My brother just got a Wii, fun little system. Does anyone here know if Nintendo has solved the overheating issue with Wii systems left with WiiConnect24 enabled? WiiConnect24 means the console stays connected to WiFi while it is on standby and downloads news, weather, game updates, and console updates. I would disable the stupid thing because it's completely unnecessary, but the News channel won't work at all unless it's enabled and my mother uses it a lot so WiiConnect24 has to stay on.
The Wii is very well built. Feels heavy and quality, the fan is NMB-MAT, and a pic of the external power supply I found online reveals that it has Matsushita parts and Rubycon caps in it, BUT...
Apparently a lot of 1st-gen Wii's would start to have graphics issues after a few months of having WiiConnect24 enabled because the damn thing would run hot but since it was in Standby the fan wouldn't kick in, and of course the BGA soldering on the graphics chip would start to crack and you would get video artifacts while gaming.
I can't seem to find anything online that tells me whether or not Nintendo has fixed the issue. I would imagine larger heatsinks and less CPU usage are needed? Anyway, I was wondering if you guys knew anything about it.
The Wii is very well built. Feels heavy and quality, the fan is NMB-MAT, and a pic of the external power supply I found online reveals that it has Matsushita parts and Rubycon caps in it, BUT...
Apparently a lot of 1st-gen Wii's would start to have graphics issues after a few months of having WiiConnect24 enabled because the damn thing would run hot but since it was in Standby the fan wouldn't kick in, and of course the BGA soldering on the graphics chip would start to crack and you would get video artifacts while gaming.
I can't seem to find anything online that tells me whether or not Nintendo has fixed the issue. I would imagine larger heatsinks and less CPU usage are needed? Anyway, I was wondering if you guys knew anything about it.
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