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My Wii is Dead :( any suggestions...

 
bobg
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Hi Guys,

I have had my wii for a couple of years and its worked fine.

The other day I was playing wii sports resort and it worked fine, the next day I turned on my wii and it wouldno games but freezes once I get past the menu screen of the original wii sports and links cross bow training.

I picked up my wii and could hear something rattling inside! :S

I took apart the wii and 1 tri screw fell out from somewhere and another one was lodged in the DVD drive, I can't seem to see where they belong. I put it back together but the same problem exists, VC games still play fine.

I was wondering if people could suggest some options?

I can either

1) Sell the fight stick, controllers etc and ut my losses,
2) send it to a repairer?
3) See if Nintendo will just sell me a console( I have everything else).

The sad thing is I just bought 2 wii motion plus controllers and the Wii fight stick!

Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thanks!
sjt333
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send it to nintendo to get repaired
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bobg
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Thanks, any idea on what the repair costs are like? The graphics card was kinda dying in it already... I was getig snow like artifacts in some games, so I might not be worth it if its going to be expensive..
hamzie
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bobg said: Thanks, any idea on what the repair costs are like? The graphics card was kinda dying in it already... I was getig snow like artifacts in some games, so I might not be worth it if its going to be expensive..




how about you call them up right now and ask how they go about repairs

once they see whats wrong they can give u an estimate
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jesza
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bobg said: Thanks, any idea on what the repair costs are like? The graphics card was kinda dying in it already... I was getig snow like artifacts in some games, so I might not be worth it if its going to be expensive..



mine was 120 dollars including post for a new disc drive
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kidmanbaby
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If it's brocken get a 360.
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bobg
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Thanks for the reply guys..... I'm not sure if nintendo will repair it because its been chipped.

I'll call them on Monday as they are not open now.

I'm hoping that they will just sell my a wii itself, without the powersupply and controllers etc.... I've heard of them doing it for someone else before.

I've got my ps3 still... until that dies
mattc
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kidmanbaby said: If it's brocken get a 360.



Yeah, cause that's so much more likely to not break down hey *cough*
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dermy
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mattc said:

kidmanbaby said: If it's brocken get a 360.


Yeah, cause that's so much more likely to not break down hey *cough*


My Wii has frozen more than my 360. Fact.
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irocksock
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yer the only thing my wii freezed on was the conduit
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bobg
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They certainly don't make consoles like they used too....

Anyone got any idea what I can do with

2 * wii controllers
2 * nunchuck

1 brand new Wii fight stick
1 brand new wii motion plus from japan
1 (used once for 10 minutes) wii motion plus....

I might just have to sell the...
dermy
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irocksock said: yer the only thing my wii freezed on was the conduit


Exactly. My Wii froze about 3 times playing The Conduit. While it's not the Wii's fault, it still hasn't changed the fact that it has died more than my 360.
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irocksock
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i do think the programming was slightly faulty on conduit disk which is only a minior problem
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mattc
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dermy said:

mattc said:

kidmanbaby said: If it's brocken get a 360.


Yeah, cause that's so much more likely to not break down hey *cough*


My Wii has frozen more than my 360. Fact.



360's break down much more than Wii's break down. Fact.
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dermy
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mattc said:
360's break down much more than Wii's break down. Fact.


Hey, I'm just telling it like it is.
I didn't say they didn't.
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mattc
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bobg said: Thanks for the reply guys..... I'm not sure if nintendo will repair it because its been chipped.
I'll call them on Monday as they are not open now.
I'm hoping that they will just sell my a wii itself, without the powersupply and controllers etc.... I've heard of them doing it for someone else before.
I've got my ps3 still... until that dies



I think Nintendo would repair it, but they'd probably remove the chip at the same time
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bobg
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I think Nintendo would repair it, but they'd probably remove the chip at the same time



Yeah they might remove the chip, but the point is it is out of warranty, the graphics card is playing up + the drive doesn't work anymore, so I'm hesistant to spend much on it... If I could pick up a wii ( just the box, no power supply of anything for around $200) then it might be worthwhile.
renagadez
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The only time I had to fix up my Wii was when Brawl stuffed up my Disc lens. Got it fixed for freeeeeee! To get that reference, please watch Bedtime Stories.
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MickEiA
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bobg said:


I think Nintendo would repair it, but they'd probably remove the chip at the same time


Yeah they might remove the chip, but the point is it is out of warranty, the graphics card is playing up + the drive doesn't work anymore, so I'm hesistant to spend much on it... If I could pick up a wii ( just the box, no power supply of anything for around $200) then it might be worthwhile.


Modchip and out of warranty youre not in luck
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ZArsenalZ
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dermy said:

mattc said:

kidmanbaby said: If it's brocken get a 360.


Yeah, cause that's so much more likely to not break down hey *cough*


My Wii has frozen more than my 360. Fact.



360 needed to be repaired twice! Wii: NONE!
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