overheating wii's

It's a defective heatsink it's not a design flaw and it was going to overheat no matter what.

I overnighted mine to them and then they overnighted it back and it took exactly one week but that includes a weekend and a holiday. I'm going to guess a maybe 7-10 business days if you don't send it yourself and wait for them to send you the label.

Sounds like you had a heatsink issue, but some may want to keep in mind that always having the WiiConnect24 on can also be a source of trouble for some.Yagami-Iori

I've had my WiiConnect24 on since I first bought my system several months ago and never had a problem with it heating up while the system was 'turned off'. The system was designed to be on 24/7... why would they design something thats gonna cause issues with the system, they are not Microsoft ya know :)

[QUOTE="Yagami-Iori"]Sounds like you had a heatsink issue, but some may want to keep in mind that always having the WiiConnect24 on can also be a source of trouble for some.dotWithShoes

I've had my WiiConnect24 on since I first bought my system several months ago and never had a problem with it heating up while the system was 'turned off'. The system was designed to be on 24/7... why would they design something thats gonna cause issues with the system, they are not Microsoft ya know :)

Well then kudos for you, yours islikemost of the systems out there, but some people (not me, thankfully) have had that problem. Just cuz it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

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[QUOTE="Yagami-Iori"]Sounds like you had a heatsink issue, but some may want to keep in mind that always having the WiiConnect24 on can also be a source of trouble for some.Yagami-Iori

I've had my WiiConnect24 on since I first bought my system several months ago and never had a problem with it heating up while the system was 'turned off'. The system was designed to be on 24/7... why would they design something thats gonna cause issues with the system, they are not Microsoft ya know :)

Well then kudos for you, yours islikemost of the systems out there, but some people (not me, thankfully) have had that problem. Just cuz it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

It's not environmentally friendly to leave the system on when not in use anyway. Always switch it off at the plug when not in use and not only save your wii but help save the planet too :)

The wii in standby uses far less power then a light bulb. It's just a few watts. They made the thing incredibly energy efficent. meimnobody

But switched off it uses no power at all. When something is not being used there is never a good reason to leave the power on.

I think nintendo should re-think the whole 24hour connection thing as it just doesn't encourage energy saving, which is something everyone needs hot on these days.

The only thing I leave on now is the freezer. Everything else is off at the plug when not in use.

It's a defective heatsink it's not a design flaw and it was going to overheat no matter what.

I overnighted mine to them and then they overnighted it back and it took exactly one week but that includes a weekend and a holiday. I'm going to guess a maybe 7-10 business days if you don't send it yourself and wait for them to send you the label.

Jaysonguy

You need to be alittle clearer on that statement that its a defective heatsink...its not a design flaw....

As far as I knew, pretty much everything we have(including the wii) is 'designed', per say. So, that means the heatsink was also 'designed'. Thus, I would assume it was a design flaw, as small of a component is a heatsink might be.

So, did you mean it was a minor design flaw, and not a major design flaw that would completely screw up the entire wii hardware?

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[QUOTE="Yagami-Iori"]Sounds like you had a heatsink issue, but some may want to keep in mind that always having the WiiConnect24 on can also be a source of trouble for some.philhilluk

I've had my WiiConnect24 on since I first bought my system several months ago and never had a problem with it heating up while the system was 'turned off'. The system was designed to be on 24/7... why would they design something thats gonna cause issues with the system, they are not Microsoft ya know :)

Well then kudos for you, yours islikemost of the systems out there, but some people (not me, thankfully) have had that problem. Just cuz it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

It's not environmentally friendly to leave the system on when not in use anyway. Always switch it off at the plug when not in use and not only save your wii but help save the planet too :)

Tech, thats wrong. Some things use more power to turn on and off than just leaving it on...Flourescent lightbulbs and pc's for example. So, leavign the wii on 24/7 might be more efficient than turning it on/off...(You will prob have to get the actual specs from N or onlien somewhere to verify the power the wii consumes leavign it on versus turning it on/off, esp if you do that alot.

Its not overheating its just really hot cuz of somethingSuperMario99

Wrong. This is the wii forum...

[QUOTE="meimnobody"]The wii in standby uses far less power then a light bulb. It's just a few watts. They made the thing incredibly energy efficent. philhilluk

But switched off it uses no power at all. When something is not being used there is never a good reason to leave the power on.

