Has anyone had problems with there Wii's? Damn memory cards...

[shaggy]

I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with there Wii's?  I'm having issues with the damn Gamecube memory cards.  The first time I played a GC game the memory card worked but every time after that I have to pushed down on the memory card to get it to work.  Even when I do that it doesn't work all the time.  Last night after loading my game the game wouldn't save saving there was no card in the slot.  I did eventually get it to work but man what a pain in the ass!!

[NES_Rules]

The only problem I have had with a Wii, is that I can't find one. 

[shaggy]

The only problem I have had with a Wii, is that I can't find one. 

Well, the wait shouldn't be too long now.

[tholly]

hmmm.....i didnt try my GCN functionality on my Wii....with a problem like that, I guess i should at least give it a go, not like ill use my Wii for GCN games, but I should try it all the same.....

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I find it amusing that the Wii is beset by so many bugs when all along everyone was saying the PS3 was going to be a crippled mess. All I've seen about PS3 is an HDMI problem. While the Wii has had all kinds of errors.

Just do a google search. First search Wii problems, and then search PS3 problems. You'll see what I mean.

[TraderJake]

PlayStation 3 Problems: 8,640,000
PS3 Problems: 4,720,000

Given the differential in systems sold, I'd say meh to your comment.

[James]

I find it amusing that the Wii is beset by so many bugs when all along everyone was saying the PS3 was going to be a crippled mess. All I've seen about PS3 is an HDMI problem. While the Wii has had all kinds of errors.

I've read of a few errors. Like not taking the disc in properly, spinning the disc and not recognising there's one in there, crashing randomly. Reports don't seem disproportionately high like the 360, though.

Every new piece of electronic hardware will have problems. The voice of the internet will make matters seem worse than they are.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Well by the google search I meant the links themselves. Wii is all about problems and ps3 is all about how it's going to have problems. Hmmm

You caught me with number of units out there though. Can't slip nothing by you guys

[OatBob]

When I start the system up, I see this error message (right after the health warning. press A to continue...)
It has happened once before, and went away.

It happened after a long session in Wii sports, where i had made some serious progress.  I think it might have something to do with the system generated messages.  Last time I slept on it and it worked the next day.  I'll give it past midnight tonight to see.  I'll post an update later on whether or not it worked.  If it doesn't work, their online support site says that I can mail it in (for free) and have it fixed for free as it is most definately covered in the one year warranty.  They should be able to transfer over saves and vc stuff too.

Here's the pic:
[img width=590 height=285]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/collections/OatBob/Wii-error_system_files_corrupted.JPG[/img]

Only other problem I've had is that its frozen on me three times at checkpoints in Red Steel.  The game did always manage to save my progress, so no big loss.

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Here is the conclusion.

[Tondog]

I've had a few disc reading problesm with Wii Sports, but other than that, no problems here.

[Antimind]

OatBob, I got that same message once after Wii Sports as well. I just unplugged my Wii for 10 seconds, plugged it back in, and haven't had a problem since.

[OatBob]

This is a followup to my previous post.

Antimind, I had left it unplugged for about ten hours to no success.  It did work the first time I received this error last week.

Otherwise, my Wii sat in standby mode throughout the rest of the day and received the same error.  I just tried it again tonight and it works.  I downloaded today's update (adding parental control functionality) after I could use it again.  I have no clue to why it conveniently works again the night before I'm ready to call up Nintendo.

Problem solved.  No answers though.  At least I caught the error message for posterity.

[shaggy]

I am using a 3rd party memory card.  Possibly it isn't making a connection in the slot all the time.

[Sauza12]

I haev been having a problem with Gamecube memory cards as well.  It isn't reading the smaller memory card I have in there at all.  I haven't really tried to fix it yet, but one day I will.