Does Anyone Not Have Problems With Their Wii?

I have noticed at least three or four different threads relating to Wii hardware problems. I've had mine since August and its never done anything out of the ordinary. Am I supposed to expect something to happen (knocks on wood)? I've played through Mario Galaxy, Zelda, Metroid, Wii Sports, SSB Melee and then some. I even left my Wii on for several hours to unlock a character for Melee. How long to people usually play their Wii's before it starts showing signs of hardware failure and what are the best ways I can avoid possible problems? I really, really don't want my Wii to crap out on me at 12:05 a.m. on January 9th... (knocks on wood again). I nearly had a heart attack on September 25th when I came home to play Halo 3 and my Xbox wasn't turning on. (I figured out quite fast that it wasn't the xbox because the tv wasn't turning on either. Turns out my friends pulled a prank by switching the circuit off in the living room... **** holes.)

Anyway, again I'd like to ask if there are any ways I can avoid a potential hardware problem? My 360 is trouble enough.

problems umm . .. the biggest problem ive ever had was turning on a game n it was frozen on a black screen but i just turned it off n restarted it n the game was fine so i didnt think anything of it .. but thats it ! =] duffham

That does tend to happen to me a good bit.

never had a problem but then again i have never had any problems with any of Nintendo's consolescreativeminded

I've never had problems either apart from my own accidents!! I accidently dropped my Wii and the eject button got stuck and i once left my GC on the floor and my nephew urinated in it while switched on! Part from them 2 Boobies iv never had one problem from any Nintendo console ever!! Oh yeah the same Nephew who urinated in my GC now owns my other GC lol.

not bad from owning Snes, N64, GB, GBAx2, GBDS, 2x Wii's, GC.

You dont wanna see my Sony Line up of whats broken but that is not the subject lol.

I'm assuming you just call Nintendo up and register your Wii for the warranty right?

Anyways I've never had any problems with my old Nintendo consoles... I think SNES is still to this day the most reliable console ever made.

Well mine drinks alot and sometimes hit's me when I haven't downloaded a VC game in a while but it says it's sorry and I love my Wii. On a serious note I have only come across errors maybe 3 times since I've had it. (I got it at launch)

I haven't seen any glitches or black screens or any problems like that on my Wii, but is there the possibility of it overheating?ShadowCR21

There is possibility of overheating with any electronics. Just keep a few inches space on all sides and you should be ok. The unofficial consensus on overheating at the moment is that it likely occurs from NOT turning your Wii on for a long period of time, but keeping WiiConnect24 on. The active connection slowly heats up the Wii, but there are no fans running to vent the heat. Like I said earlier, this is just a possible cause, it may just be a simple manufacturing defect in some consoles...who knows? But if you go to youtube and search for Wii artifacting or Wii overheating, you'll find several examples.

No problems here, Nintedo knows how to make a system. My NES is almost 20 years old and still works.

[QUOTE="creativeminded"]never had a problem but then again i have never had any problems with any of Nintendo's consolesCheazie

I've never had problems either apart from my own accidents!! I accidently dropped my Wii and the eject button got stuck and i once left my GC on the floor and my nephew urinated in it while switched on! Part from them 2 Boobies iv never had one problem from any Nintendo console ever!! Oh yeah the same Nephew who urinated in my GC now owns my other GC lol.

not bad from owning Snes, N64, GB, GBAx2, GBDS, 2x Wii's, GC.

You dont wanna see my Sony Line up of whats broken but that is not the subject lol.

lol

I seem to get a few unusual small gliches when playing VC games, I'm not sure if they're that common or not. Normally happens when playing Zelda OoT, I open the home menu and small black dots start appearing. When I choose to go back to the game, a blank screen appears for a few seconds but then goes back to normal.

Besides that, I've had an overheating problem where the system shuts down completely at random times. Rang up Nintendo and were great help, all I needed to do is grab a toothpick and clean the ventilation fan, which saved me from sending it away which I was gonna do. Happened a few days before Metroid Prime 3 came out as well, oh yeah!