Jason1
02-12-2007, 10:48 PM
Just out of curiousity, has anyone else ever had the Wii lock up on them? It did to me once while I was browsing the internet, so that time wasnt a big deal, but just today it happened while playing Zelda, and I lost about an hour of play time. That made me angry. Its only happened twice in well over 40 hours of playtime for me total on it, so thats not a lot I guess. Im just wondering if im the only one.
Oh, and one other thing that is much more minor but has been bugging me slightly, and it requires a little explination: After I set up Wii to work with my router, the router it would randomly stop working while I was browsing the internet on my main computer, causing me to have to reset it. I suspected this had something to do with the Wii's standby connection constantly accessing it while it was also being used by my main computer.(shouldnt happen I know, but I have the cheapest router ever made) Anyways, I was right, I went to my options in the Wii menu, and turned off the Standby connection, which solved the problem. According to the Wii manual, if you still have Wiiconnect24 on but have the standby connection off, the wii can still access the internet, it just will only do it when its turned on. So I thought, fine, problem solved, I should still be able to access the news and weather channel and stuff just fine. Anyways, the problem now is, I can still access the internet channel and browse the internet with my Wii just fine, but if I try to get on the news or weather channel, it says that wiiconnect24 is turned off, check your options. But thats not true, I clearly have Wiiconnect24 ON in the options, only the standby connection is off. Anyways its strange that the news and weather channel appear to require the standby connection, while the internet channel does not. Im not sure if I can get on the shop channel, I havent tried yet since. Anyways, not a HUGE deal by any means, but if anyone could shed any light on the subject that would be cool.
Otherwise, I love my wii, no complaints!
EDIT: After talking with Deathshand about the issue, his also locks up, but for him its never during gameplay. Its when transitioning from one thing to another on the menu. He says sometimes it just takes abnormally long to load stuff, or sometimes it locks up entirely. He said its happened to him maybe 5 times. So it appears his problem is different than mine. He also mentioned that his console stays abnormally hot, even when it sitting off in standby mode. Apparently almost to the point where it almost hurts to touch the bottom. Im not sure if mine has ever gotten that hot, but I have noticed it does warm up. Anyways, he says his is sitting horizontally, and the fan isnt blocked. Mine is sitting vertically without using the stand. Im just trying to get all the information I can out there so we can get to the bottom of this.
Oh, and one other thing that is much more minor but has been bugging me slightly, and it requires a little explination: After I set up Wii to work with my router, the router it would randomly stop working while I was browsing the internet on my main computer, causing me to have to reset it. I suspected this had something to do with the Wii's standby connection constantly accessing it while it was also being used by my main computer.(shouldnt happen I know, but I have the cheapest router ever made) Anyways, I was right, I went to my options in the Wii menu, and turned off the Standby connection, which solved the problem. According to the Wii manual, if you still have Wiiconnect24 on but have the standby connection off, the wii can still access the internet, it just will only do it when its turned on. So I thought, fine, problem solved, I should still be able to access the news and weather channel and stuff just fine. Anyways, the problem now is, I can still access the internet channel and browse the internet with my Wii just fine, but if I try to get on the news or weather channel, it says that wiiconnect24 is turned off, check your options. But thats not true, I clearly have Wiiconnect24 ON in the options, only the standby connection is off. Anyways its strange that the news and weather channel appear to require the standby connection, while the internet channel does not. Im not sure if I can get on the shop channel, I havent tried yet since. Anyways, not a HUGE deal by any means, but if anyone could shed any light on the subject that would be cool.
Otherwise, I love my wii, no complaints!
EDIT: After talking with Deathshand about the issue, his also locks up, but for him its never during gameplay. Its when transitioning from one thing to another on the menu. He says sometimes it just takes abnormally long to load stuff, or sometimes it locks up entirely. He said its happened to him maybe 5 times. So it appears his problem is different than mine. He also mentioned that his console stays abnormally hot, even when it sitting off in standby mode. Apparently almost to the point where it almost hurts to touch the bottom. Im not sure if mine has ever gotten that hot, but I have noticed it does warm up. Anyways, he says his is sitting horizontally, and the fan isnt blocked. Mine is sitting vertically without using the stand. Im just trying to get all the information I can out there so we can get to the bottom of this.