The End of my Wii?

[Dastardly Dylan]

Hey guys.

Before I post this I wanted to let you all know I have looked this up on Google and no searches have met my problem yet. This has happened before but I wanna know WHY it started happening again

About a week ago, I came back from Pennslyvania where I went on Vacation (my WiiCommect24 standby is off) and I decide to play Wii when suddenly it makes this really loud buzzing sound on the menu. I gave it a couple of turn on's and off's and eventually it went away, and I was happy.

Now today, I was playing House of the Dead Overkill (I just got it!) and now the same problem is happening again. The weird buzzing noise DURING the game, the same problem happens! I now go back to the Wii Menu and see that the words are flickering. It's starting to make me wonder "Is my Wii dead?"

Anyone else have this problem? Discuss

[Hitman Tyler]

Dylan, Have you tried with other games?
Also maybe it's dusty, on the inside or the laser is dirty.
As you know I don't have a Wii this is only a suggestion.
Maybe ringing Nintendo will know the answer.

[Game Freak]

what's wrong with it? Did you ever get a circumcision?

</wii joke>

I haven't had these problems, but about a month or so after i got my first wii (back in like november of 06, when it came out. The 29th i believe.) it started having green lines running up and down the screen. Apparently it was the WiiConnect24 chip melting into the graphics card, or so i have been told. perhaps this is what you were alluding to when you mentioned that your WC24 was off?

[joshnickerson]

Have you tried laying the system down horizontally instead of vertically?

[Draven]

Mine buzzes, too. Sometimes the A/V inputs on my tv act a little screwy, causing the speakers in my tv to buzz. I paused the game to go smack my tv around (always takes care of the problem) but when I got close I found out it was the Wii. I thought it was natural. Now I'm worried. It only sounds like that when I'm playing HOTD 2 & 3 Return. I only have dial-up and haven't performed any types of mods (yet...I'll be doing the Homebrew Channel soon as my Twilight Princess game comes in).

[Neil Koch]

My Wii will buzz sometimes too. I have definitely noticed it with HOTD Overkill. From perusing around the net that game seems to tax the drive a lot.

But anyway, my Wii is still working. I have WiiConnect turned off, and I also will eject the disc if I'm not playing a game.

I'd advise taking a vacuum with a brush to the outside of the Wii.

[Steve W]

My nephew's console does the same thing. It's pretty noisy. He dropped it on the ground a couple of times in the past. The thing is, it sounds terrible, but it's still going well over a year after it started.

[josekortez]

The only Wii system issue that Nintendo will admit to is the Super Smash Bros. Brawl malfunction problem. My Wii succumbed to that problem. It made a consistent buzzing noise and eventually shut down. Here's a link from Nintendo's website:

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/repair/repair_form_us_ssbb.jsp

Could HOTD: Overkill possibly affect the system in the same way that Super Smash Bros. Brawl does?