Wii graphic card issues?

[mattysemo247]

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.

[murray731]

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.

[Groucho]

I thought they released a patch to stop the GPU from overheating some time ago?

[mattysemo247]

Not my video, but does it look like this?

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?

[Giantrobo]

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.