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Wii ker-pwned in power surge
Replies: 3Last Post June 12 7:55am by Googoie
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Well, there was a power surge yesterday. Maybe half an hour later, I went to play Wii. The light was not on. I checked the power strip; it's a rather old one with no reset switch. Everything else on the strip works fine. I tried plugging the Wii into a different outlet.

What do I do now? Is it the Wii or just the AC adapter? Is it fixable? Will Nintendo help me? Will they not because I Homebrew'd my Wii?

Help!

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9:07 pm on June 11, 2009 | Joined: Mar. 2008 | Days Active: 396
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Nintendo may be able to replace it only if it's still under warranty.

But if not, you're better off contacting your home insurance (if you have it that is) and getting it replaced that way. If you don't have it insured... then you could try buying a new cord and see if it's just that.

I've had that happened in the past and we honestly thought the entire system was fried. But a year or so later, when we realized that the insurance company was not going to pick up the stuff they were supposed to get, I tested the system out by plugging the old system into the new AC power cord and it worked. Turned out, it just fried the cord- not the entire system. But I can't guarantee that will work the same with your issue though.

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might be the big box on the cable you shoulld ask a friend with a wii to borrow it to test

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Quote: from Link01 at 9:49 am on June 12, 2009

might be the big box on the cable you shoulld ask a friend with a wii to borrow it to test
That was my intention.

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