wiiconnect24/hot console issues

I just hooked my Wii up to Wiiconnect 24 earlier today and i've notcied a few...strange things about the Wii. First and foremost, my Wii is hot. I've heard that it's normal for the Wii to be warm when connected to WC24, but how warm is normal? Cuz my hands were cold, and i rested them on my wii for a few moments to warm them up. Right now it's unplugged. Also, the light on my Wii isn't green or red, but yellow. I guess that's normal because my friend's Wii also displays a yellow light, and he's always connected to WC24. Finally, every time I turn the console on or off, it makes a noise like I'm inserting or ejecting a disk, even though I'm not. I doubt that's normal, and it only started after I connected it to online. Any openions? Is this stuff normal?

Everything you just stated is normal.  Look in the manual, the light is yellow when connected to WiiConnect24.  It does that noise when you turn the Wii on because it reads the disc, and it's supposed to get that hot.  If it gets too hot to touch, then it's a problem :wink:.

Oh no! Your Wii is going to explode!!!

 Nah, you should be fine. The Wii is naturally toasty. :D

curl up with a nice toasty Wii (lol that was a bad choice of words)

ur normal its normal for it to we warm and all that stuff you said 

Warm is fine... HOT is not. If you think you may be running too hot, there are cooling fan attachments you can buy that run off of the USB ports and run while the Wii is off. Or, you know, just turn off WC24. Mine runs pretty warm... definitely thinking about getting the fan add-on just to be safe. Some people here will tell you otherwise, but there HAVE been cases of damage due to overheating on the Wii. Of course, if this happens Nintendo will repair it free of charge, but you have to send the console in for a couple weeks.

 I usually have whatever game I've been playing in the console, but I have noticed that if no game is in it, it makes some pretty loud noises when turning off/on. This is normal, don't sweat it.

Yellow light means Wiiconnect24 is on. Red means full standby (or "off") green is on.

It's normal for the Wii to get warm.

Light:

Green- on

Red- off

Yellow/ orange- stand by mode(off but wiiconnect24 is on. This means that its off but it is updating your channels).

NO light at all- Not plugged in.

Warm is fine... HOT is not. If you think you may be running too hot, there are cooling fan attachments you can buy that run off of the USB ports and run while the Wii is off. Or, you know, just turn off WC24. Mine runs pretty warm... definitely thinking about getting the fan add-on just to be safe. Some people here will tell you otherwise, but there HAVE been cases of damage due to overheating on the Wii. Of course, if this happens Nintendo will repair it free of charge, but you have to send the console in for a couple weeks.

 I usually have whatever game I've been playing in the console, but I have noticed that if no game is in it, it makes some pretty loud noises when turning off/on. This is normal, don't sweat it.

Yellow light means Wiiconnect24 is on. Red means full standby (or "off") green is on.

decepticondevil

Oh no! Your Wii is going to explode!!!

 Nah, you should be fine. The Wii is naturally toasty. :D

Toribor

Oh no! Your Wii is going to explode!!!

Nah, you should be fine. The Wii is naturally toasty. :D

Toribor

good one

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Warm is fine... HOT is not. If you think you may be running too hot, there are cooling fan attachments you can buy that run off of the USB ports and run while the Wii is off. Or, you know, just turn off WC24. Mine runs pretty warm... definitely thinking about getting the fan add-on just to be safe. Some people here will tell you otherwise, but there HAVE been cases of damage due to overheating on the Wii. Of course, if this happens Nintendo will repair it free of charge, but you have to send the console in for a couple weeks.

 I usually have whatever game I've been playing in the console, but I have noticed that if no game is in it, it makes some pretty loud noises when turning off/on. This is normal, don't sweat it.

Yellow light means Wiiconnect24 is on. Red means full standby (or "off") green is on.

fmobliv06

To be honest, I'm not 100% positive if it also runs while the console is on, but I would assume it does. I heard there were some major problems with the fans made for the 360 causing damage to the console, but from what I have read on the Wii coolers, there haven't been any reports of any of them doing so. There's a few on the market right now, ranging from a simple unit that plugs into the back of the Wii to a cooling base that replaces the vertical stand and not only cools the Wii but also lights up in a blue glow similar to the light on the front of the Wii.

As far as noise, I've read that the Intec one is a bit noisy, but not too obnoxious.

I'm kind of waiting for this one to come out; http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802630

It's normal for the Wii to get warm.

Light:

Green- on

Red- off

Yellow/ orange- stand by mode(off but wiiconnect24 is on. This means that its off but it is updating your channels).

NO light at all- Not plugged in.

brownthrilla