Wii problems

[markymark]

As suggested by Starscream, this thread is for all the poor mofos out there who encounter cataclysmic problems with their new baby. Post your woe here and see if anyone can offer advice or at least a little eSympathy

This was me yesterday...

Originally Posted by me

Aaaaand guess whose Wii is now refusing to play the Wii discs.

Just sat down for an epic bout of Zelda and the Wii was making a bizarre sort of clicking sound. It told me there was a problem and i needed to refer to the troubleshooting. Troubleshooting consisted of clean disc/insert correct way, so I called the helpline. The chick put me through the same rigmaral until I convinced her my discs surfaces were immaculate. I told her the Wii was simply just refusing to play Wii discs and had tried Sports, Play and Zelda. It seems to be reading the GC discs though. Anyways, the question was seemingly beyond her so she's getting back to me.

For fecks sake. Not even a day old.

First up I'll just point out that the Nintendo helpline is really just a line... you'll find little to no help by calling it.

Secondly, my problem was seeimngly remedied by moving the Wii away from my big ass Yamaha amp. I literally had it sitting about a cm away and I tried moving it a bit and the discs started working again. I have no idea why an amp would stop a ROM from functioning and literally have no effect on any other function, but it seems it does. So I moved the Wii to the opposite side of the room

So to recap, if you are having disc read errors, try moving the Wii away from all your other electronic equipment.

UPDATE: My Wii went into the read error death throws again last night just as I was sitting down for a big Zelda session again. After a flurry of anger, I calmly turned the unit off and went to bed. Tried it again the next morning and it still wasn't working so I resolved to take it back.

The Nintendo helpline chick had told me I would have to have it sent back to Nintendo to be inspected as to whether it was my fault or not. Screw that. I took it to EB with the intention of getting a replacement or refund if they had no stock. And if they gave me crap I was going to demand to invoke the 7 day return policy. But the dude was super cool about it and gave me a new unit. Apparently I wasn't the first to return mine for the same reason. I'd looked on the net earlier as well and it seem to be happening a little bit.

Anyways, it seem EB have a 30 day replacement dealy with the console if anything's wrong, after that it goes back to Nintendo for repair/replacement. So if anyone is having any of the trouble I was having, get it back to the store quick. Only problem is you'll lose your number, save games, VC games etc. But for the sake of a functioning console, it's worth it

Speaking of which, everyone whose added me will now be communicating with a dead Wii I'll repost me number when I'm sure the new unit is sweet and try to PM everyone.

Now, back to Zelda.

PS Thanks to 5 and Hotaru for the pep sympathy. Youse guys helped me through my darkest hour

[borgster101]

That is a strange problem mark, solution was just as strange, good idea for a thread btw :thumbsup:

[markymark]

I know. That's why I'm pesimistically expecting the problem to reoccur. But until it does, Wii on!

[S_Sail]

It was probably the magnets in the Amp.

[clone_6119719]

Ok this is not a major issue just a strange one, I've been playing my Wii most of the day and this evening I was giving my niece a game of golf (shes 6 and beat me at bowling) and I sat thru the instructions. When it was time to have a hit the Wii wouldn't register mii pressing the A button. I cancelled and reentered the game pressing A to get back and then it happend again. So my A button was working just not when I wanted to swing. I had played golf earlier with no problems. Anyone else had a similar experience?

[TrinityJayOne]

This isn't a problem per se, more of a **** up. Over the last 30mins of Zelda-ing, the little speaker in the Wiimote has been getting a lot more distorted/choppier than usual (it occasionally slipped up previously, like if two sounds tried to play at once). Fast forward to now and it's pretty much stopped making sounds altogether. Hopefully EB will give me a replacement tomorrow even though I didn't buy the console insurance. If not, off to Nintendo Australia it goes.

[Gutsman Heavy]

trin, remember that little 7 day return thingo? use that. and re-buy one. Should work...

[Conky]

Originally Posted by TrinityJayOne

This isn't a problem per se, more of a **** up. Over the last 30mins of Zelda-ing, the little speaker in the Wiimote has been getting a lot more distorted/choppier than usual (it occasionally slipped up previously, like if two sounds tried to play at once). Fast forward to now and it's pretty much stopped making sounds altogether. Hopefully EB will give me a replacement tomorrow even though I didn't buy the console insurance. If not, off to Nintendo Australia it goes.

Have you tried the batteries?? Sound might be the first thing to go.

I wonder who will replace their supplied batteries first

[S_Sail]

Originally Posted by TrinityJayOne

This isn't a problem per se, more of a **** up. Over the last 30mins of Zelda-ing, the little speaker in the Wiimote has been getting a lot more distorted/choppier than usual (it occasionally slipped up previously, like if two sounds tried to play at once). Fast forward to now and it's pretty much stopped making sounds altogether. Hopefully EB will give me a replacement tomorrow even though I didn't buy the console insurance. If not, off to Nintendo Australia it goes.

Have you tried it out on Wii-Sports or reset the game?

[UC1]

Originally Posted by TrinityJayOne

This isn't a problem per se, more of a **** up. Over the last 30mins of Zelda-ing, the little speaker in the Wiimote has been getting a lot more distorted/choppier than usual (it occasionally slipped up previously, like if two sounds tried to play at once). Fast forward to now and it's pretty much stopped making sounds altogether. Hopefully EB will give me a replacement tomorrow even though I didn't buy the console insurance. If not, off to Nintendo Australia it goes.

This is actually a very common problem. You gotta just turn the volume down on the wiimote.