Weird Things with Wii

[gremily]

Yesterday and yesternight, my Wii did some weird things. You know the light on the power button, well whenever it's turned off it should glow red, but now it's yellow when it's off. Another thing was when I went to bed I turned over and the cd input was flashing blue. There was a disk inside of it and I took it out. It stopped at first, but it did it again. So I unplugged it. It kind of freaked me out.

Whats wrong here?

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

Mine does the same thing, still works fine. I think Nintendo is just updating the hidden camera and mind control software.

 

[Lukeje]

As far as I know, the standby light is yellow not red when you've connected it to the internet. But yes, my disc drive occasionally flashes when it's in standby mode, but taking the disc out usually stops it.

 

[moose49408]

I've experienced this as well. My theory was that yellow was like a low power mode, and that the Wii was still sort of on. It also seems like every time I've witnessed this, there was some kind of update from nintendo the next day. Maybe that's what the flashing means. It's downloading an update?

Edit: I didn't the the Wii was that sophisticated though...

 

[gremily]

my disc drive occasionally flashes when it's in standby mode, but taking the disc out usually stops it.

I did, but the weird thing is, is that it did it agian after a few minuites.

 

[Darth Marsden]

The power button is red when it's plugged in but not been turned on at all, yellow when it's plugged in and been turned off (AKA: Stand-By mode) and green when it's turned on. I think.

And the disc drive flashing blue means that someone's sent you an message - usually Nintendo telling you about the latest update or new Mario Kart challenge. By sod's law, this will happen in the middle of the night and wake you up, much like it did with me yesterday. Grr.

 

[gremily]

Well I just plugged it back in after it has been unplugged all night. It's red agian.

 

[Galaxialconda]

Yellow light- standby while connected to the internet, turn on the Wii then hold down the off button until it turns red.

Blue light- It's so you know to check your wii mail. Nintendo should have sent a letter with an update on it.

 

[gremily]

And the disc drive flashing blue means that someone's sent you an message - usually Nintendo telling you about the latest update or new Mario Kart challenge. By sod's law, this will happen in the middle of the night and wake you up, much like it did with me yesterday. Grr.

I just checked my mail and Nintendo has sent me a message about the new features about the Nintendo Channel.

 

[Lukeje]

Blue light- It's so you know to check your wii mail. Nintendo should have sent a letter with an update on it.

Ah, that explains a lot...

 

[gremily]

And the disc drive flashing blue means that someone's sent you an message - usually Nintendo telling you about the latest update or new Mario Kart challenge. By sod's law, this will happen in the middle of the night and wake you up, much like it did with me yesterday. Grr.

I just checked my mail and Nintendo has sent me a message about the new features about the Nintendo Channel. Yeah...

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

When I saw this topic I thought of this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNllsnf09mA]

 

[t0mme]

Isn't there an option in your Wii system menu to disable slot illumination? I'm pretty sure there's one, because I used it. My slot only illuminates when the Wii is in use (ie. being gamed on).

 

[gremily]

Isn't there an option in your Wii system menu to disable slot illumination? I'm pretty sure there's one, because I used it. My slot only illuminates when the Wii is in use (ie. being gamed on).

Never thought of that.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Yeah, I learned early on that turning the Wii off is a pain in the ass. I appreciate there's a standby mode, but it shouldn't be the default. Particularly since the Wiimote cannot be used to turn the system all the way off at all.

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Heh, I hate the little power button on my wii. can never tell when its on or on standby. but yea weiredst thign ive ever seen it do was some mini knight rider light show on my disc slot. looked like it was actually moving. creepy little white box >.<

 

[LivemeLifefree]

The yellow light means your Wii is connected to WiiConnect24, red light means you are not. The flashing blue light means you got a message. It could be an update from Nintendo, a friend sent you a message, or a Nintendo Channle/Check Mii Out update.