http://www.friday.com/bbum/2007/02/18/wii-...software-issue/

does anyone have this symptom?

It's like noise all over the screen image. I've tried with normal composite cable and component cables. both happens to be the same. it just that composite cable doesn't show the pixels so obviously.

it's happen to me, but only component has this symptom...composite is crystal clear but still blur in game...turn out mine not hardware problems, but actually my LCD TV give the problem...but test on other LCD TV seems ok...so I don't know what to say at this point, why only my TV not have this problem...not fair!!!

2 stories i've heard regarding an issue like this :-

1) certain model of Samsung LCD TV
2) GPU of the Wii overheating

so far i suspect it's the 2nd.
i'm using sony trinitron. doesn't have problem like this when i use my ps2 with component vid.
sigh.... i've just called bernard shop. seems like alot of ppl are suffering the same problem.

gaming wise it's not effected. all i can say for now is just pretend that it's not there.
i'm ok with zelda but resident evil is to obvious.
sigh....

anyone else without the problem?
i am having the same problem too

not too obvious though

i haven seen this on my wii yet

well... to me i haven't really notice it until u use component cables and playing games with dark environments or busy textures in the bg.
fog could shows quite alot too.
the zelda for instance shows up in the title screen. while in game not so obvious.
for ppl who use composite cables might not notice it at all.

Mine would be no. 1 problem...I'm using Samsung LCD S7 32 inch series and definetly has this problem...tested on other Samsung model seems ok..!!!
about no.2, maybe small percent will occur as I already tested 2 different wii on my TV and it give the same problem also...

This post has been edited by prominen: Sep 2 2007, 09:14 PM

I'm using crt tv...using normal av cable, no prob there

I am using component with sony lcd 46"
it looks fine to me.

hmmmm

How do you refer to "noise" in these cases..

The only problem I ever had with my Wii, is that some games like Resi 4 Wii Edition, and GCN Animal Crossing would display small white horizontal lines through the whole TV. Very noticable on black background.. But it only occurs once in awhile, and from what I gather, GCN emulation?

Quite scary wan these lines.

graphical glitches = first signs of 3ROD hardware failure... oh wait that's the 360

hmm... madmoz could be correct... 3ROD = Heat prob, rite?
Those with graphical problems~ Do u guys leave ur Wiis with Connect24 on 24x7? <-- Orange Light

Used to, not anymore. Updates are unworthy. Message Board still works.. Only if you excessively use News Channel should you have WiiConnect24 turned on.

like me from the first day bought already happen...

i still put orange light, but hearing all these syntoms from you guys, i think its time go back to green red light

I think its not advisable to keep the Wii on standby, it heats up excessively. I think its because the FAN is off but the Wii is still working. Kinda a design flaw IMHO.

Hearing about these heat issues, do you guys keep your wii inside your TV cabinet? Because i keep mine on it, out in the open, next to the TV, 24 hours standby mode, and there isn't any overheating at all.

well i kept mine on the open with a aircorn blasting on it most of the time. But I think I should consider about on standby mode

nub... feel the heat on the bottom of ur wii(when laid horizontally). It feels more than warm~

IMO, its the wifi adapter heating up~ ouch!~! really bad part used. Cause in statements, the Wii on standby uses really low power. :dizzy:
Why does a part using only minimal power heats up so badly... Its really a myth~

not advisable to have any eletronic devices under extreme change of temperature, i.e. blasting ur Wii with aircon.

'cos by doing so, u r making ur Wii, really cool, the moment u turned off ur air-con, ur room temperature will rise, and condensation kicks in, and ur cold wii will be wet.

remember... that applies to all ur electronic devices.

use fan better.

I've just sent it in for repair. see how it turns out. going to take a week.
sigh.

mine doesn't.

hmmm, well i cant do anything, cause air corn is living room, tv n wii as well

haha, u do have a point about extreme temp changes
maybe buy those usb fan? anyone got it?

bro, in theory maybe you correct. but i already forget about thermodynamics
(cannot comment on that) . So i just give simple example. I never see any server room (computer) using
fan... all using aircon. I means good company@firm..not that lousy one...

even we (my company) advised customer to run our machine in air conditioned room.
TESTED and PROVEN to make your stuff (especially electronic) to last longer and prevent
damage.

fan also can cool down the temprature but it have one drawback -> dust

so i don't think using air con can spoilt electronic stuff


*spoonkin

It is a good practise to have air con in your room living room.

p/s : but remember, to much air con not good for you health either

This post has been edited by saiga: Sep 4 2007, 01:11 AM

Those supposedly "server room" air-con are ON 24x7,
so in essence, there's no extreme temperature change. Its cold all the time.

