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takkxyz on 14 July 2007

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=wii_tech&message.id=85784

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xdWnsw3Yckc (not mine, I have green artifacts)

As titled, so turn off your Wiiconnect24 before it's too late.

 

Why do I mention this? Because I too have noticed green artifcats after buying Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, I am in the process of calling and gettinig it repaired, I'll update as repair progress.



I am a PC gamer, and also have a NDS now, but without access to a Nintendo Wii until End of 2007.

Currently playing: Super Smash Brothers Brawl(Wii), Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer(DS), Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS), WiiFit(Wii)

Games Recently Beaten: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Normal; Very Hard after the next DLCs become available)

1 word: RTFA

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llewdebkram on 14 July 2007

Here we have 3 Wiis on 24/7 and no problems at all so far.

Nice to see Nintendo doing their bit for global warming!



DonWii on 14 July 2007

I left it on only one night, and noticed that it got hot. I was not going to take chances, especially since I see no reason to have it on 24/7, so I disabled it, so it would go on stanby rather than Wiiconnect24



CapAmerica on 14 July 2007

No problems here yet, I've had mine on 24/7 since day launch.



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CapAmerica on 14 July 2007

oops double post.



Currently playing:
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"Lesbians, Better then eMail."
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Lafiel on 14 July 2007

once artifacts show up it only gets worse - I killed one of my graphicscards like that (by overclocking .. well it already was 2 years old at that time so I wasn't overly sad about it dieing)



takkxyz on 14 July 2007

Yeah, the artifacts are especially noticeable during fog scenes, and a part of the begining intro. The support/phone line is pretty busy so I just sent an e-mail instead. Hope they get some firmware update soon to prevent this problem.



I am a PC gamer, and also have a NDS now, but without access to a Nintendo Wii until End of 2007.

Currently playing: Super Smash Brothers Brawl(Wii), Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer(DS), Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS), WiiFit(Wii)

Games Recently Beaten: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Normal; Very Hard after the next DLCs become available)

1 word: RTFA

Explosivo on 14 July 2007

When you say on 24/7 do you mean grean light or yellow light?
Because, I have on standby all the time, and had no problem. But is it better to have Wii24Connect in off mode?
Because I don't use my wii for mails, and internet updates are not send very often.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 14 July 2007

Its probably a limited problem, just keep your Wii in a ventialted, cool area and it shouldn't be an issue



 

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takkxyz on 14 July 2007

Just turn off your standby mode, Wiiconnect24 can be on with green light, yellow light have the same status as green light except the cooling fan isn't running, which "seems" to be where the problem is.

BTW, the damage is permanent after overheating, so you need to get your Wii repaired or replaced if you notice it.



I am a PC gamer, and also have a NDS now, but without access to a Nintendo Wii until End of 2007.

Currently playing: Super Smash Brothers Brawl(Wii), Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer(DS), Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS), WiiFit(Wii)

Games Recently Beaten: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Normal; Very Hard after the next DLCs become available)

1 word: RTFA