My Wii's broke....

[gkarris]

I hooked it up on launch day and it connected fine to my wireless. It downloaded the version 2.0u of the OS, now, no matter what I do, I cannot reconnect to my wireless.

I exchanged a couple of e-mails with Nintendo, and they are saying that there's something wrong with my wireless. How can that be? It connected fine the first time to download the newer OS...

Any other experiences or ideas? I've gotten to play GC games, at least...

Thanks!

[aidanpendragon]

Try changing wireless channel to 1 or 11 on the router? I had intermittent contact and this seemed to improve it. Nintendo also says "presence of many signals/connections may hurt your connection strength." If you live in an apt. building, I don't see any way around this, but it's a factor to consider.

I assume the system isn't totally bricked? You can still play Wii (not just GC) games? Just the wireless that's out? Have heard of updates killing the console altogether, but not just the wireless.

[gkarris]

I can only play disc games, I can't download any of the classic stuff obviously. I tried the channel thing already.

I don't have Wii games, so been catching up on playing my GC games on it. Can't wait for the 480p cable though...

[aidanpendragon]

I don't have Wii games, so been catching up on playing my GC games on it. Can't wait for the 480p cable though...

Location=U.S., you should have a copy of Wii Sports, right?

[gkarris]

Location=U.S., you should have a copy of Wii Sports, right?

Oh, yeah, that plays fine of course - not enough room to move around though with the couch and smaller room...

[aidanpendragon]

Hunh. Getting specific error codes, or it just doesn't connect? Can you put the console as close as possible (line-of-sight?) to your router, if not already? What's Nintendo got to say?

[gkarris]

Hunh. Getting specific error codes, or it just doesn't connect? Can you put the console as close as possible (line-of-sight?) to your router, if not already? What's Nintendo got to say?

Thanks.

I'm getting assorted error codes (different each time) and it's only 8 ft. from the router...

Nintendo gave me a list to try via e-mail but nothing worked...

[aidanpendragon]

Open question to anyone: is there a list of Wii error codes & their meanings compiled on the web? (probably).

I was getting a few error codes along with "server busy, couldn't connect" error messages when I tried connecting to the shop channel. Then changed router channel to 1/11 and it's been working better. But, the error codes I was getting were not the same as the "Wii got bricked" codes others reported.

Is it a WEP vs. WPA encryption issue? Tried both?

[combatcolin]

Red colour = broken Wii.

:eek:

[ExoticFish]

this is a problem that has popped up with the latest firmware update. luckily my Wii updated without a problem.

[paddy]

One quick q., can the wii connect to a modem thats connecting via PPoE?

[lorductape]

wow and i thought the wii was going to be great

[gloss]

Absolutely not to make light of your situation, but:

My Wii's broke....

I've been waiting for someone to say this for so long.

[apfhex]

Open question to anyone: is there a list of Wii error codes & their meanings compiled on the web? (probably).
Yes. The NWC Tech Support Page (http://www.nintendowifi.com/consumerservice/techSupport.do). :p

I know some people had their Wii's refuse to go online after a firmware update. Didn't happen to anyone I know. If that's the case then Nintendo should replace it. Since this happened after you updated I think that may be it.

[combatcolin]

Red colour = broken Wii.

:eek:

Oh well, thought someone would get that joke...even though it was a bit unpleasent.