Today I turned on my Wii and noticed some black "snow" or pixels all over the Wii menu screen. So I entered the Wii shop channel to see if it was maybe a connection error with the cables or something else. Once at the shop screen I still saw snow, but not as much. I will try a game later... but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this problem?
BLOG | BST Systems Owned: Atari 2600 & 5200, NES, Game Boy (OG, Pocket, Color, GBA & GBA SP), DSi, 3DS, SMS, Genesis, Sega CD,
Nomad, SNES, Saturn, PS1, Dreamcast, XBox, PS2, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, PS3, WiiU, XBOX, 360 XBONE & Switch.
I called Nintendo tech support and the emailed me a shipping label. It looks like this is a known problem and they are going to fix it or ship a new Wii out. The good thing is that my warranty starts over for a year when the Wii is fixed.
BLOG | BST Systems Owned: Atari 2600 & 5200, NES, Game Boy (OG, Pocket, Color, GBA & GBA SP), DSi, 3DS, SMS, Genesis, Sega CD,
Nomad, SNES, Saturn, PS1, Dreamcast, XBox, PS2, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, PS3, WiiU, XBOX, 360 XBONE & Switch.
This happened to my Wii too. Its caused by graphics chip overheating, and you can often see the dots during gameplay as well (they'll eventually go green). I shipped it off to Nintendo in Richmond and got a brand new one back. Sounds like its a well known issue among Nintendo customer support staff.
