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Title: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Cecil_and_Kain on March 25, 2008, 10:22:26 AM
How do I keep my Wii from overheating? I recently found out that my Wii overheated and damaged the graphics card. How do I keep this from happening again when I get it fixed?
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Flying Chickens on March 25, 2008, 10:23:25 AM
They sell Wii cooling stations. Don't know how that works, but it may be worth looking into.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: WiiGuy on March 25, 2008, 10:26:32 AM
Don't have it in tight areas, use the gray stand, have a good air circulation.

And don't use it for over 5 hours at a time.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Oren on March 25, 2008, 10:42:43 AM
don't use the wii cooling stateions... i think i hear somewere that it messes up your wii
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Kilroy on March 25, 2008, 12:11:57 PM
Don't put it on the floor is my only help. It screws around with how the Wii was designed to make it stay cool.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Cakeman on March 25, 2008, 01:23:03 PM
Shouldent this be in the wii board :P
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Tupin on March 25, 2008, 01:24:14 PM
Quote from: Cakeman on March 25, 2008, 01:23:03 PM
Shouldent this be in the wii board :P
It's too slow.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Syncopathic on March 25, 2008, 01:36:10 PM
Actually, I was wondering, is it normal for a Wii to get hot while in Wiiconnect24?
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: WiiGuy on March 25, 2008, 01:43:40 PM
Quote from: Sceptile on March 25, 2008, 01:36:10 PM
Actually, I was wondering, is it normal for a Wii to get hot while in Wiiconnect24?
It doesn't get hot, but it does stay warm
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Oren on March 25, 2008, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: Sceptile on March 25, 2008, 01:36:10 PM
Actually, I was wondering, is it normal for a Wii to get hot while in Wiiconnect24?
if its geting hot then i would shut wiiconnect24
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: BOSSNIG on March 27, 2008, 07:26:53 AM
Intercoolers do more harm than good. They suck air into the system, meaning dust and other air pollutants get sucked in too. In other words, it may cool it down, but it causes other problems.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: SkyMyl on March 27, 2008, 08:27:08 AM
Here's a thought: Unplug the Wii. ;D

Okay, actually, my advice is to not keep it near a radiator.
Title: Re: How to keep my Wii from overheating
Post by: Jono2 on March 27, 2008, 11:19:50 AM
our basement is hooge, and I keep mine on the ground, on carpet.  It hasn't overheated yet, and I admit to having played brawl for 6 hours straight (combined with my brother though) on the day I got it.


I did get a weird error like, second day I had my Wii though.  forget what it was, but none of the three middle buttons (-, home or +) worked, nor did a few of the others (while playing twilight princess).