Wii U won't turn on, red blinking light

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Meelow on 08 June 2016

So I haven't played my Wii U in about over a month and I decided to finish a game today and it's not turning on, the red light just keeps blinking red, i unplugged it and it didn't work.

Of course this happened to me a week before E3.

Can anyone help me please?

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Metallox on 08 June 2016

It's a common issue.

https://shittastes.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/wiiu-red-flashing-light-my-problem-and-how-i-fixed-it/

If none of the fixes work, you know it's time to send the machine to Nintendo.

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Platina on 08 June 2016

I haven't come across this issue, but you can try reddit or the link posted above ^

https://www.reddit.com/r/wiiu/comments/3xb6mp/my_wii_u_wont_turn_on_and_theres_a_flashing_red/

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Meelow on 08 June 2016

Someone said I should leave it unplugged for a few hours so that's what I will do, hopefully it works!

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Barkley on 08 June 2016

I've never had a Nintendo Console that broke, that's one thing they seem to get right hardware wise. Hope you can fix it.

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jnk6 on 08 June 2016

wait a sec i know your problem, i am at work atm but i will post solution in few hours. Got same problems month ago, easy to fix. just wait till im home

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Lonely_Dolphin on 08 June 2016

Red blink of death!

But seriously that sucks.

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Peh on 08 June 2016

Barkley said:
I've never had a Nintendo Console that broke, that's one thing they seem to get right hardware wise. Hope you can fix it.

Me neither.

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ohado on 08 June 2016

jnk6 said:

wait a sec i know your problem, i am at work atm but i will post solution in few hours. Got same problems month ago, easy to fix. just wait till im home

unfortunaly you got banned. So cant help OT anymore. Bad luck for him, he should thank the smart mod that banned you ;)

I hope he can fix his wii u even without your help.

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