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LoXodonte

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Wii Power Issue
« on: November 19, 2006, 11:40:00 PM »
My Wii won't power on. Tried the basic trouble shooting, no go. I was thinking of some possible alternatives....like the Gamecube Power Adapter. Here are the specs of the Gamecube adapter:

Gamecube

CLASS 2
12v
46W
3.25A

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Wii

CLASS 2
12v
53W
3.7A

Now, they connector form factor is obviously different, but I could cut the gamecube form down, and keep track of the possitive and negative and connect it to the Wii's port. But would it work...or would it just fry my gamecube adapter or somehow damage the Wii? What other alternatives could I try? I'm kinda techy so any suggestions would be appreciated. And if you want more sad info besides the problem at hand, read the following.

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Ok, so I bought a Wii, and started hooking it up today. I didn't have much time messing with it, but I was getting very excited moving the cursor around the screen entering my Wii name and configuring my wireless network. I know it soudns funny, but I seriously think Nintendo has changed the way future consoles controls will be made!

Anyway, I'm all excited with the performance of this remote when all of a sudden my lights flicker, my TV screen flashes, and my Wii goes off. The standby light is off completely. I followed the basic troubleshooting guides from the manual, and support online to no avail. I then called Nintendo and could not get through because of "high call volume". Retried an hour later and finally got through. To cut a long story short, they're sending me out a new AC adapter. I did however check the status of my order on nintendo, and it says the item is backordered. I was originally told 2 days, then 3-4. If it was 4 days, that'd be thanks giving, so 5 days makes friday, but I work retail so I'll have a 12 hour shift. 6 days...saturday... UGH. Why did I stand in line so long! I still want my wii wii super bad tho. ;p
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Col.Havoc

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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2006, 02:47:00 AM »
A friend of mine has the same issue. This is what he did:

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Got my Wii to work the game cube power pack works with it you just need to cut the plastic a bit on the end of the plug so you can match up the + and - correct and it works great  


And I agree, Nintendo has changed the way game will be played. So far, clocked in over 7 hours of gaming (mostly in Wii Sports)
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LoXodonte

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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2006, 01:31:00 PM »
thx for the response, is their a link you can point me to from that quote so I can read everything he did?

heh, I'd just hate to break this even more ya know...you'd think that under powering something might have some long term affects.
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Col.Havoc

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2006, 01:38:00 PM »
QUOTE(LoXodonte @ Nov 20 2006, 04:02 PM) View Post

thx for the response, is their a link you can point me to from that quote so I can read everything he did?

heh, I'd just hate to break this even more ya know...you'd think that under powering something might have some long term affects.


He did it himself. Everything in the quote is all i know without seeing it. I'm guessing he took and gently broke off the plastic around the end of the GC power adapter so that the positive and negative terminals would match up.
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LoXodonte

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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2006, 09:35:00 PM »
thx, working great smile.gif

I made a miiiI!!!!!!!!
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Col.Havoc

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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2006, 04:49:00 PM »
QUOTE(LoXodonte @ Nov 21 2006, 12:42 AM) View Post

thx, working great smile.gif

I made a miiiI!!!!!!!!


Glad to hear it. I still suggest replacing your original through Nintendo though. Got any pics to show us?
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{EH}Talon

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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2006, 08:44:00 PM »
This happend to me when i ejected my COD3 disc as it was playing,

i fixed it by putting back in the COD3 disc and it turned on then i shut it off properly( going into the menu first)


and now i dont just eject the disc hehe


but i dont know if it will help you

This post has been edited by {EH}Talon: Nov 23 2006, 04:45 AM
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