ViPeR Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Right guys/gals. Not sure if anyone can help me at all but basically I plugged in my Wii this evening and nothing. No light. Completely dead. It's a launch Wii. Is there any way to tell if it's the power supply or the console itself? I hadn't used it in months until Zelda came out. It's been in Standby most evenings. I don't really want to replace the console if it's the power supply...any advice would be grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sméagol Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 So you’re not playing with power? (I’m so sorry, I couldn’t resist) You can easily test your power supply at a friend’s (or get a friend with another power supply). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Could always invest in this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/dp/B0031NMTVQ?tag=invihand-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 If you have a multimeter around you could use that to test the power supply. Otherwise, you're going to have to find either another power supply or another Wii to test it out. Nintendo customer service are pretty good though, so I wouldn't worry too much if it comes down to sending it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hmmm, can you play with madness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I'd agree with the trying to test it somewhere local. Do you know anyone else with a working wii you could quickly try it on? Probably test both power pack and wii if possible, just in case you've two faults by some coincidence. Not sure about sticking a multimeter on it though! If you haven't got someone who can help, maybe a local game selling shop would be kind enough to let you borrow them/purchase a new power supply/wii from them if it's broken? I imagine somewhere that sells preowned may be nice enough to help you out, of course they could just lie and flog you a wii instead :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViPeR Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Thanks for that people it's been a great help! I'm hopefully going to borrow someone from works power pack. I wonder if my Wii simply couldn't handle Zelda . Not sure i'd buy a new Wii for it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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