Proof of Wii overheating?

Okay so I'm going to stir the pot once more in the long argued debate about how the Wii *might* overheat, giving people that weird green graphic glitch.
I know a lot of people have stated they leave their Wii withConnect24 on all the time and it works just fine and other say they have had to replace their Wii and they suspect it might be overheating. Then I hear the first group tell them they are wrong, the Wii does not overheat even if you leave Connect24 on all the time or not.

Well the following review of the cooling fan Nyko makes mentioned that in their office they have experienced graphical glitching due to overheating so I thought it might be good to raise this debate once more

http://gear.ign.com/articles/829/829592p1.html

"as we've discovered first hand, locking the system up in an entertainment cabinet will eventually cause it to run too hot and damage its GPU, which results in a weird pixel glitching error"

This is becomeing the big problem with the new consoles, everyone has an old entertainment center that's not designed for systems with fans that need cooling (the same thing is happenning with cable and satalite recievers) but hopefully a good intercooler will make it fine. I'm probobly going to pick one up because I'm a paranoid SOB, but I've had man on Wii Connect 24 since May and no problems.

that ur proof lmfao

There isn't a debate there is one answer.

Some of the Wii's made do not have the heatsink placed correctly. That means that no matter what you do it's going to overheat. Wiiconnect or just playing every so often if it can't get the heat away from the board it's going to overheat.

There is no problem with all Wii's and there is no problem with design. It's a problem that some of the heatsinks weren't connected correctly.

"Stir the pot", more like pass on the unfounded rumor

i don't know if its over heating problems but my wii was fine i played Zelda for an hour the the next day it says systems files are corrupted and now need to send it two Nintendo the guy said it going to take 2 and a half weeks to get back and i got it only 3 weeks agoneji122793

System files or save game files? Cause often the save game file error isn't real you just retry to load the save and it works.

I'm going to go turn off WiiConnect 24/7 now....Yarcofin

Ok so I just turned off WiiConnect and took out the disc that I left in the Wii... it was warm. The sides of the console were actually warm as well. So I have actually unplugged it, I figure it needs some cooldown if it's been doing that for the past several months straight. It's been about 5 minutes and the side is still warm.

I've had WC24 turned on since I got the console at the beginnign of June and I've been fine. Don't stick your console in an inclosed space. You wouldn't put your cat in a tupperware container witht he lid on now would you?

Use some common sense people!

I've had WC24 turned on since I got the console at the beginnign of June and I've been fine. Don't stick your console in an inclosed space. You wouldn't put your cat in a tupperware container witht he lid on now would you?

Use some common sense people!

Packfan104L4

You might if your name was Erwin Schrödinger! [/vague science/stargate reference]

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I've had WC24 turned on since I got the console at the beginnign of June and I've been fine. Don't stick your console in an inclosed space. You wouldn't put your cat in a tupperware container witht he lid on now would you?

Use some common sense people!

ThePlothole

You might if your name was Erwin Schrödinger! [/vague science/stargate reference]

:p I actually get the Stargate ref

It's not a vauge science referance at all. It's quantum physics reference. meimnobody

I figured it'd be vague for this forum. Guess I was wrong.

My Wii has been running without a hitch and non stop since the midnight arrival on launch! Like who sticks a thermometer into their games system to check the heat of it! Most poeple who own a wii and have problems are people who dont take care of their machines as well as they should. It is not like the trouble with the 360 where it just decides to crap itself whenever it wants!