Dead Wii? Maybe not!

by Mir at 8:43 am on November 7, 2011 in Quick Tips

This weekend my son went to turn on our Wii and it was dead. Completely dead. Power-brick-ice-cold, no-LED-indicator dead.

It was a very sad day.

As I was poking around online looking for a replacement power cord (the husband said it was likely the culprit), I stumbled across a recommendation to merely unplug the whole thing for 30 minutes, then plug it back in.

So we did. And it came back to life! We are now referring to it as the Zombie Wii, but it saved me some money and aggravation, so there you go.

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6 Responses to “Dead Wii? Maybe not!”

  1. 1
    April November 7, 2011 at 8:56 am #

    This happened to us once too. I thought we were in big trouble. The turn off/unplug for 30 minutes was a miracle!

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    Karate Mom November 7, 2011 at 9:55 am #

    Actually, I’m not sure you even have to wait that long. Our Wii regularly does this and we just unplug it for about five minutes or so and VIOLA! It’s running again.

  3. 3
    Suz November 7, 2011 at 10:56 am #

    We always unplug ours after use so it’s ready to go next time! Took me months to figure this out. Zombie wii, I love it!

  4. 4
    Southern Gal November 7, 2011 at 11:36 am #

    Glad you figured it out. I had to search through the manual and reset the Wii recently because the main remote wasn’t working. We always unplug and wait on all our electronic devices if there’s a problem. Dumb ole computers.

  5. 5
    Corey Bishop November 7, 2011 at 4:56 pm #

    Does it have a brain eating mode? I am a little worried now.

  6. 6
    Summer November 7, 2011 at 7:53 pm #

    Happened to us, and Google wisdom told me to plug it into a GFCI outlet and hit the reset button on the outlet. It worked.