the same problem as me

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    I need help too. PLS help.

  • me too what can i do to fix it?

  • i just found out my sister leavs the wii on all night evry night now it wont turn on at all plz help me

  • did u un plug and plug back the power cable from the wii?

  • Yell at her.

  • yeah well my wii works perfectly fine but in super smash bros brawl or melee don't do the black hole glitch. it fry's your gpu and makes your fan go crazy plus you can't get your game out because of what are clled death clicks. it clicks when you try to get your game out or turn it on.

  • I was looking for a "real" repair guide and found this. I cant belive I actually wasted 6 min. of my life watching this stupid video on how to ship a Wii.

  • i have never heard of a wii overheating so whatever i didnt c anything

  • now can nintendo transfer your data to a new wii?

  • Go die.

  • damn, go fuck yourself

  • DUDE I AM SO WITH YOU!

  • i've got absolutely no image ever but sound works... don't think it's a problem with the tv, since it's worked before and the wii doesn't work on other t.v's either

    is this an overheated gpu?

  • Dead GPU probably, not neccisarily oveheating. Also, check your AV cable

  • or reflow the GPU

  • i just bought the Nyko inter cooler for my wii works like a charm

  • thank it helped alot  but the conduits comming out and dk if i should turn it in

  • what is this has to do with wii overheating!!!!!

  • Holy fuck dude shut the fuck up... yam yam yam yam yam, I appreciate the help but damn. You'd have to be a complete idiot for all that talking to be useful.

  • just buy a new wii :s

  • what do you do if your wii is making noise everytime, i intert a disk or its loading. it never did that before.

  • its just spinnig the disk and reading it

  • I had the same problem, wasn't very far in, but it was there, appearing in Pokemon Battle Revolution, Zelda: Twilight Princess and Super Smash Bros Brawl. After a while with WiiConnect24 turned off, they went away.

  • you mean those lines?

  • HE may be a geek but what does that matter ??

  • yeah i have the artifact problem it started over two months ago after i bought cooking mama it started giving me the ((lines of death)) is which i call it since i couldn't come up with anything else for it. I thought i really did something bad it was scaring me but now seeing this and knowing the problem i feel so much better. Skippy thanks for making the video. now i know whats wrong with my wii. no more being scared

  • Sega Dreamcast never had these problems.

  • can you help me? my wii like will start up and go to the health and saftey thing and then i says press a so i do and it wont go to home screen it just will still show the dumb healtth and saftey thing like blured into the screen.......then i try that unplug thing and it still dosent work...can you help me??

  • I sent mine in i had the same artifact problem

  • my wii always heats up from using wi-fi while its off,doesnt seem like a oroblem

  • yeah my wii overheats and it shuts itself off,red light and all,i unplug it and plug it back in and the red light comes on again but is very hot,sent it to nintendo to fix it,got it back and still have the same problem,bought a cooling fan station for it,havent had any problems since,it just sux i have to listen to the irritating fan noise it makes cuz it's a cheap third party device!

  • get a girlfriend skippythevirgin

    (i am a nintendo wii fanboy)

  • hey man, good stuff and all, but wtf? what about USPS? (United Stated Postal Services)ppl are always saying UPS i guess thinking they're friends with USPS, and they're not. sorry to complain but my bitches about this day and night so it is natural to me to bitch about it. USPS does deliver on saturday, and UPS doesn't. . . . So you'll have to wait until monday.

  • i hav a cooler

  • Does anyone know how much they charge for repairs if the Wii is no longer under warranty?

  • wii rules

  • ive dropped my wii a few times :(, and now it sounds like the fan isn't running and it will vary from running fine to 30 minutes will that be an easy fix?

  • I have a question. Does the WII overheat as much and as fast as the 360?

  • the wii hardly ever overheats mine hasn't overheated at all yet

  • gest get a  ps3. u will be very happy + thay last way longer

  • Im not planning on. I don't like Sony, plus I have the 360.

  • y did u get a 360 ? when u know that u or going 2 get rrod + ps3 last way longer and u can play as long as u whot.

  • any 360 from the year 2008+ or with some specific code on the box has the same chance of getting rrod as the ps3 getting red light. I don't wanna get into talking which console is better.

  • so that is nevery right?

  • the reason the xbox gets its overheating is because of the design fail of the graphics chip being to far away from the fans and its hot air stays in the system update can change that

  • ur wii overheats becaus eu aint giving it a breathin room when i aint playing it i put it nxt to tv but wen i am i put it on chair in an open space or a table or sumfin as long as its go tlots of space

  • you can find your serical number on the box

  • When I turn my Wii on it'll go to the wii menu as usual, some of my games work and some of them don't, besides Mega Man 9 I have downloaded onto the system none of the virtual console games work. Now Here's the question, is my Wii overheated too, or is it a different problem?

