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Ganoncrotch on 08 June 2016
think-man said:
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.

I used to work in the hardware trade in for faulty consoles at eb games. I can tell you Nintendo had alot of faulties, you have probably just been lucky, i even made a thread on it a few years ago.

Take one Kid, One Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS and the kids curiosity for how far open the screen can go.... *crack*



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Ljink96 on 08 June 2016
Meelow said:
I waited a few hours and plugged it back in and it's still not working :(

A couple of things to try;

  • Check and clear vents of any dust
  • Check the power sully is outputting the correct values
  • Try the console with nothing plugged in besides the power supply (including USB cables, memory cards, etc.)

Some success stories from wordpress:

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Same problem…different fix to those seen elsewhere.

Red flashing light. Tried all the above. No luck.

I took the little backup battery out then did a reboot.

Success.

Ps: battery requires you to unscrew the small panel on the side.


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It sounds like a lot of users are having success by removing the battery because it might be dead or faulty.

Or you could try blowing into the fan if you notice a lot of dust on the fan. Or use a blow dryer on high. So it's most likely a battery issue, dust issue, or motherboard issue. If you try the latter 2 and nothing works, you might have to send it to Nintendo. If it's still under warranty you can get it fixed for free. Hope you can get it working.



think-man on 08 June 2016
Ganoncrotch said:
think-man said:

I used to work in the hardware trade in for faulty consoles at eb games. I can tell you Nintendo had alot of faulties, you have probably just been lucky, i even made a thread on it a few years ago.

Take one Kid, One Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS and the kids curiosity for how far open the screen can go.... *crack*

We did repairs on most consoles, 3ds were always broken lol they consoles are made with quite cheap material that breaks easily 



 

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Ganoncrotch on 08 June 2016
think-man said:
Ganoncrotch said:

Take one Kid, One Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS and the kids curiosity for how far open the screen can go.... *crack*

We did repairs on most consoles, 3ds were always broken lol they consoles are made with quite cheap material that breaks easily 

The fact that the system has nothing really to stop you opening it beyond the point where you shouldn't... just asking for kids to *snap* them back too far, my nephew has murdered 2 DS style systems in his life.

 

Edit - The consoles still turn on after you do this... but they have a broken "neck" and don't really close properly ever again, it might not be murder but it's definitely making the system wheelchair bound for the rest of their days.



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bowserthedog on 08 June 2016

Your wiiu is officially mario'd!



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Ganoncrotch on 08 June 2016
bowserthedog said:

Your wiiu is officially mario'd!

Let'sa it go?



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Meelow on 08 June 2016
Ljink96 said:
Meelow said:
I waited a few hours and plugged it back in and it's still not working :(

A couple of things to try;

  • Check and clear vents of any dust
  • Check the power sully is outputting the correct values
  • Try the console with nothing plugged in besides the power supply (including USB cables, memory cards, etc.)

Some success stories from wordpress:

================================================================================

Same problem…different fix to those seen elsewhere.

Red flashing light. Tried all the above. No luck.

I took the little backup battery out then did a reboot.

Success.

Ps: battery requires you to unscrew the small panel on the side.


================================================================================

It sounds like a lot of users are having success by removing the battery because it might be dead or faulty.

Or you could try blowing into the fan if you notice a lot of dust on the fan. Or use a blow dryer on high. So it's most likely a battery issue, dust issue, or motherboard issue. If you try the latter 2 and nothing works, you might have to send it to Nintendo. If it's still under warranty you can get it fixed for free. Hope you can get it working.

Wait what battery?

I contacted Nintendo and they said I'd probably have to send it in, so yeah...$93 if nothing else works.



Johnw1104 on 08 June 2016

Mines been dead for a couple months. When it blinks red like that I find simply unplugging it and plugging it back in will allow it to launch.

Mine had this horrrrible sound from the fan in the back, and what seems to have happened is that fan has stopped functioning now so the darn thing overheats almost immediately. I find I can fix that by pointing a fan at the vents, but it's a pain.

This is one reason I feel PC > Console... I could have this issue fixed in five minutes with a $5 fan, but instead I'd now need to ship the damn thing to Japan.

Side note, this is the first Nintendo console I've had a problem with. The only other one was the original Nintendo that I had to replace the pin connector for as they tend to start locking games out in the model 1s, but that took over 20 years to happen.



Ganoncrotch on 08 June 2016
Meelow said:
Ljink96 said:

A couple of things to try;

  • Check and clear vents of any dust
  • Check the power sully is outputting the correct values
  • Try the console with nothing plugged in besides the power supply (including USB cables, memory cards, etc.)

Some success stories from wordpress:

================================================================================

Same problem…different fix to those seen elsewhere.

Red flashing light. Tried all the above. No luck.

I took the little backup battery out then did a reboot.

Success.

Ps: battery requires you to unscrew the small panel on the side.


================================================================================

It sounds like a lot of users are having success by removing the battery because it might be dead or faulty.

Or you could try blowing into the fan if you notice a lot of dust on the fan. Or use a blow dryer on high. So it's most likely a battery issue, dust issue, or motherboard issue. If you try the latter 2 and nothing works, you might have to send it to Nintendo. If it's still under warranty you can get it fixed for free. Hope you can get it working.

Wait what battery?

I contacted Nintendo and they said I'd probably have to send it in, so yeah...$93 if nothing else works.

This guy... not Mario, but this battery, Can't see from the pic but it's probably a 2032 cell, can get an 8 pack of them for about 1.50 worth trying before investing $93



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Johnw1104 on 08 June 2016
Meelow said:
Ljink96 said:

A couple of things to try;

  • Check and clear vents of any dust
  • Check the power sully is outputting the correct values
  • Try the console with nothing plugged in besides the power supply (including USB cables, memory cards, etc.)

Some success stories from wordpress:

================================================================================

Same problem…different fix to those seen elsewhere.

Red flashing light. Tried all the above. No luck.

I took the little backup battery out then did a reboot.

Success.

Ps: battery requires you to unscrew the small panel on the side.


================================================================================

It sounds like a lot of users are having success by removing the battery because it might be dead or faulty.

Or you could try blowing into the fan if you notice a lot of dust on the fan. Or use a blow dryer on high. So it's most likely a battery issue, dust issue, or motherboard issue. If you try the latter 2 and nothing works, you might have to send it to Nintendo. If it's still under warranty you can get it fixed for free. Hope you can get it working.

Wait what battery?

I contacted Nintendo and they said I'd probably have to send it in, so yeah...$93 if nothing else works.

Is it always $93 to send in a Wii U?

If it is then fuck that, I'll just get the damn special screwdriver to open it and replace the fan myself. This is the sort of shit that makes me hate consoles until I cool off and immediately revert back to loving them.