Wii is artifacting

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#1 Cronaroth
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Hey-my Wii is artifacting on random games and its never done this and ive had it over a year now (mine's a launch unit). Any clues on whats going on?
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#2 Popadophalis
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artifacting? what do you mean by that?
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#3 necorium
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yeah.. i don't follow. pls explain
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#4 efchou
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artifacting? what do you mean by that?Popadophalis

He means that the video corrupts somewhere on the screen, it could be that the video card GPU or the system CPU is running hot (more than likely GPU), or a bad code interface with the driver on the game's behalf...does this happen with all games or just a few? There's two options to try: unplug it for about 10-20 minutes and let it cool off completely and then try again, or try to run the wii in an open space where there is good airflow (if you dont already).

Hope that helps!!!

(I just hope that it isn't a corrupt video card, I am sure it is not...maybe a recent update from Nintendo caused this? (they might include new video drivers from ATi too))

ATi is sometimes notorious for artifacts appearing (especially in linux with their sh!tty fglrx drivers that are closed source)

Example of artifacting: (Notice the corrupted graphics on the screen :D)artifacting

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#5 Cronaroth
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yea its not that extreme. but Ill try what you suggested out. The game I first noticed the problem was the Bleach fighter.
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#6 blingchu55
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There was a gpu problem awhile ago, it caused static on the screen. Maybe your wii has it.