Is my wii dying?

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mas
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Is my wii dying?

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I just bought a new wii because for the last month or so my wii has been saying when I load games up "system files are corrupted. Please check your user manual for further instructions." After ten minutes or so I can finally play a game. So is my wii dying? has anyone ever heard of this? I have other people tell me yes because I have had the system since 2007 and it may be its last run. I Just wanted to ask you guys before I make a mistake and sell it and find out that there is nothing wrong with it. Thanks everyone
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What version of the system menu are you running? I probably would try updating to 4.2 or 4.3.
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Backup your game saves and any game downloads onto SD card(s) and format the system memory?

Try cleaning the the disc drive. Nintendo has an official cleaner found here: http://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/st ... Preference
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mas wrote:I just bought a new wii because for the last month or so my wii has been saying when I load games up "system files are corrupted. Please check your user manual for further instructions." After ten minutes or so I can finally play a game. So is my wii dying? has anyone ever heard of this? I have other people tell me yes because I have had the system since 2007 and it may be its last run. I Just wanted to ask you guys before I make a mistake and sell it and find out that there is nothing wrong with it. Thanks everyone
I've had this happen to me. Cleaning the disc drive helped.
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So, did you "check your user manual for further instructions"? Report your findings.
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