My Wii won't turn on

It has the red light like if it was turned on, and I press the button and nothing happens like if I wouldn't be pressing it at all. Any ideas?

It has the red light like if it was turned on, and I press the button and nothing happens like if I wouldn't be pressing it at all. Any ideas?

DrSalvador24

do you usually leave it on standby like when the yellow light is on? because I know you have to hold the power but on the wii for a few seconds to actually turn it off (red).

No nintendo support in my country, gonna try unplugging it

Damn, I finnaly bought a Gc memory card to play GC games and this happens, how lucky am I :x

After you press the power button, try pressing any button the Wii remote. If the four lights flash for a bit then only the first one stays lit, then the Wii is on but you're not getting any sound or video for some reason. If the four lights just keep flashing, then the Wii isn't on at all and your problems are bigger. :?

Have you tried ejecting the game that's in it, or if there isn't a game in it, have you tried putting one in? That's another test you can do to see if the Wii is actually on or not. If the disc drive ejects or accepts discs, then the Wii is on, or it will turn itself on in order to accept or eject the disc.

My brother had a Wii when it launched and his did the same thing. We just unplugged everything and left it out overnight and then plugged it in the next day and it worked. We heard something about the standby mode (yellow light) overheating the console so we always turn it off now. You might try that and if that doesn't work, Nintendo has great customer support.channtheman1

mmm yeah, I'm gonna try this (it was in standy by). thanks to everyone who answered!

[QUOTE="channtheman1"]My brother had a Wii when it launched and his did the same thing. We just unplugged everything and left it out overnight and then plugged it in the next day and it worked. We heard something about the standby mode (yellow light) overheating the console so we always turn it off now. You might try that and if that doesn't work, Nintendo has great customer support.DrSalvador24

mmm yeah, I'm gonna try this (it was in standy by). thanks to everyone who answered!

can anybody help me? I just got my Wii, and when I tried to turn it on, the wiimote nor the button would work, and everything is plugged in correctly, sensor bar working Wiimotes synced, and the red light was on, and I already called Nintendo. Help?BobDaTom8o

How do you know the wii remote is synced? What lights are showing on the wii remote? If you're seeing just one light showing constant on the remote, then the wii is on. You might not have you're tv to the right station. If you're using AV cables, make sure you're tv is on the right AV/video channel. When the wii is on, it's light will be green. If it's staying red when you push power, then the steps mentioned already in this thread are the best answers I can think of.

Unplug it, and plug it back in, then press power. thats happened to me a few times...

Try plugging it into a different power socket. And make sure the circit breaker hasnt tripped. Its crazy I know, but it has happened to me before...