  • So does anyone know A).what caused the overheating and B).if it has been resolved with the consoles manufactured in 2008?

  • My Wii is messed up, when i play a game i could only play it for like 3 to 5 minutes then my Wii shuts off .? what do i do?

  • maybe is overheating check the ventilation of the console

  • If you turn your wiiconnect24 off can you still play some games on wifi?

  • WiiConnect 24 just makes your Wii sit around and constantly ping out to the internet for system updates and messages when it's in Standby mode. You can play in WiFi even if WiiConnect 24 is disconnected.

  • yes, but there are some channels that are unaccessible without WC24 but turn it off if you want ur wii to be safe.

  • i have a wii and i wiiconect24 but what the f is it

  • When it overheats does it show those Lines on the screen? Cause mine did that last night and didn't do it now.

  • Can someone plz help???? ok my wii has this wierd glitch were when i try to play a game it has a wii loading screen and goes back to the wii menu plz help!

  • oh my god no one can spell it's a joke

  • dumb boe my wii dunt do that and ive had it since release date

  • Actually, it overheated because the fan doesn't activate when the Wii is "sleeping" and searching for updates off the internet. If I played it all the time,the fan would have run more and it wouldn't have overheated. It's kind of ironic, isn't it?

  • They need to make systems as cool as the game cube and N64 was. I used to sleep with that system on, wake up the next morning and play it sometimes. But those were my grade school days. One time I left it on when I was at school and I didn't know it. It worked just fine when I got back home. I turned it off though because I went outside.

  • I know they generated less power, but still. They need to keep the powerhouses of today as cool as those systems stayed.

  • how menny of you have a wii and broke b`cuz i dont know what to get` the xbox360 and ps3 overheat

  • ok good.. after i left my wii connect on for like.. all the time im always thinkig why my wii is so warm :( so i turned the wii connect off

  • =0 When my Wii is off, should the power button be red or yellow?

  • UltyMario1337 The Wii Power Light Should Be

    Yellow When Its Off But Plugged In.

    Red When Its Youst Unplugged And Replugged.

    And Of Course Green While Playing.

  • the yellow light is when it's on stand-by on wiiconnect24...

  • If I leave my WiiConnect24 on all day, will it overheat?

  • That's what happened with mine, but it's my understanding that that the overheating issue is more along the lines of a manufacturing error associated with a relatively few units rather than an endemic hardware flaw. That is to say, it probably shouldn't be a problem unless you got really lucky and got a magical lame Wii like mine.

  • My Nintendo Wii's Wiiconnect24 is not working and I can't do any Wiiconnect24 related stuff like send or recive any Wii mail... what am I gonna do about this... =(

  • send it back to nintendo

  • You won't lose any virtual console games!!! You just have to redownload them for free.

  • What is wrong with you, Skippy?

    i asked you something and i get no answer

  • the told me it would take 16 business days

  • same here

  • me 2

  • take it back to the shop and say thta i want a refund

  • I have a Playstation 3 and 2 Xbox 360 systems, i will NOT sell them for a Nintendo Wii !

  • you know you can sell ONE of your xbox 360 for a wii is more cheap than you think the ps3 it's more expensive that a wii

  • it dosent work for the virtual console or channels

  • do you think that i should buy a wii ? cause on youtube people got a lot for problems with them . please some one answer to me

  • yea i think u should i have had 1 for over a year and have had no problems just keep it in a well ventilated place and if it still overheats just buy a wii fan stand from gamestop. I have 1 just because it keeps my wii cool and it have an awesome blue light shining under it.

    -Robsie2300

  • i got the same one. no problems with mine

  • just think about ok 100 poeple have a problem how many wii have been sold lots lots more, the chances that it will do this is like 1 in a million

  • i bought my wii . and im fine :) no problems

  • my wii dead on me i coldent play eny games so i sent it to get repered

  • learn to spell, retard

  • get a life dipshit

  • Get a dictionary, pleb.

    But well done on the improvement of your spelling. Next you need to work on some punctuation. :P

    *goes and gets a life*

  • You forgot about the part where they wanted you to attatch a note onto the wii console itself. :)

  • I wasn't asked to to do that. Keep in mind that this video was made like a year ago. The procedures may have changed slightly by now.

  • I kinda noticed that like, xD after i posted the comment :P

  • dude.. i can't copy mk and brawl on an sd card :/

  • well its ok it only pop ups when i don't do anythin when i play it goes away but its not serious

  • wait i just hav like tiny little black spots really little ones is dat ok? cuz my friends said if u repair it ill lose my data and i don't want 2 lose my SSBB and mario kart wii save=(

  • Tiny black spots popping up during gameplay sounds a lot like the problem that I had. I didn't lose any data at all when I sent my Wii in, but to be fair I didn't have any non-transferable saves on my Wii at the the time. If I were you I'd just ask the customer service rep about it when I called Nintendo. I would suspect that they have some way of moving your saves from one Wii to another.

