Nintendo Wii Console
Problem for Nintendo Wii Console

Wii completely stops working after power outage




By abnase on Sep 28, 2008

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I have now went through two Wiis after both have suffered a complete power failure after a power outage at my house. Neither case was a power surge that I am aware of. I have my Wii plugged into a good power surge protector and nothing else plugged in has been affected. Is there any advice or solutions that can be offered?


Same Problem

Apr 06, 2009

-   i am so sad i was in the middle of a game with my sister went it went off i just got it for Christmas and its gone i woant it to come back on
-   Guest

Mar 27, 2009

-   POWER WENT OFF AND NOW WII DOESNT WORK-   Guest

Mar 27, 2009

-   Dam power surge took my wii out now im pissed

-   Guest

Mar 26, 2009

-   wii shuts off after power surge-   Guest

Feb 16, 2009

-   no powering on my wii -   Guest

Best Solution

posted on Oct 30, 2008
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doug_jaquez

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I just had the same problem as everyone else. I had a brief power loss and our new Wii system's power would no longer work. To fix the problem, I unplugged everything from our Wii and unplugged the power cord from the outlet. I let the system set for 10 minutes and re-plugged the power only. That did the trick. Then I was able to plug everything back up and we are now back to playing.

Supposedly, doing the steps above resets the Wii according to the Nintendo online trouble shooting guide.
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Solution #2

posted on May 19, 2009
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talexanderla

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This just happened to our Wii lastweek when the power went out for just moments at home.  Just unpluged the Wii and let it sit overnight unpluged.  The next morning it was as good as new.  Not sure why this happens or how this fixes it, but it workes.
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Solution #3

posted on Oct 31, 2008
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nramos

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You can also try fixing it with the wii repair guide
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Solution #4

posted on Oct 28, 2008
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aidan9629

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Rating: 75%, 2 votes
my wii will not turn on because of power failure when it was on standby, and its only 2 weeks old!
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16 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued

Comment by MaKin217, posted on Jan 28, 2009

I just lost power today and the Wii has stopped working! Does any one know a fix??

Comment by codykelsey2, posted on Nov 30, 2008

Went to play and found it had no power. I checked all the cables and unplugged them all and plugged them back in. Still no power. What do I do?

Comment by iambest, posted on Nov 30, 2008

I totally didn't notice that my wii was dead, but then we rented some wii games from rodgers, and now they won't work right now (8:13 a.m.)

Comment by soeren714, posted on Oct 29, 2008

Same for me, I turned the power off in the house - now my wii is dead :-(

Comment by Guest, posted on Oct 26, 2008

This is ridiculious. I havent played my wii in a couple of weeks and when my cuz came over to want to play it it wouldnt work the power went out a week ago but i didnt notice it not working. this is stupid they really need to do something about it.

Comment by Guest, posted on Oct 26, 2008

this is such garbage i dont even like the wii as much as other consoles but it happened to me i just unplugged it from power bar when it was off and plugged it back in and it doesnt work GARBAGE!

Comment by cnoalign, posted on Oct 14, 2008

I have same problems... power outage at my house and after that Wii does not have any light. I unplug for 24 hours and plug back and system works good. then very next night another power outage, now system completely dead.. it just 2 week old.

Comment by toddlee, posted on Oct 03, 2008

Same issue for me --- power outage, wii plugged into surge protector --- and now system is completely dead.

Comment by nikkev047, posted on Oct 02, 2008

i have the same problem and i want to no if there is a fuse inside the wii

Comment by Guest, posted on Sep 30, 2008

yes, but was told to unplug everything off the back of the wii and let set for 5 mins. and hook everything back up and try it. I haven't done that yet but it is suppose to work

Comment by kj-howard, posted on Sep 30, 2008

suffered a power outage while playing wii fit.  Wii was plugged into power surge. After power outage, wii no longer works.

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