Not like our house air-cons, we'll switch ON only when neccessary, OFF when not in use. rite?


oh.. and btw nub... u sure ur Wii doesn't feel warm when u leave it on standby(with the orange light)?
cause I'm pretty sure every Wii-owner has this complaint.

This post has been edited by Dragonflyz: Sep 4 2007, 01:18 AM

I believed u've mistaken my statement...

I'm not saying air-con will spoil your electronic devices. I'm saying CHANGES of temperature DRASTICLY will cause CONDENSATION, which may/will WET ur electronic devices.

& u've oredi said it...SERVER ROOM.

ALL Server room is 24x7 aircon environment (I nvr come across any server room isn't 24x7 air-conned) ... no drastic change of temperature.

and YES, u & ur company did the right thing by advising ur clients to run machines in an aircon environment.

however, we are talking about home here... which is not like office, i.e. 10-12 hrs air con.

you are right. One day I was messing around my consoles and foudn the wii to be incredibly hot. It really gave me a fright there as I've never experienced the wii at such temperature even after some extensive game play. Ever since then I disabled standby and never had the wii connected to the net unless done manually.

I've played MP3 for about 12 hours straight and the wii did not exhibit any sort of artifacts.

well mine was not hot even in orange mode, but still finding time to switch the orange mode off.

oh saiga, about getting sick, i am sick now....

........

There's a simple 1 wire mod out there that will keep your wii's fan turned on even when standby, but only if wiiconnect is enabled.

hey, I found another problem to my wii...when Im using composite, plug all 3 input yellow red white to TV, the image seem ok...but when I pull out one of the audio input whether it is white or red, the image started to noisy...it even worse if pull out the two of them...I have tested on CRT and LCD same problem occur...can anybody verify this by testing ur wii...I want to make sure whether it is hardware problem or something else...

This post has been edited by prominen: Sep 4 2007, 01:15 PM

*UPDATE*

the wii indeed gets very hot when in ORANGE mode. Even under an aircorn
suggestion to switch it to RED mode for longer life

LAWL

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Sep 4 2007, 05:10 PM

Hmmm.. My wii also having same temperature issue, but got some extra issue. When my Wii heat up, it tend to have the DVD spinning flickering sound.

Do anyone have this problem also? Not quite sure if its the DVD media problem, because found out that some game media diff quality build than other... ( i am talking about ori game )

yup mine also suffer the same problem...but it happen sometime only...quite annoying it is right...

Question, can the local game stores repair this problem?
I want to get it fix but I'm not sure how. Send it to Nintendo? I doubt it...

Please help, I'd appreciate it thanks.

kfc> where did you send it to and how'd it go?

I had some graphic artifact/glitch issues (lines on the screen) when using 480p mode. Turned out it was the '3rd party' power adaptor. I used back the original power adaptor (requires a voltage adaptor) and the artifacts dissapeared. Those cheap-a** 3rd party power adaptors are not shielded properly.

I think I read somewhere that Wii actually have a second ARM9 CPU that handles the WiiConnect24 (sort of like that Killer NIC). The main Broadway CPU is put offline on standby.

As for graphics artifacts, same experience with zainframe. The only time I experienced that was when I was going into 480p mode with a "imitation" adapter. Switching back to the official adapter on a stepdown mitigated the problem, leading me to believe that the problem is caused by lack of power from "imitation" adapter.

I have my Wii in a horizontal position. It is well ventilated (not inside a cabinet, but sits right under the 19" TV). I often leave it on short standby periods (<1 hour). The unit barely feels warm, no heat issues.


This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 31 2008, 11:53 AM

Sorry im new owner of Wii

After playing for quite some time on my WII , i can feel one side of my WII is hot

After finish playing , i usually off it and also plug out the socket from the wall .. isit adviseable ?
Or should i stay in standdby mode if im not using my WII at the moment ?

the one side of the wii's hot is normal, if u study the wii design, the other side is just the disc tray....

i heard it's possible to leave ur wii on standby 24 hours, after all there's no actual power-off switch for the system anyway. i guessing it's safe to operate it like my CD player.... 24 hours on standby (the red LED light is constantly on)

Pull out socket is a good idea, double protection from lightning storm when you not home or asleep. I do that at night before going to sleep or before I go out of the house.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 31 2008, 03:40 PM

Okay thanks for the advise

So again can the local game stores fix this artifacts problem?

You need to find the cause of the artifacts problem, apparently for me and zainframe the source of the problem was the imitation/third party power brick, and there was nothing to fix- the problem went away when I switched to ori power brick with stepdown (after some furious modding of converter head- somehow my instinct told me it was the third party/imitation brick's fault).