I think nintendo should re-think the whole 24hour connection thing as it just doesn't encourage energy saving, which is something everyone needs hot on these days.

The only thing I leave on now is the freezer. Everything else is off at the plug when not in use.

Where do you get your info from? Switchign somethign off doesnt use any power at all?? Really? You really think so? Wow, so turning a pc on and off or turnign a flourescant light bulb on and off doesnt use any power? You need to do more research before making thse types of accusations...or speak to someone that can expaln how it really works...

obviously, having something stay on 24/7 is doen to conserve energy, whether it is b/c of saving power when it is on or saving power instead of turning it on and off.

[QUOTE="meimnobody"]The wii in standby uses far less power then a light bulb. It's just a few watts. They made the thing incredibly energy efficent. philhilluk

But switched off it uses no power at all. When something is not being used there is never a good reason to leave the power on.

I think nintendo should re-think the whole 24hour connection thing as it just doesn't encourage energy saving, which is something everyone needs hot on these days.

The only thing I leave on now is the freezer. Everything else is off at the plug when not in use.

That's a little extreme. lol, I'm not going to go shut off my TV and everything at the switch. Might as well not even have a remote if you're going to have to go switch it on everytime you want to use it

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It's a defective heatsink it's not a design flaw and it was going to overheat no matter what.

I overnighted mine to them and then they overnighted it back and it took exactly one week but that includes a weekend and a holiday. I'm going to guess a maybe 7-10 business days if you don't send it yourself and wait for them to send you the label.

specialed

You need to be alittle clearer on that statement that its a defective heatsink...its not a design flaw....

As far as I knew, pretty much everything we have(including the wii) is 'designed', per say. So, that means the heatsink was also 'designed'. Thus, I would assume it was a design flaw, as small of a component is a heatsink might be.

So, did you mean it was a minor design flaw, and not a major design flaw that would completely screw up the entire wii hardware?

No, I mean it's not a design flaw period lol

The heatsink isn't connected to the board correctly on some Wii's and just like if you don't put enough paste between the processor and the heatsink on a computer motherboard it'll overheat the same thing happens on the Wii.

When my Wii went to the doctor they checked over the heatsink and all was good because the heatsink was placed correctly on the board the first time.

Any production process can have items that are defective. Anyone who has worked in manufactoring can tell you that. Sometimes an entire run of a product has to be ditched because it is defective either due to the workers, materials, machines on the line broke down etc. In consumer electronics a 3-5%failure rate for products that go on the store shelves is considered acceptable. Reason for the low failure rate is defective items that are produced are quickly trashed before being sent out to consumers. The xbox 360 had a 30-50 failure rate due to sloppy quality control, design flaws, incompetant factory workers. Since Microsoft wanted millions of xbox 360s and be the first to ten million shipped they cut a lot of corners to save money. It takes millions if not hundreds of millions to get a factory running. There is a lot involved. More then people would think.

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It's a defective heatsink it's not a design flaw and it was going to overheat no matter what.

I overnighted mine to them and then they overnighted it back and it took exactly one week but that includes a weekend and a holiday. I'm going to guess a maybe 7-10 business days if you don't send it yourself and wait for them to send you the label.

Jaysonguy

You need to be alittle clearer on that statement that its a defective heatsink...its not a design flaw....

As far as I knew, pretty much everything we have(including the wii) is 'designed', per say. So, that means the heatsink was also 'designed'. Thus, I would assume it was a design flaw, as small of a component is a heatsink might be.

So, did you mean it was a minor design flaw, and not a major design flaw that would completely screw up the entire wii hardware?

No, I mean it's not a design flaw period lol

The heatsink isn't connected to the board correctly on some Wii's and just like if you don't put enough paste between the processor and the heatsink on a computer motherboard it'll overheat the same thing happens on the Wii.

When my Wii went to the doctor they checked over the heatsink and all was good because the heatsink was placed correctly on the board the first time.

I see what you were saying now. If the heasink was placed correctly, then it woudl not have the problem. Got it. N just didnt place things exactly at the right distance and thus it causes some overheating. Just some human error in the actual putting o f the wii together.

hi. its bin 2 week and av still not got my wii back am starting to get a bit scaired