Wii graphic card issues?
10-23-09, 01:30 PM
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Wii graphic card issues?
So last night I turned on my Wii for the first time in months and noticed some flickering and lines going across the screen. I tried different connections and even tried my older component cables and still had the same problem. Is there a chance that the graphic card is starting to fail? Does anyone have any other suggestions? Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance.
10-23-09, 01:44 PM
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Re: Wii graphic card issues?
Not my video, but does it look like this?
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If so then you've probably got the typical overheating GPU in standby mode problem:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/6067712-post18.html
I believe you'd have to send it to Nintendo to get it properly fixed, not sure how much that would cost. Mine does the same thing.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HNX27MOUMik&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HNX27MOUMik&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
If so then you've probably got the typical overheating GPU in standby mode problem:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/6067712-post18.html
I believe you'd have to send it to Nintendo to get it properly fixed, not sure how much that would cost. Mine does the same thing.
10-24-09, 03:23 PM
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Re: Wii graphic card issues?
Yes, exactly like that. Except mine doesn’t have that many lines going thorough it just yet. Which means I can look forward to it getting worse over time 
That just sucks. I guess I'm SOL then. I should have just unplugged the damn thing since it doesn’t get used months at a time.
So does anyone know if Nintendo still warrantees that type of repair?
That just sucks. I guess I'm SOL then. I should have just unplugged the damn thing since it doesn’t get used months at a time.
So does anyone know if Nintendo still warrantees that type of repair?
10-25-09, 02:30 AM
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Re: Wii graphic card issues?
Oh shit. I haven't turned mine on in months. But I think the Power Button is Red so I don't think it's actually in Stand By. Maybe I should just unplug it.
