3 red lights! - Page 5

Davey_Pitch · 26-11-2008, 09:44

My Wii's PSU blew a week ago (thought it was the console at first, but Leo loaned me his PSU and it worked fine). Thankfully they're cheap to replace and I don't need to worry about sending the console off to get repaired.

Mark · 26-11-2008, 09:59

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Originally Posted by Haly

Did they? Aww that was a brilliant distraction when I worked there

Might have been Phones4U. One of the big phone retailers did it anyway.

PSUs seem to be one of the most common points of failure in hardware. They're often inadequately cooled, or not cooled at all, so they get hot (often too hot). In the case of consoles they often get buried under random stuff which makes the problem even worse.

leowyatt · 30-03-2009, 22:47

Holy thread resurrection batman!

I have now sadly joined the club

Haly · 30-03-2009, 23:06

Aww

At least it's fixed for free unlike your previous problem!

Blighter · 30-03-2009, 23:50

Am I the only one with a launch day console that still works?

Fayshun · 30-03-2009, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Blighter

Am I the only one with a launch day console that still works?

Awaits Blighters "3RROD" post within the week.

Blighter · 30-03-2009, 23:57

It could be because I only ever play one of three games

NokkonWud · 31-03-2009, 00:13

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Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

This leads me to wonder about the general reliability of these machines. Surely, if the red eye is inevitable, which it seems it is, then surely there's a problem with the design? Surely MS can't survive in such a competitive market when a majority of their machines fail??

Much improved now, Microsoft openly admitted that there was fault with their design.
As for PC's, are you telling me you've never had a PC component fail?

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Edit, I'm slow. Leo's thread ressurection took me off my A-game for a split second.

leowyatt · 31-03-2009, 07:08

I'll be phoning today to arrange for it to be collected.

leowyatt · 31-03-2009, 09:47

Right registered for repair. They asked what colour the power supply light was but I don't know because the console is here at work and the brick is at home

I just said "green"

Should get the labels through in the next 2 days then off it goes. The bummer is I can't check the status on the site because I keep getting an error page

so I'll have to phone every time.

26-11-2008, 09:44	#41
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30-03-2009, 22:47	#43
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Holy thread resurrection batman! I have now sadly joined the club __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

30-03-2009, 23:06	#44
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Aww At least it's fixed for free unlike your previous problem! __________________ Halycopter

30-03-2009, 23:50	#45
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30-03-2009, 23:57	#47
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	It could be because I only ever play one of three games __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

31-03-2009, 07:08	#49
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	I'll be phoning today to arrange for it to be collected. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

31-03-2009, 09:47	#50
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Right registered for repair. They asked what colour the power supply light was but I don't know because the console is here at work and the brick is at home I just said "green" Should get the labels through in the next 2 days then off it goes. The bummer is I can't check the status on the site because I keep getting an error page so I'll have to phone every time. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"