Wii NEED SOME HELP/ADVICE PLEASE.

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My daughter came over from the USA and brought her Wii with her but it does not want to go on. The console was always working in the USA but not now and we are not sure if it has something to do with the power supply being a USA plug and AC Adaptor of if is the console itself. My daughter wanted to but another "SOUTH AFRICAN" AC adaptor but I would rather she have it tested to see if it is in fact the adaptor and not the console.

She has also just returned from Canal Walk and some shops cannot help her with the console and one guy was too scared to test it in case something went wrong and gave her a name and number of someone who deals with Nintendo Wii.

Any advice from you guys with a Wii will be greatly appreciated.
 
a Wii bought in the USA will require a TV with NTSC support. South Africa uses PAL instead. This is the likeliest reason. Also the US power circuit runs off 110V and not 220V like ours.
 
Wyzak said:
a Wii bought in the USA will require a TV with NTSC support. South Africa uses PAL instead. This is the likeliest reason. Also the US power circuit runs off 110V and not 220V like ours.
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thanks bud. we have not even got to the tv stage yet as it wont go on because of the power issue.
 
Wyzak said:
..Also the US power circuit runs off 110V and not 220V like ours.
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Yes you need the power converter from 110V to 220V (That is if you have not damage the Wii's power supply already by just plugging it into the 220V.)
 
we might need to sell the setup with all the attachments and games and whatever but we need to know that it works first.
 
You say it won't go on, so it sounds like you've plugged it in. Did you plug it into a wall socket or a 110V converter? If you plugged it directly into the wall, you've blown the Wii power adapter. If you have it plugged into a converter and are sure you haven't blown it, unplug both ends of the power adapter (at the back of the Wii and at the converter) wait five minutes and plug it in and try again. I had to do this everytime we lost power in the neighbourhood until I put Wii on a UPS (Nintendo website discusses this problem).

If you've blown the Wii power adapter, should be easy to replace it with an SA 220V version.

North American Wii (NTSC) will work on most PAL TV's built in the past 5 - 10 years.
 
Leafs1967 said:
You say it won't go on, so it sounds like you've plugged it in. Did you plug it into a wall socket or a 110V converter? If you plugged it directly into the wall, you've blown the Wii power adapter. If you have it plugged into a converter and are sure you haven't blown it, unplug both ends of the power adapter (at the back of the Wii and at the converter) wait five minutes and plug it in and try again. I had to do this everytime we lost power in the neighbourhood until I put Wii on a UPS (Nintendo website discusses this problem).

If you've blown the Wii power adapter, should be easy to replace it with an SA 220V version.

North American Wii (NTSC) will work on most PAL TV's built in the past 5 - 10 years.
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ok hang on a minute.

as the ac adapter has an american plug we first plugged it into a universal adapter and then into the wall. what is a converter then? would we have damaged anything in the actual Wii itself or only the ac adapter?
 
That's bad news, you've blown the AC adapter. It's possible the Wii itself is damaged. Do you know anyone with a Wii? If so, borrow their Wii AC adapter and see if your Wii works. Be careful: If it is an SA Wii AC adapter, use 220V from the wall. If it is a USA Wii adapter, you MUST use 110V. You need a transformer to convert the 220 to 110. A universal adapter does not convert the voltage, it simply changes your plug type (useful for a dual voltage device such as a laptop).

Assuming the Wii powers on with a borrowed AC adapter, you've got a couple choices.

First, apparently the AC adapter has a 3 amp fuse inside. It may be as simple as replacing the fuse and you're good to go.

Second. If you decide against trying to replace the fuse, or it doesn't work, you'll need to pick up a replacement Wii AC adapter. If your daughter is staying in SA, you can get one here as a 220V AC adpater will work for her. If she's going back to the US, have her pick one up in the US as an SA Wii adapter won't help her in the US (and a step-up transformer in North America is a little harder to find than a step-down transformer anywhere else in the world).

If you want more info, google: I plugged my US Wii into 220 Volt

Good luck.
 
Leafs1967 said:
That's bad news, you've blown the AC adapter. It's possible the Wii itself is damaged. Do you know anyone with a Wii? If so, borrow their Wii AC adapter and see if your Wii works. Be careful: If it is an SA Wii AC adapter, use 220V from the wall. If it is a USA Wii adapter, you MUST use 110V. You need a transformer to convert the 220 to 110. A universal adapter does not convert the voltage, it simply changes your plug type (useful for a dual voltage device such as a laptop).

Assuming the Wii powers on with a borrowed AC adapter, you've got a couple choices.

First, apparently the AC adapter has a 3 amp fuse inside. It may be as simple as replacing the fuse and you're good to go.

Second. If you decide against trying to replace the fuse, or it doesn't work, you'll need to pick up a replacement Wii AC adapter. If your daughter is staying in SA, you can get one here as a 220V AC adpater will work for her. If she's going back to the US, have her pick one up in the US as an SA Wii adapter won't help her in the US (and a step-up transformer in North America is a little harder to find than a step-down transformer anywhere else in the world).

If you want more info, google: I plugged my US Wii into 220 Volt

Good luck.
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and my picture comes up???? ha ha ha

She went to Canal Walk and no one could help and we don't know people with another Wii that we can ask but we are trying. We need to sell the stuff urgently and know that selling the whole package will bring in more than selling the stuff separately. As it is going now I have had to resort to selling off the games. If we don't come right and she goes back home then she will have to take it with her.

Thanks for the help my friend, much appreciated.
 
the ac adapter seems to have very weird looking screws on it what would we need to undo those to see if there is a fuse and if it broken?
 
we want to buy an adapter but what if the console is faulty then we are stuck. i felt we should try borrow or ask someone to test the console with another adapter so we know where the fault lies. as we are having trouble finding people we know with another Wii, we have resorted to try and sell the stuff on their own and then take the console back over to the USA and sort it there.
 
I don't have a wii but I'm surprised the adaptor doesn't have an input voltage stamped on it.
 
bwana said:
I don't have a wii but I'm surprised the adaptor doesn't have an input voltage stamped on it.
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it proberly does but we never even thought it would be a problem because we have used other similar "console" gadgets from USA and had no problem whatsoever.
 
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