Wii will not power on

The light on our Wii would not turn ON, and would not power up. No red, no yellow, nothing.

To fix, we unplug the Wii console. We turn the WIi console so that the back-side fan area is pointing towards the ceiling and then vacuum the fan area. Then we place it back into the Wii stand, plug it in, and the red light comes on. It powers up and works perfectly again. Obviously this won't solve everyone's issues (i.e. electronic component failures), but it has worked several times for us. Definitely worth a shot before shipping your unit off for repair.

I think the fan gets clogged and WIi protects itself from overheating, but do not really know why this works... but it does!

Worked for me! Thanks

work for me thanks i was scared

Hello my friend, i had a Nintendo wii, until i figured its a money eating machine,

i had this, went to Nintendo , they examined it and gave me a call after 1 week, apparently, the fuse inside the wii, is burnt, i asked why, they say it was a electricity failure

they're right, my wii turned off because of the electricty cutting off for a second, however i still lost a good amount of money !

Unplug from the wall for a couple of minutes, then plug it back in. It has nothing to do with the fan. The Wii power supply turns itself off when there is inconsistent power to protect itself (i.e. if the power is coming on and off in a storm) Unplugging for a couple of minutes resets it.

If the Wii will not turn on, unplug it both from the Unit AND the Wall for a couple of minutes, thats worked for me before.

I had the same problem intill my brother blew in the fan in the back and alot of dust came out then it worked perfectly

unplug your wii then take it out and hold it over your head and turn on the fan and in a few minutes it will work. They are ushally just dusty

Fiend your solution direct from nintendo. Here is your solution....


http://www.nintendo.com/wiiconsole/prob676ijt65/solution

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plug it in. Duh

I had this problem with my Wii that it would not turn back on so I took out the battery ( which is on the bottom undo the screw and pull out the battery. Make sure the power cord is not connected. Put battery back in and hooked back up to power. You should have a green light and Wii should be ready to go.