  • can you please answer my question

  • Um, I would think that as long as the air intakes aren't blocked by the cloth there wouldn't really be a problem, but I have to admit that I really don't know. Wiis are white anyway, so they don't attract dust nearly the same way that a black system like a PS2 or PS3 does. (Seriously- My PS2 is in a much more sheltered place than my Wii, but it always has far more dust collected on it)

  • my mom broke my wii its been 3 months to be repaired

  • thanks for this. They said my Wii could take 11-16 buisness days to repair. Do you know if weekends are buisness days for them?

  • hey do you know if your wii is already fried from overheating if u send it in can they fix ur wii or if they give you a diffrent one can you get your memory back from save games and ur wii freinds if they give me a new wii because i never had that stuff backed up and i dont want to lose it

  • i have a sd card its 2 GB i tried to save super smash brawl and my loz twilight princess but it said it couldnt be save do u know wat the problem might be

  • I don't about Twilight Princess, but SSBB saves can't be copied at all, even just to back them up on to SD cards. (Mario Kart Wii and the Rayman games are the same way.)

  • o ok well thanks for the info. great vid by the way

  • I always have a piece of cloth hanging on my Wii, to protect it from dust.

    Will that do any norm?

    Please answer!

  • but what about miis. will they be deleted? Plz respond.

  • Hi i'm having a problem with my wii.

    When i was play Guitar Hero 3 for 2:20 min i check the temp of my wii and it seemed like i been playing for 5 hours. Now when i play my wii for 1 hour the temp is really hot above normal, it's still working, i think it's the built in cooling fan that is busted, sould i buy an Nyko Intercooler and call Nintendo?Anyone with the same problem and fix it can you help me cause i'm scared that my wii will eventually overheat and break

  • I can only speak to my experience - legend has it that some early Wiis had a defect (possibly a solder bridge) that caused the Graphical Processor to overheat because of heat from another part if Wii Connect 24 was left on while the Wii (and the fan inside) was shut off. Leaving my connection on while the Wii was off would leave my Wii -hot- to the touch. I would contact Nintendo ASAP.

    Customers should have no obligation to buy extra hardware because of a Nintendo manufacturing flaw, IMO.

  • I called Nintendo and since it din't shut down automaticly when i was playing, they said don't put the console on carpet (since mine is on carpet). But sould i still buy a cooler for the wii? Like just in case. Thanks for your help.

  • Will nintendo screw you over if you wiis warranty is expired. cos my wii is a year and abit old but the problem surfaced about a month ago.

  • I have my wii connect 24 on all the time. I play on my wii loads but a day after i had played on my wii for 6 hours and then 5 hours my wii froze for the first time. Is this because it overheated. Anyway i bought 1 of those wii docking station fans which helps keep it cool. I just wanted to know if this has happend to any1 else.

  • OMG NICE GLASSES

  • wiis dont over heat. do they ? how much do you play your wii?

  • is when Wiiconnect24 is running and running but the cooling is not on. so it overheats

  • thankx for the tip cos my wii connect 24 is on this minute. must not leave it on.

    thanks alot m8

  • very informative cool!

  • This happened to me and l called tech support and the woman actually told me not to believe what l see on other websites, just because someone else (besides nintendo) says lt doesn't make lt true. after all that she sent me a mailing label via e-mail to be printed out. Pretty easy process, though lt was by fedex. Fedex even gives you a number so you can track lt online to see where lt ls as lt travels. Didn't get any options just had to send lt in. Plus they add a year to the warranty.

  • hey Skippy, i know y it happens and its preaty distrecting, but will it get better if i turn off wii conect 24 and turn wy wii of?

    plz respond, Thanks

  • If only, man. The artifacting is apparently caused by actual physical damage to the inside of the Wii. As far as I know the only way to fix it is to send it off for repairs.

  • hey Skippy, i know y it happens and its preaty distrecting, but will it get better if i turn off wii conect 24 and turn wy wii of?

    plz respond, Thanks

  • im worried about sending my wii to nintendo because I dont want my memory to be erased because I have a lot of stuff on SSBB

  • they have good support and wont do it, but just incase back it up as they might need to just replace the console as it might be cheaper for them.

  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl cant be backed to an SD card. I have unlocked tons of stuff in that game. Well it only took me a month I can do it again xD!

  • This suxx!!!

    I thought you would bring a real solution!

    what a waste of time...