Does your Wii sound like a buzzsaw? Check this out!

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#1 PlurrBear
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I've just been told by a customer support supervisor that the extremely loud buzzing noise MANY Wiis are producing is "not a known issue". When I informed him that a quick Google or YouTube search would show more than enough evidence he replied, "I bet I could Google 'Elvis is Alive' and there would be a lot of results as well." So...am I crazy, or is this a legitimate issue? If the sounds your Wii makes have been compared to rusty hair clippers and/or heavy machinery please post and let me know!
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#2 Mike885
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No, but i've seen this a lot on youtube and heard lots of complaints about it. Is your wii the one having problems?

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#3 AlexSays
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Mine sounds fine.
So...am I crazyPlurrBear
I'd keep every option open.
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#5 lil_speedy_rvd
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mine doesnt do noises. BUT my fan goes really really loud as soon as I put a disc in, and stops as soon as i take a disc out or play a VC game.

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#6 Kcdragon8116
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I just had to send mine in because it stopped reading discs. It had been buzzing loudly for months, and finally just stopped working.
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#7 bob_newman
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Mine just started sounding loud this year, but thnx to recent developement I no longer need my discs to play my games.

-Oath
What do you mean?
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#8 clicketyclick
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[QUOTE="-Oath"]

Mine just started sounding loud this year, but thnx to recent developement I no longer need my discs to play my games.

bob_newman
What do you mean?

Clearly, all he means is that due to the recent development of VC and WiiWare, there is no need to buy retail discs in order to have a ton of games to play, and he doesn't mean anything about illegal stuff no way, right Oath? :D
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#10 MetalSonic803
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My Wii on occasion will make loud noise but it doesn't happen enough for it to be a problem.

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#11 elbert_b_23
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i have only had my dreamcast that ever been loud
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#12 MuppetusG
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The only noise issue I experience is in CoD:WaW where the disc is always active in-game, but it's certainly no chainsaw effect I'm glad to say . When you say "MANY Wii's are producing this problem", do you have any sources to share out of interest? Is this issue confined to the Wii's that came off the production line first, or one's you can buy in the shops now?
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#13 TAKE_IT_BACK
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My Wii was buzzing for a while, and then it broke on me. If you're still under warranty, you should be able to get it repaired for free.

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#14 CcJj09
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mine doesnt do noises. BUT my fan goes really really loud as soon as I put a disc in, and stops as soon as i take a disc out or play a VC game.

lil_speedy_rvd

Same for me. As soon as I puta disk in the fan gets really loud. Sometimes it queits down after awhile, but most of the time its really really loud.

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#15 nintendoman562
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It used to happen to me, it went away eventually.

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#16 George_M
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I've just been told by a customer support supervisor that the extremely loud buzzing noise MANY Wiis are producing is "not a known issue". When I informed him that a quick Google or YouTube search would show more than enough evidence he replied, "I bet I could Google 'Elvis is Alive' and there would be a lot of results as well."PlurrBear

A Nintendo CS rep actually said that? That's pretty funny, but surprising. I bet they must think all kinds of stuff better left unsaid.

So...am I crazy, or is this a legitimate issue?PlurrBear

Those things aren't mutually exclusive.:D Anyway, if there's a disc in my Wii's drive it'll make a pretty loud click whenever I load the main menu, but otherwise it's pretty quiet in use.